She was
renowned
for her virtues, and married the Emperor Charles le Gros.
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]
which show the brightest colouring on the rind, are not always
the most and wholesome. have attractions for the FRUITS, ripe They only
incautious and unwise.
very often honoured on earth, when God's holiest ones are almost unknown or neglected. Our chief purpose in this collection is to rescue from almost utter oblivion memorials that can still be found regarding those who have rendered good service to Religion in the glorious past ages.
St. Endeus or Enna was probably born about the middle of the sixth
century, being son to Nuadan. We have few notices left regarding him.
However, as Dr. Lanigan remarks, nothing occurs to prevent us from sup-
posing Irish Saints.
Yet those, who have attained a bad eminence are
him to have been that Endeus alluded in the Second Class1 of to,
He is thought to have been a disciple of St. Columkille. s the great Apostle of Caledonia. St Columba founded a monastery at a place called Imleachfoda. 4 Over this, he placed St. Enna, as its first minister. The former residence of Endeus is now called Emlaghfad,* in Sligo County. This ancient town6 lies six miles south of Sligo, and cne from Ballvmote. ? Itisnowaparishchurch,inthedioceseofAchonry; andPrinceO'Donnell, the Biogragher of St. Columkille, tells us, that the subject of his Memoir erected a Church there, on the west side of a hill, called Tulach-sugra. At
present
Tully,
Toomour,
within the of Corann. 9 barony
2 .
8 in
this saint has been referred to the 18th of September, by Marianus
10
it is known as
The year of St. Endeus' or Enna's death is unknown. The festival of
O'Gorman.
we do not find his festival in the Martyrologies of Tallagh or of Donegal at that date.
This was probably the Natalis, or day of his death. However,
Article II. —St. Fergna, Priest. In the published Martyrology of
1 the name of Presb. is as
had a
Tallagh,
Article I. —* See Ussher's " Britanni-
carum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates," cap. xvii. .
p. 474.
a
See "Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. ii. , chap, xii. , sect, x. , p. 223.
having
festival,
3
Sixth Volume of this work, Art. i.
See his Life, at the 9th of June, in the
of St. Columba," Additional Notes, n. (G). , p 282.
'The large parish of Toomour is repre- sented on the " Ordnance Survey Townland
Maps for the County of Sligo," Sheets 33,
4 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," P- 106.
s Emlaghfad, appears to have been com- pounded from these Irish words, Imleach
Fergna,
mentioned,
34, 39, 40, 44, 45. The townland of Tully proa, which are Anglicised "the long is shown on Sheet 40.
marsh. "
6
Where Richard Earl of Ulster built a castle, about the year 1300, See ArchdalFs "Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 633.
10 See "Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
J it is in the barony of Corran, and parish
of Emlaghfad, represented on the " Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of
Sligo," Sheet 33.
8
See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's "Life
Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179.
— p. xxxiv.
Article ii.
*
Edited
Rev. Dr.
by
Kelly,
September 18. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. . 449
atthe18thofSeptember. ItisalsotobefoundintheBookofLeinstercopy. * In the Martyrology of Donegal,3 he is described as Fergna, Priest. Then within brackets, the Calendarist observes: "[He was of the race of Colla Uais,* monarch of Erin. s Or he was son to the King of Caisel, &c,
see6
have been reserved.
"
for some
At the 18th of September, his feast is entered as that
]
Space
authority
to be here seems to quoted
of the great Feargna, in the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman, with the note of a commentator stating that he was a Priest. ?
Article III. —St. Edain, of Droma Rath, most probably Drum- rath, or Drumrany, County of Westmeath. In the Felire of St. ^Engus, at the 18th of September, a festival is set down for Enan of Druim
1 and with a for him. The scholiast on the text special eulogy
Raithne,
states, that he was in the west of Meath. 3 At this date, the Martyrology of
Tallagh, Book of Leinster copy, 3 registers Edain of Droma Rathe, as having been venerated. 4 The place where he was held in honour may be Anglicised " the church of the fort. " The name of this holy man should probably be written Enan or Henan. He was no doubt identical with a saint bearing thisname,venerated,aswehavealreadyseen,atthe19thofAugusts The fact, that his festival was celebrated on the Sunday, after the 18th of Sep- tember, at Drumrath or Drumrany, County of Westmeath, seems sufficiently
conclusive. 6
2
Thus entered, peppiAi prbi.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
that the church of Druimratha was situatedinLeyny,intheprovinceofConnaught. ? Heretherehadbeenan oratory, which was burned by the foreigners, a. d. 946, while at the time seven score and ten persons were in it. 8 There is a parish called Druim- raite, Anglice Drumrat,* in the barony of Corran, and County of Sligo ; while there is a place similarly named, in the County of Westmeath. 10 The patron saint of this place is thought by Dr. O'Donovan" to have been called differently St. Winoc, Enan, Fionan, Fionoe. He was venerated on the
252,253.
4 The various branches of this
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
Colgan says, however,
family are traced in Roderick O'Flaherty's See ibid. , p. cxlvi
"3 Ogygia," pais iii. , cap. lxxvi. , pp. 361 to
366.
s He only reigned four years, from A. D.
323 to a. d. 326, according to Dr. O' Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters,"
vol. i. , pp. 122, 123. However, Dr. O'Conor shows, that his expulsion should be placedatA. D. 129. Seen. (m. )ibid.
' See the Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr. Whitley Stokes,—pp. 178. 179, and n. 2.
Thus entered, . i. ertAin DpomA f\Ache. * In like manner he is entered in the pub- lished copy, edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p.
xxxiv.
s At that date, in the Eighth Volume of
this work, Art. iii.
6 See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath,
Ancient and Modern," vol. Hi. , chap, lxxiv. ,
pp. 558, 559.
7 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
6 A note
word : "This passage, which is in the later hand, is unfinished in the original. "
Article in.
«
He —
is thus commemorated
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the Four Masters," vol. ii. , pp. 660, 661.
„
ment See
Ireland," vol. ii. , p. 90.
in the
Leabhar Breac" copy
lie in detached
"
3/. —
by
Dr. Reeves states at this
powerful part 2
i. On the Calendar of
Oengus. p. cxxxviii.
without reproach of Enan of Druim
Raithne. "
—
"Transactions of the Royal Irish
niae. " Index Topographicus, p. 876 "8"
_, W. n*chucAn c1ie
5
C. un. tmlio mbUiche
.
establish- Pari iarnentary Gazetteer of
Ugeiri CAin cetvoicn* e«Ain -Or-owA TUicnne.
:
134a 35/.
of St> Fechin's former
I0 See Dn O'Donovan's "Annals of the Thus rendered by Dr. Whitley Stokes : — Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (w. ) p. 786.
"They sped into heaven, a hundred and "In a Letter, dated Athlone, September seven thousand blossoms, at the fair birth 6th, 1837.
Vol. IX. —No. 8. i f
which The Protestant church is said to occupy the site
9
It contains 2r. 3,780*.
of portions.
religious
45o LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 18. i 8th of September. In the beginning of the present century, his patron day
12
Article IV. —Feast of St. Richarde or Richardis, Empress and Virgin. Thissaintlyandnobleladyisreferredto,atthe18thofSeptember, by Platius,1 Henry Fitzsimon, and the anonymous list of Irish Saints,
a
published by O'Sullivan Beare, have her classed among the Irish Saints.
The Bollandists have inserted such accounts as could be collected regarding this holy woman, at this date,3 in a historic sylloge. * They tell us, that by some recent writers, St. Richardis is said to have been born in Scotia, and to have been the daughter of a Scottish king. However, this account has been
6 rejectedandrefutedbyMatthewRader. s Otherwriters thinkshewasborn
in Alsace, and that she was daughter to the Count Erchangier, of Nordgau. ?
She was renowned for her virtues, and married the Emperor Charles le Gros. 8 Withhimshewascrownedandconsecrated,a. d. 88i,bytheSovereign PontiffJohnVIII. 9 Notwithstandingthatshelivedwithherhusbandina state of virginity, she was accused of incontinency ; but, by a public trial her innocence was fully proved. With consent of the Emperor she quitted the Court and retired to Andlau10 on the Lower Rhine, where they had founded and endowed a monastery. " There she lived for many years. After death various miracles attested her sanctity. When Pope St. Leo IX. ia passed through Alsace a. d. 1049, ne na(* tne body of St. Richardis raised and placed in a grand monument behind the high altar. The parish church of Etival,'3 in the diocese of St. Die, still preserves some relics of St. Richardis, but the rich shrine which once contained them perished during the excesses of the French Revolution. 1* It seems to have been Colgan's desire to publish her Acts, at this same date, as we find Richardis Impe- ratricis mentioned on the posthumous list of his MSS. 15
was held at a well, near the place called Tober-Enain.
12 "
See Letters containing Information re-
lative to the Antiquities of the County of Westmeath, collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1837," vol. i. , p. 64.
Charles III. , dit le Gros, [An. 885. ] col. 1206. CEuvres Completes de Bossuet, tome x.
9 This pontiff reigned from A. D. 872 to ""
Article iv. —x In De Bono Statu Reli-
gionis. "
2 See "Historic Catholic* Hibernia?
Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 51, 56.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep-
tembris xviii. De S. Richarde Imp. Virg.
Andlaviae in Alsatia, pp. 793 to 798.
882. See Sir Harris Nicolas' Chronology
of History," p. 210.
,0 This small town lies 18 m. SSW. of
Strasburg, and near the source of the River Andlau, which takes its rise in the Vosges. It falls into the 111, after a N. E. course of 24
4
s Chiefly because no ancient writer had vent bore the title Princess of the Roman
Comprising twenty-two paragraphs.
been found to support it. See " Bavaria
Sacra," tomus Hi. , p. 73.
6 Such as Franciscus Guillemann, in
Empire, had a seat among the Rhenish prelates, and held her authority direct from the Pope. The barons of Andlau held as a
Episcopis Argentinensibus, p. 125, and fief under the abbess, and their ancient
Laguille, in Historia Alsatiae, p. 138.
7 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des Saints,"tomexi. , xviii*JourdeSeptembre,
p. 238.
8 This worthless prince— the grandson of
Charlemagne—lived from A. D. 832 to the month of January, 888, when he died of
grief and in great poverty. See Bossuet's •'Abregede l'Histoire de France," liv. iii. ,
baronial castle still exists.
" He reigned from 1048101054.
'3Ithadbeenformerlytheabbatialchurch of the Order of Premonstratensians.
I4 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des
Saints," tome xi. , xviii* Jour de Septembre,
p. 238.
'« See "Catalogus Actuum Sanctorum quae
MS. habentur ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
miles. See
"
Gazetteer of the World," vol.
i. , pp. 257, 258.
" In after the abbess of that con- times,
September 18. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 451
Article V. —St. Foendelach or Faoindelach. In the Book of
Leinster copy of the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, is
2 the name is Marianus O'Gorman records him as Foendelach, " who was found a help in his Martyrology at this same date. 3 The Martyrology of Donegal* mentions, that Foendelach or Faoindelach was venerated at the
1 8th of September.
entered a feast for 1 In the Foindelaig.
published copy,
printed
Foendelach.
"
ArticleVI. —St. Gema,Virgin,ofRiaccInnse. Wefindafestival 1
registered in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, in
3
honour of Gema, Virgin, of Riacc Innse.
O'Gorman,3 at the same date, the entry of Gemma is found. Her place and period seem to be unknown.
Article VII. —St. Greallan Lainne. We find entered in the pub-
1
lished Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, the name Griallan
2
Lainne, without any particular designation.
Donegal^ however, his name appears as Greallan Lainne ; and this seems to follow that entry in the metrical Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman,* at the present date. Where Laine—rendered Land by Dr. Whitley Stokes—is to be found has not been mentioned.
Article VIII. —St. Maelcanaigh, of Rusgach, in the County of
Louth. In the Book of Leinster of the copy
Martyrology
name Maelcanaigh is mentioned as having been venerated, at the 18th of
of Rusgach, in Cuailgne. This ancient district lay between Carlingford LoughandDundalkBay,intheCountyofLouth. Thepresentequivalent of Rusgach can easily be determined within that peninsula.
ArticleIX. —St. Meno,aDeaconandMartyr. InFatherStephen
1
White's work, this holy ecclesiastic is classed at this day among the Irish
Martyrs of Belgium.
Article X. —One Hundred and Seven Thousand. In the early Irish Church, at the 18th of September, was celebrated the Festival of one
Article v. —'Thus written, Voimjelai5.
2
Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179, and n. (1). ibid. —
Article viii. 'Thus entered, mael- CAnAig.
2 In that edited Reeves, pp. copy
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv. "
3 See the Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr. Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179.
* Edited
by
Article vi. — In that copy of the See p. xxxiv.
252, 253.
Drs. Todd and
Rev. Dr.
at this same date, the entry is Mcelcanaigh.
x
Martyrology found in the Book of Leinster we only have JeniAe uin.
2
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
3 See the "Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
Whitley Stokes, —pp 178, 179.
'
Article vii. In the Book of Leinster
copy is found, 5ILA111 lami.
2
252, 253. — Article ix.
Hibernia," —iv. , cap.
'
See "
Edited
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
252, 253.
4 See the " Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
by
Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p.
xxxiv.
p. 42.
Article x. 'See "Transactions of the
In the Martyrology of Marianus
2 He is also recorded at same date in the of Martyrology
September.
Marianus O'Gormans as " the Just ;" and in that of Donegal* as Maelcanaigh,
In the Martyrology of
by
3 See the " Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179. A commen- tator adds that he was Maol Canaigh from
Ruscaigh.
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
Series, vol. i. , part i. ^Engus, p. cxxxviii.
On the Calendar of
of 1 the Tallagh,
Apologia pro
Kelly,
452 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September18. hundred and seven thousand champions of Christ, who earned their crown in
as we find recorded in the Felire of St. 1 We cannot dis- yEngus.
Heaven,
cover any other reference to them in the general Calendars of the Church.
Article XI—Dedication of a Basilica. —In the early Irish Church,
— determined—is found as a Festival in the copy of the Martyrology of
at the 1 8th of September, the Dedication of a Basilica
not to be easily
contained in the Book of Leinster. 1 This is not entered, in that Martyrology of Tallagh, published by Rev. Dr. Kelly.
however,
Tallagh,
ArticleXII. —ReputedFestivalofColumban,Bishop. TheBol- landists enter a festival for Columbanus, a Bishop, but without any other circumstances mentioned, as they find it in the Florarian Manuscript, at the 1 8th of September. For the day succeeding, Ferrarius places a Bishop
Columbanus in Scotia. further allusion to him.
The Bollandists reserve for the 19th of September
same 1 have we treated about day. Already
him,
at the 16th of 2 September.
at the 1 8th of September.
name of Eutroip or Eutropius, at this day.
1
Article XIII.
which show the brightest colouring on the rind, are not always
the most and wholesome. have attractions for the FRUITS, ripe They only
incautious and unwise.
very often honoured on earth, when God's holiest ones are almost unknown or neglected. Our chief purpose in this collection is to rescue from almost utter oblivion memorials that can still be found regarding those who have rendered good service to Religion in the glorious past ages.
St. Endeus or Enna was probably born about the middle of the sixth
century, being son to Nuadan. We have few notices left regarding him.
However, as Dr. Lanigan remarks, nothing occurs to prevent us from sup-
posing Irish Saints.
Yet those, who have attained a bad eminence are
him to have been that Endeus alluded in the Second Class1 of to,
He is thought to have been a disciple of St. Columkille. s the great Apostle of Caledonia. St Columba founded a monastery at a place called Imleachfoda. 4 Over this, he placed St. Enna, as its first minister. The former residence of Endeus is now called Emlaghfad,* in Sligo County. This ancient town6 lies six miles south of Sligo, and cne from Ballvmote. ? Itisnowaparishchurch,inthedioceseofAchonry; andPrinceO'Donnell, the Biogragher of St. Columkille, tells us, that the subject of his Memoir erected a Church there, on the west side of a hill, called Tulach-sugra. At
present
Tully,
Toomour,
within the of Corann. 9 barony
2 .
8 in
this saint has been referred to the 18th of September, by Marianus
10
it is known as
The year of St. Endeus' or Enna's death is unknown. The festival of
O'Gorman.
we do not find his festival in the Martyrologies of Tallagh or of Donegal at that date.
This was probably the Natalis, or day of his death. However,
Article II. —St. Fergna, Priest. In the published Martyrology of
1 the name of Presb. is as
had a
Tallagh,
Article I. —* See Ussher's " Britanni-
carum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates," cap. xvii. .
p. 474.
a
See "Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. ii. , chap, xii. , sect, x. , p. 223.
having
festival,
3
Sixth Volume of this work, Art. i.
See his Life, at the 9th of June, in the
of St. Columba," Additional Notes, n. (G). , p 282.
'The large parish of Toomour is repre- sented on the " Ordnance Survey Townland
Maps for the County of Sligo," Sheets 33,
4 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," P- 106.
s Emlaghfad, appears to have been com- pounded from these Irish words, Imleach
Fergna,
mentioned,
34, 39, 40, 44, 45. The townland of Tully proa, which are Anglicised "the long is shown on Sheet 40.
marsh. "
6
Where Richard Earl of Ulster built a castle, about the year 1300, See ArchdalFs "Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 633.
10 See "Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
J it is in the barony of Corran, and parish
of Emlaghfad, represented on the " Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of
Sligo," Sheet 33.
8
See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's "Life
Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179.
— p. xxxiv.
Article ii.
*
Edited
Rev. Dr.
by
Kelly,
September 18. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. . 449
atthe18thofSeptember. ItisalsotobefoundintheBookofLeinstercopy. * In the Martyrology of Donegal,3 he is described as Fergna, Priest. Then within brackets, the Calendarist observes: "[He was of the race of Colla Uais,* monarch of Erin. s Or he was son to the King of Caisel, &c,
see6
have been reserved.
"
for some
At the 18th of September, his feast is entered as that
]
Space
authority
to be here seems to quoted
of the great Feargna, in the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman, with the note of a commentator stating that he was a Priest. ?
Article III. —St. Edain, of Droma Rath, most probably Drum- rath, or Drumrany, County of Westmeath. In the Felire of St. ^Engus, at the 18th of September, a festival is set down for Enan of Druim
1 and with a for him. The scholiast on the text special eulogy
Raithne,
states, that he was in the west of Meath. 3 At this date, the Martyrology of
Tallagh, Book of Leinster copy, 3 registers Edain of Droma Rathe, as having been venerated. 4 The place where he was held in honour may be Anglicised " the church of the fort. " The name of this holy man should probably be written Enan or Henan. He was no doubt identical with a saint bearing thisname,venerated,aswehavealreadyseen,atthe19thofAugusts The fact, that his festival was celebrated on the Sunday, after the 18th of Sep- tember, at Drumrath or Drumrany, County of Westmeath, seems sufficiently
conclusive. 6
2
Thus entered, peppiAi prbi.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
that the church of Druimratha was situatedinLeyny,intheprovinceofConnaught. ? Heretherehadbeenan oratory, which was burned by the foreigners, a. d. 946, while at the time seven score and ten persons were in it. 8 There is a parish called Druim- raite, Anglice Drumrat,* in the barony of Corran, and County of Sligo ; while there is a place similarly named, in the County of Westmeath. 10 The patron saint of this place is thought by Dr. O'Donovan" to have been called differently St. Winoc, Enan, Fionan, Fionoe. He was venerated on the
252,253.
4 The various branches of this
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
Colgan says, however,
family are traced in Roderick O'Flaherty's See ibid. , p. cxlvi
"3 Ogygia," pais iii. , cap. lxxvi. , pp. 361 to
366.
s He only reigned four years, from A. D.
323 to a. d. 326, according to Dr. O' Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters,"
vol. i. , pp. 122, 123. However, Dr. O'Conor shows, that his expulsion should be placedatA. D. 129. Seen. (m. )ibid.
' See the Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr. Whitley Stokes,—pp. 178. 179, and n. 2.
Thus entered, . i. ertAin DpomA f\Ache. * In like manner he is entered in the pub- lished copy, edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p.
xxxiv.
s At that date, in the Eighth Volume of
this work, Art. iii.
6 See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath,
Ancient and Modern," vol. Hi. , chap, lxxiv. ,
pp. 558, 559.
7 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
6 A note
word : "This passage, which is in the later hand, is unfinished in the original. "
Article in.
«
He —
is thus commemorated
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the Four Masters," vol. ii. , pp. 660, 661.
„
ment See
Ireland," vol. ii. , p. 90.
in the
Leabhar Breac" copy
lie in detached
"
3/. —
by
Dr. Reeves states at this
powerful part 2
i. On the Calendar of
Oengus. p. cxxxviii.
without reproach of Enan of Druim
Raithne. "
—
"Transactions of the Royal Irish
niae. " Index Topographicus, p. 876 "8"
_, W. n*chucAn c1ie
5
C. un. tmlio mbUiche
.
establish- Pari iarnentary Gazetteer of
Ugeiri CAin cetvoicn* e«Ain -Or-owA TUicnne.
:
134a 35/.
of St> Fechin's former
I0 See Dn O'Donovan's "Annals of the Thus rendered by Dr. Whitley Stokes : — Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (w. ) p. 786.
"They sped into heaven, a hundred and "In a Letter, dated Athlone, September seven thousand blossoms, at the fair birth 6th, 1837.
Vol. IX. —No. 8. i f
which The Protestant church is said to occupy the site
9
It contains 2r. 3,780*.
of portions.
religious
45o LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 18. i 8th of September. In the beginning of the present century, his patron day
12
Article IV. —Feast of St. Richarde or Richardis, Empress and Virgin. Thissaintlyandnobleladyisreferredto,atthe18thofSeptember, by Platius,1 Henry Fitzsimon, and the anonymous list of Irish Saints,
a
published by O'Sullivan Beare, have her classed among the Irish Saints.
The Bollandists have inserted such accounts as could be collected regarding this holy woman, at this date,3 in a historic sylloge. * They tell us, that by some recent writers, St. Richardis is said to have been born in Scotia, and to have been the daughter of a Scottish king. However, this account has been
6 rejectedandrefutedbyMatthewRader. s Otherwriters thinkshewasborn
in Alsace, and that she was daughter to the Count Erchangier, of Nordgau. ?
She was renowned for her virtues, and married the Emperor Charles le Gros. 8 Withhimshewascrownedandconsecrated,a. d. 88i,bytheSovereign PontiffJohnVIII. 9 Notwithstandingthatshelivedwithherhusbandina state of virginity, she was accused of incontinency ; but, by a public trial her innocence was fully proved. With consent of the Emperor she quitted the Court and retired to Andlau10 on the Lower Rhine, where they had founded and endowed a monastery. " There she lived for many years. After death various miracles attested her sanctity. When Pope St. Leo IX. ia passed through Alsace a. d. 1049, ne na(* tne body of St. Richardis raised and placed in a grand monument behind the high altar. The parish church of Etival,'3 in the diocese of St. Die, still preserves some relics of St. Richardis, but the rich shrine which once contained them perished during the excesses of the French Revolution. 1* It seems to have been Colgan's desire to publish her Acts, at this same date, as we find Richardis Impe- ratricis mentioned on the posthumous list of his MSS. 15
was held at a well, near the place called Tober-Enain.
12 "
See Letters containing Information re-
lative to the Antiquities of the County of Westmeath, collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1837," vol. i. , p. 64.
Charles III. , dit le Gros, [An. 885. ] col. 1206. CEuvres Completes de Bossuet, tome x.
9 This pontiff reigned from A. D. 872 to ""
Article iv. —x In De Bono Statu Reli-
gionis. "
2 See "Historic Catholic* Hibernia?
Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 51, 56.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep-
tembris xviii. De S. Richarde Imp. Virg.
Andlaviae in Alsatia, pp. 793 to 798.
882. See Sir Harris Nicolas' Chronology
of History," p. 210.
,0 This small town lies 18 m. SSW. of
Strasburg, and near the source of the River Andlau, which takes its rise in the Vosges. It falls into the 111, after a N. E. course of 24
4
s Chiefly because no ancient writer had vent bore the title Princess of the Roman
Comprising twenty-two paragraphs.
been found to support it. See " Bavaria
Sacra," tomus Hi. , p. 73.
6 Such as Franciscus Guillemann, in
Empire, had a seat among the Rhenish prelates, and held her authority direct from the Pope. The barons of Andlau held as a
Episcopis Argentinensibus, p. 125, and fief under the abbess, and their ancient
Laguille, in Historia Alsatiae, p. 138.
7 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des Saints,"tomexi. , xviii*JourdeSeptembre,
p. 238.
8 This worthless prince— the grandson of
Charlemagne—lived from A. D. 832 to the month of January, 888, when he died of
grief and in great poverty. See Bossuet's •'Abregede l'Histoire de France," liv. iii. ,
baronial castle still exists.
" He reigned from 1048101054.
'3Ithadbeenformerlytheabbatialchurch of the Order of Premonstratensians.
I4 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des
Saints," tome xi. , xviii* Jour de Septembre,
p. 238.
'« See "Catalogus Actuum Sanctorum quae
MS. habentur ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
miles. See
"
Gazetteer of the World," vol.
i. , pp. 257, 258.
" In after the abbess of that con- times,
September 18. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 451
Article V. —St. Foendelach or Faoindelach. In the Book of
Leinster copy of the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, is
2 the name is Marianus O'Gorman records him as Foendelach, " who was found a help in his Martyrology at this same date. 3 The Martyrology of Donegal* mentions, that Foendelach or Faoindelach was venerated at the
1 8th of September.
entered a feast for 1 In the Foindelaig.
published copy,
printed
Foendelach.
"
ArticleVI. —St. Gema,Virgin,ofRiaccInnse. Wefindafestival 1
registered in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, in
3
honour of Gema, Virgin, of Riacc Innse.
O'Gorman,3 at the same date, the entry of Gemma is found. Her place and period seem to be unknown.
Article VII. —St. Greallan Lainne. We find entered in the pub-
1
lished Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, the name Griallan
2
Lainne, without any particular designation.
Donegal^ however, his name appears as Greallan Lainne ; and this seems to follow that entry in the metrical Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman,* at the present date. Where Laine—rendered Land by Dr. Whitley Stokes—is to be found has not been mentioned.
Article VIII. —St. Maelcanaigh, of Rusgach, in the County of
Louth. In the Book of Leinster of the copy
Martyrology
name Maelcanaigh is mentioned as having been venerated, at the 18th of
of Rusgach, in Cuailgne. This ancient district lay between Carlingford LoughandDundalkBay,intheCountyofLouth. Thepresentequivalent of Rusgach can easily be determined within that peninsula.
ArticleIX. —St. Meno,aDeaconandMartyr. InFatherStephen
1
White's work, this holy ecclesiastic is classed at this day among the Irish
Martyrs of Belgium.
Article X. —One Hundred and Seven Thousand. In the early Irish Church, at the 18th of September, was celebrated the Festival of one
Article v. —'Thus written, Voimjelai5.
2
Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179, and n. (1). ibid. —
Article viii. 'Thus entered, mael- CAnAig.
2 In that edited Reeves, pp. copy
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv. "
3 See the Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr. Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179.
* Edited
by
Article vi. — In that copy of the See p. xxxiv.
252, 253.
Drs. Todd and
Rev. Dr.
at this same date, the entry is Mcelcanaigh.
x
Martyrology found in the Book of Leinster we only have JeniAe uin.
2
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
3 See the "Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
Whitley Stokes, —pp 178, 179.
'
Article vii. In the Book of Leinster
copy is found, 5ILA111 lami.
2
252, 253. — Article ix.
Hibernia," —iv. , cap.
'
See "
Edited
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
252, 253.
4 See the " Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
by
Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p.
xxxiv.
p. 42.
Article x. 'See "Transactions of the
In the Martyrology of Marianus
2 He is also recorded at same date in the of Martyrology
September.
Marianus O'Gormans as " the Just ;" and in that of Donegal* as Maelcanaigh,
In the Martyrology of
by
3 See the " Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179. A commen- tator adds that he was Maol Canaigh from
Ruscaigh.
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
Series, vol. i. , part i. ^Engus, p. cxxxviii.
On the Calendar of
of 1 the Tallagh,
Apologia pro
Kelly,
452 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September18. hundred and seven thousand champions of Christ, who earned their crown in
as we find recorded in the Felire of St. 1 We cannot dis- yEngus.
Heaven,
cover any other reference to them in the general Calendars of the Church.
Article XI—Dedication of a Basilica. —In the early Irish Church,
— determined—is found as a Festival in the copy of the Martyrology of
at the 1 8th of September, the Dedication of a Basilica
not to be easily
contained in the Book of Leinster. 1 This is not entered, in that Martyrology of Tallagh, published by Rev. Dr. Kelly.
however,
Tallagh,
ArticleXII. —ReputedFestivalofColumban,Bishop. TheBol- landists enter a festival for Columbanus, a Bishop, but without any other circumstances mentioned, as they find it in the Florarian Manuscript, at the 1 8th of September. For the day succeeding, Ferrarius places a Bishop
Columbanus in Scotia. further allusion to him.
The Bollandists reserve for the 19th of September
same 1 have we treated about day. Already
him,
at the 16th of 2 September.
at the 1 8th of September.
name of Eutroip or Eutropius, at this day.
1
Article XIII.
