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{{Saints
{{Saints
|SaintName= Saint Richard of Wyche
|SaintName=Saint Richard of Wyche
|SaintStage= Saint
|SaintStage=Saint
|SaintBirthDate= c. 1197
|FeastDay=April 03
|SaintBirthPlace= Wyche (Droitwich), Worcestershire, England
|SaintBirthDate=1197
|SaintBirthCoordinates= 52.2680° N, 2.1480° W
|SaintBirthPlace=Wyche (Droitwich), Worcestershire, England
|SaintDeathDate= 3 April 1253
|SaintBirthCoordinates=52.2680° N, 2.1480° W
|DeathPlace= Dover, Kent, England
|SaintDeathDate=1253-04-03
|SaintDeathCoordinates= 51.1260° N, 1.3120° E
|DeathPlace=Dover, Kent, England
|SaintCauseOfDeath= Natural causes (fever after exertion)
|SaintDeathCoordinates=51.1260° N, 1.3120° E
|NotableAddress1= University of Oxford, Oxford, England
|SaintCauseOfDeath=Natural causes (fever after exertion)
|NotableCoordinates1= 51.7548° N, 1.2540° W
|NotableAddress1=University of Oxford, Oxford, England
|NotableAddress2= Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, England
|NotableCoordinates1=51.7548° N, 1.2540° W
|NotableCoordinates2= 50.8363° N, 0.7808° W
|NotableAddress2=Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, England
|NotableAddress3= Paris, Kingdom of France (now France)
|NotableCoordinates2=50.8363° N, 0.7808° W
|NotableCoordinates3= 48.8566° N, 2.3522° E
|NotableAddress3=Paris, Kingdom of France (now France)
|NotableAddress4=
|NotableCoordinates3=48.8566° N, 2.3522° E
|NotableCoordinates4=
|Canonized=Yes
|NotableAddress5=
|CanonizationDate=1262-01-22
|NotableCoordinates5=
|Canonizer=Pope Urban IV
|BeatificationDate=
|CanonizationLocation=Viterbo, Papal States (now Italy)
|Beatifier=
|SaintMiracle1=Healing of a blind woman at his tomb in 1261
|BeatificationLocation=
|SaintMiracle2=Restoration of sight to a child in 1261
|Canonized= Yes
|Profession=Bishop, Chancellor, Scholar
|CanonizationDate= 22 January 1262
|Patronage=Coachmen, Sussex (England), Chichester Diocese
|Canonizer= Pope Urban IV
|Attributes=Bishop’s vestments, chalice, plow
|CanonizationLocation= Viterbo, Papal States (now Italy)
|PrimaryShrine=Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, England (destroyed)
|SaintMiracle1= Healing of a blind woman at his tomb in 1261
|AdditionalVeneration=Anglican Communion
|SaintMiracle2= Restoration of sight to a child in 1261
|SaintMiracle3=
|FeastDay= April 3
|Profession= Bishop, Chancellor, Scholar
|ReligiousAffiliation=
|Patronage= Coachmen, Sussex (England), Chichester Diocese
|Attributes= Bishop’s vestments, chalice, plow
|PrimaryShrine= Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, England (destroyed)
|AdditionalVeneration= Anglican Communion
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Saint Richard of Wyche, born around 1197 in Worcestershire, England, was a humble scholar who rose to become Bishop of Chichester and a beloved medieval saint. Orphaned young, he worked the family farm before studying at Oxford, Paris, and Bologna, earning a law doctorate. Appointed chancellor to Archbishop Edmund Rich, he embraced priesthood after Edmund’s death, ordained in 1243. Consecrated Bishop of Chichester in 1244 despite King Henry III’s opposition, Richard faced exile in France but returned in 1247, tirelessly reforming his diocese with charity and discipline. He died on April 3, 1253, in Dover, exhausted from preaching a crusade, leaving a legacy of simplicity and devotion, notably in his prayer, “Thanks be to Thee, my Lord Jesus Christ.”
Saint Richard of Wyche, born around 1197 in Worcestershire, England, was a humble scholar who rose to become Bishop of Chichester and a beloved medieval saint. Orphaned young, he worked the family farm before studying at Oxford, Paris, and Bologna, earning a law doctorate. Appointed chancellor to Archbishop Edmund Rich, he embraced priesthood after Edmund’s death, ordained in 1243. Consecrated Bishop of Chichester in 1244 despite King Henry III’s opposition, Richard faced exile in France but returned in 1247, tirelessly reforming his diocese with charity and discipline. He died on April 3, 1253, in Dover, exhausted from preaching a crusade, leaving a legacy of simplicity and devotion, notably in his prayer, “Thanks be to Thee, my Lord Jesus Christ.”


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