Blessed Richard Whiting
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Benedictine monk at Glastonbury Abbey. Educated at Cambridge. Ordained in 1501. Abbot of Glastonbury in 1525. Leader of his house when King Henry VIII seized Church property as part of his usurpation of religious power. Arrested for refusing to turn his abbey over to the king's men. Convicted of treason for remaining loyal to Rome. Martyr.
Born
Wrington, Somerset, England
Died
hanged, drawn, and quartered on 1 December 1539 at Tor Hill, Glastonbury, England
Beatified
13 May 1895 by Pope Leo XIII
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