Nicholas Ridley
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 469 years ago |
Born | Northumberland |
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Date of died | October 16,1555 |
Died | Oxford |
United Kingdom | |
Title as Saint | Oxford Martyr |
Other post | Bishop of Rochester |
Rochester | |
Books | The Works of Nicholas Ridley, D.D., Sometime Lord Bishop of London, Martyr, 1555 |
Date of birth | January 1,1500 |
Church | Church of England |
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ID | 1648508 |
Nicholas Ridley Life story
Nicholas Ridley was an English Bishop of London. 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 in some parts of the Anglican Communion on 16 October.