ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 6th of January
PATRICK O'DERRY, PRIEST AND MARTYR
Patrick (Patricius) [Patrick O'Derry], a priest at Ulster in Ireland, was accused of transgressing the royal religious edicts, and in old age and full of merits found his death by hanging and quartering on January 6, 1618 (Weissb. III. 156).
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
➡️ Irish Confessors and Martyrs
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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