 | Charles O'Conor - Bishops - 1810 - 896 pages
...ourselves, by any " oath of Allegiance to their fathers or to them, &c." See the original in Herne's Fordun. settlements, was pursued by Lord Grey, and defeated...Friar, was written — by whom ? by the Bishop of Met z, in the name of the Council of Cardinals, stating to O'Nial, that they have discovered an Irish... | |
 | Thomas Leland - Ireland - 1814 - 520 pages
...distraction, put an end to his own life. The most obnoxious and alarming of his papers, was a letter written by the bishop of Metz, in the name of the council of cardinals, to O'Nial ; exciting him to draw the sword against the heretical opposers of the pope. It was conceived... | |
 | Samuel Burdy - Ireland - 1817 - 596 pages
...to take up arms in defence of the ancient religion. To O'Nial, in particular, a letter was sent from the bishop of Metz, in the name of the council of cardinals, containing a pretended prophecy of a popish saint, and enjoining him, ' for the glory ' of the mother... | |
 | Martin M'Dermot - 1820 - 1058 pages
...and distraction, he put an end to his existence. Among his papers was the following letter written by the bishop of Metz, in the name of the council of cardinals, to O'Niall, exciting him to draw the sword against the heretical opposers of the pope. . " My son O'Niall.... | |
 | William Phelan - Ireland - 1827 - 378 pages
...drawn in the quarrel of the ecclesiastics.1 1 Cox, 257. b The following letter was written to O'Neit by the bishop of Metz, in the name of the council of Cardinals : " My Son O'Neil, " Thou and thy fathers were ever faithful to the mother church of Rome. His holiness... | |
 | William Phelan - 1832 - 378 pages
...cause.t But all these appeals, whether to super* Cox, 257. t The following letter was written to O'Ni-il by the bishop of Metz, in the name of the council of Cardinals: — ' My Son O'Neil, ' Thou and thy fathers were ever faithful to the mother church of Rome. His holiness... | |
 | 1833 - 784 pages
...the papacy, and to stimulate the chieftains in the cause of Rome, a letter was written to O'Neill, by the bishop of Metz, in the name of the council of cardinals, stating that His Holiness had discovered an ancient prophecy of Saint Lazerianus, that the Chwrck of Rome should... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Ireland - 1843 - 558 pages
...committed to the castle of Dublin, was found a letter addressed to O'Neill, and professing to be written by the bishop of Metz, in the name of the council of cardinals. The object of this letter was to exhort O'Neill, as he valued " the glory of the mother church, the... | |
 | 1847 - 1040 pages
...feelings of the Vatican toward Henry may be inferred also from the following remarkable letter written by the Bishop of Metz, in the name of the Council of Cardinals to O'Nial, the 1 Thelan's History, p. 12). Digest of Evidence, ii. p. 34. * Sec Archbishop Browne's... | |
 | Richard Murray (dean.) - Ireland - 1848 - 428 pages
...St. Peter, St. Paul, and the holy evangelists help, &c. t The following letter was written to O'Neil, by the bishop of Metz, in the name of the Council of Cardinals. IRELAND AND HER CHURCH. CENTURY But all these appeals, whether to superstition, or to enthu• siasm,... | |
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... force to aid them in this design. An event that occurred this year, about midsummer, conduced to strengthen such an impression. Among the papers of a Franciscan friar, who had been apprehended and committed to the castle of Dublin, was found a letter... 
