Blessed Peter Higgins

Also known as

• Peadar Ó Huiggin

Memorial

• 30 October

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Joined the Dominicans in 1622. Priest. Prior of the Dominican house at Naas. He was ordered to acknowledge the English king as head of the Church; he declined. Martyr.

Born

• 1601 in Ireland

Died

• martyred on 23 March 1642 in Dublin, 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 Peter, 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