Paschal Robinson [SEP] date of death
Paschal Robinson
Paschal Robinson, O.F.M., (born David Robinson; 26 April 1870 – 27 August 1948) was an Irish ecclesiastical diplomat. A journalist and renowned medievalist before he entered diplomatic service, he was the titular archbishop of Tyana and the first apostolic nuncio to Ireland since the 17th-century Archbishop Rinuccini. Influential in his position, he served as nuncio from January 1930 until his death in 1948.
Career.
Born David Robinson in Ireland on 26 April 1870 and raised in the United States, Robinson was
Saint Tómméne reigned as Bishop for 38 years.
The Paschal Controversies.
At this time the Irish Church was preoccupied with the Paschal Question, i.e. how to compute the date of Easter and Christ’s death. St. Tómméne was interested in this dispute even before he was made Bishop of Armagh. A letter, written c.610 by Archbishop Laurence of Canterbury and countersigned by Mellitus, the Bishop of London and Justus, Bishop of Rochester, was sent to the Irish bishops urging them to adopt the Roman method of calculating Easter.