—Reputed
Festival
of St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v9
Febrnarii, nn.
30,
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2
September 2. ] LIVES Ob THE IRISH SAINTS. 33
have been baptized by St. Patrick, when the Irish Apostle visited Connaught. Afterwards,theneophytewasordainedbyBishopBron,6ofCassel-Irra. ? Heis
consequently reckoned among the disciples of St. Patrick. 8 Wherefore, it may be inferred, that he flourished towards the middle of the fifth century. He is commemorated by the Bollandists,9 at this date ; although they are unable to furnish further details of his history When St. Patrick travelled
10
through Magh-Luirg, the Cenel-Mic-Erca stole his horses, and greatly
incurred his displeasure. But owing to Bishop Maine's intercession, the censure pronounced against them was afterwards modified, and the stolen horses were restored. Then St. Patrick declared, a great portion of that
district should afterwards belong to his jurisdiction.
11
However, be it
observed, that he must have lived to a very old age, if he were the Manius,
Bishop of Tyroilioll, who assisted at the Synod of Dromceat, a. d. 580, as
12 The same writer tells that Maine is us,
seems to
commemorated at this date in the Martyrology of Tallaght,^ and by
Colgan
suppose.
Maguire, or the enlarger of ^Engus. At the 2nd of September, this holy
man is recorded in the
Martyrology
of Marianus O'Gorman. 1 * in the Also,
1* on the same
Calendar, belonging to the Ordnance Survey Records,16 his feast occurs.
Article III. —St. Geinten, Priest, of Tir-Guaire. This holy man's name is to be found in the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman. Little
seems to be known regarding his family or descent ; although he probably was born in that part of Ireland, where, in a spirit of prophecy, St. Patrick declared he should rule over a church. 1 As allusion has been already made to this incident of the Irish Apostle's career, in the previous account of St. Maine, we are to assume the place of his nativity must have been in Magh Luirg ; but, we cannot infer from that narrative, at what particular time he lived. In the Tripartite Life of St. -Patrick, allusion is made to the present saint. There he is called Genthenn of Each-ainech, in the territory of
Tiroilell. 2 This latter is now represented by the present Barony of Tirerill, in the County of Sligo. 3 Among the townland denominations of Ireland, we are unable to identify the locality of Each-ainech. In the Martyrology
of Martyrology Donegal,
day,
and in that
copy
of the Irish
6 See the Sixth Volume of this work, for notices of him, at the 8th of June, the day for his festival, Art. i.
7 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xxxv. ,
71, 72, p. 176.
Quinta Appendix ad Acta S.
Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 267.
9 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Sep-
tembris ii. Among the pretermitted Feasts, p. 338.
ainech in regione de Tiroilella. "—Colgan's
"
Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, pars ii. , cap. cii. , p. 143.
"See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernice," xv.
Februarii. Vita S. Farannani, n. 20, p. 339.
J3 this statement I have not However,
been able to verify, by referring to that copy in the Book of Leinster. It is also omitted, in Rev. Dr. Kelly's edition,
I4 See ibid.
*5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
232, 233.
p. 134, 8
10
This tribe and territory were in the north
of Roscommon See Miss M. County.
andnn. See ibid.
part
F. Cusack's " Life of Saint Patrick, Apostle
l6 There we find the maine, without entry
of Ireland," part ii. , n. 9, p. 431.
11
It is difficult to interpret the confused narrative which here ensues in the Tripartite
"
Life:
partem olim ad jus suarum Ecclesiarum devoluendam : quod impletum est mAideno de Coch-uamach. Item in Episcopo Manio discipulo Patricii, et Gemthenno de Each*
Book," F. p. 74. — Article hi.
'
Prsedixit tuncmagnam illius regionis
Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii,
pars ii. , cap. cii. , p. 143, and n. 149, p. 180.
2
In the text of Colgan, his name is written Gemthenn.
3 See Roderick O'Flaherty's "Ogygia,*' pars Hi. , cap. lxxix. , p. 374.
any other addition.
See " Common Place
See Colgan's "Trias
C
34 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September *.
of Donegal,-* at the 2nd of September, we find inserted the name Gentenn, or Geinten, Priest, of Tir Guaire. This latter denomination remains to be identified.
ArticleIV. —St. Colum,SonofBlann. ThenameofColum,sonof Blann, is inserted, and he was venerated, at the 2nd of September, as recorded
1
in the Martyrology of Donegal.
Article V. —St. Enan, Mac Ua Mago. We read, in the Martyrology
1 thatafestivalinhonourofEnan,MacUa wascelebrated Mago,
Article VI. —Reputed Festival for Saints Loman, Colman and Macnisus. WefindafestivalenteredforthesesaintsattheivoftheNones, or 2nd day of September, in the ancient Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Dublin ; although in the calendar prefixed, there is no corresponding insertion. Dr. Todd remarks, that in the Martyrology of St. vEngus, they are noted—not at this day—but on the 3rd of September
;
while instead of Loman, the first is called Longarad, Lon being the original
12 name. It is evidently a mistake of entry, on the part of the scribe.
Article VII. — St. Adomnanus or Abbot. Fitzsimon 1 Adomnan, Henry
appears to assign a second festival for St. Adomnanus, Abbot, at the present date,2ndofSeptember. Hehasbeenalreadycommemoratedatthe31stof January, as St. Adamnan of Coldingham. 2 He is called Adamnan at this date, as also in the anonymous list of Irish Saints, published by O'Sullivan Beare. 3
Article VIII. —Feast of St. Muredach, Bishop of Killala. A Feast of St. Muredach, Bishop and Patron of Killala, in Tyrawley, was held
of
at the 2nd of September.
Donegal,
on the 2nd of
1
We have
treated about him at the 12th
of
Dromceat, a. d. 580.
of
August,
principal
Synod
September. 2 the date for his
already festival.
He assisted at the
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Teothotha. At the 2nd of September, St. Teothotha is commemorated in the Feilire of St. ^ngus ;' and by a scholiast on that copy in the Leabhar Brear, she is reputed to have
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. nnd apparently for this statement. See
232> 233-
Article iv. — Edited by Drs. Todd and
x
Reeves, pp. 232, 233. Article v. —1 Edited
Article viii— See Colgan's "Acta
Article vi. See "The Book of Obits and Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity," Introduction, p. lxw, and
Sanctorum Hibernise," xv. Februarii. S. Farannani, n. 21, p. 339.
Vita
by
Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp. 232—, 233. 3 See ibid. , cap. xi. , p. 50. l'
2 2'
p. 152.
See Ibid. , p. lxxiv.
Article ix.
Art. i. See "Transactions of the
Article vil—' See "
rum Sanctorum Hibernice," where he Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of cites the Anglican Martyrology as authority, Oengus. by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. exxxvi.
Catalogus aliquo-
Royal
Irish
Academy,"
Irish
Manuscript
"
tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 52.
HistoricCatholica-IberniivCompendium,*
2
that date, Art. iii.
See the First Volume of this work, at
In the —Volume of this Eighth work,
Seftrmbrr 2. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 35
2
In the General Church Calendars of Saints, we cannot find any other name, more closely resembling what has been attributed to her, than that of Theodora, wife of the Tribune, St. Paternus. Both of these endured martyrdom in Nicomedia, with many other companions. 3 This happened under the Emperor Julian, the Apostate, and during the fourth century.
Article X.
—Reputed Festival of St. Mansuetus, Bishop of Toul, France. —In the additions to Usuard, edited by the Bollandists, a feast for the bishop, St. Mansuetus, is inserted at the and of September. This the
1
Bollandists notice, at the present date.
Vigil, as the chief festival occurs on the day succeeding, to which the reader is referred for his Acts.
Article XL—Reputed Feast of a St. Colman, Avignon, France.
been a virgin.
At the 2nd of September, according to a Florarium Manuscript, belonging to 1
their library, the Bollandists enter a Festival for Colmann and Agricolus,
2
stated to have been Bishops of Avignon, a celebrated city in the south of
France. WhilepresentingtheActsofthelatteratconsiderablelength,as
that such may not have been the case—as in so many other instances— where the Fasti of a Church are not quite complete. It seems likely enough, there had been some earlier authority or tradition for inserting such a Feast of St. Colmann in the Florarium. The name is Irish in form, and the list of our national saints bearing it is more numerous than that of any other denomination. Agricolus flourished in the seventh century, as is well known, while many Irish missionaries had entered France before and during that age. It is possible, St. Colmann may have been one of them, and connected, as stated, with the See of Avignon, and perhaps he was an assistant bishop. However this may be, it seems likely, that he must be distinguished from the Colman, noted at this day, in the ancient Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Dublin.
Article XII. —Reputed Festival of a St. Molotha. In the Felire
z
Bishop and Patron of thatcity,3 they state that, among the prelates of Avignon, no Colmann appears. However, it does not follow from this want of record,
of St. . ^Engus, at the 2nd of September, the Feast of St. Molotha is entered ;
2 See ibid. , p. cxli.
Acta Sanctorum," tomus
Zenone, Concordio, Theodoro, Filiis ejus,
Paterno Tribuno, Theodote Uxore ejus, Militibus lxviii. , Matre cum duobus Filiis, Serapione cum clxxii. Militibus. Item de SS. Cuscono, Monolappo, Josepho," pp.
360 to 365.
Article x. — See "Acta Sanctorum,"
Cavarum by the Romans. In it was a metropolitan church of great antiquity, and
From
to 1377, Avignon became a papal residence, and in 1348, it was bought from Joanna, Queen of Sicily and Countess of Provence, for 80,000 florins. The papal sovereignty
in
ii.
3 Their Acts are given by the Bollandists "
one was rebuilt by Charlemagne.
1307
i. ,
De Sanctis Martyribus Nicomedienstbus
tomus i. , Septembris ii. mitted Feasts, p. 338.
Articlk xi. — £ See tomus i. , Septembris ii. mitted Feasts, p. 338.
Among the preter-
" Acta Sanctorum," Among the preter-
world," vol. ii. , p. 487. 3See"ActaSanctorum,"tomusi. , Sep-
tembris ii. De Sancto Agricolo Episcopo et Patrono Avenionensi. A historic com- mentary precedes in three sections and 28 paragraphs, and then a Life by some anony- mous writer, in two chapters, containing 14 paragraphs, with illustrative notes, pp. 444 to 456.
Septembris
2 This is a place of great antiquity, on the
River Rhone, and formerly the capital of a
Gaulish tiibe, seated in the present Depart-
ment of Vaucluse. It was called Avenio the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
It can only have been that of his
was retained until 1791, when it was re- "
united to France. See Gazetteer of the
'
Article xii. — See "Transactions of
36 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 3.
but, elsewhere, we cannot find mention of any saint so called. However, the scholiast makes Molotha a virgin, without further attempt at identification. 2
Article XIII. —Reputed Feasts for Gallan, Abbot, and Oronius,
surnamed Modestus, Bishop of Carpentras, France. In his Scottish
12 Menology, at the 2nd of September, Dempster has entered such a festival.
The Carpentoracte of Pliny is now known as Carpentras, a city of Provence, in France. Again, in his enumeration of Scottish writers, St. Oronius is mentioned as having been a bishop at the date cdxlv. In " Gallia Christiana," there is a notice of such an Oronius Modestus, with the title of saint, at the same year, where the Bishops of Carpentras are introduced. 3 The Bollandists have entered such particulars, at the 2nd of September. *
Cfttrtr JBap of September*
ARTICLE I. —ST. MANSUETUS, MANSUET, MANSUV, OR MAUNSEY, FIRST BISHOP OF TOUL, FRANCE.
[FOURTH CENTURY. ]
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—WRITERS OF ST. MANSUET's ACTS —THE PERIOD WHEN TIE FLOURISHED —THE COUNTRY OF HIS BIRTH—HIS PARENTAGE AND MISSION FROM ROME TO TOUL—THE LEUCI OR LEQUES—WANT OF SUCCESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF ST. MAUNSEY'S MISSION—COURTEOUSLY RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNOR'S WIPE - MIRACULOUS RESTORATION OF HER SON TO LIFE—THE GOVERNOR AM) MIS FAMILY.
WITH THE PEOPLE OF TOUL, EMBRACE CHRISTIANITY.
saints generally learn to serve God in the religious life under
celebrated masters. Thus are GREAT
reproduced
character, which survive for generations, and which serve to perpetuate
seminaries of sanctity. Popular tradition lias made the present holy man a
contemporary of the Apostles of Christ, or of their early disciples. However, the Diocese of Toul, in France, has always regarded St. Mansuy as the apostolic man, to whom it is indebted for the iight of the Gospel. With
many other places in Gaul, the original records of that city were probably destroyed or lost during the persecutions of the pagans, or afterwards in the invasions of the barbarians from beyond the Rhine. Nevertheless, the people of Toul still preserve with religious veneration the memory of their
holy patron.
Series, vol. i. , part- i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, p. cxxxvi.
2
See ibid. , p. cxli.
Article xiil—* See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of Scottish Saints," Menologium
Scoticum, p. 210.
1 For the insertion of Gallan's name, he
quotes Breviarium Scoticum, maxime Aber- donense, and tor Oronius, Collectanea
Gilberti Bruni, Henrici Sinclari, &C We are unable to consult such works to verify Dempster's statements.
3 See tomus i. , col. 895. Yet the writers
remark, they know not on what authority his name has been there placed.
4 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Sep- tembris ii. Among the pretermitted Feasts, p. 337.
those virtuous traits of
September 3. ) LIVES OI< THE IRISH SAINTS. 37
As no contemporaneous documents regarding St. Maunsey remain, nor do any appear to have issued for some centuries after his death, his career is
involved in great obscurity. Those biographies we now possess seem to be founded chiefly on popular traditions. Certain Acts are referred to, as existing in the tenth century, and which are alluded to by the monk, Adso l
;
2
while Martene has published a short Life of St. Mansuetus, drawn probably
from some previously existing records,3 belonging to the Cathedral Church of Toul. Some doubts regarding the relative antiquity of the two latter sources for our saint's history have been expressed. * The short Life of St. Mansuetus, by an unknown writer, has first place, in the great Bollandist collection. ? A biography was written by an abbot named Adso6 who lived in the tenth
,
century. He was urged by St. Gerard,? Bishop of Toul, to gather all the traditions of that See, which he deemed to be most reliable, and to compose alifeofSt. Mansuyfromthem. ItwastobereadonthedayofhisFestival, in all the churches of that diocese. This biography has been composed in a diffuse and rhetorical manner : partly, we may suppose, for want of reliable materials, and partly, to serve the of a 8 Both of the
print,
12
he has carefully collated them.
In the Life by Adso is a preface or
after the death of St.
Articlei. —Chapter —' The
miracles Mansuetus.
—f Adso—also called
o Adson, Azon,
and of his writings, are very fully set forth
"
in the Histoire Literaire de la France,"
His term in the episcopacy lasted from
i.
history
or Asson
wrought long
purposes panegyric.
foregoing lives have been edited by Father John Limpen, S. J. , in the great
collectionoftheBollandists. 9 TotheseActshehasprefixedacommentary,10
and added notes ; while from different copies, both in manuscript" and in
tome vi. , pp. 471 to 492. 28
See Martene "Thesaurus Novus Anec- dotorum," tomus hi. , col. 991. This has been given, likewise, in Augustine Calmet's " Histoire Ecclesiastique et Civile de Lor- raine," tome i. , in Monumentis, col. 83. The Bollandists have published the text, found in the latter work ; and, in the margin, they have given some emendations from the text as published by Martene.
3 These are short memoirs of the
of Toul, and are to be found in different Codices. One of these ends in the eleventh century, with an account of St. Leo IX. , afterwards Pope. Another Camberonensis
In succeeding pages, it is quoted as the Vita Prolixior.
9 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Sep- tembrisiii. DeS. MansuetoEpisc. etConf. Tulli Levcorvm in Gallia," pp. 615 to 658.
10 In six Sections and 80 paragraphs.
" Three of these copies in manuscript are
taken from Ochsenhusan, Dilingen, and St. Maximinian Codices.
isextended to thetwelfth
and it ends with a notice of Bishop Pibon.
4 See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Septembris iii. De S. Mansueto Episc. et Conf. Tulli Levcorvm in Gallia. Commentarius Praevius, sect, i. , num. 12, 13, pp. 618, 619.
5 Henceforth it shall be quoted, as the Vita Brevior.
toriarum," pars, ii. , from p. 23 ; by Martene, in " Thesaurus Novus Anecdotorum," tomus iii. , from col. 1013 ; and by Calmet, in " Histoire Ecclesiastique et Civile de Lor- raine," tome i. , in Historia Episcoporum Tullensium, from col. 86. All these copies were traced from two Codices, belonging to the Abbey of St. Mansuet, Toul, one of which had been written in the eleventh, and the other in the twelfth century. The Bollandist editor wishes to admonish his readers, that as none of those mentioned had given the Life by Adso complete, except the Codex Ochsenhusan, and as the latter most
Manuscript
century,
Bishops
published by Bosquet, in "Ecclesiae Gallicanae His-
6 Afterwards Abbot of Montier-en-Der.
This Vita S. Mansueti was written not later
than a. d. 969. It was originally divided abounded in errors, he rejected it, and into two books. From these, however, the adopted the Dilingen text, as least faulty,
Bollandist editor chose to make a new dis- tribution. The first Book he divided into
four chapters, and three of these are dev—oted
to the discursive Acts of the Saint the found
fourth chapter referring to traditionary miracles. The second Book is divided into four chapters, and these chiefly relate to
in the more recent. Thence it was transcribed in the Ochsenhusan and Dilingen manuscripts. Martene drew his text from ft Codex in the Colbert Library.
7
a. d. 963, to a. d. 994. His festival is observed on the 23rd of April.
12 Those hadbeen printed copies
while he selected emendations from other copies. In the more ancient Mansuetian copy, the Preface was wanting, but it was
3 S LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [SEPTEMBER 3.
dedication to the most blessed prelate, Gerard.
3». P- 399-
2
September 2. ] LIVES Ob THE IRISH SAINTS. 33
have been baptized by St. Patrick, when the Irish Apostle visited Connaught. Afterwards,theneophytewasordainedbyBishopBron,6ofCassel-Irra. ? Heis
consequently reckoned among the disciples of St. Patrick. 8 Wherefore, it may be inferred, that he flourished towards the middle of the fifth century. He is commemorated by the Bollandists,9 at this date ; although they are unable to furnish further details of his history When St. Patrick travelled
10
through Magh-Luirg, the Cenel-Mic-Erca stole his horses, and greatly
incurred his displeasure. But owing to Bishop Maine's intercession, the censure pronounced against them was afterwards modified, and the stolen horses were restored. Then St. Patrick declared, a great portion of that
district should afterwards belong to his jurisdiction.
11
However, be it
observed, that he must have lived to a very old age, if he were the Manius,
Bishop of Tyroilioll, who assisted at the Synod of Dromceat, a. d. 580, as
12 The same writer tells that Maine is us,
seems to
commemorated at this date in the Martyrology of Tallaght,^ and by
Colgan
suppose.
Maguire, or the enlarger of ^Engus. At the 2nd of September, this holy
man is recorded in the
Martyrology
of Marianus O'Gorman. 1 * in the Also,
1* on the same
Calendar, belonging to the Ordnance Survey Records,16 his feast occurs.
Article III. —St. Geinten, Priest, of Tir-Guaire. This holy man's name is to be found in the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman. Little
seems to be known regarding his family or descent ; although he probably was born in that part of Ireland, where, in a spirit of prophecy, St. Patrick declared he should rule over a church. 1 As allusion has been already made to this incident of the Irish Apostle's career, in the previous account of St. Maine, we are to assume the place of his nativity must have been in Magh Luirg ; but, we cannot infer from that narrative, at what particular time he lived. In the Tripartite Life of St. -Patrick, allusion is made to the present saint. There he is called Genthenn of Each-ainech, in the territory of
Tiroilell. 2 This latter is now represented by the present Barony of Tirerill, in the County of Sligo. 3 Among the townland denominations of Ireland, we are unable to identify the locality of Each-ainech. In the Martyrology
of Martyrology Donegal,
day,
and in that
copy
of the Irish
6 See the Sixth Volume of this work, for notices of him, at the 8th of June, the day for his festival, Art. i.
7 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xxxv. ,
71, 72, p. 176.
Quinta Appendix ad Acta S.
Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 267.
9 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Sep-
tembris ii. Among the pretermitted Feasts, p. 338.
ainech in regione de Tiroilella. "—Colgan's
"
Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, pars ii. , cap. cii. , p. 143.
"See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernice," xv.
Februarii. Vita S. Farannani, n. 20, p. 339.
J3 this statement I have not However,
been able to verify, by referring to that copy in the Book of Leinster. It is also omitted, in Rev. Dr. Kelly's edition,
I4 See ibid.
*5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
232, 233.
p. 134, 8
10
This tribe and territory were in the north
of Roscommon See Miss M. County.
andnn. See ibid.
part
F. Cusack's " Life of Saint Patrick, Apostle
l6 There we find the maine, without entry
of Ireland," part ii. , n. 9, p. 431.
11
It is difficult to interpret the confused narrative which here ensues in the Tripartite
"
Life:
partem olim ad jus suarum Ecclesiarum devoluendam : quod impletum est mAideno de Coch-uamach. Item in Episcopo Manio discipulo Patricii, et Gemthenno de Each*
Book," F. p. 74. — Article hi.
'
Prsedixit tuncmagnam illius regionis
Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii,
pars ii. , cap. cii. , p. 143, and n. 149, p. 180.
2
In the text of Colgan, his name is written Gemthenn.
3 See Roderick O'Flaherty's "Ogygia,*' pars Hi. , cap. lxxix. , p. 374.
any other addition.
See " Common Place
See Colgan's "Trias
C
34 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September *.
of Donegal,-* at the 2nd of September, we find inserted the name Gentenn, or Geinten, Priest, of Tir Guaire. This latter denomination remains to be identified.
ArticleIV. —St. Colum,SonofBlann. ThenameofColum,sonof Blann, is inserted, and he was venerated, at the 2nd of September, as recorded
1
in the Martyrology of Donegal.
Article V. —St. Enan, Mac Ua Mago. We read, in the Martyrology
1 thatafestivalinhonourofEnan,MacUa wascelebrated Mago,
Article VI. —Reputed Festival for Saints Loman, Colman and Macnisus. WefindafestivalenteredforthesesaintsattheivoftheNones, or 2nd day of September, in the ancient Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Dublin ; although in the calendar prefixed, there is no corresponding insertion. Dr. Todd remarks, that in the Martyrology of St. vEngus, they are noted—not at this day—but on the 3rd of September
;
while instead of Loman, the first is called Longarad, Lon being the original
12 name. It is evidently a mistake of entry, on the part of the scribe.
Article VII. — St. Adomnanus or Abbot. Fitzsimon 1 Adomnan, Henry
appears to assign a second festival for St. Adomnanus, Abbot, at the present date,2ndofSeptember. Hehasbeenalreadycommemoratedatthe31stof January, as St. Adamnan of Coldingham. 2 He is called Adamnan at this date, as also in the anonymous list of Irish Saints, published by O'Sullivan Beare. 3
Article VIII. —Feast of St. Muredach, Bishop of Killala. A Feast of St. Muredach, Bishop and Patron of Killala, in Tyrawley, was held
of
at the 2nd of September.
Donegal,
on the 2nd of
1
We have
treated about him at the 12th
of
Dromceat, a. d. 580.
of
August,
principal
Synod
September. 2 the date for his
already festival.
He assisted at the
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Teothotha. At the 2nd of September, St. Teothotha is commemorated in the Feilire of St. ^ngus ;' and by a scholiast on that copy in the Leabhar Brear, she is reputed to have
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. nnd apparently for this statement. See
232> 233-
Article iv. — Edited by Drs. Todd and
x
Reeves, pp. 232, 233. Article v. —1 Edited
Article viii— See Colgan's "Acta
Article vi. See "The Book of Obits and Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity," Introduction, p. lxw, and
Sanctorum Hibernise," xv. Februarii. S. Farannani, n. 21, p. 339.
Vita
by
Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp. 232—, 233. 3 See ibid. , cap. xi. , p. 50. l'
2 2'
p. 152.
See Ibid. , p. lxxiv.
Article ix.
Art. i. See "Transactions of the
Article vil—' See "
rum Sanctorum Hibernice," where he Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of cites the Anglican Martyrology as authority, Oengus. by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. exxxvi.
Catalogus aliquo-
Royal
Irish
Academy,"
Irish
Manuscript
"
tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 52.
HistoricCatholica-IberniivCompendium,*
2
that date, Art. iii.
See the First Volume of this work, at
In the —Volume of this Eighth work,
Seftrmbrr 2. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 35
2
In the General Church Calendars of Saints, we cannot find any other name, more closely resembling what has been attributed to her, than that of Theodora, wife of the Tribune, St. Paternus. Both of these endured martyrdom in Nicomedia, with many other companions. 3 This happened under the Emperor Julian, the Apostate, and during the fourth century.
Article X.
—Reputed Festival of St. Mansuetus, Bishop of Toul, France. —In the additions to Usuard, edited by the Bollandists, a feast for the bishop, St. Mansuetus, is inserted at the and of September. This the
1
Bollandists notice, at the present date.
Vigil, as the chief festival occurs on the day succeeding, to which the reader is referred for his Acts.
Article XL—Reputed Feast of a St. Colman, Avignon, France.
been a virgin.
At the 2nd of September, according to a Florarium Manuscript, belonging to 1
their library, the Bollandists enter a Festival for Colmann and Agricolus,
2
stated to have been Bishops of Avignon, a celebrated city in the south of
France. WhilepresentingtheActsofthelatteratconsiderablelength,as
that such may not have been the case—as in so many other instances— where the Fasti of a Church are not quite complete. It seems likely enough, there had been some earlier authority or tradition for inserting such a Feast of St. Colmann in the Florarium. The name is Irish in form, and the list of our national saints bearing it is more numerous than that of any other denomination. Agricolus flourished in the seventh century, as is well known, while many Irish missionaries had entered France before and during that age. It is possible, St. Colmann may have been one of them, and connected, as stated, with the See of Avignon, and perhaps he was an assistant bishop. However this may be, it seems likely, that he must be distinguished from the Colman, noted at this day, in the ancient Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Dublin.
Article XII. —Reputed Festival of a St. Molotha. In the Felire
z
Bishop and Patron of thatcity,3 they state that, among the prelates of Avignon, no Colmann appears. However, it does not follow from this want of record,
of St. . ^Engus, at the 2nd of September, the Feast of St. Molotha is entered ;
2 See ibid. , p. cxli.
Acta Sanctorum," tomus
Zenone, Concordio, Theodoro, Filiis ejus,
Paterno Tribuno, Theodote Uxore ejus, Militibus lxviii. , Matre cum duobus Filiis, Serapione cum clxxii. Militibus. Item de SS. Cuscono, Monolappo, Josepho," pp.
360 to 365.
Article x. — See "Acta Sanctorum,"
Cavarum by the Romans. In it was a metropolitan church of great antiquity, and
From
to 1377, Avignon became a papal residence, and in 1348, it was bought from Joanna, Queen of Sicily and Countess of Provence, for 80,000 florins. The papal sovereignty
in
ii.
3 Their Acts are given by the Bollandists "
one was rebuilt by Charlemagne.
1307
i. ,
De Sanctis Martyribus Nicomedienstbus
tomus i. , Septembris ii. mitted Feasts, p. 338.
Articlk xi. — £ See tomus i. , Septembris ii. mitted Feasts, p. 338.
Among the preter-
" Acta Sanctorum," Among the preter-
world," vol. ii. , p. 487. 3See"ActaSanctorum,"tomusi. , Sep-
tembris ii. De Sancto Agricolo Episcopo et Patrono Avenionensi. A historic com- mentary precedes in three sections and 28 paragraphs, and then a Life by some anony- mous writer, in two chapters, containing 14 paragraphs, with illustrative notes, pp. 444 to 456.
Septembris
2 This is a place of great antiquity, on the
River Rhone, and formerly the capital of a
Gaulish tiibe, seated in the present Depart-
ment of Vaucluse. It was called Avenio the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
It can only have been that of his
was retained until 1791, when it was re- "
united to France. See Gazetteer of the
'
Article xii. — See "Transactions of
36 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 3.
but, elsewhere, we cannot find mention of any saint so called. However, the scholiast makes Molotha a virgin, without further attempt at identification. 2
Article XIII. —Reputed Feasts for Gallan, Abbot, and Oronius,
surnamed Modestus, Bishop of Carpentras, France. In his Scottish
12 Menology, at the 2nd of September, Dempster has entered such a festival.
The Carpentoracte of Pliny is now known as Carpentras, a city of Provence, in France. Again, in his enumeration of Scottish writers, St. Oronius is mentioned as having been a bishop at the date cdxlv. In " Gallia Christiana," there is a notice of such an Oronius Modestus, with the title of saint, at the same year, where the Bishops of Carpentras are introduced. 3 The Bollandists have entered such particulars, at the 2nd of September. *
Cfttrtr JBap of September*
ARTICLE I. —ST. MANSUETUS, MANSUET, MANSUV, OR MAUNSEY, FIRST BISHOP OF TOUL, FRANCE.
[FOURTH CENTURY. ]
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—WRITERS OF ST. MANSUET's ACTS —THE PERIOD WHEN TIE FLOURISHED —THE COUNTRY OF HIS BIRTH—HIS PARENTAGE AND MISSION FROM ROME TO TOUL—THE LEUCI OR LEQUES—WANT OF SUCCESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF ST. MAUNSEY'S MISSION—COURTEOUSLY RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNOR'S WIPE - MIRACULOUS RESTORATION OF HER SON TO LIFE—THE GOVERNOR AM) MIS FAMILY.
WITH THE PEOPLE OF TOUL, EMBRACE CHRISTIANITY.
saints generally learn to serve God in the religious life under
celebrated masters. Thus are GREAT
reproduced
character, which survive for generations, and which serve to perpetuate
seminaries of sanctity. Popular tradition lias made the present holy man a
contemporary of the Apostles of Christ, or of their early disciples. However, the Diocese of Toul, in France, has always regarded St. Mansuy as the apostolic man, to whom it is indebted for the iight of the Gospel. With
many other places in Gaul, the original records of that city were probably destroyed or lost during the persecutions of the pagans, or afterwards in the invasions of the barbarians from beyond the Rhine. Nevertheless, the people of Toul still preserve with religious veneration the memory of their
holy patron.
Series, vol. i. , part- i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, p. cxxxvi.
2
See ibid. , p. cxli.
Article xiil—* See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of Scottish Saints," Menologium
Scoticum, p. 210.
1 For the insertion of Gallan's name, he
quotes Breviarium Scoticum, maxime Aber- donense, and tor Oronius, Collectanea
Gilberti Bruni, Henrici Sinclari, &C We are unable to consult such works to verify Dempster's statements.
3 See tomus i. , col. 895. Yet the writers
remark, they know not on what authority his name has been there placed.
4 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Sep- tembris ii. Among the pretermitted Feasts, p. 337.
those virtuous traits of
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As no contemporaneous documents regarding St. Maunsey remain, nor do any appear to have issued for some centuries after his death, his career is
involved in great obscurity. Those biographies we now possess seem to be founded chiefly on popular traditions. Certain Acts are referred to, as existing in the tenth century, and which are alluded to by the monk, Adso l
;
2
while Martene has published a short Life of St. Mansuetus, drawn probably
from some previously existing records,3 belonging to the Cathedral Church of Toul. Some doubts regarding the relative antiquity of the two latter sources for our saint's history have been expressed. * The short Life of St. Mansuetus, by an unknown writer, has first place, in the great Bollandist collection. ? A biography was written by an abbot named Adso6 who lived in the tenth
,
century. He was urged by St. Gerard,? Bishop of Toul, to gather all the traditions of that See, which he deemed to be most reliable, and to compose alifeofSt. Mansuyfromthem. ItwastobereadonthedayofhisFestival, in all the churches of that diocese. This biography has been composed in a diffuse and rhetorical manner : partly, we may suppose, for want of reliable materials, and partly, to serve the of a 8 Both of the
print,
12
he has carefully collated them.
In the Life by Adso is a preface or
after the death of St.
Articlei. —Chapter —' The
miracles Mansuetus.
—f Adso—also called
o Adson, Azon,
and of his writings, are very fully set forth
"
in the Histoire Literaire de la France,"
His term in the episcopacy lasted from
i.
history
or Asson
wrought long
purposes panegyric.
foregoing lives have been edited by Father John Limpen, S. J. , in the great
collectionoftheBollandists. 9 TotheseActshehasprefixedacommentary,10
and added notes ; while from different copies, both in manuscript" and in
tome vi. , pp. 471 to 492. 28
See Martene "Thesaurus Novus Anec- dotorum," tomus hi. , col. 991. This has been given, likewise, in Augustine Calmet's " Histoire Ecclesiastique et Civile de Lor- raine," tome i. , in Monumentis, col. 83. The Bollandists have published the text, found in the latter work ; and, in the margin, they have given some emendations from the text as published by Martene.
3 These are short memoirs of the
of Toul, and are to be found in different Codices. One of these ends in the eleventh century, with an account of St. Leo IX. , afterwards Pope. Another Camberonensis
In succeeding pages, it is quoted as the Vita Prolixior.
9 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Sep- tembrisiii. DeS. MansuetoEpisc. etConf. Tulli Levcorvm in Gallia," pp. 615 to 658.
10 In six Sections and 80 paragraphs.
" Three of these copies in manuscript are
taken from Ochsenhusan, Dilingen, and St. Maximinian Codices.
isextended to thetwelfth
and it ends with a notice of Bishop Pibon.
4 See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Septembris iii. De S. Mansueto Episc. et Conf. Tulli Levcorvm in Gallia. Commentarius Praevius, sect, i. , num. 12, 13, pp. 618, 619.
5 Henceforth it shall be quoted, as the Vita Brevior.
toriarum," pars, ii. , from p. 23 ; by Martene, in " Thesaurus Novus Anecdotorum," tomus iii. , from col. 1013 ; and by Calmet, in " Histoire Ecclesiastique et Civile de Lor- raine," tome i. , in Historia Episcoporum Tullensium, from col. 86. All these copies were traced from two Codices, belonging to the Abbey of St. Mansuet, Toul, one of which had been written in the eleventh, and the other in the twelfth century. The Bollandist editor wishes to admonish his readers, that as none of those mentioned had given the Life by Adso complete, except the Codex Ochsenhusan, and as the latter most
Manuscript
century,
Bishops
published by Bosquet, in "Ecclesiae Gallicanae His-
6 Afterwards Abbot of Montier-en-Der.
This Vita S. Mansueti was written not later
than a. d. 969. It was originally divided abounded in errors, he rejected it, and into two books. From these, however, the adopted the Dilingen text, as least faulty,
Bollandist editor chose to make a new dis- tribution. The first Book he divided into
four chapters, and three of these are dev—oted
to the discursive Acts of the Saint the found
fourth chapter referring to traditionary miracles. The second Book is divided into four chapters, and these chiefly relate to
in the more recent. Thence it was transcribed in the Ochsenhusan and Dilingen manuscripts. Martene drew his text from ft Codex in the Colbert Library.
7
a. d. 963, to a. d. 994. His festival is observed on the 23rd of April.
12 Those hadbeen printed copies
while he selected emendations from other copies. In the more ancient Mansuetian copy, the Preface was wanting, but it was
3 S LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [SEPTEMBER 3.
dedication to the most blessed prelate, Gerard.
