The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . hs—theBryans of Jenkinstown—have beenlately presented by them to the Roman CatholicCathedral of Kilkenny. Round the glazed cen-tral compartment of the monstrance runs thequotation : — ecce tabeknacvlvm dei cvmhominibvs et habitabit cvm eis. On the base is engraved:—david roth EPISCOP. OSSORIEN. ME FIERI FECIT. ANO. 1644. ORA PRO CLERO ET POPVLO DICE-CESSIS OSSORIEN. Rinuccini, the Papal Nuncio, entered the city on the 12th of November inthis year. He was met outside St. Patricks gate by the clergy, magis
The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . hs—theBryans of Jenkinstown—have beenlately presented by them to the Roman CatholicCathedral of Kilkenny. Round the glazed cen-tral compartment of the monstrance runs thequotation : — ecce tabeknacvlvm dei cvmhominibvs et habitabit cvm eis. On the base is engraved:—david roth EPISCOP. OSSORIEN. ME FIERI FECIT. ANO. 1644. ORA PRO CLERO ET POPVLO DICE-CESSIS OSSORIEN. Rinuccini, the Papal Nuncio, entered the city on the 12th of November inthis year. He was met outside St. Patricks gate by the clergy, magistrates, andprincipal men of the place ; and from that point to the cathedral, about as long,he observes, as the Lungara, at Rome, the streets were lined at each side bymusketeers. Robed in his pontifical hat and rochet, he walked beneath a canopy,borne amidst torrents of rain by uncovered citizens, and so passed by the loftyand graceful market-cross in the High-street to the cathedral church, at the doorof which he was met by the aged bishop Roth, who handed him the aspersorium. No. 6. CHAP. II.] KILKENNY. 41 and, having offered him incense, led him to the high altar; from whence, theprayer proper to the ceremonial having been recited, Rinuccini gave the bene-diction to the assembled multitudes, and published the indulgence of whichhe was the bearer; in conclusion, another oration expressive of joy for theNuncios safe arrival was recited. On the 18th of August, in this year, Bishop Roth was induced by the Nuncio the Congregation of the Clergy at Waterford, who were opposed to the peace AngikaL^ by the Supreme Council with the Marquis of Ormonde, to publish 169!part pan Interdict, enjoining a general cessation of all divine offices throughout thecity and suburbs of Kilkenny. The cathedral, no doubt, was the scene of thisact of Roths. A sentence of excommunication, dated October 5, 1646, from his palace of mbn. Domini-residence at Kilkenny, was f
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