8 Apr 1537: Quentin Cogly #Dominican, bishop of Dromore briefs Paul III that many #Irish sees are vacant, some bishops had been tinged by schism & many #English appointees were absentees.
He proposes he be constituted a roving bishop (johnArmagh)
On Holy Thursday, here is: The Last Supper by Sister Plautilla Nelli, 1524-1588 #Dominican Prioress of the convent of St. Catherine of Siena #Florence, done in the 1560s.
19 Mar 1647: Julia Nolan of #Galway having separated from her husband by mutual consent professes #otd as #Dominican. He became a friar. She re-established the #Galway convent 1686-98 after which it became a clandestine community.
9 Mar 1566: The murder of John Black #Dominican in #Edinburgh, on the same night #otd as David Riccio Mary Queen of #Scots secretary - the two incidents may well have been linked
29 Feb 1600: Richard Caron [Mac Carraghamhna] is admitted to the #Irish College #Salamanca#otd He became a #Dominican in 1601 & later an advisor to Gondomar and advocate of the exiled Irish in #Spain (BM)
The story of Pepe, a #hippopotamus from #Colombian drug lord #PabloEscobar’s private zoo, inspired #Dominican#FilmDirector Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias to make a #film reflecting on the impact of #colonialism, he said. The #hippo, one of many wild animals kept on Escobar’s private estate, escaped into the surrounding countryside and lived there for many years after the drug lord’s death in 1993.
23 Jan 1656: John Nolan #Dominican from #Kilkenny released from the Inquisition prison in #Rome#otd after interrogation about his views on grace & predestination - of the Jansenistic kind (BM)
18 Jan 1517: George D'Athequa, Catherine of Aragon's #Dominican confessor consecrated bishop of Llandaff #otd (Lambeth Palace) by the bishop of #Hereford in St Paul's #London
7 Jan: feast #otd of St. Raymund of Pennafort #Dominican d. 1275 - compiler of decretals - canon law collection - and reviser of Dominican constitutions. Canonized in 1601.
7 Jan 1536: At 10am #otd in Kimbolton Castle, George D'Athequa, Catherine of Aragon's #Dominican confessor in #Spanish & bishop of Llandaff gives her extreme unction. She died at 2pm. (Lambeth Palace)
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