Blessed Conn O’Rourke

Also known as

• Conn Ó Ruairc
• Connus O’Rourke
• Cornelius O’Rourke

Memorial

• 20 June

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Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants) priest. One of the Irish Martyrs.

Born

• c.1549 in Breifne (now in counties Leitrim and Cavan), Ireland

Died

• 31 August 1579 in Kilmallock, Limerick, Ireland

Venerated

• 6 July 1991 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Dermot, contact
     Irish Bishops‘ Conference
     Saint Patrick‘s College
     Maynooth, County Kildare, IRELAND

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Conn O’Rourke”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 November 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-conn-orourke/>