Richard of Ingworth

This article is about the 13th century friar. For the 16th century bishop, see Richard Yngworth.

Richard of Ingworth was a Franciscan preacher who was influential in introducing the order to England.[1]

Biography

He first appears with the other friars who came with Agnellus of Pisa to England in 1224, and is said to be the first Franciscan to preach north of the Alps.[2] When he arrived in England, he was not young, and had already been a priest for some time. Ingworth was responsible for the establishment of the first Franciscan house in London, and his efforts were greatly responsible for their first convents, in Northampton and in Oxford, where Ingworth served as custodian for a time.[3]

In 1230, due to the absence of Agnellus, he acted as the English Province's vicar during a general chapter meeting in Assisi, where he was appointed provincial minister of Ireland by John Parenti. Ingworth gave up this position in 1239, during the generalship of Albert of Pisa, to take a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, during which he died.[4]

References

1. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1910). "Richard of Ingworth" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
2. Brooke, Rosalind B. (1959). Early Franciscan Government: Ellias to Bonaventure. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 128. ISBN 9780521547987. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
3. "Richard of Ingworth". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
4. "Richard of Ingwoth".

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Richard of Ingworth". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.