Thomas St Leger

Thomas St Leger, Archdeacon of Kells,[1] was elected Bishop of Meath before 5 November 1282, but was not successful and took his claim to Rome where eventually appointed by Pope Honorius IV on 12 July 1286.[2] He was consecrated on 3 November 1287; and died in office in December 1320.[3]

Notes

  1. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton,H. p112 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  2. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 360–361 ISBN 0-521-56350-X
  3. "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5


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