Death and legacy Nicholas Ridley (martyr)
ridley being burned @ stake, hugh latimer. john foxe s book of martyrs.
the sentence carried out on 16 october 1555 in oxford. cranmer taken tower watch proceedings. ridley burned: brother-in-law had put more mans on pyre. latimer supposed have said ridley, of comfort, , play man, master ridley; shall day light such candle, god s grace, in england, trust shall never put out. quoted in foxe s book of martyrs. quote used in novel fahrenheit 451 ray bradbury
a metal cross in cobbled patch of road in broad street, oxford, marks site. ridley , latimer seen martyrs support of church of england independent roman catholic church. along thomas cranmer, known oxford martyrs.
in victorian era, death commemorated martyrs memorial, located near site of execution. being monument english reformation , doctrines of protestant , reformed doctrines, memorial landmark of 19th century, monument stoutly resisted john keble, john henry newman , others of tractarian movement , oxford movement. profoundly alarmed @ romewardizing intrusions , efforts @ realignment movement attempting bring church of england, protestant , reformed anglican clergymen raised funds erecting monument, highly anti-roman catholic inscription, memorial on 3 hundred years of history , reformation. result, monument built 300 years after events commemorates.
stained glass window depicting cranmer, ridley, , latimer, oxford martyrs
in 1881, ridley hall in cambridge, england, founded in memory training of anglican priests. ridley college, private university-preparatory school located in st. catharines, ontario, canada, founded in honour in 1889. named after him ridley melbourne, theological college in australia, founded in 1910. there church of england church dedicated him in welling, southeast london. words spoken ridley latimer @ execution used . ridley , latimer remembered commemoration in calendar of saints in parts of anglican communion on 16 october.
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