Oliver Plunkett Saint

Oliver Plunkett (also spelt Oliver Plunket) (Irish: Oilibhéar Pluincéid), often known as Saint Oliver Plunkett, (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland who was the last victim of the Popish Plot. Plunkett was beatified in 1920 and canonised in 1975, the first new Irish saint for almost seven hundred years.

Personal facts

Oliver Plunkett
Birth dateNovember 01, 1625
Birth place
County Meath , Loughcrew
Date of deathJuly 01, 1681
Place of death
Tyburn
TitleMartyr Archbishop and Primate of All Ireland

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Saint

beatified by
Pope Benedict XV
beatified dateMay 23, 1920
canonized by
Pope Paul VI
canonized dateOctober 12, 1975
major shrine
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Drogheda
venerated in
Catholic Church

Oliver Plunkett on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=bgcKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PT237#v=onepage&f=false
  2. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12169b.htm
  3. http://www.saintoliverplunkett.com