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| | Edward Rogers Memoir of Armagh Cathedral |
 | | Attempts have been made to remove the odiums of this Papal act by declaring the Bull a forgery; but the confirmation of it by Pope Alexander III., in 1172, and a recital of it by Pope John, in 1319, place its authority beyond disputation. |
 | | Adrian's diploma is given from the original by Matthew Paris, Giraldus Cambrensis, Rymers Foedera i., 19. |
 | | To which Roger Hoveden adds (Ussher iv., 367) that the King sent a transcript of these charters to Pope Alexander III., who, by his Apostolic authority, confirmed the said kingdom to him and his heirs, according to the letters of the Archbishops and Bishops. |
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