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Francis Taylor
Mayor of Dublin and Catholic martyr
BlessedResearched
Feast: 29 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1550
Died
1621
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Dublin in Ireland, the death of Blessed Francis Taylor, martyr, a father of a family who, after suffering seven years in prison for his Catholic faith, worn out by hardship and old age, crowned his martyrdom under the reign of James I.
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 30 January as a father of a family who died a martyr in Dublin after seven years in prison for his Catholic faith.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1441753 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Francis Taylor (martyr) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.