No More Learning

'7S See L'Abbe F. X. de Feller's "Dic-
"
Nouvelle Bio-
Thomas Loundes' "
Man ual of English Literature. " Anew edition
Bibliographer's
/
Ixxxiv JNTRonUCTION.
"
Martyrologium Romanum restitutum," in a folio volume, at Rome, a. d. 1586. This work has passed through repeated editions there and in other countries. *^3 Baronius died
June 30th, 1607, at Rome. '^* Ralph Buckland, who was bom in 1564, be- came a convert to the Church, and he was aftenvards ordained a priest. It
is he said,
" Sanctse et undecim millium
1610, Explicatio Martyrii Ursulae, Virginum
Britannicarum. " ^'^ This author died in 1611 or 161 2. '^9 Sieur de la Barre wastheauthorofawork,"HistoiredesSaints. " ItwaspublishedatParis, A. D. 1619, in two octavo volumes. *9° John Pitts, or as his name is found Latinized, Joannes Pitseus, was a native of Southampton, and he was dis- tinguished for his learning, as also for his piety. He filled many important positions as an ecclesiastic on the Continent, while he \\Tote some very erudite works,'? ' and departed this life about a. d. i6i6. '9='
The learned Robert Bellarmin, one of the most celebrated controversialists of his age, was born October 4th, 1542. '93 Even Mosheim acknowledges, that his style was not only clear, but that he was copious in argument, fertile in imagination, candid and diligent in proposing and answering adverse ob- jections. '94 Scaliger has expressed a much less favourable opinion of his in-
Colonise Aggripin», a. d. i6or. Another Wood's " Athenue Oxonienses," vol. ii. ,
twelve ages of the Church. ^^* He also edited,
•'3 See Watts' " Bibliotheca vol. i. , p. 76, u, V, w, X, y.
Britannica,"
" De Illustribus Britannise
Scrip-
'*• See R. Chambers' "Book of Days,"
vol. i. , p. 828, and vol. ii. , p. 516.
'®s See John Pitts' " Relationum Histori-
carjm de Rebus Anglicis," tomus i. , pars. ii. , p. 816. This has been quoted incor- rectly as the work of Robert Buckland.
»** This statement is found in Witte's
"Diarium Biographicum. " Also Anthony a Wood's " Athenae Oxonienses," vol. ii. ,
cols. 105 to 107. London edition, 1815,410. »*7 This work, in two small 8vo volumes,
bears on the title, Atrebati et Duaci.
for the " A Translation of the Lives of the Saints press,
prepared
from Surius,"*^5 and he produced other works. For twenty years he was a missionary in England. '^'^ He died in 161 1. Richard White or Vitus pub- lished "Historiarum Britannise," from 1597 to i6o7,'^7 and at Douay, in 1609, a work, "De Reliquiis et Veneratione Sanctorum ;" he also issued in
fine folio edition with notes by Pagius was issued at Lucca, a. d. 1742.
'**
Various editions, abridgments, or con- tinuations of this work have appeared at different intervals, and in separate countries.
pp. 1 18, 119.
'so See Watts' " Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. i. , p. 77, h.
''' The one best known is " Relationum
Historicarum de Rebus Anglicis," usually
quoted as,
toribus," published in 410 shape at Paris a. d. 1619. This seems to have been only one of a written series, comprised in four largevolumes. Oneofthesehadbeende- voted to the Lives of the English Kings ; another to those of the English Bishops ; and a third to those of Apostolic English- men.
'«= He concludes with a short notice of himself and his works in "Relationum His- toricarum de Rebus Anglicis," tomus i. , pars, ii. , pp. 816, 817. The editor supplies a further biographical narrative.
'^ See Tiraboschi's "Storia della Let- Loundes' Bibliographer's Manual of Eng- teratura Italiana," tomo viL, parte i. , lib.
'"See Henry G. Bohn's edition of "
lish Literature," vol. v. , part x. , pp. 2902, 2903.
ii. , p. 314,
'S4 See Mosheim's "Ecclesiastical His-
'9 See Tanner's " Bibliotheca Britannico- Hibemica," p. 764. Also Anthony a tion.
tory," vol. iii. , p. 155. Maclane's transla-
INTRODUCTION. Ixxxv
tegrity. 'ss Bellarmin's published works are exceedingly voluminous ;^9^ and various editions of them have appeared. '? ? Among these, "De Sterna Fselicitate Sanctorum Lib. v. ," '9^ must here be specially noted. This cele- brated author died a. d. i62i. '99 Autbertus Mirseus published a small work at Bruxelles, in the year 1622. It is intituled: "Fasti Belgici et Burgun- dici. "2°° No date is assigned for its issue on the title-page. It contains various short notices of Irish saints.
"
JoannesVastovius,aGoth,wrote VitisAquiloniae,seuVitseSanctorum
in Scandinavia Magna et Regnis Gothorum, Suecorumque. " This was printed at Cologne, in 1623. ^°' Francis Harseus or Van der Haer, a learned Dutch Catholic Divine, was born at Utrecht, in 1550. Among his works is found, " Vitae Sanctorum : Compendium ex Surio et aliis. " This was pub-
"
Fasti Christiani sive Pantheon quingentis in omnes sanctos distichis cum commentariis ornatum. " This was produced at Paris, ^°3 a. d. i624. *°4 Arnoldus de Raissius wrote " Auctarium ad Molani Natales Sanctorum Belgii. " This was published at
Douay, in i626. =°s
Thomas Dempster, to whom we have already alluded, was a Scotch
gentleman of varied acquirements, and of extensive rather than of accurate
lished at Antwerp, a. d. 1594. ''°* John Bachot wrote
'°^ He was born in on the learning. Aberdeenshire,
of a. d. August,
23rd
1579-^°' He was the twenty-fourth out of twenty-nine children, by the same father and mother. He received an excellent education at Aberdeen, at
CambridgeUniversity,atParis,LouvainandRome. Hewasadistinguished layprofessorinvariousuniversitiesandcollegesontheContinent; buthis
'»s This criticism Bayle rebukes. See "Dictionnaire Historique et Critique," tome i. ,p. 508. Ed. 5,Amsterdam,1740,fol.
-00
Bruxellis, apud Joannem Pepemian- num, Bibliopolam juratum Typographum- que civitatis, sub Bibliis aureis.
-°' '*"
»9* See a very complete account of them
It was reprinted at Upsal, A. D. 1 708, in 4to. See Watts' Bibliotheca Britan-
nica," vol. ii. , p. 928, r.
-°- Plant. It was at Lyons Ap. printed
in 8vo, and in a more enlarged shape at
in Graesse's Tresor des Livres Rares et
Precieux," &c. , tome i. , pp. 325 to 327.
'97 See p. 192,
"Penny Cyclopaedia,"
vol.
iv. ,
'98 Cologne, 1618, 8vo. See Watts' Cologne, Olympiades et Fasti, l6o2, 4to. ** "
Bibliotheca Britannica," vol. i. , p. 96, u.
In 1605, fol. See Watts' BibHotheca
Britannica," vol. i. , p. 465, e.
^°3 In thick 8vo shape.
*°* See Graesse's "Tresor de Livres Rares
et Precieux," &c. , tome i. , p. 271.
^°3 See Watts' "Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. ii. , p. 788, j.
=^°* He was a lawyer, historian, poet and
"
'95 As if to commemorate the Centenary
of his death, in 172 1 a fine folio edition issued
at Venice, in four large volumes, "Dispu- tationum Robert! Bellarmini Politiani, S. J. , R. E. , Cardinalis, De Controversiis Chris- tianae Fidei adversus hujus Temporis Hcere- ticos. " Also another folio
"Vari- orum Operum Eob. Bellarmini Collectio,"
volume,
orator. See Collier's
issued the same year. Another folio, con- Geographical, Genealogical and Poetical taining his learned Commentaries on the Dictionary," vol. i. Art. Dempster,
Psalms, appeared there in 1 726 ; while in 1728, "Ue Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis," issued, thus completing his works, in seven large folios. .
(Thomas).
^^ See Francisque-Michel's "Les Ecossais
en France, les Frangais en Ecosse," vol. ii. , chap. XXX. pp. 215, 216.
Great Historical,
Ixxxvi IN7R0DUCTI0N.
turbulent disposition involved him in frequent quarrels with his fellow-pro-
fessors. His domestic relations also
""^
A list of
works, written by him, has been given by Dr. Irving. =°9
more immediately relating to Irish and Scottish hagiology, are, I. " Scotia
lUustrior,siveMedicabularepressa,modestaParecbasi; quaLibellifamosi
impudentia detegitur, mendacia ridicula confutantur, Scotiae Sancti sui vin-
dicantur, ac bona fide asseruntur. " ^'^ II. " Asserti Scotise cives sui, S.
Bonifacius, Rationibus IX.
Joannes Duns, Rationibus XII. Excerptum e
LibrisdeScriptoribusScotis. "*" III. "ApparatusadHistoriamScoticam,"
lib. ii. Accessenmt Martyrologium Scoticum Sanctorum dclxxix. Scrip-
torumScotorummdciii. Nomenclatura. ^" Opusapcregriniomniumgentium
historiis coUectum, omnia orbis regna pio studio lustrantur, religiosae S. R. E.
familise nobilitantur, historia patriae augetur, Sectarii admonentur, Catholica
Veritas contra hostes Dei et Scotiae firmatur. Justi et parati operis praenun-
"
tia. " ^'3 IV.
Menologium Scotorum : in quo nullus nisi Scotus gente aut
conversatione, quod ex omnium gentium monimentis,'pio studio Dei gloriae, Sanctorum Honori, Patriae Ornamento, colligit, publicat, et inscribat, illustriss. Principi Moecenati suo, D. Maphaeo S. R. E. Card. Barberino, Scotorum Protectori. Opus Ecclesiasticae hierarchiae ac monastica2 vitae dignitati au-
gendae, haeresi in Scotia vigenti confundendae, operose utila. " ^'* V. " Scotorum Scriptorum Nomenclatura, quartum aucta. Sancti dclxxix. Beati lxxxi. Papas v. Cardinales xiv. Patriarchae iv. Reges aut Regum Liberi xlviii. Apostoli Gentium lxiii. Monasteriorum extra Scotiam Fundatores, Archiepiscopi, et Episc. cclviii. Abbates extra Scotiam cxcii. Acedemiarum Fundatores xii. viri domi et tota passim Europa omnium Scientiarum genere illustrissimi. Haeretici. pauculi confutantur. Ex suis Historiarum, lib. xix. excerpsit. " ^'s VI. Finally, his " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum" in Nineteen Books, was first published at Bologna, a. d.
1627. ''^ It would seem, however, that Dempster's historical ^Tilings were far from being received with favour at Rome. ^'^ This versatile \vriter'** died of fever at Butri, near Bologna, on the 6th of September, 1625, and in
'^ See ibid. , pp. 216 to 221.
"°9 See " Lives of ScoUish Writers," vol.
i. , pp. 363 to 370.
"° This was published at Lyons, A. D,
1620.
"" This was published at Bononia, a. d.
1621, in 4to.
"" Sometimes the "Martyrologium" and
"
the Nomenclatura" are found separately
='3 This was published at Bononia, A. D. 1622, in 4to.
='* This was published at Bononia, A. D. 1622, in 4(0.
'^'a This work was published at Bononia, a. d. 1622, in 4to.
"
of Dempster," prefixed to his edition of the
Britannica," vol. i. , p. 296, a, b, c.
"'See "Irish Ecclesiastical Record,"
vol. vii. . No. Ixxvii. , p. 179.
"" Postfixed to the Edinburgh edition of
his work on Scottish Ecclesiastical History
published. See Dr. David Irving's
Life
Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," brought out for the Bannatyne Club, at
"
is a biography of Dempster, WTitten by Edinburgh, in two quarto volumes, A. D. Matthew Peregrinus. Colgan frequently
1829. Vol, i. , p. X. exposes Dempster's mistakes.
proved unhappy.
fifty Among these,
2'* •' In 410. See Watts'
Bibliotheca
°'9 See "The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography," vol. ii. , p. 66.
*^ Another edition appeared in folio.
A. D. 1677, Isenaci. It is intituled : "No-
vum Lexicon Geographicum, in quo uni-
versiorbis Pro- oppida, Urbes, Regiones,
vincias, Regna, Emporia, Academiae, He- tropoles, Flumina et Maria, antiquis et re- centis Nominibus appellata, suisque dis- tantiis descripta, recensentur. " This is an enlarged edition by Michael Antonius Bau- drand.
"'SeeMoreri's "GrandDictionnaireHis-
torique," tome v. , p. 100.
"" See Ibid. Also, Tiraboschi's "Storia
della Letteratura Italiana," tomo viii. , lib. iii. , cap. i. , p. 287.
"9 This appeared A. D. 1 607.
^3o See Watts' " Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. ii. , p. 617, d, e.
**° At Catalavni.
"' It is
" De Statu
intituled,
Hominis,
Veteris simul ac Novae Ecclesiw, et Infide-
lium Conversione. "
='^
There was also published at Paris his work, " De Scotorum Fortitudine, Doctrina et Pietate, ac de Ortu et Progressu Heraesis in Regnis Scotiaj et Anglise," lib. iv. , a. d.
l63i,4to. SeeGraesse's "Tresor deLivres Rares et Precieux," &c. , tome ii. , p. 25.
"^ See Collier's " Great Historical, Geo- graphical, Genealogical and Poetical Die- tionary. " Art. Ferrarius, or Ferrari, (Philip).
"'' In 4to.
==sin 4to. See Watts' " Bibliotheca Britannica," vol. i. , p. 363, u.
INTRODUCTIOK Ixxxvii
his forty-sixth year. ='9 David Camerarius, a Scottish priest, flourished in the beginning of this century, and he too with over zeal sought to claim for his
countrythoseholymen,designatedScoti. Butnothingseemsmoretoshow the mala jides of Camerarius in his classification of so many native-born saints of Ireland with the saints of Scotland, than his suppression of the great St. Columkille's name, at the 9th of June. As an apostle he might well be classed with the Scottish saints, but his nativity was too well known to remove its claim from Ireland. His work, most frequently quoted, was published a. d. 1627^'° in a thin, but closely printed small quarto volume. '^^ Camerarius, however, does not appear to have drawn on his imagination for his statements so much as Dempster did. ^'^
Philippus Alexandrinus FerrariuS, General of the Servite Order, was
born at Ovilio, a small village near Alexandria, in Milanois. ^'^s Among his
learned works be " et
may included, Topographia MartyrologiumRomanum. "
"
Paris, in 1670. ==^
While the previous partial attempts to collect Saints' Acts engaged the
attention of various writers already named, a vast project had been matured
in the mind of Father Heribert Rosweyde, a learned Jesuit and man of
great genius, who was born at Utrecht, in 1569. During his life-time, this
celebrated ecclesiastical antiquary published "Fasti Sanctorum, quorum
Vitge in Belgicis Bibliothecis Manuscriptae asservantur,"^^9 as likewise a History of the Belgic Church. ^30 He it was who first conceived the idea
This was published at Venice, a. d. i6o9. =24 He wrote, also,
Sanctorum Itali^e, &c. , qui in Martyrologio Romano non sunt. " It was published in the same city, a. d. 1625. ^^5 Among the saints connected with Italy by mission, this writer enumerates some of Irish birth. His chef-cTauvre was his " Lexicon Geographicum," in which his other works were included. This was published at Milan, a. d. 1627,"^ the year after his death. ='7 It was afterwards corrected and augmented by Michel-Antoine Baudrand of
Catalogus
Ixxxviii INTRODUCTION.
of that extraordinary and completely scientific plan, for comprising, in an orderly and a critical series, the full biographies of those illustrious Church
heroes and heroines, whose feasts and memories had been celebrated throughout all parts of the Christian world. ^^i His project, formed in the
beginning of the seventeenth century, long engaged Rosweyde's preparatory labours. It was the nucleus from which the great BoUandist collection had
its origin. However, Father Rosweyde died on the 5th of October, a. d.
1629, in the sixtieth year of his age, and fourteen years previous to the
publicationofthefirstgreatfoliovolumeofthe"ActaSanctorum. " This
collection swelled far beyond the limits originally contemplated by its first
designers. Although long continued, and yet in process of publication, it
has not been completed even to the present day. *3" It includes, of course,
the acts of many among our national saints, as furnished to the successive
editors from various sources. For the most part, the old Latin lives are
accompanied by Prolegomina, Dissertations and Notes. ^^a As will be seen,
from an examination of their special Irish biographies, those editors^^^ omit
acts of many among our saints, which have been published by Colgan in
"
his
Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," comprising only saints of the first annual
trimester. This is more remarkable in the BoUandist volumes ; for, their
months of February and March were issued, subsequent to Colgan's publi-
cations. These should have furnished matter and have facilitated research, sofarasthesaintsofourislandareconcerned. SomeofColgan'ssaintly biographies, as given at the first three months of the year, are referred by the earher Bollandists to days differing from dates, set down for their fes- tivals, by our national hagiographist. While much of Colgan's matter has been retained by them, the lives of our Irish saints assume, in a great degree, some character for originality, being preceded either by critical no- tices, or being accompanied by notes and illustrations, differing in substance or arrangement, from those of Colgan. Instances, however, may be dis" covered, where editorial judgment or convenience furnishes only a re- publication. The Bollandists sometimes question Ireland's claim to many of her saints ; while, with regard to others, their opinions in favour of our
*3' He published, before his death, "Vita; Patrum, sive Historiae HeremiticoeLibri X. , ex variis auctoribus in unum congestis et notationibus, ac onomastico indicibusque il- lustratis. " A second edition of this work, enlarged, appeared in folio at Antwerp, A. D. 1628. See Bnmet's " Manuel du Libraire," tomeiv. , col. 1410.
'3«M. Capefigue most correctly says: •'c'estdans les Bollandistes qu'il faut ap-
prendreleMoyenage: cesPlutarquesdela solitude ecrivaient avec foi les miracles qui
p. 39.
»33john Boland, in 1643, published the
first two folio volumes, comprising saints for the month ofJanuary, and his colleagues or successors have since been named Dol« landists.
'34 information respecting their labours
"
will be found in
landistes et leurs Travaux," by Jackanl, archivist of Belgium, 1835. Also, in the "Gentleman's Magazine" for 1865, the author has furnished articles on " The Bol-
landist at in two sue* Library Brussels,"
avaient — le faible de la preserve
du fort. "
vengeance
Sec
"Charlemagne,"
tome
i. ,
cessive
numbers.
Memoires sur les Bol*
^3S Besides these published lives, there are allusions to Irish saints, in a list prefixed to each day of the month. This is headed, " Prsetermissi et in alios dies rejecti. " Such names and acts frequently receive due pro- minence in other pages of this voluminous work.