Registrum Prioratus Omnium Sanctorum juxta Dublin / Edited from a manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin; with additions from other sources, and notes, by the Rev. Richard Butler.
- All Hallows' Priory (Dublin, Ireland)
- Date:
- 1845
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Registrum Prioratus Omnium Sanctorum juxta Dublin / Edited from a manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin; with additions from other sources, and notes, by the Rev. Richard Butler. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![])elieved, that it should be united with Dublin on the next vacancy. In 1192 Earl John^, by a charter dated at Nottingham on the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, granted to John Comyn the privilege of nominating the Bishop of Glendalough, who was to be chaplain and vicar to the archbishop. He had previously, when in Dublin^, granted the see itself to Archbishop John, “ pro raritate populi et paupertate Ecclesie Dublin;” but perhaps the insolence of the Irish, to use Archbishop Felix O’Ruadan’s words, may have deferred the execution of this plan, although it was confirmed by Matthew“, Arch- bishop of Cashel, the Pope’s Legate; it is, however, probable that William Piro, the last recognized” Bishop of Glendalough, was ap- pointed under this charter, in 1192, by Archbishop Comyn. Pope Innocent III., to whom John had sent the Archbishops of Bourdeaux, York, and Dublin, as ambassadors for the purpose, con- firmed the union of the sees in 1216, on condition that, with part of the revenues of the see of Glendalough, a religious house or hos- pitaP should be erected; and accordingly Archbishop Henry de Loundres founded near the Priory of All-Hallows, on the sea-shore, which was called the Steyn, an hospital where pilgrims on their way to St. James of Compostella, who might be detained by stress of weather, should find bed and board; and he endowed there ten chaplains, who were to wear black cloaks with a white cross on the breast. While the old Irish City of Glendalough in the mountains, se- cured only by its situation, and hallowed by ancient custom, was gradually giving way before its modern and Danish rival, the seat of trade Earl John.—Al. Eeg. p. 134. nation of Dionysius White on the 30th '^Dublin—Al. Reg. p. 127. May, 1497. Al. Reg. p. 272. ^ Matthevs.—Al. Reg. p. 121. '^Hospital.—Al. Reg. p. 473. Recognized.—The see maintained a sort ^ Giving wag—The superiority of Dub- of dubious existence until the final resig- lin was foretold by St. Patrick, “ cumque](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28741481_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
