Richard Whiting
Deceased Person
1461 – 1539
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Who was Richard Whiting?
Blessed Richard Whiting was an English clergyman and the last Abbot of Glastonbury.
Whiting presided over Glastonbury Abbey at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII of England. The king had him executed after his conviction for treason for remaining loyal to Rome. He is considered a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church, which beatified him on 13 May 1895.
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