Oliver Plunkett | |
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 Portrait by Edward Luttrell | |
| Martyr, Archbishop and Primate of All Ireland | |
| Born | 1 November 1625 Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland |
| Died | 1 July 1681 (aged 55) Tyburn, London, England |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 23 May 1920, Rome, Italy by Pope Benedict XV |
| Canonized | 12 October 1975, Rome, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI |
| Major shrine | Downside Abbey St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Drogheda, Ireland |
| Feast | 1 July |
| Patronage | Peace and reconciliation in Ireland |
Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket; Irish: Oilibhéar Pluincéid; 1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1920 and canonised in 1975, thus becoming the first new Irish saint in almost seven hundred years.[1]
- ^ Glinert (2009), p. 80.