Saint Richard Reynolds

Memorial

• 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

• 1492 in Devon, England

Died

• hanged, drawn and quartered on 4 May 1535 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

• 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
• 4 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)

Canonized

• 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Additional Information

• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Institute of Saint Clement I Pope and Martyr
• Katherine Rabenstein
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Richard Reynolds“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 May 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>