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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Richard de Wych canonical 2
Richard of Wyche 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 13th-century English bishop
Catholic saint
Christian theologian
bishop
human
medieval English person
alsoKnownAs Richard of Chichester
Richard of Wyche
linked to: Richard de Wych

Saint Richard of Chichester
birthCountry England
birthPlace Droitwich
Worcestershire
birthYear 1197
burialPlace Chichester Cathedral
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizationYear 1262
canonizedBy Pope Urban IV
countryOfDiocese England
deathCountry England
deathDate 1253-04-03
deathPlace Dover
diocese Diocese of Chichester
education University of Bologna
University of Oxford
University of Paris
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
name Richard de Wych
notableWork Prayer of Saint Richard of Chichester
occupation bishop
canon lawyer
chancellor
patronage Chichester
linked to: CHICHESTER

coachmen
saddle makers
sick people
positionHeld Bishop of Chichester
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity
servedUnder Archbishop Edmund of Abingdon
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Saint Richard of Chichester alsoKnownAs Richard de Wych
Richard de Wych name Richard de Wych
Richard de Wych alsoKnownAs Richard of Wyche
linked to: Richard de Wych