Nicholas Ridley (martyr)


Nicholas Ridley
Bishop of London and Westminster
Late 16th century portrait of Nicholas Ridley in the National Portrait Gallery, London
ChurchChurch of England
Installed1550
Term ended1553
PredecessorEdmund Bonner, Bishop of London
SuccessorEdmund Bonner, Bishop of London
Other post(s)Bishop of Rochester (1547–1550)
Orders
Consecration5 September 1547
by Henry Holbeach
Personal details
Born
Nicholas Ridley

c. 1500
South Tynedale, Northumberland, England
Died16 October 1555
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
DenominationAnglicanism
Sainthood
Feast day16 October
Venerated inAnglican Communion
Title as SaintOxford Martyr

Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500 – 16 October 1555) was an English Bishop of London (the only bishop called "Bishop of London and Westminster"[1]). Ridley was one of the Oxford Martyrs burned at the stake during the Marian Persecutions, for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey. He is remembered with a commemoration in the calendar of saints (with Hugh Latimer) in some parts of the Anglican Communion (Church of England) on 16 October.[2]

  1. ^ Horn, Joyce M. (1992), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 7, pp. 65–67
  2. ^ "The Calendar". The Church of England. Retrieved 9 April 2021.