Simon Rochfort (also Simon de Rupeforti; died
1224
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) was an English
bishop of Meath
The Bishop of Meath is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric.
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Until the ...
in Ireland.
Life
Rochfort was the first Englishman to hold the see of Meath, to which he was consecrated in
1194
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. He was one of the judges appointed by
Pope Innocent III
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Pope Innocent was one of the most power ...
in the suit for possession of the body of
Hugh de Lacy, 5th Baron Lacy and first lord of Meath, between the monks of
Bective, County Meath and the canons of St. Thomas's, Dublin. He gave sentence in favour of the latter in 1205.
He founded a house of
regular canon
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s at
Newtown Abbey, near
Trim
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in 1206, and ultimately erected the church into the cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, abandoning the old cathedral of
Clonard. At Newtown he held a synod in 1216, of which an account is extant. He allotted vicars' portions to the churches in his diocese.
He died in 1224 and was buried in the church at Newtown.
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1224 deaths
Roman Catholic bishops of Meath
Year of birth unknown
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