Blessed Richard Langley

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• 1 December

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Member of the English gentry and lifelong layman. Condemned for travelling with Blessed Robert Morton, and for paying sixpence for Robert‘s supper. Martyr.

Born

• Ousethorpe, Yorkshire, England

Died

• hanged on 1 December 1586 at York, England

Venerated

• 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Richard, contact
     Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
     39 Eccleston Square
     London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM