Oliver Plunkett
Archbishop
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Oliver Plunkett 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. Wikipedia
Born: November 1, 1625, Loughcrew Cairns, Oldcastle, Ireland
Died: July 1, 1681 (age 55 years), Tyburn, London
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
Patronage: Peace and reconciliation in Ireland