Saint Richard Gwyn

Also known as
Richard White
Memorial
17 October
Profile
Cambridge educated. Teacher. Renounced Protestantism, and converted. Imprisoned and martyred for his profession of faith. While in jail, he wrote religious poetry in Welsh. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Born
1537 at Llanidloes, Powys, Wales
Died
martyred in 1584 at Wrexham
Canonized
1970
Patronage
large families, parents of large families, torture victims
Additional Information
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