Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Richard Whiting, Blessed Last Abbot of Glastonbury; martyr. Born c.1460; died in 1539 at Tor Hill, Glastonbury, England. He was ordained in 1501, and elected abbot in 1525. He was hanged with John Thome and Roger James for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy. Beatified in 1895. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Richard Whiting, Blessed … Continue reading “Richard Whiting, Blessed”

Richard Thirkeld, Blessed Martyr. Born at Coniscliffe, Durham, England; died on 29 May 1583 at York, England. He graduated from Queen’s College, Oxford, was ordained, at Rheims, 1579, and began his mission near York. He was arrested in 1583, professed his priesthood, was tried, and hanged. Beatified in 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. Fuente: New … Continue reading “Richard Thirkeld, Blessed”

Richard Sampson Bishop of Chichester and later of Coventry and Lichfield. Died in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England, 1554. He gained Wolsey’s favor, held many preferments, and became one of the chief agents in the divorce proceedings of Henry VIII. In 1536 he became schismatical. Bishop of Chichester, and was transferred later to Coventry and Lichfield by … Continue reading “Richard Sampson”

Richard Rolle de Hampole Solitary and writer. Born c.1300 at Thornton, Yorkshire, England; died in 1349 in Hampole, England. He wrote numerous ascetical works which show the influence of Saint Edmund of Canterbury. A Book of the Love of Jesus, published by Monsignor Benson, is a modernized version of his meditations. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Richard Reynolds, Saint Martyred in 1535 at Tyburn, London, England. Educated at Christ’s and Corpus Christi colleges, Cambridge. He entered the Brigittine Order in 1513. He was hanged with the Carthusian priors for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy. Beatified in 1886; canonized in 1970. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Richard of St. Victor Theologian, native of Scotland, but the date and place of his birth are unknown; d. 1173 and was commemorated on 10 March in the necrology of the abbey. He was professed at the monastery of St. Victor under the first Abbot Gilduin (d. 1155) and was a disciple of the great … Continue reading “Richard Of St. Victor”

Richard of Middletown (A MEDIA VILLA). Flourished at the end of the thirteenth century, but the dates of his birth and death and most incidents of his life are unknown. Middleton Stoney in Oxfordshire and Middleton Cheyney in Northamptonshire have both been suggested as his native place, and he has also been claimed as a … Continue reading “Richard of Middletown”

Richard Of Hexham was the first prior of his house before 1138. He compiled a short history of the last two years of the reign of Henry I, and of the more remarkable events of that of Stephen, and a history of the Church of Hexham. Tanner also attributes to him probably on slender foundation … Continue reading “Richard Of Hexham”

Richard Of Devizes was a monk of the priory of St. Swithun, at Winchester, in the 12th century, who wrote a history of the first years of the reign of Richard I 1189-92: Chronicon Ricardi Divisiensis de Rebus Gestis Ricardi Primi Regis Anglioe (Lond. 1838, 8vo): also Richard of Cirencester’s Description of Britain; translated and … Continue reading “Richard Of Devizes”

Richard of Cornwall (RICHARD RUFUS, RUYS, ROSSO, ROWSE). The dates of his birth and death are unknown, but he was still living in 1259. He was an Oxford Franciscan, possibly a Master of Arts of that university, who had studied for a time in Paris (1238), and then returned to Oxford. He was chosen with … Continue reading “Richard of Cornwall”