Matthew Sanders Explained

Matthew Sanders was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop in the sixteenth century.^[1]

He was promoted Bishop of Leighlin by Pope Clement VII on 11 April 1527.^[2] He swore the oath of supremacy at Clonmel early in 1539;^[3] and died on 23 (or 24) December 1549. He was buried at St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin

References

1. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 364, 400 and 437.
   - Book: Cotton, Henry . The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland . Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae . 2, The Province of Leinster . 1848 . Hodges and Smith . Dublin . 383–387.
2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p387 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
3. Book: Bagwell, Richard . Richard Bagwell . 1885–90 . Ireland Under the Tudors . 1 . 305 .