Plunket, Oliver

Plunket, Oliver
(1629–81)
   Archbishop and Saint.
   Plunket was born in Meath, Ireland, and was educated in Dublin and Rome. He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1654 and was appointed Archbishop of Armagh in 1669. A thoroughly conscientious Archbishop, he was arrested as a result of the Titus oates plot. Despite his complete innocence, he was executed for treason in London. He has continuously been venerated in Ireland and he was canonised in 1975.
   A. Curtayne, The Trial of Oliver Plunkett (1953).

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