Richard Reynolds
Saint Richard Reynolds (c. 1492, Devon, England - 4 May 1535) was an English Brigittine monk executed in London for refusing the Oath of Supremacy to King Henry VIII of England. He was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970, among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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