Saint John Rigby | |
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| Martyr | |
| Born | ca. 1570 Eccleston, Lancashire |
| Died | 21 June 1600 (aged 29 - 30) St. Thomas Waterings, England |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 15 December 1929, Rome by Pope Pius XI |
| Canonized | 25 October 1970, Rome by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 21 June, 25 October |
| Attributes | noose in neck, martyr's palm, shackles in ankles |
| Patronage | bachelors, torture victims |
John Rigby (ca. 1570 – 21 June 1600) was an English Roman Catholic layman who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. (He is called "Thomas" Rigby in The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest, a story about the Jesuit priest John Gerard.)[1]
- ^ Gerard, John. The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest, p. 81 footnote; Pellegrini & Cudahy, New York, 1952