Monday, August 22, 2011

Day 352 -- Blessed Richard Kirkman

Blessed Richard Kirkman was born in Yorkshire, England and studied in France and was ordained there in 1579. He returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. He was arrested near Wakefield in 1582 for treason for not accepting the Queen as head of the Church. He died a martyr in 1582 in York, England.

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