June 21st

Saint John Rigby

Saint · Common of Martyrs · London, England · d. 1600

At London in England, Saint John Rigby, martyr, who under Queen Elizabeth the First was arrested in London and condemned to death because he had reconciled himself to the Catholic Church; he was hanged at Southwark and disembowelled while still alive.

Latin Original

Londínii in Anglia, sancti loánnis Rigby, mártyris, qui sub Elísabeth regína Prima Londíni deprehénsus et cápite damnátus, eo quod Ecclesiae se cathólicze reconciliavísset, Southvárci láqueo suspénsus est et adhuc vivens exenterátus. 348