In 1324 the Bishop of Ossory, Richard de Ledrede, paid a lenten visit to the priory. Following an inquisition into a Kilkenny sect of heretics, Irish noblewoman Alice Kyteler and her maidservant Petronilla de Meath were ordered to appear before the Bishop to answer charges of witchcraft. The Bishop successfully prosecuted the heretics, however Alice Kyteler was able to escape to England. Petronilla de Meath was flogged and became Ireland's first heretic to be burned at the stake in Kilkenny on 11/03/1324.
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