Saint Rhisiart Gwyn (1537-1584).
“Iesu, Trugarha Wrthyf”
(“Jesus, Have Mercy On Me”).
Artist: Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs
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In English Richard White, generally known as Richard Gwyn [Editor: In Welsh, “gwyn” means “white”], was born in Llanilloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He studied at Oxford
and Cambridge, although he was unable to graduate
because he would not take an oath affirming the Anglican religion, which had been imposed as a condition. He was renowned as a scholar of Welsh.
He worked as a teacher, which was illegal for Catholics, married, and had six children. Arrested in 1579, he escaped and was on the run for more than a year before being recaptured. In 1583 he was finally charged with and convicted of treason. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered, at Wrexham on 15 October 1584. He last words were in Welsh:
‘Iesu, trugarha wrthyf’ (“Jesus, have mercy on me”).
He was Beatified in 1929 and Canonised in 1970. His
Feast Day is 17 October (although he was Martytred on
15 October, his Feast Day was moved to avoid clashing
with Saint Teresa of Avila on 15 October). His Relics are preserved in a Shrine at Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Wrexham, not far from his place of Martyrdom.
The image (above) was commissioned by The Latin Mass Society from the artist Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs in 2024.
The following Prayer is the Collect in the 1962 Missal.
Deus, qui beátum Ricárdum mártyrem tuum
adolescéntium magístrum et cathólicæ fídei
propugnatórem excitásti: concéde, quǽsumus; ut nos in
eádem fide eius exémplo roboráti, ad te perveníre felíciter valeámus. per Christum Dóminum nostrum.
Amen.
O God, Who didst stir up Blessed Richard, Thy Martyr,
a teacher of youth and champion of The Catholic Faith:
We beseech Thee, grant that we, strengthened by his
example in the same Faith, may come to final happiness
in Thee, through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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