# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-gwyn-q3397314
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:46:29.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-gwyn-q3397314"
name: "Richard Gwyn"
slug: "richard-gwyn-q3397314"
description: "Richard Gwyn, also known by his anglicized name, Richard White, was a Welsh teacher at illegal and underground schools and a bard who wrote both Christian and satirical poetry in the Welsh language. A Roman Catholic during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, Gwyn was martyred by being hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason at Wrexham in 1584. He was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Since its creation in 1987, St. Richard Gwyn has been the Patron Saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham. Along with fellow lay martyr St. Margaret Clitherow, Gwyn is the co-patron of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales."
tagline: "Welsh Catholic martyr and bard"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Gwyn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1537-01-01"
deathDate: "1584-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48
  momentum:             5.680473372781065
  historical:           9.229988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richadi_Gwyn"
    title: "Richadi Gwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2)"
    title: "ريتشارد جوين (قديس كاثوليكى من ويلز)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gwyn_(merzher)"
    title: "Richard Gwyn (merzher)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhisiart_Gwyn"
    title: "Rhisiart Gwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gwyn"
    title: "Richard Gwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gwyn"
    title: "Richard Gwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Gwyn"
    title: "Ricardo Gwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gwyn_(martyr)"
    title: "Richard Gwyn (martyr)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gwyn_(mairt%C3%ADreach)"
    title: "Richard Gwyn (mairtíreach)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gwyn"
    title: "Richard Gwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Gwyn"
    title: "Ryszard Gwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3397314"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump