Saint Richard the King

Memorial

• 7 February

Profile

Saxon king, possibly of Wessex in modern England. Married, and the father of Saint Willibald, Saint Winebald, and Saint Walburga. At least two disparate biographies exist for him, neither of them very creditable. Died suddenly during a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy.

Died

• 722 at Lucca, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the church of San Frediano in Lucca
• miracles reported at his tomb
• some relics translated to Eichstätt, Germany

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• pilgrim in an ermine-lined cloak (wears a crown, or it sits on a book nearby) with a bishop and an abbot, his sons, nearby

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Richard the King“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 April 2013. Web. 18 May 2013. <>