John Gennings (c. 1570 – 12 November 1660 in Douai) was an Englishman who was converted to Catholicism through the martyrdom of his elder brother Saint Edmund Gennings during the English Reformation. He restored the English province of Franciscan friars. His name is sometimes spelled Jennings.
Read more about John Gennings: Martyrdom of Edmund Gennings, Conversion of John Gennings, The Restoration of The English Franciscans
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