Saint Richard Reynolds
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Saint Richard Reynolds (c. 1492, Devon, England - 4 May 1535) was an English
Brigittine monk executed in London
for refusing the Oath of Supremacy
to King Henry VIII of England
. He was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970, among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
.
ed alongside the Carthusian
priors John Houghton, Robert Lawrence
, and Augustine Webster
by drawing and quartering at Tyburn Tree in London after being dragged through the streets. 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.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Brigittine monk executed in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
for refusing the Oath of Supremacy
Oath of Supremacy
The Oath of Supremacy, originally imposed by King Henry VIII of England through the Act of Supremacy 1534, but repealed by his daughter, Queen Mary I of England and reinstated under Mary's sister, Queen Elizabeth I of England under the Act of Supremacy 1559, provided for any person taking public or...
to King Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
. He was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970, among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales are a group of men and women who were executed for treason and related offences in the Kingdom of England between 1535 and 1679...
.
Life
He was martyrMartyr
A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
ed alongside the Carthusian
Carthusian
The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns...
priors John Houghton, Robert Lawrence
Robert Lawrence (martyr)
St. Robert Lawrence was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. After joining the Carthusians, he served as prior of the Beauvale Charterhouse, Nottinghamshire, at the time when King Henry VIII of England broke with Rome and launched the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Robert went with St...
, and Augustine Webster
Augustine Webster
Saint Augustine Webster was an English Catholic martyr.He was educated at Cambridge University. He became the prior of Our Lady of Melwood, a Carthusian house at Epworth, on the Isle of Axholme, in north Lincolnshire, in 1531...
by drawing and quartering at Tyburn Tree in London after being dragged through the streets. 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.