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John MacSeonin Burke or John de Burgo, O.S.A. (Irish: Seán MacSeóinín de Búrca; died 1450) was an Irish Roman Catholic cleric who was Archbishop of Tuam (1441–1450).
John de Burgo OSA | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Seán MacSeóinín de Búrca |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archbishop of Tuam |
| In office | 1441–1450 |
| Predecessor | Tomás mac Muircheartaigh Ó Ceallaigh |
| Successor | Donatus Ó Muireadhaigh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John MacSeonin Burke |
| Died | 1450 |
| Nationality | Irish |
Career edit
Burke was appointed Archbishop of Tuam in 1441.[1]
Burke was a member of the Mac Seonin branch of the Bourkes of County Mayo, later anglicised as Jennings. Another notable member of this family was General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine (1751–99).
The History of the Popes comments:
Some of the annalists call him "the Archbishop of Conaught, the son of the Parson, son of Mac Johnin Burke." He died in Galway in the year 1450.
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Citations edit
- ^ Annala Rioghachta Eireann: Annals of the kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616. Edited from MSS in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and of Trinity College Dublin with a translation and copious notes. Vol. 5. Translated by O'Donovan, John (1st ed.). 2016 [1851]. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
Bibliography edit
- Cotton, Henry (1848–1878). Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates. Vol. 1. Dublin: Dublin, Hodges & Smith.
- Annala Rioghachta Eireann: Annals of the kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616. Edited from MSS in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and of Trinity College Dublin with a translation and copious notes. Vol. 5. Translated by O'Donovan, John (1st ed.). 2016 [1851]. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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