Blessed Thomas Reynolds
Also known as: Richard Reynolds; Thomas Green
Feast Day
21 January; 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai; 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University
Born
C.1562 at Oxford, England as Thomas Green
Died
Hanged, drawn, and quartered in 31 January 1642 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 Thomas Reynolds studied at Rheims, France, and at Valladolid and Seville in Spain, preparing for the dangerous mission of ministering to persecuted Catholics in England. He was ordained in 1592 in Cadiz, Spain, and returned to England to work as a covert priest. He labored for years in secret until his arrest in 1606, after which he was exiled. Undeterred, he returned to England and continued his clandestine ministry until he was arrested again in 1628. He spent fourteen years in prison before being tried, condemned, and executed for the crime of being a Catholic priest in England. His decades of faithful service and long imprisonment before martyrdom testify to his extraordinary perseverance and devotion.
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