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John Cornelius
English Jesuit priest and martyr
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Feast: 4 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1557
Died
1594
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
John Cornelius (Irish: Seán Conchobhar Ó Mathghamhna; 1557 – 4 July 1594) also called Mohun, was an Irish Catholic priest and Jesuit born in Cornwall. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- John Carey 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
Sources
- Wikidata Q6227148 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Cornelius (priest) (CC BY-SA)
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