Johannes (Cistercian; Bishop of Leighlin)
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Johannes (also known as John), O.Cist. was an Irish bishop in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.[1]
Formerly Abbot of Monasterevin, he was consecrated Bishop of Leighlin at Rome by Pope Innocent III on 18 September 1198; and died in 1201.[2][3] His brother William was the first recorded Archdeacon of Leighlin, holding the office in 1200.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p383 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 364, 400 and 437. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Cotton, Henry (1848). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 2, The Province of Leinster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 383–387.
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p397 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
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