Blessed Richard Sergeant

Also known as

• Richard Lee
• Richard Long
• Richard Lea
• Richard Longe

Memorial

• 20 April
• 22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales

Profile

Son of Thomas and Katherine Sergeant. Graduated Oxford University c.1570. Seminarian at the English College in Rheims, France on 25 July 1581. Deacon at Soissons, France on 9 June 1582. Ordained at Laon, France on 7 April 1583. Returned to England on 10 September 1583 to minister to covert Catholics, hiding as a layman, using the names Richard Lee or Lea, and Richard Long or Longe. Arrested and martyred for the crime of being a priest. One of the Martyrs of England, Scotland and Wales.

Born

• c.1558 in Gloucestershire, England

Died

• hanged, drawn and quartered on 2 April 1586 at Tyburn, London, England

Venerated

• 10 November 1986 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

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     Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
     39 Eccleston Square
     London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Richard Sergeant”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 April 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-richard-sergeant/>