' Inthe
Paris Breviary, his memory has been honoured with a proper Lesson on the 26th of June.
Paris Breviary, his memory has been honoured with a proper Lesson on the 26th of June.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
However, in such a hypothesis, two different feasts must be ascribed to one saint, and this does not seem to be probable.
2» It is nowunitedwith theparish of Knock- avilla. The latter denomination, however, has no place on the "Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Tipperary. "
30 Hisfestival day is not now remembered in the parish. Letter of Rev. Michael Fitzgerald, C. C. , to the author, and dated Knockavilla, Cashel, April 2nd, 1875.
31 It is strange, that neither the denomina- tion of this townland nor old parish has any place on the "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Tipperary. "
32 Drunkenness and quarrelling are speci- fied, as tending to disturb the tranquillity of the country, and to perpetuate animosities and dissensions.
24 At Messrs. Christie's and Mason's auc- tion rooms.
25 Sir William Ulster of Bentham, King
Anns, wrote thus respecting the inscrip- tions : " The inscription on the bronze arm is so much defaced and mutilated, that I feel very reluctant at attempting even a guess at its import as a whole, but have no hesitation in the endeavour to decipher so much as is still legible, and even to supply or attempt to restore some portion of what is nearly obli- terated. The inscription undoubtedly is Irish, and the plates on the upper or thicker part of the arm, which are less injured, I read as follows. " Sir William then gives the
inscription in Irish with an English transla-
Carthy. . . . ofDom
Sir William adds, that he has seen examples of all the ornamental figures traced on the arm upon other ancient Irish bronze articles, as well as in old Irish MSS. on vellum.
"
Pray Teig,
1. for the son of Murc- cortach, for the king. 2. For Dermot, the son of the son of Dermicr. 3. ForConla, for Maelsachna, the son of Naennacnaim, the king. 4. For Cormac, the son of the son of
"
tion
:
June, i884. bought
410
recorded, that
8o6 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 26.
it was rigidly suppressed, in a pastoral^ by the Catholic Archbishop of Cashel,MostRev. ThomasBray,34thenpresiding. Thislocalcelebrationused to be held on the Festival of Corpus Christi, which usually falls on some closing day of May, or on some day in the beginning of June. 3s Having energetically condemned excesses there prevailing, the Archbishop appears to have prescribed a formula^6 for promulgating a sentence of excommunica- tion, whereby this censure should fall on any of those persons, who thence- forward presumed to visit Doneskeigh for the purpose of holding or assisting at a patron there, or for practising any of the former usages,37 while even those, who presumed to furnish food or drink to persons there assembling for such purpose, were subjected to excommunication. 38 The people in this part of Tipperary usually pronounce the name of the Patron Saint, Loughteen. Every other memory of him seems to have passed away, nor does it appear
that his Acts had at any time been preserved. The Martyrology of Donegal,39 at this same date, records Laichtein.
Article II. —St. Babolin, First Abbot of St. Maur, Fossey, Belgium,
{Seventh Century. ~\ Although some writers consider the nationality of this saintasdoubtful; yet,byothers,heismadeaScot,oranIrishman,andhis
festival is placed, at the 26th of June, Owing to the following circumstances, hisActsareleftveryambiguous. Atthisdate,theBollandistshaveentered
a festival for St. 1 Abbot of 3 in and on the same Babolenus, Fossey, Gaul,
day,
33 This was headed, " Instructions on keagh ; or shall resort to said Patron or
Fatrons," and it was dated Thurles, May 17th, 1797.
34 See a biography of this prelate in "Col- lections on Irish Church History," from the MSS. of the late Very Hev. Laurence F. Renehan, D. D. , formerly President of May- nooth College. " Edited by Rev. Daniel MacCarthy, vol. i. , Archbishops, pp. 356 to 386. This Archbishop ruled from a. d. 1792 to 1820.
35 The foregoing intelligence was conveyed to the writer, by Rev. Michael Fitzgerald, C. C. , in a letter headed Knockavilla, Cashel, April 20th, 1875. He also kindly com- municated a copy of the Archbishop's Pasto- ral, extracted from the Diocesan Statutes of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
36 The following directions are thus given and inserted within brackets : [Here the Priest gives notice that he is now to pro- nounce the awful sentence of excommunica- tion to which the congregation is attentively to listen].
ance, any pious act, or any sort of religious duty, at, in, or near, the Well of Dones-
Well from motives of curiosity or amuse- ment, or shall drink the water of the Well, at said Well, or near it ; or bathe or dip in it, by way of devotion, or in expectation of any corporal benefit or supernatural cure ; and we declare all such persons excommuni- cated. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost—they are excommunicated ; and the clerk, on behalf of the congregation, shall say—Amen. "
38 In these terms: "We also, by these
presents, do excommunicate all persons of
our communion, who, on said Patron day of
Doneskeagh (or any day from Trinity
Sunday to the Sunday following, both Sun-
days included), shall erect a tent, booth, hut,
or any such convenience, for the purpose of
selling spirits, or liquors of any sort ; or shall sell the same in their own houses, or in hired
houses, or in the open fields, or gardens ; or shall provide anything to eat or drink on the Patron ground, or near it, for persons whogotosaidPatron; andwedeclareall suchpersonsexcommunicated. Inthename of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, they are excommunicated ; and
37 The Pastoral thus continues
name of Almighty God, and in virtue of the power that Jesus Christ left to his Church, and with which we are invested
these presents, do excommunicate all persons of our communion, who, on said Patron day of Doneskeagh (or on any day from the Sunday before to the Sunday after it, both Sundays included), shall presume to go to said Patron, to perform any work of pen-
:
;
the— onbehalfofthe
clerk, congregation,
shall
u In the we, by
say Amen. "
39 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
180, 181. — Article II.
*
See "Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus v. , Junii xxvi. De Sancto Baboleno
Abbate Fossatensi in Gallia, pp. 179 to 184.
"
sections, by Father Godefrid Henschenn, to
There is a previous commentary in nine
June 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
807
they commemorate St. Papolenus,3 Bishop and Abbot, first at Malmundarium, and afterwards atStabuletum, in Belgium. It seems, that Babolen, Bapolenand'
Papolen are synonymous, and were they
contemporaneous ; therefore, much confusion has been admitted by writers/ in confounding persons that are dis-
tinct with one another.
order,atBobbio,calledBabolenus. s Tohim,andtoSt. Waldebert,orWal-
le 11 Cointe,
There was a third holy Abbot, and the fourth in
6 Abbotof
and of Eustasius. 9 St. Babolen of Fosse is commemorated in a Life written
s during the eleventh century j but, this seems to be a congeries of mistakes and confusion. Our saint is mentioned by Andreas Du Chesne,10 by Charles
bert,
Luxeu, Jonas
inscribedhis 8 Lives of St. Columban,? of Attala
12 and
Baring-Gould/sand other hagiologists, have notices of St. Babolen, at the 26th
by Mabillon,
by many other writers.
Baillet,^ Butler,
1 * S.
16 at this
Babolene, first Abbot of St. Maur, at Fossey, and also venerated in the diocese
of Paris; while, they make him a disciple of St. Columban and of St. Remade, confounding him also with St. Bobolen, Abbot of Staveleot, in Bel- gium. However, in the very next page, they give, at this same date, St. Papolein,17 asbishopandabbotofStavelotl8 andofMalmedy-en-Ardennes,1' in Belgium, while they take care to remark, that he is not to be confounded with St. Babolin, venerated the same day. The title of Bishop is given in a Diploma of Clovis III. , King of France, to the Abbot of Stabu- letum. 20 This was situated in the diocese of Liege, in the Forest of Ardennes. ItbelongedtotheOrderofSt. Benedict,asdidalsothatofMal- medy, likewise situated in the Forest of Ardennes. 31 At first, St. Babolin of Fosse seems to have been a Columban monk, at Luxeuil, and then Abbot of St. Pierre. 22 About the year 638, the monastery of St. Maur-des- Fosses had been founded by Blidegisl, Archdeacon of Paris, in a peninsula formed by the Marne, about two leagues from Paris. There Babolen is said
of The Petits June.
Bollandistes,
date, have notices of St. Babolein or
Miracles related of this saint, in a Manu- script Codex of St. Germanus, Paris, collected
with another Fossey Manuscript, edited by Chifflet. Notes are appended, by Fathers Henschenn and Papebroke.
3 See ibid. De S. Papoleno Epis. et Abb. Stabulensi et Malmundariensi in Belgio, pp.
and also, A. D. 640, num. 33 to 42.
"In " Acta Sanctorum Ordinis S. Bene-
dicti," Sseculum secundum Benedictinum.
I3 See "Les Vies des Saints," tome ii. , pp.
3 1 6, 3 1 7.
" 4 See " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and
other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xxvi. '5 See "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. ,
June 26, p. 373.
l6 See "Les Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
xxvie Jour de Juin, p. 364.
x? See ibid. , p. 365.
l8 This has been Latinized Stabulum, Sta-
Father Godefrid Henschenn has compiled this notice, likewise, and it forms a sylloge of notices regarding him, with some of his Acts and a Royal Diploma. It
is in five sections.
* See Les Petits Bollandistes, " Vies des
195, 196.
Saints," tome vii. , xxvie Jour de Juin, bulaus, and Stabuletum. It was founded
p. 364.
s See Ughelli, "Italia Sacra," tomus iv.
Preface to the account of the Bishops of Bob-
bio col. 128. '
6 His festival is celebrated on the 2nd of Ma„
7 His feast occurs, at the 21st of Novem- ber#"
about the year 651, by Sigebert II. , King of Austrasie, and by St. Bernard, Bishop of Maestricht.
I? It is Latinized Malmundarium, and it was a Benedictine monastery, under the in- vocation of St. Peter and St. Paul. It was only one league distant from Fosse ; and both
were considered to be as twin sisters, 8 His festival was held, on the 10th of under the government of the same Abbot.
March. There is a brief notice of him, at that date, in the Third Volume of this work, Art xviii
9 See his Acts, at the 29th of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art v.
places
Malmedy was 37 kilometres from Aix-Ia-
» " In
Scriptorum Historic Francorum,"
metres, south-east from Liege.
2I From it, the small village so called had
**£ Cise, tomus hi. , A. D. 638, num. 98 to. 125,
^Tn'-^nnatn/lcdesiasticarum Fran-
Rev. S. Baring-Gould's
Lives of
Chapelle.
s° It was dedicated to St. Peter and to St.
c. t>» a . c. Remade, and it was situated about 36 kilo-
" the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26, p. 373.
8o8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 26.
to have ruled over a He large community.
22-
at
St.
Babolin rendered great services to the diocese of Paris, by founding in it many
churches and 2* About the St. Babolen is said to have hospitals. year 640,
began his rule over Fosse, where he laboured with great diligence and zeal. There,too,hebuiltachurch,inhonouroftheBlessedMotherofGod. St. Babolin, having attained a very advanced age, resigned his charge to Ambrose
26
his successor. ^ Afterwards he retired to a
he departed this life, on the vi. day of the July Kalends June 26th. His body was buried in a stone sarcophagus, on the northern side of the church he had built and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. There for many years it lay, while frequent miracles were wrought at his tomb. At length, his remains were translated to another church, which had been built by the religious Abbot Benedict,2? on the vii. of the December Ides ; but, in what year has not been recorded. Various miracles have been ascribed to his merits, and in many places churches and altars were erected in his honour. "8 The body
3 ofSt. Baboleinispreservedinashrine,overthehighaltaratFosse.
' Inthe
Paris Breviary, his memory has been honoured with a proper Lesson on the 26th of June.
Article III. —St. Colman, Son to Roi of the Refectory, and over
Lambav Island Church, County Dublin. The name of Colman Partraighi 1
appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 26th of June. This appears to be the St. Colman, son of Roi, belonging to Reachrainn, according to Marianus O'Gorman, who enters him in the Calendar at this date. He is said to have been that deacon, placed by St Columkille, over the church founded by him in Reachrann, now Lambay Island, off the County Dublin coast 8 He flourished, about the middle of the sixth
At the same date, in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 his name occurs as Colman Proinntighe, or of the refectory. In a Manuscript Calendar of Professor Eugene O'Curry,
at this same date, he is entered simply, St. Colman.
ArticleIV. —St. SoadbairorSoadbar,Bishop. TheMartyrologies
of • and of 3 a festival at the 26th of in honour Tallagh Donegal register June
of Soadbair or Soadbar, Bishop. His place is not mentioned.
Article V. —The Nine Hundred Martyrs of Bangor. The English
1 2 and the Calendar
Martyrology, Henry Fitzsimon,
33 See his Life, in the First Volume of this work, at 16th of January, Art. i.
34 In these good works, he was ably assisted, by the zeal and liberality of Bishop Andebert and of St. La ndri, his successor.
anonymous
*» See Rev. Alban Butler's
"
Lives of the
Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xxvi.
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Vita Quinta S. Columbae, lib. i. , cap. lxv. , p. 400, and n. 66, p. 450, ibid.
*• Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves. See by
Appendix to the Introduction, p. xlvii. , and
181. —
p. See, likewise, ibid. , pp. 382, 383.
26 " See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's
the Saints," vol. vi. , 26, June p.
Lives of
373.
=7 He is alluded to as Abbot of Fosse, in
"
D'Achery's Spicilegium,"tomus
nicon Fontanellense, p. 234.
38 " See the Bollandists'
iii. Chro-
Acta Sancto- De Sancto
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. Baboleno Abbate Fossatensi in Gallia, 180, 181.
rum," tomus v. , Junii xxvi.
joined
Fursey,
Lagny.
St.
hermitage.
year 671,
Ab—out the
century.
published by
Miracula, pp. 181 to 184.
*» See Les Petits Bollandistes, " Vies des
Saints," tome vii. , xxvie Jour de Juin,
p. 364. —
Article hi.
Kelly, p. xxviii.
3
* Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
Article iv. p. xxviii.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
June 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
809
O'SuIlevan Beared commemorate Nine Hundred Martyrs of Bangor, at the 26th of June. They are noticed, likewise, by Trithemius,* Wion, Menard,*
that several of these martyrs were Irish by birth.
Article VI. —Reputed Festival or St. Corbican, Confessor. {Eighth Century. '] Few traditions of any importance relate to this saint. InhisMenologiumScotorum,ThomasDempster1 hasentered3 afestivalat the 26th of June for a St. Corbicanus, whom he makes a companion of St.
and the 6at Ferranus, by Bollandists,
the same date. The Bangor in North Wales appears to have been the scene for the martyrdom, and it is probable,
Adalgisus,3ApostleinBelgium. HeisbelievedtohavebeenanIrishman, who came to the Low Countries, and who lived as a solitary/ Ferrarius citing a Scottish Martyrology, it is supposed from a suggestion furnished Came-
——
by
rarius who passes over Corbicanus has a feast for him at this date. The
Bollandists note this entry,* but they state, that Corbican was unknown to the
Article VII. —Festivals of St. John and St. Paul, Martyrs and Brothers, Rome. In the Irish Church, as we learn from the u Feilire "l of St. ^)ngus, there was a Festival, at the 26th day of June, to commemorate the Martyrdom of St. John and St. Paul, at Rome. These holy brothers are said to have suffered death under Julianus Caesar. 3 The Bollandists 3 have inserted their Acts/ at this date, and they are taken from an ancient Manuscript,
Belgians, as also to the writers of the Life of St.
landistes? notice St. Corbican, an Irishman, at the 26th of June, and they state, that he flourished in the Low Countries, during the eighth century. He is said to have lived on roots and herbs, while instructing the rude peasantry inthewordofGod. Hewasafflictedwithcrampsandaguesuntilhedied. 8
Article v. —* See "
Anglicanum," at this date. 3"
Martyrologium
xxvie deJuin, p. 364. Jour
*
See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26, p. 373.
Article vii. —' From the "Leabhar Breac" copy, the following stanza and its English translati—on are furnished by Whitley
See Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum Hibernise. "
3 See " Historiae Catholicae IberniseCom-
pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. ,
pp. 50, 52.
* See "De Viris Illustribus Ordinis
S. Benedicti,"lib. iii. , cap. 33.
s Appendix ad Martyrologium Benedic-
tinum.
6 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. ,
Stokes, LL. D.
Junii xxvi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. It5>
"
Vast is their suffering, their passion, for I
—
tanea Gilberti Brunni, Henrici Sinclari, &c.
have searched into it, Gallicanus, a fair sun, "
*
Belgio
Apostolus S. Adalgiso comes haeserat. "
Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 204.
Article VI
For
this he cites Collec-
2
Thus
In
— the Corbicani, qui gentis
Irish Irish Manu- Academy,"
On the Ca-
_ See the Scholion, ibid. , p. cvii.
:
Royal script Series,
"
Johannes and Paulus— Transactions of
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii * See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's Lives of xxvi. De Sanctis Fratribus Martyribus
3
His feast occurs,
at the 2nd of "
the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26th p. 373.
s See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii xxvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
j--
« See an account of him at the 2nd of
JTune, in the present volume of this work, Art j
7 See "Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
Joanne et Paulo, Romx in propru Domo nunc Ecclesia, item Terentiuno et F1I10 ejus ibidem.
« Edited Father Daniel Papebroke, by
S. J. These are in six chapters.
5
6 In eight paragraphs.
In ten paragraphs.
'
Article viii. — See Bisho
June.
Adalgisus.
6 The Petits Bol-
:
Ipvobut Achervvo Apiif ol r\orcuir\iur- CAin JjMdn s&llicanur- loAnnif Aguf pauUip
vol.
lendar of Oengus, pp. xcv. , xcvi.
a
i. , part
i.
8io LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 27.
belonging to Corbie. These are preceded by a commentary,s to which an Appendix6 hasbeenadded.
ArticleVIII. —St. Duthac. IntheScottishKalendarofHyrdmanis-
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Giswald, Companion of St. Disibod. IntheScottishMenologyofDavidCamerarius,thereisafestival for St. Giswaldus, a companion of St. Disibod. The Bollandists x note this entry, likewise, at the present date, but they defer further observations regard- ing him, until the 8th of July, St. Disibod's feast
ArticleX. —FeastofGallicanus,Martyr, IntheancientChurch, we find the name of Gallicanus, a Martyr, inscribed in the " Feilire " of St.
1 In the to the " Leabhar commentary appended
1 and in that of Nova Farina, 3 we have a festival at the 26th of entered,
town,
June, for St. Duthac, a Bishop and Confessor. We know not whether by birth he belonged to Ireland or to Scotland ; however, in this, as in many similar cases, we desire to include his name among our Celtic saints.
at the 26th of
Breac"copy, he is stated, to have been a Legate of the King of the Romans,
Mngus,
June.
and to have come into the land of the Franks. mention of this saint and martyr, at the present date.
Ctoentp--$ebentlj Sap of 3mte. »
ARTICLE I. —ST. DIMMAN OR DIOMAN.
Donegal,* at June 27th, he is noticed as Dioman, a Priest.
Article II. —St. Brocan.
2» It is nowunitedwith theparish of Knock- avilla. The latter denomination, however, has no place on the "Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Tipperary. "
30 Hisfestival day is not now remembered in the parish. Letter of Rev. Michael Fitzgerald, C. C. , to the author, and dated Knockavilla, Cashel, April 2nd, 1875.
31 It is strange, that neither the denomina- tion of this townland nor old parish has any place on the "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Tipperary. "
32 Drunkenness and quarrelling are speci- fied, as tending to disturb the tranquillity of the country, and to perpetuate animosities and dissensions.
24 At Messrs. Christie's and Mason's auc- tion rooms.
25 Sir William Ulster of Bentham, King
Anns, wrote thus respecting the inscrip- tions : " The inscription on the bronze arm is so much defaced and mutilated, that I feel very reluctant at attempting even a guess at its import as a whole, but have no hesitation in the endeavour to decipher so much as is still legible, and even to supply or attempt to restore some portion of what is nearly obli- terated. The inscription undoubtedly is Irish, and the plates on the upper or thicker part of the arm, which are less injured, I read as follows. " Sir William then gives the
inscription in Irish with an English transla-
Carthy. . . . ofDom
Sir William adds, that he has seen examples of all the ornamental figures traced on the arm upon other ancient Irish bronze articles, as well as in old Irish MSS. on vellum.
"
Pray Teig,
1. for the son of Murc- cortach, for the king. 2. For Dermot, the son of the son of Dermicr. 3. ForConla, for Maelsachna, the son of Naennacnaim, the king. 4. For Cormac, the son of the son of
"
tion
:
June, i884. bought
410
recorded, that
8o6 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 26.
it was rigidly suppressed, in a pastoral^ by the Catholic Archbishop of Cashel,MostRev. ThomasBray,34thenpresiding. Thislocalcelebrationused to be held on the Festival of Corpus Christi, which usually falls on some closing day of May, or on some day in the beginning of June. 3s Having energetically condemned excesses there prevailing, the Archbishop appears to have prescribed a formula^6 for promulgating a sentence of excommunica- tion, whereby this censure should fall on any of those persons, who thence- forward presumed to visit Doneskeigh for the purpose of holding or assisting at a patron there, or for practising any of the former usages,37 while even those, who presumed to furnish food or drink to persons there assembling for such purpose, were subjected to excommunication. 38 The people in this part of Tipperary usually pronounce the name of the Patron Saint, Loughteen. Every other memory of him seems to have passed away, nor does it appear
that his Acts had at any time been preserved. The Martyrology of Donegal,39 at this same date, records Laichtein.
Article II. —St. Babolin, First Abbot of St. Maur, Fossey, Belgium,
{Seventh Century. ~\ Although some writers consider the nationality of this saintasdoubtful; yet,byothers,heismadeaScot,oranIrishman,andhis
festival is placed, at the 26th of June, Owing to the following circumstances, hisActsareleftveryambiguous. Atthisdate,theBollandistshaveentered
a festival for St. 1 Abbot of 3 in and on the same Babolenus, Fossey, Gaul,
day,
33 This was headed, " Instructions on keagh ; or shall resort to said Patron or
Fatrons," and it was dated Thurles, May 17th, 1797.
34 See a biography of this prelate in "Col- lections on Irish Church History," from the MSS. of the late Very Hev. Laurence F. Renehan, D. D. , formerly President of May- nooth College. " Edited by Rev. Daniel MacCarthy, vol. i. , Archbishops, pp. 356 to 386. This Archbishop ruled from a. d. 1792 to 1820.
35 The foregoing intelligence was conveyed to the writer, by Rev. Michael Fitzgerald, C. C. , in a letter headed Knockavilla, Cashel, April 20th, 1875. He also kindly com- municated a copy of the Archbishop's Pasto- ral, extracted from the Diocesan Statutes of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
36 The following directions are thus given and inserted within brackets : [Here the Priest gives notice that he is now to pro- nounce the awful sentence of excommunica- tion to which the congregation is attentively to listen].
ance, any pious act, or any sort of religious duty, at, in, or near, the Well of Dones-
Well from motives of curiosity or amuse- ment, or shall drink the water of the Well, at said Well, or near it ; or bathe or dip in it, by way of devotion, or in expectation of any corporal benefit or supernatural cure ; and we declare all such persons excommuni- cated. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost—they are excommunicated ; and the clerk, on behalf of the congregation, shall say—Amen. "
38 In these terms: "We also, by these
presents, do excommunicate all persons of
our communion, who, on said Patron day of
Doneskeagh (or any day from Trinity
Sunday to the Sunday following, both Sun-
days included), shall erect a tent, booth, hut,
or any such convenience, for the purpose of
selling spirits, or liquors of any sort ; or shall sell the same in their own houses, or in hired
houses, or in the open fields, or gardens ; or shall provide anything to eat or drink on the Patron ground, or near it, for persons whogotosaidPatron; andwedeclareall suchpersonsexcommunicated. Inthename of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, they are excommunicated ; and
37 The Pastoral thus continues
name of Almighty God, and in virtue of the power that Jesus Christ left to his Church, and with which we are invested
these presents, do excommunicate all persons of our communion, who, on said Patron day of Doneskeagh (or on any day from the Sunday before to the Sunday after it, both Sundays included), shall presume to go to said Patron, to perform any work of pen-
:
;
the— onbehalfofthe
clerk, congregation,
shall
u In the we, by
say Amen. "
39 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
180, 181. — Article II.
*
See "Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus v. , Junii xxvi. De Sancto Baboleno
Abbate Fossatensi in Gallia, pp. 179 to 184.
"
sections, by Father Godefrid Henschenn, to
There is a previous commentary in nine
June 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
807
they commemorate St. Papolenus,3 Bishop and Abbot, first at Malmundarium, and afterwards atStabuletum, in Belgium. It seems, that Babolen, Bapolenand'
Papolen are synonymous, and were they
contemporaneous ; therefore, much confusion has been admitted by writers/ in confounding persons that are dis-
tinct with one another.
order,atBobbio,calledBabolenus. s Tohim,andtoSt. Waldebert,orWal-
le 11 Cointe,
There was a third holy Abbot, and the fourth in
6 Abbotof
and of Eustasius. 9 St. Babolen of Fosse is commemorated in a Life written
s during the eleventh century j but, this seems to be a congeries of mistakes and confusion. Our saint is mentioned by Andreas Du Chesne,10 by Charles
bert,
Luxeu, Jonas
inscribedhis 8 Lives of St. Columban,? of Attala
12 and
Baring-Gould/sand other hagiologists, have notices of St. Babolen, at the 26th
by Mabillon,
by many other writers.
Baillet,^ Butler,
1 * S.
16 at this
Babolene, first Abbot of St. Maur, at Fossey, and also venerated in the diocese
of Paris; while, they make him a disciple of St. Columban and of St. Remade, confounding him also with St. Bobolen, Abbot of Staveleot, in Bel- gium. However, in the very next page, they give, at this same date, St. Papolein,17 asbishopandabbotofStavelotl8 andofMalmedy-en-Ardennes,1' in Belgium, while they take care to remark, that he is not to be confounded with St. Babolin, venerated the same day. The title of Bishop is given in a Diploma of Clovis III. , King of France, to the Abbot of Stabu- letum. 20 This was situated in the diocese of Liege, in the Forest of Ardennes. ItbelongedtotheOrderofSt. Benedict,asdidalsothatofMal- medy, likewise situated in the Forest of Ardennes. 31 At first, St. Babolin of Fosse seems to have been a Columban monk, at Luxeuil, and then Abbot of St. Pierre. 22 About the year 638, the monastery of St. Maur-des- Fosses had been founded by Blidegisl, Archdeacon of Paris, in a peninsula formed by the Marne, about two leagues from Paris. There Babolen is said
of The Petits June.
Bollandistes,
date, have notices of St. Babolein or
Miracles related of this saint, in a Manu- script Codex of St. Germanus, Paris, collected
with another Fossey Manuscript, edited by Chifflet. Notes are appended, by Fathers Henschenn and Papebroke.
3 See ibid. De S. Papoleno Epis. et Abb. Stabulensi et Malmundariensi in Belgio, pp.
and also, A. D. 640, num. 33 to 42.
"In " Acta Sanctorum Ordinis S. Bene-
dicti," Sseculum secundum Benedictinum.
I3 See "Les Vies des Saints," tome ii. , pp.
3 1 6, 3 1 7.
" 4 See " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and
other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xxvi. '5 See "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. ,
June 26, p. 373.
l6 See "Les Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
xxvie Jour de Juin, p. 364.
x? See ibid. , p. 365.
l8 This has been Latinized Stabulum, Sta-
Father Godefrid Henschenn has compiled this notice, likewise, and it forms a sylloge of notices regarding him, with some of his Acts and a Royal Diploma. It
is in five sections.
* See Les Petits Bollandistes, " Vies des
195, 196.
Saints," tome vii. , xxvie Jour de Juin, bulaus, and Stabuletum. It was founded
p. 364.
s See Ughelli, "Italia Sacra," tomus iv.
Preface to the account of the Bishops of Bob-
bio col. 128. '
6 His festival is celebrated on the 2nd of Ma„
7 His feast occurs, at the 21st of Novem- ber#"
about the year 651, by Sigebert II. , King of Austrasie, and by St. Bernard, Bishop of Maestricht.
I? It is Latinized Malmundarium, and it was a Benedictine monastery, under the in- vocation of St. Peter and St. Paul. It was only one league distant from Fosse ; and both
were considered to be as twin sisters, 8 His festival was held, on the 10th of under the government of the same Abbot.
March. There is a brief notice of him, at that date, in the Third Volume of this work, Art xviii
9 See his Acts, at the 29th of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art v.
places
Malmedy was 37 kilometres from Aix-Ia-
» " In
Scriptorum Historic Francorum,"
metres, south-east from Liege.
2I From it, the small village so called had
**£ Cise, tomus hi. , A. D. 638, num. 98 to. 125,
^Tn'-^nnatn/lcdesiasticarum Fran-
Rev. S. Baring-Gould's
Lives of
Chapelle.
s° It was dedicated to St. Peter and to St.
c. t>» a . c. Remade, and it was situated about 36 kilo-
" the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26, p. 373.
8o8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 26.
to have ruled over a He large community.
22-
at
St.
Babolin rendered great services to the diocese of Paris, by founding in it many
churches and 2* About the St. Babolen is said to have hospitals. year 640,
began his rule over Fosse, where he laboured with great diligence and zeal. There,too,hebuiltachurch,inhonouroftheBlessedMotherofGod. St. Babolin, having attained a very advanced age, resigned his charge to Ambrose
26
his successor. ^ Afterwards he retired to a
he departed this life, on the vi. day of the July Kalends June 26th. His body was buried in a stone sarcophagus, on the northern side of the church he had built and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. There for many years it lay, while frequent miracles were wrought at his tomb. At length, his remains were translated to another church, which had been built by the religious Abbot Benedict,2? on the vii. of the December Ides ; but, in what year has not been recorded. Various miracles have been ascribed to his merits, and in many places churches and altars were erected in his honour. "8 The body
3 ofSt. Baboleinispreservedinashrine,overthehighaltaratFosse.
' Inthe
Paris Breviary, his memory has been honoured with a proper Lesson on the 26th of June.
Article III. —St. Colman, Son to Roi of the Refectory, and over
Lambav Island Church, County Dublin. The name of Colman Partraighi 1
appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 26th of June. This appears to be the St. Colman, son of Roi, belonging to Reachrainn, according to Marianus O'Gorman, who enters him in the Calendar at this date. He is said to have been that deacon, placed by St Columkille, over the church founded by him in Reachrann, now Lambay Island, off the County Dublin coast 8 He flourished, about the middle of the sixth
At the same date, in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 his name occurs as Colman Proinntighe, or of the refectory. In a Manuscript Calendar of Professor Eugene O'Curry,
at this same date, he is entered simply, St. Colman.
ArticleIV. —St. SoadbairorSoadbar,Bishop. TheMartyrologies
of • and of 3 a festival at the 26th of in honour Tallagh Donegal register June
of Soadbair or Soadbar, Bishop. His place is not mentioned.
Article V. —The Nine Hundred Martyrs of Bangor. The English
1 2 and the Calendar
Martyrology, Henry Fitzsimon,
33 See his Life, in the First Volume of this work, at 16th of January, Art. i.
34 In these good works, he was ably assisted, by the zeal and liberality of Bishop Andebert and of St. La ndri, his successor.
anonymous
*» See Rev. Alban Butler's
"
Lives of the
Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xxvi.
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Vita Quinta S. Columbae, lib. i. , cap. lxv. , p. 400, and n. 66, p. 450, ibid.
*• Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves. See by
Appendix to the Introduction, p. xlvii. , and
181. —
p. See, likewise, ibid. , pp. 382, 383.
26 " See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's
the Saints," vol. vi. , 26, June p.
Lives of
373.
=7 He is alluded to as Abbot of Fosse, in
"
D'Achery's Spicilegium,"tomus
nicon Fontanellense, p. 234.
38 " See the Bollandists'
iii. Chro-
Acta Sancto- De Sancto
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. Baboleno Abbate Fossatensi in Gallia, 180, 181.
rum," tomus v. , Junii xxvi.
joined
Fursey,
Lagny.
St.
hermitage.
year 671,
Ab—out the
century.
published by
Miracula, pp. 181 to 184.
*» See Les Petits Bollandistes, " Vies des
Saints," tome vii. , xxvie Jour de Juin,
p. 364. —
Article hi.
Kelly, p. xxviii.
3
* Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
Article iv. p. xxviii.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
June 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
809
O'SuIlevan Beared commemorate Nine Hundred Martyrs of Bangor, at the 26th of June. They are noticed, likewise, by Trithemius,* Wion, Menard,*
that several of these martyrs were Irish by birth.
Article VI. —Reputed Festival or St. Corbican, Confessor. {Eighth Century. '] Few traditions of any importance relate to this saint. InhisMenologiumScotorum,ThomasDempster1 hasentered3 afestivalat the 26th of June for a St. Corbicanus, whom he makes a companion of St.
and the 6at Ferranus, by Bollandists,
the same date. The Bangor in North Wales appears to have been the scene for the martyrdom, and it is probable,
Adalgisus,3ApostleinBelgium. HeisbelievedtohavebeenanIrishman, who came to the Low Countries, and who lived as a solitary/ Ferrarius citing a Scottish Martyrology, it is supposed from a suggestion furnished Came-
——
by
rarius who passes over Corbicanus has a feast for him at this date. The
Bollandists note this entry,* but they state, that Corbican was unknown to the
Article VII. —Festivals of St. John and St. Paul, Martyrs and Brothers, Rome. In the Irish Church, as we learn from the u Feilire "l of St. ^)ngus, there was a Festival, at the 26th day of June, to commemorate the Martyrdom of St. John and St. Paul, at Rome. These holy brothers are said to have suffered death under Julianus Caesar. 3 The Bollandists 3 have inserted their Acts/ at this date, and they are taken from an ancient Manuscript,
Belgians, as also to the writers of the Life of St.
landistes? notice St. Corbican, an Irishman, at the 26th of June, and they state, that he flourished in the Low Countries, during the eighth century. He is said to have lived on roots and herbs, while instructing the rude peasantry inthewordofGod. Hewasafflictedwithcrampsandaguesuntilhedied. 8
Article v. —* See "
Anglicanum," at this date. 3"
Martyrologium
xxvie deJuin, p. 364. Jour
*
See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26, p. 373.
Article vii. —' From the "Leabhar Breac" copy, the following stanza and its English translati—on are furnished by Whitley
See Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum Hibernise. "
3 See " Historiae Catholicae IberniseCom-
pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. ,
pp. 50, 52.
* See "De Viris Illustribus Ordinis
S. Benedicti,"lib. iii. , cap. 33.
s Appendix ad Martyrologium Benedic-
tinum.
6 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. ,
Stokes, LL. D.
Junii xxvi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. It5>
"
Vast is their suffering, their passion, for I
—
tanea Gilberti Brunni, Henrici Sinclari, &c.
have searched into it, Gallicanus, a fair sun, "
*
Belgio
Apostolus S. Adalgiso comes haeserat. "
Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 204.
Article VI
For
this he cites Collec-
2
Thus
In
— the Corbicani, qui gentis
Irish Irish Manu- Academy,"
On the Ca-
_ See the Scholion, ibid. , p. cvii.
:
Royal script Series,
"
Johannes and Paulus— Transactions of
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii * See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's Lives of xxvi. De Sanctis Fratribus Martyribus
3
His feast occurs,
at the 2nd of "
the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26th p. 373.
s See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii xxvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
j--
« See an account of him at the 2nd of
JTune, in the present volume of this work, Art j
7 See "Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
Joanne et Paulo, Romx in propru Domo nunc Ecclesia, item Terentiuno et F1I10 ejus ibidem.
« Edited Father Daniel Papebroke, by
S. J. These are in six chapters.
5
6 In eight paragraphs.
In ten paragraphs.
'
Article viii. — See Bisho
June.
Adalgisus.
6 The Petits Bol-
:
Ipvobut Achervvo Apiif ol r\orcuir\iur- CAin JjMdn s&llicanur- loAnnif Aguf pauUip
vol.
lendar of Oengus, pp. xcv. , xcvi.
a
i. , part
i.
8io LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 27.
belonging to Corbie. These are preceded by a commentary,s to which an Appendix6 hasbeenadded.
ArticleVIII. —St. Duthac. IntheScottishKalendarofHyrdmanis-
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Giswald, Companion of St. Disibod. IntheScottishMenologyofDavidCamerarius,thereisafestival for St. Giswaldus, a companion of St. Disibod. The Bollandists x note this entry, likewise, at the present date, but they defer further observations regard- ing him, until the 8th of July, St. Disibod's feast
ArticleX. —FeastofGallicanus,Martyr, IntheancientChurch, we find the name of Gallicanus, a Martyr, inscribed in the " Feilire " of St.
1 In the to the " Leabhar commentary appended
1 and in that of Nova Farina, 3 we have a festival at the 26th of entered,
town,
June, for St. Duthac, a Bishop and Confessor. We know not whether by birth he belonged to Ireland or to Scotland ; however, in this, as in many similar cases, we desire to include his name among our Celtic saints.
at the 26th of
Breac"copy, he is stated, to have been a Legate of the King of the Romans,
Mngus,
June.
and to have come into the land of the Franks. mention of this saint and martyr, at the present date.
Ctoentp--$ebentlj Sap of 3mte. »
ARTICLE I. —ST. DIMMAN OR DIOMAN.
Donegal,* at June 27th, he is noticed as Dioman, a Priest.
Article II. —St. Brocan.
