St. Bridget

ST. CATHERINE OF SWEDEN

Blessed Mother Elizabeth

St. Richard Reynolds

Feastday: May 4 1169

Brigettine martyr of England and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

 He was born in Devon, England, in 1492 and was educated at Cambridge.

In 1513, he entered the Brigettines at Syon Abbey, Isleworth.

When King Henry VIII demanded royal oaths, Richard and others opposed the monarch.

They were executed at Tyburn. Richard was canonized in 1970.