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...that Archbishop John Ireland (pictured) refused to allow the Irish in Saint Paul, Minnesota to have a Saint Patrick's Day parade due to previous celebrations turning into what he called "midnight orgies"?
...that Cassià Maria Just was one of the Catholic Church members in Spain who showed their opposition to Francisco Franco?
...that King Lugaid mac Lóegairi was said by the Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii to have been struck dead by lightning because he mocked Saint Patrick?

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