August 13th

Blessed Patrick O'Healy and Conn O'Rourke, Martyrs of Ireland

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Kilmallock, Ireland

At Kilmallock in Ireland, Blessed Patrick O’Healy, bishop of Mayo, and Conn O’Rourke, priest, both of the Order of Friars Minor, who, because they openly professed their priesthood, were condemned to death and led to the torments of the gallows.

Latin Original

Mlacólici in Hibérnia, beatórum Patrícii O’Healy, epíscopi Mayénsis, et Conni O’ Rourke, presbyteri, ambórum ex Ordine Fratrum Minórum, qui propter sacerdótium palam patefáctum cápite damnáti sunt et patíbuli supplíciis dedücti.