Peter O'Higgins
Peter O'Higgins | |
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| Born | c.1602 The Pale, Kingdom of Ireland |
| Died | 24 March 1642 St Stephen's Green, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Cause of death | Death by hanging |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church in Ireland Order of Preachers |
| Beatified | 22 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | St Saviour's Priory, Dublin |
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Blessed Peter O'Higgins O.P, in Irish Peadar Ó Huiggin, (c.1602 The Pale, Kingdom of Ireland – 24 March 1642, St Stephen's Green, County Dublin, Ireland) was an Irish Dominican priest who was hanged outside the walls of Dublin, officially for high treason against King Charles I but in reality as part of the religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland that began under King Henry VIII and ended only with Catholic Emancipation in 1829. Fr. O'Higgins was Beatified by Pope John Paul II on 22 September 1992 as one of the 24 officially recognized Irish Catholic Martyrs.