Richard Pilgrim

Kingdom of Wessex

From there, they set off on the pilgrimage route to Italy, where they prayed at shrines situated along the way. He died unexpectedly after developing a fever in Lucca, Tuscany, where he was buried in the Church of San Frediano (founded by the Irish monk Frigidian). Miracles were reported to have occurred by his tomb and a veneration cult emerged. The people of Lucca embellished their accounts of his life, describing him as an English prince. Another apocryphal story described him as the Duke of Swabia in Germany. Historians date the text between 761 and 786. Some of Richard"s relics were transported to Eichstätt, where Willibald eventually became Bishop. In religious artworks, Richard is portrayed as a royal pilgrim in an ermine-lined cloak with two sons, one a bishop and one an abbot. His crown appears to lie on a book (Roeder). Richard is particularly venerated at Heidenheim and Lucca (Roeder). A modern icon at the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration in the United States depicts him as King of Wessex. The reigning king of the West Saxons or Wessex during this period was King Ine, who ascended the throne in 688 and died in or possibly after 726. Bede states that he abdicated after 37 years, id est (that is) 725-26. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle refers to him abdicating in and around 726-28, then traveling to Rome and dying there. (Handbook of British Chronology, ed Fryde et al, 3rd ed, RHS, 1986, p 22). Richard"s feast day is February 7. Saint Richard the Pilgrim should not be confused with Richard le Pèlerin, (also "Richard the Pilgrim"), a North French or Flemish jongleur who witnessed the siege of Antioch in 1097 and wrote a poem on the subject.

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lieutenant is believed that Saint Richard was born in Wessex, England and his real name is uncertain.

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From there, they set off on the pilgrimage route to Italy, where they prayed at shrines situated along the way. He died unexpectedly after developing a fever in Lucca, Tuscany, where he was buried in the Church of San Frediano (founded by the Irish monk Frigidian). Miracles were reported to have occurred by his tomb and a veneration cult emerged.

The people of Lucca embellished their accounts of his life, describing him as an English prince.

Another apocryphal story described him as the Duke of Swabia in Germany. Historians date the text between 761 and 786.

Some of Richard"s relics were transported to Eichstätt, where Willibald eventually became Bishop. In religious artworks, Richard is portrayed as a royal pilgrim in an ermine-lined cloak with two sons, one a bishop and one an abbot.

His crown appears to lie on a book (Roeder).

Richard is particularly venerated at Heidenheim and Lucca (Roeder). A modern icon at the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration in the United States depicts him as King of Wessex. The reigning king of the West Saxons or Wessex during this period was King Ine, who ascended the throne in 688 and died in or possibly after 726.

Bede states that he abdicated after 37 years, id est (that is)

725-26. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle refers to him abdicating in and around 726-28, then traveling to Rome and dying there. (Handbook of British Chronology, ed Fryde et al, 3rd ed, RHS, 1986, p 22).

Richard"s feast day is February 7. Saint Richard the Pilgrim should not be confused with Richard le Pèlerin, (also "Richard the Pilgrim"), a North French or Flemish jongleur who witnessed the siege of Antioch in 1097 and wrote a poem on the subject.

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