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According to Katherine Walsh's entry "Richard Fitzralph" in the ODNB, Wycliffite writers cited Richard as _noster sanctus Armachanus_. That would not seem to imply organized veneration and it may only reflect the cult Richard enjoyed at the church of St. Nicholas in Dundalk (where as late as 1485 a chantry was endowed in honor of God, the BVM, St. Nicholas, and St. Richard).
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John Dillon
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But how interesting that they still wanted to call him 'Saint' - does this imply any sort of veneration?
Maddy
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On 27/06/2016 09:12, John Dillon wrote:
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In the previous post I wrote:
" Lollardists who favored some of Richard's theological positions also called him Saint."
For "Lollardists" please read "Lollards".
--JD
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Richard of Dundalk (also Richard of Armagh; in the world, Richard Fitzralph) was educated in Oxford and in Paris and had a distinguished career as a theologian both at Oxford and in papal Avignon. At the time of his provision to Armagh in 1346 as its archbishop he was dean of Lichfield cathedral. Consecrated in 1347, Richard vigorously defended Armagh's primatial status against the claims of royally favored Dublin, instituted reform practices for the clergy of his province, gave socially pertinent sermons, continued his theological work, promoted the cult of St. Patrick, and became a committed foe of the Franciscans and other mendicants, with whom he was still engaged in legal proceedings in Avignon when he died there in 1360. Richard's remains were returned to Ireland about a decade later and were laid to rest in Dundalk's church of St. Nicholas. A cult developed and petitions were made for his canonization. In England, Lollardists who favored some of Richard's theological positions also called him Saint. By the early sixteenth century Richard's cause had not made much headway in Rome, where those hostile to it had tarred him with Wyclif's brush. In 1545, after the break between Rome and the English and Irish crowns, he was canonized by the archbishop of Armagh, George Dowdall. Richard has yet to grace the pages of the Roman Martyrology. He is celebrated today in the Church of Ireland.
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John Dillon
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