German Gardiner
Deceased Person
– 1544
Who was German Gardiner?
German Gardiner was a Roman Catholic layman, nephew to Stephen Gardiner, who became involved in the Prebendaries' Plot against Thomas Cranmer.
While he had corresponded unwisely with Cranmer's opponents, German Gardiner was scapegoated in the Plot. Henry VIII was becoming more severe on Protestants and Cranmer fell under suspicion. Gardiner was employed in drawing up a list of Cranmer's errors in the Faith. His condemnation was part of a deal with which Cranmer gained the king's full support: Cranmer's higher-ranked enemies were allowed to remain in place, while a charge of collusion with Cardinal Pole was brought against Gardiner.
He was beatified in 1886
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