Martin, Richard, Bl.

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MARTIN, RICHARD, BL.

Gentleman, lay martyr; b. Shropshire, England; hanged at Tyburn (London), Aug. 30, 1588. Martin, who was educated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, was condemned to execution for aiding a priest. For having paid sixpence for the supper of Bl. Fr. Robert morton, he died with BB. Fr. Richard leigh, Edward shelley, Richard flower, John Roche, and St. Margaret Ward. Richard Martin was beatified by Pius XI on Dec. 15, 1929.

Feast of the English Martyrs: May 4 (England).

See Also: england, scotland, and wales, martyrs of.

Bibliography: r. challoner, Memoirs of Missionary Priests, ed. j. h. pollen (rev. ed. London 1924; repr. Farnborough 1969). j. h. pollen, Acts of English Martyrs (London 1891).

[k. i. rabenstein]

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