Killaloe (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Michael Breen · 1913
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Killaloe, Irish Cill-da-Lua, is a suffragan diocese of Cashel taking in most of Clare, much of Tipperary, and parts of four other counties. This entry names it for St. Lua, a sixth-century abbot whose oratory still stands on Friar's Island, while St. Flannan, its patron, was its first bishop, consecrated at Rome around 640.
The diocese took its present shape only in the twelfth century. The Synod of Rathbresail suppressed the old sees of Roscrea and Inniscathy and folded them into Killaloe, matching roughly the old Kingdom of Thomond. Roscrea had grown around St. Cronan's monastery and famous school, where the scribe Dimma copied the Four Gospels now in Trinity College, Dublin. Inniscathy grew around St. Senan's monastery, with Senan himself as its first bishop.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Michael Breen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |