Richard of Chichester
13th-century Bishop of Chichester and saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Saint Richard" redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Richard (disambiguation).
Richard of Chichester (1197 ā 3 April 1253), also known as Richard de Wych, is a saint (canonized 1262) who was Bishop of Chichester.
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Saint Richard of Chichester | |
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Bishop of Chichester | |
Installed | 1244 |
Term ended | 1253 |
Predecessor | Robert Passelewe |
Successor | John Climping |
Other post(s) | Vicar of Deal |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard c.ā1197 Droitwich, Worcestershire, England |
Died | 3 April 1253 Dover, Kent, England |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 3 April (Roman Catholic Church and some provinces of the Anglican Communion), 16 June (in some provinces of the Anglican Communion) |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
Title as Saint | Bishop and Confessor |
Canonized | 25 January 1262 Viterbo, Lazio, Papal States by Pope Urban IV |
Attributes | Bishop with a chalice on its side at his feet because he once dropped the chalice during a Mass and nothing spilled from it; kneeling with the chalice before him; ploughing his brother's fields; a bishop blessing his flock with a chalice nearby |
Patronage | Coachmen; Diocese of Chichester; Sussex, England |
Shrines | Chichester Cathedral |
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In Chichester Cathedral a shrine dedicated to Richard had become a richly decorated centre of pilgrimage. In 1538, during the reign of Henry VIII, the shrine was plundered and destroyed by order of Thomas Cromwell. Richard of Chichester is the patron saint of Sussex in southern England; since 2007, his translated saint's day of 16 June has been celebrated as Sussex Day.