Blessed Richard Leigh
Also known as: Richard Garth; Richard Earth
Feast Day
30-Aug
Born
C.1561 at Cambridgeshire, England
Died
Hanged, drawn and quartered on 30 August 1588 at Tyburn, London, England
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Venerated
8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Richard Leigh, also known as Richard Garth and Richard Earth, was born around 1561 in Cambridgeshire, England. He received his education at Rheims and Rome, where he dedicated himself to the Catholic faith. In February 1586, Richard was ordained as a priest in Rome, and he returned to England as a home missioner later that same year.
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