Blessed Thaddeus Mccarthy
Also known as: Tadhg MacCarthy; Taddeo Machar; White Martyr of Munster
Feast Day
25-Oct
Born
C.1455 in County Cork, Ireland
Died
25 October 1492 in a pilgrim‘s hostel at Ivrea, Italy of natural causes; the hostel warden found him deceased but surrounded by light; Bishop Nicholas Garigliatti had a dream of Thaddeus’s death and ascension to heaven, and came to collect the body, which would have otherwise been given a pauper‘s burial as the man was an unknown pilgrim; buried in the cathedral of Ivrea; miracles reported at the tomb; body found incorrupt when the tomb was opened in 1742, but later deteriorated; some relics enshrined in the Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Anne in Cork, Ireland; some relics enshrined in the Cathedral of Saint Colman, Cobh, Ireland; some relics enshrined in the Church of Saint Mary, Youghal, Ireland
Beatified
1896 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)
Biography
Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy, also known as Tadhg MacCarthy and Taddeo Machar, was born around 1455 in County Cork, Ireland. He was the son of the Lord of Muskerry, Ireland, and the grandson of the Lord of Kerry, Ireland. Thaddeus received his education from the Franciscans at Timoleague and later studied at the University of Paris and in Rome, Italy.
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