Saint Richard Martin

Deceased Person

– 1588

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Who was Saint Richard Martin?

Saint Richard Martin was an English martyr. Born in Shropshire, he studied at Oxford. A devout Catholic, he was arrested for giving shelter to priests, and was hanged, drawn, and quartered August 30, 1588 at Tyburn, along with Blesseds Richard Leigh, Edward Shelley, John Roche, Richard Flowers, and St. Margaret Ward. He was beatified in 1929. His feast day is August 30.

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Education
  • University of Oxford
Died
1588

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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