1537 - 1584
Richard Gwyn (martyr) Welsh Poet
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1536
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| Birthplace |
Montgomeryshire, Wales
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| Died |
15th October, 1584
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| Place of Death |
Wrexham, Wales
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| Nationality |
Welsh
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| Occupation |
Poet
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Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 – 15 October 1584), also known by his anglicized name, Richard White, was a Welsh teacher at illegal and underground schools and a bard who wrote both Christian and satirical poetry in the Welsh language. A Roman Catholic during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, Gwyn was martyred by being hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason at Wrexham in 1584. He was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Since its creation in 1987, St. Richard Gwyn has been the Patron Saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham. Along with fellow lay martyr St. Margaret Clitherow, Gwyn is the co-patron of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales.
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