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Gilla in Choimded Ó Cerbailláin

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 19, 2025
Entity authorityQ105755167 ↗
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Gilla in Choimded Ó Cerbailláin (died 1279), also known in Latin as Germanus, was a medieval Irish bishop.

Ó Cerbailláin was elected Bishop of Cinél nEógain in 1230. In 1254 he transferred the See from Ráith Lúraig (Maghera) to Derry.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gilla in Choimded Ó Cerbailláin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.