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Blessed John Carey

Also known as: Terence Carey

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

4-Jul

Born

In Dublin, Ireland

Died

Hanged, drawn and quartered on 4 July 1594 at Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England; on the scaffold he kissed the noose and called it a “precious collar”

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Venerated

8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed John Carey, also known as Terence Carey, was a layman who devoted himself to serving Blessed Thomas Bosgrave, another Catholic martyr during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I in England. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and little is known about his early life.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1929-12-15 by 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
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