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ST RICHARD THE PILGRIM - 7 FEBRUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY

Saints celebrated on the 7th of February

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SAINT RICHARD THE PILGRIM 

(Saint Richard, King in England, and Confessor)

This saint was an English prince, in the kingdom of the West-Saxons, and was perhaps deprived of his inheritance by some revolution in the state: or he renounced it to be more at liberty to dedicate himself to the pursuit of Christian perfection. 

HIS SAINTLY CHILDREN

His three children, Winebald, Willibald, and Walburga, are all honoured as saints. Taking with him his two sons, he undertook a pilgrimage of penance and devotion, and sailing for Hamblehaven, landed in Neustria on the Western coasts of France. 

HE VISITED THE HOLY PLACES ALONG THE WAY

He made a considerable stay at Rouen, and made his devotions in the most holy places that lay in his way through France. 

HIS FESTIVAL IS KEPT AT LUCCA WITH SINGULAR DEVOTION

Being arrived at Lucca in Italy, in his road to Rome, he there died suddenly, about the year 722, and was buried in St Fridian’s church there. His relics are venerated to this day in the same place, and his festival is kept at Lucca with singular devotion. 

HIS PRAYERS

St Richard, when living, obtained by his prayers the recovery of his younger son Willibald, whom he laid at the foot of a great crucifix erected in a public place in England, when the child’s life was despaired of in a grievous sickness: and since his death, many have experienced the miraculous power of his intercession with God, especially where his relics invite the devotion of the faithful. 

Source: Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Richard may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.





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