Gilla in Choimded Ó Cerbailláin
Gilla in Choimded Ó Cerbailláin (d. 1279), also known in Latin as Germanus,[1] was a medieval Irish bishop.[2]
Ó Cerbailláin was elected Bishop of Cinél nEógain in 1230. In 1254 he transferred the See from Ráith Lúraig (Maghera) to Derry.[3]
References[]
- ^ G Catholic
- ^ 'Raphoe and Derry in the 12th and 13th Centuries' Gwynn, A pp84-100: 'Donegal Annual' IV no.2 (1959)
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 345. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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- People from County Londonderry
- 13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
- Bishops of Cinél nEógain
- Bishops of Derry
- 1279 deaths
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- Irish religious biography stubs