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Saint Oliver Plunket (1 November 1625 - 1 July 1681 (O.S.)) was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.
He was born at Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Co Meath, related to several titled Irish families. After being accused (probably falsely) of plotting against King Charles II by Titus Oates, he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London. After his death, his arms were severed and are now preserved as relics in Drogheda. The rest of the body was initially interred in the courtyard of St. Giles, exhumed in 1683 and moved to the Benedictine monastery at Lamspringe, near Hildesheim in Germany. The head was brought to Rome, and from thence to Armagh and eventually to Drogheda at St. Peters Church on 29 June 1921. The body was brought from Lamspringe to Downside Abbey, England in 1883; some of these were brought to Ireland in May 1975. Other relics and souvenirs are in Britain, France, Germany, America, and Australia.
Timeline
- 4 Mar 1651 tonsure & minor orders
- 20 Dec 1653 ordained as subdeacon
- 26 Dec 1653 ordained as deacon
- 1 Jan 1654 ordained as priest - Rome
- 23 Nov 1669 consecrated as archbishop
- 6 Dec 1679 arrest
- 23 July 1680 trial
- 24 Oct 1680 transfer from Ireland to London
- 8 June 1681 trial
- 15 June 1681 sentenced to death
- 1 July 1681 (O.S) = 11 July (N.S.) 1681 hanged, drawn, quartered, beheaded
- 17 Mar 1918 declaration of martyrdom
- Whitsunday, 1920 beatified (?July 11)
- 12 Oct 1975 canonized
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