Blessed Richard Featherstone

Memorial
30 July
Profile
Educated at Cambridge. Tutor to Princess Mary Tutor. Archdeacon of Brecknock. Chaplain to Queen Catherine of Aragon, wife of King Henry VIII. He defended Catherine in convocation; charged and found guilty of treason. Martyred with Blessed Thomas Abel and Blessed Edward Powell.
Born
English
Died
hanged, drawn, and quartered on 30 July 1540 at Smithfield, England
Beatified
29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized
pending
Additional Information
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Catholic Online
New Catholic Dictionary
Print References
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
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