Feast June 21
John Rigby
Martyr, patron of bachelors · Feast June 21
Biography
John Rigby was an English Roman Catholic layman who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Feast day
June 21
Patronage
- bachelors
- torture victims
Birth date
ca. 1570
Death date
1600-06-21 (aged 29 - 30)
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
25 October 1970
Canonized by
Pope Paul VI
Feast month
6
Feast day of month
21