SAINT
saint-oliver-plunkett
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Oliver Plunkett, also spelled 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.
feast Day
07-01
patronages
- Peace
- reconciliation in Ireland
birth Date
1625-11-01
death Date
1681-07-01
canonization Status
canonized
canonization Date
12 October 1975
canonized By
Pope Paul VI
feast Month
7
feast Day Of Month
1

