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Blessed Conor O’Devany

Also known as

Conchubhar Ó Duibheanaigh

20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs

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Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants) priest. Chosen bishop of the diocese of Down and Connor, Ireland on 13 May 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. Arrested in 1588 in the anti-Catholic panic following the failed invasion by the Spanish Armada. Arrested again in 1611, he is one of the Irish Martyrs.

Born

c.1530 in Ulster, Armagh, Ireland

martyred on 1 February 1611 in Dublin, Ireland

6 July 1991 by Pope John Paul II

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

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

Category: Beatified by Pope John Paul II, Beatified in 1992, Died in 1611, Martyrs of Ireland, Saints Beati and Venerables, Saints who were Bishops, Saints who were Franciscans, Saints who were Martyrs, Saints who were Priests, Venerated in 1991 | Trackback