Patrick Cavanagh
Irish Catholic Martyr
Who they were
At Wexford in Ireland, Blesseds Matthew Lambert, Robert Meyler, Edward Cheevers and Patrick Cavanagh, martyrs, who, the first a baker and the others sailors, were hanged and then disembowelled under Queen Elizabeth I for their fidelity to the Church of Rome and the help they gave to Catholics.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 5 July as a sailor martyred at Wexford under Elizabeth I for his fidelity to the Church of Rome and his help to Catholics.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Edward Cheevers Blessed“The Wexford Martyrs were Matthew Lambert, Robert Meyler, Edward Cheevers and Patrick Cavanagh.” — Wikipedia
- Matthew Lambert Blessed“The Wexford Martyrs were Matthew Lambert, Robert Meyler, Edward Cheevers and Patrick Cavanagh.” — Wikipedia
- Robert Meyler Blessed“The Wexford Martyrs were Matthew Lambert, Robert Meyler, Edward Cheevers and Patrick Cavanagh.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 5 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7146217 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Patrick Cavanagh (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.