Diocese of Slane
The Diocese of Slane was an Irish diocese created in 513 [1] by St Erc[2] with its seat at Slane. It was first subsumed by the Diocese of Meath[3] and is now within the Diocese of Meath and Kildare.
| Pre-Reformation Bishops of Slane | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| unknown | 847 | Onchu | |
| 847 | 854 | Sodamna | Martyred by the Ostmen |
| 854 | 867 | Niallan | |
| 867 | 874 | Maol Breedi | |
Other senior clergy
[edit]| Archdeacons of Slane | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| unknown | 1042 | Eochagan | A celebrated author, Professor of Swords, he died at Cologne (Archdall) |
| 1042 | 1053 | Donell O'Cele | |
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ 'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Archdall, M. (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786)
- ↑ O'Connor, Denis. "Diocese of Kerry and Aghadoe." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 17 December 2017
- ↑ Cogan, Anthony (1862). The diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. Vol. 1. Dublin: J.F. Fowler.