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Today in Ireland (tomorrow in @ABDiocese) we celebrate #StOliverPlunket: the Archbishop of Armagh, he was the final martyr at #Tyburn London in 1681. He was beatified in 1820, and canonised in 1975. In 1997 he was made the Patron Saint for peace and reconciliation in Ireland…1/ 
…yet in @RCWestminster there is still no place in the #Westminster Ordo for this #UltimaMartyr, & senior martyr, of all @TyburnMartyrs. Such a focus of international unity, who even has a 1924 mosaic by a Russian outside #StPatrick’s Chap in @WestminsterCath, surely deserves..2/
…an annual Memorial in the Ordo of the diocese where he gave his life? His Letters are gold… #StOliver himself potentially threads together Armagh, Westminster & Europe in a unique way. It is sad to see him neglected in the diocese where he suffered. 3/
1st JULY: ST OLIVER PLUNKET
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1. St Oliver Plunket - Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland - was born at Loughcrew near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland, 1629; he died 11 July, 1681. Ordained to the priesthood in 1654,
#StOliverPlunket #Ireland #SaintofTheDay
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1. St Oliver Plunket - Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland - was born at Loughcrew near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland, 1629; he died 11 July, 1681. Ordained to the priesthood in 1654,
#StOliverPlunket #Ireland #SaintofTheDay
2. St Oliver was deputed by the Irish bishops to act as their representative in Rome. He was appointed to the primatial see of Armagh, and was consecrated, 30 November 1669, at Ghent, in Belgium, by the Bishop of Ghent.
In March, 1670 he entered on his apostolate in Armagh.
In March, 1670 he entered on his apostolate in Armagh.
