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Conor O'Rourke
Franciscan priest and martyr at Kilmallock
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Feast: 13 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Kilmallock in Ireland, Blesseds Patrick O'Healy, bishop of Mayo, and Conor O'Rourke, priest, both of the Order of Friars Minor, condemned to death and led to the scaffold for not having kept their priesthood hidden.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 13 August as a Franciscan priest led to the scaffold at Kilmallock for not hiding his priesthood.
Connected on this site
- Patrick O'Healy Blessed“At Kilmallock in Ireland, Blesseds Patrick O'Healy, bishop of Mayo, and Conor O'Rourke, priest, both of the Order of Friars Minor, condemned to death and led to the scaffold for not having kept their priesthood hidden.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R683139dd — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.