St. Richard Reynolds - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Richard Reynolds - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Richard Reynolds, Roman Catholic English Brigittine monk and Martyr. He was martyred on 4 May 1535 alongside the Carthusian priors John Houghton, Robert Lawrence, and Augustine Webster (a monk of Sheen Priory in Richmond), by drawing and quartering at Tyburn Tree in London after being dragged through the streets. Also martyred with them on that day was Blessed John Haile the parish priest of Isleworth. The quarters of the body of St. Richard – the first man to refuse the oath – were chopped to pieces and hung in different parts of London. Feastday May 4

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