The Church of S. John the Evangelist, Dublin (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1889. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE CHURCH OF DUBLIN. S. JOHN, HE Church of S. John the Evangelist stood on the west side of Fishamble Street, and on the north side of John's Lane, on the place where the Fishamble Street Mission Hall now stands. It is said to have been first built in 1168, and Mr. Gilbert thinks by a native Irishman named Giolla Michell. Before the close of the twelfth century it was attached to the Church of the Holy Trinity, then under the rule of Canons of S. Augustine. In 1539, when the Church of the Holy Trinity became a Cathedral, S. John's was assigned to the Chancellor's Vicar, who received a stall in the Cathedral, and on June 12, 1604, by a new Charter, the Chancellor's Vicar was changed into a Prebendary. According to Cotton, the taxation on S. John's was nil in 1294; DEGREES'5 in 1360; and DEGREES,11 13s. 4d. in 1617. It is known to have been rebuilt in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, was closed in 1878, soon after the ) Parish of S. John was united to that of S. Werburgh, and was finally taken down in 1884. The Parish was a union of two, like that of S. Werburgh, namely, S. John's and 3. Olaf's, or S. Olave's. The latter was the older, and possibly, the larger of the two. The name was introduced into Dublin by the Northmen, and commemorated Olaf I., King of Norway, who introduced Christianity into that country about the year 1010. Olaf Haraldson, or Olaf Helge, the holy, as he was called, was the son of Harald Grenscius, or Tryggon, Prince of Westfold, in Norway. He found his native land divided between Eric, son of Hacon of Norway, Sweno of Denmark, and Olave Scot Konung, son of Eric, King of Sweden. Becoming a Christian, he succeeded in delivering his country from the Swedes and Danes, and introduced Christianity into Norway, converting the people chie...