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John Gavan
English Jesuit
BlessedSociety of Jesus
Feast: 20 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1640
Died
1679
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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Who they were
John Gavan (1640–20 June 1679) was an English Jesuit. He was a victim of the fabricated Popish Plot, and was wrongfully executed for conspiracy to murder King Charles II. He was beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q16838489 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Gavan (CC BY-SA)
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