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21 of St. 23 of St. a3
Ouen, Bishop Rouen, Faro, Bishop Meaux, Eligius, Bishop
of St. 2* of St. 2* of Noyon, Amandus, Bishop Maestricht, Palladius, Bishop
andSt. Leucon,26 theSeeofNeversforthree
recommended a successor to his clergy, lest the ship of Christ's Church should
Auxerre,
Bishop ofTroyes. years,
holy bishop occupied
Butler,
by
Baring-
2? This whenheresolvedonalifeofsolitude. 28 He
be left without a skilful pilot. However, in retiring from the more busy 2
scenes of episcopal life, St. Deodatus found companions in St. Argobast ^
and St. 30 who were the first of 1 The first of Florentius, bishops Strasburgh. 3
these holy companions had his dwelling in the sacred grove, which in the German language is called Heilgestorst, and there he passed an eremitical life, untilhewascalledupontopresideasbishop. 32 Inanotherdesert,andnear a rivulet known as Hasale,33 in Alsace, the second holy man had built an
chapter of St. Deodatus.
13 See "Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
2S His festival falls, on the 10th of
April.
26 His feast occurs, on the 1st of April,
and on the 7th of July.
2? Rev. Gould's "Lives of the See Baring-
Saints," vol. vi. , June 19th, p. 259.
28
John of Trittenheim seems, however, to reverse the order of his life, by making Adeodatus first Abbot of Val de Galilee, be- fore he became Bishop of Nevers. See " De Viris Illustribus Ordinis S. Benedicti, lib. iii-, cap. 304.
29 His festival is kept, on the 21st of
July.
3° His feast occurs, at the 7th of No-
xixe de Jour
Juin, pp. 143, 150
to
155.
14 See " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs
and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June
xix.
'SSee "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. ,
June 19th, pp. 259, 260.
16 See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum,"
tomusiii. , Junii xix. De Sancto Deodato, primum Episcopo Nivernensi dien Abbate Vallis Galibese in Vosago, Commcntarius prsevius,sect,i. , num. 7,p. 871.
** Also called Hecherius.
18 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xix.
19 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des
vember.
3I See Father Stephen White s
"
Apolo-
Saints," 151.
tome
vii. ,
xixc
Jour
de
Juin, p.
gia pro Hibernia," cap. iv. , p. 42.
32 He is said to have ruled over this See
for twenty-seven years, viz. , from a. d. 041 to 668. However, it seems probable enough, he had not been consecrated bishop so early
20 His festival was held, on the 26th of
April.
21 His feast occurs, at the 24th of as at the first of the foregoing dates.
August.
» At' the 28th of October, he is commemo-
33 In treating about the Bishops of Stras-
rated
23 He is venerated, at the 1st of Decern-
* Although some writers have given him an assumed Rothanus of knightly rank, as 2+ His feast belongs to the 6th of Feb- immediate successor in this See ; yet, iirus- chius states, they are totally mistaken, as
ber, and at the 25th of June. ruary
burgh, Gaspar Bruschius adds cul a Bruschio percelebri amne.
"nee pro-
>:>
740 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19.
oratory, and from this he was removed to succeed St. Argobast,34 when the
See of Strasburgh became vacant. 3s Taking with him three companions,
Villigod, Domnole and another Dieudonne, St. Deodatus left Nevers, to seek
a place among the Vosges Mountains, and he went to Romont, and after-
wards to 6 There he to have rested and to have built a Argentelle. 3 thought
monastery. Hehadevenbeguntoraiseitswalls,whenthepeopleofthat
district, conceiving a jealousy towards the saint, excited distrust and perse- cutions. Foremost among his enemies appears to have been the lord of the soil, who would not suffer him to reside on the banks of the Arrentelle. Whereupon, the holy man left that place, and then directed his course through a broken and desert country, until he reached Alsace. At length, he reached the forest of Haguenau,3? among the Vosges Mountains. 38 There, he lived an eremitical life, with St. Argobast, until the latter was elected bishop of Strasburgh. Even here, Deodatus did not escape contradictions and ill- will, manifested by the foresters ; so that, for the sake of peace, he was obliged to look elsewhere for a settlement. Afterwards, Deodatus moved to the Island of Novientum, afterwards known as Ebersheim. 39 it is situated on the 111, about two leagues below Schelestadt, and seven leagues from Strasburgh. In 661, St. Deodatus associated with some solitaries there, and he was elected their superior. His virtues attracted many pious persons to live under his rule. The lord of that territory, Val de Galilee, was Hun, who bestowed it on the saint. It was near the Vosges Mountains. * Such was the origin of the monastery of Ebersmunster, in the diocese of Strasburgh. The King of Austrasia, Childeric II. , aided him to found the Abbey of SS. Peter and Paul, in that place. This he is said to have placed under the rule of St. Columban,whichwassubsequentlychangedtothatofSt. Benedict. There he left some relics of St. Maurice, chief of the Theban Legion, while the con- secration of our holy bishop took place in presence of a great concourse of
1 Deodatus found, that the resort of to his new persons/ However, persons
habitation did not admit of sufficient leisure to indulge in his favourite exer- cise of contemplation, and he resolved once more to select some other place for a life of solitude. He retired from the companionship of his monks, and finding a lonely spot in the diocese of Basle, he built a hermitage at Ongiville. Finding, however, that these solitudes were infested by marauders and dis- turbed by petty warfare, he resolved to leave that part of the country, and return to the Vosges Mountains. He traversed the valley of Kaisersburgh, and for some time, he dwelt in a place, which afterwards took its denomina- tionfromhim,andit wascalledDiedolshofenorDiedolshausen,affixingthe epithetof"goodman"tohisname. Atlength,hesettledinaquietvalley, where he built in 669 the Abbey of Jointures. It was so called, because it was at the junction of the Rothbach and Meurthe Rivers. From him, that
can be clearly proved from old diplomas.
35 See the Bollandists' "Acta Sancto- rum," tomus iii. , Junii xix. De Sancto Deo- dato, primum Episcopo Nivernensi, diem Abbate Vallis Galilseae in Vosago, Vita, cap. i. , num. 4, p. 873, and nn. (g, h),
p. 874.
36 It was so called from the clearness of its
water, but the people corrupted the name to Arrentelle.
37 This lies near a canton and a consider-
able town on the Moder, about sixteen miles
north of Strasburgh.
38 A fine range of mountains, now forming
the eastern boundary between France and
Germany.
39 It was a commune and a village of
France, in the Department of Bas-Rhin. See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. v. , p. 130.
«• See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xix.
4I This monastery was under the patron-
age of Attic or Adalric, Duke of Alsace, and
father of St. Odile. He
with lands, situated in Upper Alsace, while
he bestowed, also, revenues from villages of Lower Alsace and of Brisgau.
richly
endowed it
June 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
741
place was afterwards known as Val S. Didier. King Childeric II. bestowed onoursaintalargepropertynearthisvalley. Hereamostferventfamilyof
religious collected around him ; and, as his example, morals, and dispositions
were so perfect, they deemed it a great happiness to live under his rule. The
vigils of Deodatus were frequent, his prayers were continuous, while religious exercises and singing the Divine praises occupied much of his time. So great
was his reputation for the mastery of a spiritual life, that his disciples daily increased; andafteralittletime,theyhadattainedtosuchperfection,that
they separated into different places through the adjoining forests, where they led contemplative lives. In certain situations through the valley of Galilee, Deodatus constructed cells, in which they dwelt ; he found the people willing to assist their labours in building and in agriculture.
2
which
of Jointures, a town grew in process of time, and from the founder it was called St. Die. It was afterwards converted into a collegiate church. When St. Hildulph « had left his See of Treves and had retired to Moyen- Moutier,4* a holy friendship with our saint was the result. Whenever St. Deodatus visited St. Hildulph, the latter came out to meet him with all his monks, and then taking him by the hand, he was led into the church, where
both prayed together. Afterwards, on entering the monastery, both of them spent the night conversing on heavenly subjects and in singing the Divine praises. The same acts of courtesy and of piety were imitated, whenever St.
Hildulph came to Jointures/5 When he grew very old and feeble, St. Deodatus left his Abbey and retired to a little cell, which was near a chapel he had built and had dedicated to St. Martin/6 Thence he continued to govern his religious with as much care and devotion, as if he had been living among them. At length, having attained nearly the ninetieth year of his age, a mortal illness fell upon St. Deodatus, and his friend St. Hildulph had a heavenly admonition, that the end was drawing near. He was visited in his cell by St. Hildulph during his last illness. From him, Deodatus received the last Sacraments, and by him were his eyes closed in death. During this illness, he recommended the care of his disciples to St. Hildulph, who charged himself with such a duty, and it gave great consolation to the dying saint. The death of this holy man is said to have taken place on the 19th of June, in 679/7 In a Manuscript Florarius, the date for his Deposition is set down at the 2nd of January. Afterwards, his monks carried the sacred remainstotheChurchoftheHolyMotherofGod. Theyshedabundance oftearsforthethelosstheyhadexperienced. St. Hildulphofferedupthe sacrifice of propitiation, according to the rites of the holy Catholic Church, when the body of the venerable defunct Deodatus was committed to the
up,
subsequently
were converted into
parishes/
Around the
Abbey
<J Among these were Bertrimoutier, Pro- vencheres, Colroy, Lusse, Vissembach, La- veline, on which depended St Nicholas de la Croix, Mandray, La Valtin, Anould, Clefey, Saint-Leonard, Sauley, Sainte- Marguerite and St. Martin. These parishes formed the territory of Val de Saint- Die, which was contained within the dioceses of
of Bale and of Toul. " II avait son orient en Alsace, son septentrion du cote de Senones et de Moyen-Moutier, l'occident au ban d'Etival et le midi sur les montagnes de Bruyeres. II comprenait en tout dixhuit eelises, y compris Fraize et Plainfaing. "— "Les Petits Bollandistes, Vies des Saints,"
tome vii. , xixe Jour de Juin, p. 153, n. 1.
« His feast occurs, on the nth of July, ** Here there was a monastery, called St.
Hidulph's, which with St. Vannes, situated in the city of Verdun, gave birth to the famous congregation of Benedictines, which bore their names in Lorraine, also to that of St. Maur in France. _. . ,„-.
the Saints, vol. vi. , June 1 9, p. 200.
*6 Probably St. Martin of Tours
« See Les Petits Bollandistes, Vies des
Saints," tome vn. , xix<= Jour de Juin, pp.
Strasburgh,
, « See Rev. S. Baring-Gould s "Lives of
143, 154-
*«
of these are related
imj. _ Richenus
Some
by
Then, villages sprung
742 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19.
earth. Duringtheyearafterhisdeath,St. Hildulphoftenvisitedthemonas- tery of Galilee, to offer Mass for the repose of his deceased friend. The monks there resumed their ordinary exercises and celebrations ; and recollect- ing the former practices of both saints, they wished to continue the custom of bringingtoSt. HildulphthetunicofSt. Deodatus. Whenowingtohisgreat age, St. Hildulph could no longer leave Moyen-Moutier, the tunic of St.
Deodatus was brought to him in like manner. Such was his veneration for that relic, the holy Archbishop went down on his knees to kiss it, and he applied it devoutly to his weak limbs. After his death, the religious of St. Hildulph and of St Die" were accustomed to visit each other alternately in solemn procession, and carrying the tunics of their respective patrons, while their bodies had been consigned to the earth, and even while they had been encased in their proper shrines. Great miracles 48 were wrought afterwards, atthetombsoftheseholymen. In787,themonksofSt. Die"broughtthe remains of their holy patron in the same coffin, in which they had been deposed by St. Hildulph, and placed them before the altar of the Holy Cross, in the church dedicated to St. Maurice/' Not only through the Vosges Moun- tains, but throughout France, the veneration for St. Deodatus was extended. At the 19th of June, the festival of St. Deodatus is commemorated in an ancient Manuscript Martyrology 50 of the Monastery of Hilariac, 51 in Lotha- ringia, and in that of Usuard, enlarged by Greven f* as also, in the works of Trithemius,s3 of Saussay, of Wion, of Dorgan, of Menard, and of Bucelin. In his Irish Kalendar, Father Henry Fitzsimon, at this date, calls him Theo- datus. In his Scottish Kalendar, Camerarius refers the feast of St. Adeodatus, Bishop of Nevers, to the 23rd of March, and to the 19th of June. Thomas Dempster also records the feast of St. Adeodatus, at the latter date. 5* The abbey of Die* was secularized in 954, and to it a chapter of Canons was attached. 55
on his hand 56 in others, he is represented as reaching his hand towards ;
thunderclouds5? whileagain,heisshownashealingawomanpossessed. 58 ;
These pictures have reference to incidents related about this holy man. 5'
In the year 1003, Beatrix, Duchess of Lorraine, caused another Translation
to take 60 when the remains of St. Deodatus were in a more con- place, put
venient place, in the church of St. Maurice. When Pope St. Leo IX. 61 visited the Val de Galilee, in 1049, he there consecrated some altars near the tomb of St. Die", and notably those altars of the Transept, which were built after the translation of his relics. 62 In the year 1540, on the 1st of October, the
in his Chronicle of Sens. See " of D'Achery, tomus iii.
"
55 See Les Bollandistes, " Vies des Petifs
Saints," tome vii. , xixe Jour de Juin, p. 155.
s« See Ch. Cahier's "Les Characteris- ti(}uesdesSaints,dansl'artpopulaire&iume-
In some engravings, St. Did is represented as holding a church
" Saints," tome vii. , xix« Jour de Juin,
p. 154.
s° In these terms
4» See Les Petits Bollandistes,
Vies des
" Eodem die S. Deo- dati, Episcopi et Confessoris. "
rees et Two expliques. "
:
4to tomes, Paris,
s« This was built by St. Fridolin, whose
Life may be found at the 6th of March, in
the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
3"
s Thus: Deodatum, Episcopum Niver-
nensem et Confessorum. "
53 See " De Viris Illustribus Ordinis S.
Benedicti," lib. iii. , cap. 304.
5+ See "Menologium Scotorum," where
1867.
57 See "Die Attribute der Heiligen. "
Hanover, 1843.
V. Radowitz's " der Iconographie
Berlin, 1834.
s9 See Very Rev. F. C. Husenbeth's
"Emblems of Saints: by which tiny . 11 e distinguished in Works of Art. " Third Edi- tion, edited by Augustus Jessopp, D. D. , p.
Spicilegium
he enters it thus: " Nivernls —Adeodati 58. Norwich, 1882, 8vo.
episcopi S. Argobasti socii. " Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints,"
p. 203.
fc *'
See D'Achery's Spicilegium," tomus
iii. Ex Chronico Senoniensi Richerii.
6| He is honoured with a at the festival,
s* See
J. Heiligen. "
June 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
743
chapter reverently opened the shrine of St. Die, and then removed three joints fromoneofhishands,togetherwithatoothfromthejaw-bone. Oneof those joints, with the tooth, they sent to Lambert, bishop of Caserte, who was then in Rome. The other two joints were deposed in the sacristy, and in 1618, these were place in a reliquary of pure silver. In the year 1635, the
Swedish army burned the shrine of St. Did, with a portion of his relics, while the rest was miraculously saved. By a Bull of Pope Pius VI. , and
dated
St. Die was erected into the seat of 63 abishop.
the French
the relics of Deodatus were
profaned.
6* This See
was
July 21st, 1777, Revolution,
During
suppressed in 1 80 1, but it was re-established in 181 7/5 Later still, on the
19th of June, i85i,Mgr. Louis-Marie Caverot transferred the sacred relics of
St. Did to a shrine made in a
Catholic of art. 66 This is style
pure
also a monument of that respectable prelate's pious liberality, and of his
precious
taste, which is manifested in the design.
Article VIII. —Reputed Festival of St. Dubtach or Duthac,
Bishop of Ross, Scotland. {Eleventh Century\] At the 19th day of June, Camerarius ' has an entry in his Scottish Calendar of St. Duthac,2 BishopofRoss,andwhowasburiedinthetownofTrua. TheBollandistss also notice him at this date, but with the Breviary of Aberdeen, they have placed his chief feast at the 8th of March,* when his Acts are given.
Article IX. —Festival of St. Buriena, Virgin, Cornwall, England. In the Second Edition of the English Martyrology, the feast of this holy virgin is set down for this day. However, the Bollandists x who record it
2
1
Article X. —St. Celsus. On this day, in the Martyrology of Donegal, a festival in honour of Celsus, 2 is mentioned. Within brackets is added the contraction of Mar. , intended for Marianus O'Gorman, and of course it means, that the entry is taken from his Calendar.
des Saints," tome in. , xixe Jour de Juin,
have remarked, that they had already treated about her, at the 29th of May.
19th of April.
62 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies p. 155- „ _. .
des Saints," tome vii. , xixe jOUr de Juin, p ic4
•Jltt first bishop was Bathelemy-Louis Martin Chaumont de la Galaineres, conse- crated September 21st, 1777- He died on the 30th of June, 1 808.
6< On the 7th of November, 1792, the con-
stitutional Bishop Antoine Mandru delivered
the silver urn containing the relics of St.
Die to the municipality. The relics of the
saint were then deposed in a shrine of wood.
Afterwards in 1808, and on the 18th of. pretermitted feasts, p. 801.
Tune, the remains were again placed in a shrine of ebony, the gift of M. le Chanoine Raulin
fc s See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of
'See, also, at the same date, in the Fifth Volume of this w—ork Art 111.
Article x ' Edited by Drs. Todd
and Reeves, pp. 174, I 75-
' Dr. Todd in a note, says at the entry of
the Saints," vol. vi. , June 19th, p. 260.
« See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies Celsus : "This name is added by the more
'
. , Article viii. —" See Bishop Forbes
" Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 238.
2 Thus : "Sanctus Duthacus Episcopus
Rossiae sepultus in oppido Trua.
» See "Acta Sanctorum, tomus 111. ,
Junii xix. Among the pretermitted feasts,
p. 801.
* See the Third Volume of this work, at
•_. . __, ,A. .
that date, Art. in.
Article IX. — See Acta Sancto-
rum," tomus 111. , Junii xix.
Among the
'
_
744 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 20.
Article XI. —Festival of St. Gervasius and of St. Protasius, Martyrs. IntheearlyIrishChurch,atthe19thofJune,aswelearnfrom the"Feilire"1 ofSt. ^Engus,thefeastoftheholyMartyrs,SaintsGervasius and Protasius,8 was celebrated. Their history is very fully given, by the Bol- landists,3 and the editor is the justly celebrated Father Daniel Papebroke. He treats of them in eleven distinct sections, comprising one hundred and thirty
paragraphs.
CtontttftJ) IBap of Sftme,
ARTICLE I. —ST. GOBANUS OR GOBAIN, PRIEST AND MARTYR, PATRON OF SAINT-GOBAIN, DIOCESE OF LAON, FRANCE.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—ANCIENT AND MODERN ACTS OF ST. GOBANUS—AN IRISHMAN BY BIRTH —HIS PARENTAGE, YOUTH AND PROGRESS IN VIRTUE—HE IS ELEVATED TO THE PRIESTHOOD WITH MANY OTHER COMPANIONS—ST. GOBAIN RESTORES A BLIND MAN TO SIGHT—A HEAVENLY VISION WHICH INDUCES HIM TO LEAVE HIS NATIVE COUN- TRY AND TO SAIL FOR FRANCE.
WHEN our Lord Jesus Christ sent his Apostles to all parts of the world,
and with a mandate to the for the preach Gospel every creature;
Island of Hibernia was comforted far away in the ocean, by those holy mis- sionaries, who first announced to her the glad tidings of salvation. Soon were the flowers seen to blossom, and the fruits to ripen, in the hearts of men. At home and abroad, the harvest was gathered by willing and laborious gleaners. Among those who chose his field of labour far off was the present holy saint, whose life and toils were crowned with the martyr's laurel.
From times remote, the Acts of this holy man appear to have been written, and they are still preserved in ancient Manuscripts. The old Latin Acts of St. Gobanus or Gobain, Priest and Martyr, are set down in the Bollandists' great collection. 2 There is a precious commentary in seven sections. The
recent hand from Marian. O'Gorman. " Article XI. — In the Leabhar Breac copy, the stanza as translated into English by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , is thus given:—
t,uit> apuil tx>]\oenu piA'DfluA^Aib corhbnarp Oonrxis bacarv uifp JepuArTi ppocAfp.
"
Their blood went throughout (the earth's) roads before hosts with readiness : unto the King (of heaven), Gervasius and Protasius were obedient. "—" Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part L On the Calendar of Oengus, p. xcv.
2 There is also a note appended, in which it is stated, that they were two brothers, whose relics reposed at Elcidie (? Melcidie), and these were shown to St. Ambrose dur- ing his sleep. See ibid. , p. cvi.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii xix. De Sanctis Fratribus Martyri- bus Gervasio et Protasio, Mediolani apud Insubres in Italia, pp. 817 to 846.
Article — —
»
i.
given in seven sections, with notes.
Chapter
i.
These are
2
xx. De Sancto Gobano, Presbytero Hiberno
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Junii
et Martyre, apud sui nominis oppidum in Francia, pp.