Oliver Plunkett

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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.

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beatified by

Pope Benedict XV

beatified date

1920-05-23

birth date

1625-11-01, 1629-11-01

birth place

County Meath, Loughcrew

canonized by

Pope Paul VI

canonized date

1975-10-12

death date

1681-07-01

death place

Tyburn

major shrine

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Drogheda

title

Martyr Archbishop and Primate of All Ireland

venerated in

Catholic Church