Saint Richard Reynolds
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- Memorial
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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 Brigittine 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
- Canonized
- 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
- Additional Information
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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
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