St. Patrick's Cathedral

Dublin, Co. Dublin

Associated People

Robert Waldby

Coordinates:

53.336998652, -6.269498922

How was it located?

Although Waldby spent very little time in his diocese while Archbishop of Dublin, the city's two cathedrals were the seat of his authority. Dublin was unusual in having two cathedrals that shared the rights and duties of the archdiocesan seat: Christ Church and St. Patrick's.

Sources and Further Reading

Edwin C. Rae, "The Medieval Fabric of the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick in Dublin," Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 109 (1979): 28-73.

Geraldine Stout with Paul Walsh, site record for DU018-020269-, Archaeological Survey of Ireland

John William Sullivan, "'The Pale at prayer': lived religious experience in Anglo-Norman Dublin's two cathedrals" in Seán Duffy, ed., Medieval Dublin XVIII (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2020): 183-193.

Contributors

Margaret K. Smith