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SCANDINAVIAN ANTIQUITIES OF DUBLIN. 141
the Irish bishop of Glendalough ; the Ostman
bishopric of Dublin not being even named, and when
subsequently mentioned, only mentioned as being
in the diocese of Glendalough.
The diocese remained until A.D. 1151 in this state, origin of two
when it was certified to Pope Innocent III., that the district'"/
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.Master John Papiron, the legate of the Roman
church, coming into Ireland, found a bishop dwelling
in Dublin, who at that time exercised his episcopal
office within the walls. He found in the same diocese
another church in the mountains, which likewise
had the name of a city, and had a certain Chorepis-
copus." But the legate
delivered the Pall to
Dublin, " which was the best city," and doubtless,
also, because
with Rome.
its bishop was already in connexion
" And he appointed that that diocese in
which both cities were, should be divided ; that one
part thereof should fall to the metropolis." "And
this he would have immediately carried into execu-
tion, had he not been obstructed by the insolence
of the Irish, who were then powerful in that part of
the country," and who denied the authority of the
Roman legate. 1
It is also to be observed that the ecclesiastical jurisdiction
of the united bishoprics still extends from
beyond Arklow, along the sea shore, to the Delvin
rivulet, a little south of the Nanny water, and
inwards along the Liffey, to the " Salmon Leap,"
at Leixlip. The church, " De Saltu Salmonis,"
its limit in that direction.
being
That this ecclesiastical jurisdiction has been made
1
Harris's Ware, Vol. I., pp. 376, 377.
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Bishops of Glendalough.'