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John Carey

Irish Roman Catholic martyr

Blessed

Feast: 4 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
1594
Beatified
not on record
Canonised
not yet

Who they were

John Carey (died 4 July 1594) was martyred at Dorchester, Dorset, England, for adherence to the Roman Catholic faith. His feast day is 4 July.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

  • John Cornelius Blessed
    “John (or Terence) Carey was an Irish layman, born in Dublin, and servant of Thomas Bosgrave and was put to death with Thomas Bosgrave, John Cornelius (a priest, born of Irish parents in Bodmin in Cornwall), and Patrick Salmon, another lay helper also of Dublin birth, at Dorchester in Dorset in 1594.” — Wikipedia
  • Patryk Salmon Blessed
    “He was put to death for his faith at Dorchester, England, on 4 July 1594, on the same day as the Jesuit John Cornelius and the laymen Thomas Bosgrave and John Carey.” — this site's research
  • Thomas Bosgrave Blessed
    “John (or Terence) Carey was an Irish layman, born in Dublin, and servant of Thomas Bosgrave and was put to death with Thomas Bosgrave, John Cornelius (a priest, born of Irish parents in Bodmin in Cornwall), and Patrick Salmon, another lay helper also of Dublin birth, at Dorchester in Dorset in 1594.” — Wikipedia
Sources

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