Richard de Wych

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Richard de Wych, better known as Saint Richard of Chichester, was a 13th-century English bishop renowned for his piety, church reforms, and the popular prayer attributed to him.

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instanceOf 13th-century English bishop
Catholic saint
Christian theologian
bishop
human
medieval English person
alsoKnownAs Richard of Chichester NERFINISHED
Richard of Wyche NERFINISHED
Saint Richard of Chichester NERFINISHED
birthCountry England NERFINISHED
birthPlace Droitwich NERFINISHED
Worcestershire NERFINISHED
birthYear 1197
burialPlace Chichester Cathedral NERFINISHED
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizationYear 1262
canonizedBy Pope Urban IV NERFINISHED
countryOfDiocese England NERFINISHED
deathCountry England NERFINISHED
deathDate 1253-04-03
deathPlace Dover NERFINISHED
diocese Diocese of Chichester NERFINISHED
education University of Bologna NERFINISHED
University of Oxford NERFINISHED
University of Paris NERFINISHED
era High Middle Ages
feastDay April 3
June 16
fieldOfStudy canon law
heldOffice Chancellor of the Diocese of Canterbury
knownFor church reforms
defense of ecclesiastical rights
insistence on clerical discipline
piety
popular prayer attributed to him
language Latin
Middle English NERFINISHED
name Richard de Wych NERFINISHED
notableWork Prayer of Saint Richard of Chichester NERFINISHED
occupation bishop
canon lawyer
chancellor
patronage Chichester NERFINISHED
coachmen
saddle makers
sick people
positionHeld Bishop of Chichester NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity
servedUnder Archbishop Edmund of Abingdon NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Saint Richard of Chichester alsoKnownAs Richard de Wych