Saint Richard Reynolds
![[Saint Richard Reynolds]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintr1s.jpg "Saint Richard Reynolds")
- 4 May
- 25 October of one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Profile
Educated at Christ’s College and Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge; made a Fellow of Corpus Christi in 1510. Entered the Bridgittine Order in 1513 at Syon Abbey, Isleworth, England. Noted for his scholarship and personal holiness. Arrested on 28 April 1535 with Carthusian priors for the treason of refusing to acknowledge King Henry VIII as head of the Church. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Born
- hanged, drawn and quartered on 4 May 1535 at Tyburn, London, England
Additional Information
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “Saint Richard Reynolds”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 September 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-richard-reynolds/>
