Richard Langhorne

Who they were

Richard Langhorne was a layman who was put to death at Tyburn on 14 July 1679, at the time of the Oates Plot.

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 at the time of the Oates Plot.