BEATIFYING A MARTYR.
CEREMONY IN ROME.
ROME, May 24.
The beatification of Oliver Plunkett, an Archbishop of Armagh, who was executed at Tyburn in 1681, was carried out with .impressive ceremony at St. Peter's. Many Irish, English, American, and Australian church- dignitaries participated in the pageant, including Cardinal Logue, the present Archbishop of Armagh, and Dr. Kelly, Archbishop of Sydney. —(A. and NX Cable.)
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ROME, May 24
It is reported that Archbishop Stanley doyen of the English-speaking prelates it Rome, was invited to celebrate mass at the beatification of Oliver Plunkett, bui the Irish bishops remonstrated againsi the choice of an Englishman, and at Italian was selected. Archbishop Michael Kelly, of Sydney was present at the beatification. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
Oliver Plankett, .trchbishop of Armagh and of All Ireland, was hanged at Tyburn in 1681 for treason. It has I«en asserted by Irish historians ever since that his life was sworn away by paid informers, and the desire for his canonisation has been keenly urged by Irishmen.
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 124, 25 May 1920, Page 5
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