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Thomas Reynolds
English Reformation Catholic priest and martyr (born Thomas Green, alias Richard Reynolds)
Feast: 4 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Thomas Reynolds was a priest who was put to death at Tyburn on 21 January 1642, together with the Benedictine Bartholomew Roe. The Catholic Encyclopedia groups him with those who suffered before the death of Oliver Cromwell.
In 1913 the Catholic Encyclopedia counted him among the English martyrs whose cause had been admitted at Rome, who were then styled Venerable.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
One of the English martyrs who died for the Catholic faith.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Richard Reynolds Saint“1562 – 21 January 1642), born Thomas Green (possible alias during priestly ministry, Richard Reynolds), was an English Reformation Catholic priest and martyr.” — Wikipedia
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - English Confessors and Martyrs (1534-1729)
- Roman Martyrology, 21 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q100741656 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas Reynolds (priest) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.