Thursday, May 28, 2015

Executed in England for the crime of being a Catholic Priest

Richard Thirkeld
 

Facts

Feastday: May 29
Death: 1583



  English martyr, also listed as Thirkild. Born in Durham, England, he studied at Oxford and was said to be quite old when he left the isle to receive preparation for the priesthood at Reims and Douai, France. Ordained in 1579, he went back to England and served the Catholics in the area around Yorkshire until his execution for being a priest on May 29 at York.

No comments:

Post a Comment