John MacSeonin Burke
Irish Roman Catholic cleric and Archbishop of Tuam (d.1450)
About John MacSeonin Burke
John MacSeonin Burke or John de Burgo, O.S.A. (Irish: Seán MacSeóinÃn de Búrca; died 1450) was an Irish Roman Catholic cleric who was Archbishop of Tuam (1441–1450).
Career Burke was appointed Archbishop of Tuam in 1441.
Burke was a member of the Mac Seonin branch of the Bourkes of County Mayo, later anglicised as Jennings. Another notable member of this family was General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine (1751–99).
The History of the Popes comments:
Some of the annalists call him "the Archbishop of Conaught, the son of the Parson, son of Mac Johnin Burke." He died in Galway in the year 1450.
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Who was John MacSeonin Burke?
Irish Roman Catholic cleric and Archbishop of Tuam (d.1450)
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John MacSeonin Burke's recorded nationality: Lordship of Ireland, Irish language.
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