Saint Peter Tuan P.M. (†1838) - was Catholic martyr of Vietnam. A native priest, he was arrested by Vietnamese authorities and suffered such grievous tortures while in prison that he died before they could carry out the order of execution by beheading. Pope John Paul II canonized him in 1988, as part of the group of 117 Vietnamese martyrs. His feast day is celebrated on July 15th.
Saint Oliver Plunkett (†1681) was an Irish Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. Ordained a priest in Rome in 1654, he returned to Ireland in 1670 during intense anti-Catholic persecution. He established schools, reformed the clergy, and ministered tirelessly. Falsely implicated in the fabricated Popish Plot, he was arrested in 1679, charged with treason, and endured harsh imprisonment. Convicted without evidence, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered on July 1, 1681, in London. He was beatified in 1920 and canonized in 1975, his feast day is July 1.
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