Felix Ua Ruanada
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Felix Ua Ruanada was the third
Archbishop of Tuam The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ) is an Episcopal polity, archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Cathol ...
, Ireland, 1201–1235. ''The History of the Popes'' describes him as:
a
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, uncle of
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, King of Ireland ... In 1235 he resigned his charge, and retired to St. Mary's Abbey in Dublin, where he assumed the monastic habit and died in the year 1238. His episcopal seal in engraved in Harris's
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Annals of the Four Masters
Archbishops of Tuam Medieval Gaels from Ireland Christian clergy from County Galway 13th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland 1238 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub