Oliver Plunkett


Oliver Plunkett
Portrait by Edward Luttrell
Martyr, Archbishop and Primate of All Ireland
Born(1625-11-01)1 November 1625
Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland
Died1 July 1681(1681-07-01) (aged 55)
Tyburn, London, England
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified23 May 1920, Rome, Italy by Pope Benedict XV
Canonized12 October 1975, Rome, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI
Major shrineDownside Abbey
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Drogheda, Ireland
Feast1 July
PatronagePeace 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]

  1. ^ Glinert (2009), p. 80.