Richard of Chichester

Saint Richard of Chichester
Bishop of Chichester
Stained glass image of St. Robert of Chichester at Church of St Saviour and St Peter, Eastbourne
Installed	1244
Term ended	1253
Predecessor	Robert Passelewe
Successor	John Climping
Other post(s)	Vicar of Deal
Personal details
Born	Richard c. 1197 Droitwich, Worcestershire, England
Died	3 April 1253 Dover, Kent, England
Denomination	Catholic
Sainthood
Feast day	3 April (Roman Catholic Church and some provinces of the Anglican Communion), 16 June (in some provinces of the Anglican Communion)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion
Title as Saint	Bishop and Confessor
Canonized	25 January 1262 Viterbo, Lazio, Papal States by Pope Urban IV
Attributes	Bishop with a chalice on its side at his feet because he once dropped the chalice during a Mass and nothing spilled from it; kneeling with the chalice before him; ploughing his brother's fields; a bishop blessing his flock with a chalice nearby
Patronage	Coachmen; Diocese of Chichester; Sussex, England
Shrines	Chichester Cathedral

Richard of Chichester (1197 – 3 April 1253), also known as Richard de Wych, is a saint (canonized 1262) who was Bishop of Chichester.

In Chichester Cathedral a shrine dedicated to Richard had become a richly decorated centre of pilgrimage. In 1538, during the reign of Henry VIII, the shrine was plundered and destroyed by order of Thomas Cromwell. Richard of Chichester is the patron saint of Sussex in southern England; since 2007, his translated saint's day of 16 June has been celebrated as Sussex Day.