Excerpt from The Black Book of Limerick: Studies on the Diocese of Limerick Based Principally on the Manuscript Known as "the Black Book of Limerick" There are only four Papal letters preserved amongst the docu ments, and none of them are of very special importance. Two of them were written by Gregory IX., one of them (n o. Written in the ninth year of his Pontificate (1235) to the Bishop of Lis more in connection with the sentence of excom munication that had been issued by the Bishop of Limerick against Geoffrey de Mareys, justiciary of Ireland, on account of the injuries done by him to the person and property of the Bishop and clergy of Limerick, and the other, (n o. CLVIII.) to the Bishop of Cloyne two years later (1237) on the same subject. Two others were sent by Innocent IV. One of these (no. CLV.) deals with the granting of ecclesiastical burial to one G. De Rupe, who had been excommuni mted by the Bishop of Limerick, and who having died without absolution had received ecclesiastical burial from the monks of the monastery of I nistioc, in the Diocese of Ossory. The Pope directs the Bishop. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.