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27. June is also the feast day, in the Church of Ireland, of:
Richard of Dundalk (d. 1360). This sainted archbishop of Armagh (hence also Richard of Armagh; in the world, Richard Fitzralph) was educated in Oxford and in Paris and had a distinguished career as a theologian both at Oxford and in papal Avignon. At the time of his provision to Armagh in 1346 he was dean of Lichfield cathedral. Consecrated in 1347, Richard vigorously defended Armagh's primatial status against the claims of royally favored Dublin, instituted reform practices for the clergy of his province, gave socially pertinent sermons, continued his theological work, promoted the cult of St. Patrick, and became a committed foe of the Franciscans and other mendicants, with whom he was still engaged in legal proceedings in Avignon at the time of his death there. Richard's remains were returned to Ireland about a decade later and were laid to rest in Dundalk's church of St. Nicholas. A cult developed and petitions were made for his canonization. In England, Lollardists who favored some of Richard's theological positions also called him Saint. By the early sixteenth century Richard's cause had not made much headway in Rome. In 1545, after the break with England, he was canonized by the then archbishop of Armagh.
Best,
John Dillon
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