BL. RICHARD KIRKMAN, PRIEST AND MARTYR

BL. RICHARD KIRKMAN, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 23 AUGUST

BLESSED RICHARD KIRKMAN, PRIEST AND MARTYR

⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales

Blessed Richard was born at Addingham, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. He studied at the seminaries of Douai and Rheims prior to his presbyterial ordination on Holy Saturday 1579.

In order to disguise his priestly nature, Kirkman served as tutor in the household of Robert Dymoke, hereditary Champion of England (died in Lincoln gaol for his faith, September 11, 1580), at Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire.

Fr Kirkman was eventually discovered and arrested, August 8, 1582. He was arraigned shortly thereafter for being a Catholic priest [which the English Government punished with a horrendously cruel death penalty] and confined to a turret cell with Bl. William Lacy (Lacey). For the last 12 days of his earthly life, Richard was held in a verminous underground dungeon.

He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at York, August 22, 1582.

Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/kirkman-richard-bl

🎨 Map; East Riding, Yorkshire, where Fr Richard was born; 2. Shingaly Moor, Yorkshire by Margaret Stoddart

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Richard confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. 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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