This entry at the present date is not found in the Book of
Leinster
copy.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v9
756.
'See Art. i. , in the present volume, at that date.
September 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 453
1
It seems likely he is to be identified with Medecius or Medacus of Nicomedia, as found in the ancient Martyrologies of Richenau and Corbie. In those of Epternac and Milan, the name is written
Medetheus. The forms Mediteus and Medileus are also applied to him. The Bollandists simply notice him at this date. 2
Article XVII. —Festival of St. Methoit or Methodius. In the
1
Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman at the 18th of September is entered
Methoit, with the observation " better is he than a mighty birth. 2 This must have been intended to commemorate the holy bishop and martyr, St. Methodius of Chalcis in Greece, whose Acts are noticed by the Bollandists,3 at the present day/
#fnetttntb ^aP f September,
ARTICLE I. —ST. FIONUTAIN, ABBOT, THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THE SON OF AEDH FINNLIATH.
O'Gorman, at the present date.
[SIXTH CENTURY. ']
uncertainty prevails regarding the identity, place, and period of
the MUCH
ranks
Already
Mochteus, Bishop and Patron ol Louth,2 we have seen, that he wrought a
wonderful miracle in bringing to life one Fintan, a disciple of St. Patrick, who had been torn into pieces by some enemies. 3 Colgan thinks it likely he may be identified with St. Fintan, the son of Ferguss, son to Endeus Niadh;4 but, he has alternate conjectures, that he may also be the St. Fionntain, venerated at the 19th of September, or another bearing the same name,whosefeastoccursonthe1stofOctobers However,fromthestate- ment of Fintan being the son of Ferguss, it is clear he cannot be identified with the present saint, who has been called the son of Aedh Finnliath, by
6
the O'Clerys. In the Book of Leinster copy of the Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival is entered in honour of Fintan, Abbot, at the 16th of the October Kalends. This is a mistake for the 13th or the 19th of September ; and, it isperpetuatedinthepublishedversion. ? Noristhereanyfurtherdesignation of him in the Manuscript copy of the Irish Calendar, at the 13th of the
8
present holy religious.
St.
called abbot
Fintan, simply by Colgan,
our at this date. 1 among saints,
in the Acts of St. Mochta or
October Kalends, as preserved among the Irish Ordnance Survey Records.
Articlexvi. —1 SeeDr. -
Article l—' See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xvii. Februani. Vita S. Fintani Abbatis de Cluain-Ednech, Appendix, cap.
i«, p. 355- 3
Stokes' Felire Hui Gormain,' pp. 178, 179.
" 2
tembris xviii. Among the pretermitted
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep-
feasts, p. 759. Article xvii.
— See his Acts at the 19th of August, in the x" i.
See Felire Hui Gor- main," by Dr. Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179.
Eighth Volume of this work, Art. 3 See ibid. , chap. iii.
a The
he ol[d]us rogein. " Ibid.
"
4 " See Colgan's
Acta Sanctorum
original
I—rish is thus
given :
ferr
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep- tembris, xviii. De S. Methodio Episc. Mart.
Mochtei, Episcopi Lugmadensis, cap. xii. , p. 730.
5 See ibid, n. 12, p. 732.
6 Thus Abb. pticani
7 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
8"
See, Common Place JBook, F," p. 79.
Chalcide in Graecia, to pp. 768
773.
4 In a Historic Sylloge of two sections,
containing twenty-four paragraphs.
Whitley
Hibernise," Martii
xxiv.
Vita S.
454 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 19.
The O'Clery Calendarist states, that he was son of Aedh Finnliath, who descended from the race of Eoghan, son to Niall. Fintan, the son of Aedh, is reckoned among St. Columkille's disciples. 9 He seems to have been born in Ireland, and when very young to have accompanied the Apostle of Caledonia to Britain, to have joined the community in Hy, and to have been a companion, when Columba passed beyond the Grampian Mountains. 10 HishistorybelongschieflytothatoftheNorth-BritishChurch. Heissaid
11
to have been the founder of a church, called Abinde.
conjectures this to have been Kill-Aibhne Church, in the diocese of Clonfert. This we must presume to be the present Killane, Killian, or Killiane, a
small 12 parish,
partly
in the
barony
of
Loughrea,
x3 but in that of chiefly
Kilconnel,
1 * and about four miles south-west of Kilconnell in the village,
of
County Galway. Fintan,
the son of
Aedh,
is mentioned in Adamnan's1 *
Life of St. Columba, as one who fell grievously sick on a missionary tour
over the Grampian Mountains. His companions prayed their Apostle to
restore his health. Stretching his hands to Heaven, Columba blessed him, and predicted for the sick youth a long life, which was to continue after all present had died. This prophecy was fulfilled. In after years, he founded a monastery called Kailli-au inde, which Colgan supposed to have been in Ireland, straining the denomination to correspond with Kill-aibhne, in the diocese of Clonfert. 16 However, its situation must be sought for in Scotland ;
1
and a conjecture has been offered ? that it was identical with a place called
Cally, in the parish of Bendothy, in Perthshire, where there was a chapel and burial-ground dedicated to St. Fink. 18 At Kailli-an-inde, Fintan, the son of Aedh, having obtained a good old age, terminated his career. ^ At the 19th of September, Marianus O'Gorman20 enters a feast for Fintan, called
21
ArticleII. —ReputedFeastofSt. SaranMacTrenaich. Atthe
1 6th of the October Kalends, 1 there is an
probable, however, that this is a misplaced festival of St. Saran Mac Tiagharnaigh,whoisveneratedonthe21stofthismonth. FromtheBook of Leinster copy of the Martyrology we miss such an insertion at this date.
l6
Quoting Colgan, Archdall fixes Cail- Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbse. , leavinde in the County of Sligo. See
afairnobleandararegem. Thecommentatoradds,thathewasanabbot. The published Martyrology of Donegal22 records him, at this same date.
entry,
Tallagh Martyrology, as published by the Rev. Matthew Kelly, D. D. 2 It is
9 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
cap. x. , p. 490.
19 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life
"Monasticon Hibeinicum," p. 629. ' 7 By Mr. Skene,
of St. Columba," lib. ii. , cap. 31, p. 144. 11 "
,8
See "Old Statistical Survey of Scot-
See Colgan's Trias Thaumaturga. " Quarta Vita S. Columbse, lib. ii. , cap. xxxi. , p. 357, and nn. 27, 28, p. 384.
land," vol. xix. , pp. 357, 359.
'» See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
" Life of St. Columba," lib. ii. , cap. 31, and "It is described on the "Ordnance nn. (b, c, d, e), pp. 144, 145.
Survey Townland Maps for the County of Galway," Sheets 73, 86, 98.
3° See Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Felire Hui
Gormain," pp. 180, 181.
2I n. 1. See ibid. ,
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
252, 253.
Article ii. — Wrongly represented as
corresponding with the 19th of Sep- tember.
The Loughrea section contains 1,466
13
acres and 12 perches.
14 The Kilconnel section contains 6,400 acres, I rood and 16 perches. See the "Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland," vol. ii. , p. 453.
'SHis Life occurs, at the 23rd of this month, in the present volume. See Art. i.
'
2
p. xxxiv.
In one place, Colgan
Saran Mac Trenaich, in the
See "Calendar of the Irish Saints,"
September 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS 455 Article III. —St. Mac Oigi, Priest. The particular name of this saint
4I
does not appear to have been preserved, for he is only called 1
the son of
Oig. " In the published Martyrology of Tallagh, we read, that veneration
was at this date to Mac 2 The contracted word Sac. follows this given Oigi.
announcement, and from its usual form of application, we may infer he was a Priest. In the manuscript copy of the Book of Leinster, in like manner, he was distinguished as Mac Cuigi, a Priest. 3
Article IV. —St- Fergus, Cruithnech, or the Pict. We may sup- pose from the term applied to this St. Fergus that he was a Pict, either in origin and birth ; or perhaps it may have reference to his residence as missionary in Pictland. It is likely, however, that he had some connexion with Ireland,
as he is classed her saints. At the among
2
of
September,
1 in the
pub-
19th
lished Martyrology of Tallagh, we read, that veneration was given to Fergus,
Cruithnech, or the Pict. We have no such entry, in the Book of Leinster copy. Thetimewhenhelivedhasnotbeenascertained.
Article V. —Reputed Feast of St. Faendalech. A festival in honour of
Faendalech is set down in the of published Martyrology
Tallagh,
1 at the
19th
of September. It is quite possible, notwithstanding, that the present saint differs not from one so named, at the day previous. The error of a scribe
may have caused this double insertion.
This entry at the present date is not found in the Book of Leinster copy.
ArticleVI. —St. Seachan. TheMartyrologyofMarianusO'Gorman, at the 19th of September, has a festival for " dear, modest Sechan. "1 His time, place, and position in the Irish Church cannot be determined with any
2
degree of accuracy. According to the Martyrology of Donegal, veneration
was given to Seachan, at the 19th of September. This is probably Senach, bishop of Achadh Fobhar,3 numbered among St. Patrick's disciples. 4
ArticleVII. —St. ComgellorCaomhgheall,Virgin. Afestivalin
honour of Comgell or Caomhgheall, Virgin, is found registered in the published 1
" Sechan caemhnar. "—Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Felire Hui Gormain," pp. 180, 190.
Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 19th of September, although the 1 6th of October Kalends—corresponding with the 16th of September—is substituted.
ARTICLE III. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. p. xxxiv.
2 October.
Kelly, noted as xvi. Kalends of
2 Edited Drs. Todd and by
Reeves, pp.
Incorrectly
3 Thus : rruccuigi prxefbi.
Article IT. —' Incorrectly called xvi. kalends of October.
"Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
252, 253.
3 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. lxii. , pp. 137, 138, and n. 118, pp. 178, 179.
4 See ibid Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 267.
Articlevii. —"EditedbyRev. Dr Kelly, p. xxxiv.
Article v. —1 p. xxxiv.
Article vi.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
—
'
Kelly, The Irish entry is :
456 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS [September19.
A similar error occurs in the Book of Leinster
same date, Marianus O'Gorman commemorates Comgell, noticed by his
commentator as having been a virgin. 3 In the Martyrology of Donegal,* she is commemorated at the 19th of September.
Article VIII. —St. Anci or Ainchi. In the
1
and Book of
Leinster2 of the copies
published we find the
of
Anci, without further designation, and at the 19th of September. 3 The
Martyrology of Donegal* has Ainchi, at the 19th of September. We cannot find any further account of him.
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Sezin, Abbot in Armorica.
1 Already at the 6th of March, we have given the Acts of this early saint, but
Albert le Grand assigns this day to him,2 as the Bollandists notice, at the 19th of September. 3
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Kortila. At the 19th of September, Thomas Dempster has a feast for the elevation of St. Kortila,
Martyrology
Tallagh,
simple entry,
and Confessor. 1
Bishop Already
Article XI. —Reputed Festival of a Columban in Scotland.
Gurmain," pp. 180, 181, and n. 2, ibid.
March. 8 He was the sixth
we have alluded to him at the 28th of
of to Albert Krantz,3 Verden, according
bishop
and the Spicilegium Ecclesiasticum Germaniae. 4 Ferrarius follows
"
Dempster, in assigning this feast for the Elevation of the Body of Kortila. However, the Bollandists, at the 19th of September, will not allow this festival on the mere authority of Dempster; nor are they satisfied there is warrant for Kortila's ecclesiastical cultus. *
Thomas 1 has a feast at the Dempster
of
Columbanus, a bishop in Scotia, who is said to have been a Canon Regular,
for a
and to have led the Scots from the error of the Eastern Paschal observance. 8
Article x. -' Thus " Verda» Kortilrc ;
2
3 uij\. " —
Thus : Comgell
See Dr. Whitley Stokes' Felire Hui
episcopi, et confessoris elevatio, B
4 Edited
Drs. Todd and Reeves,
" Kalendars of Scottish 212. Saints," p.
by
Article viil Edited by Rev. Dr. vii.
pp.
3Incorrectlystyledxvi. KalendsofOctober.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
252,253.
Article ix. —• See the Third Volume of
this work, at that date, Art. ii.
2 See "De Sanctis Armoricse, p. 379.
2
In the Third Volume of this work, Art.
252, 253.
—
xxxiv. 2 Thus : Anci.
3 See " lib. Metropolis,"
4 See tomus v. , p. 895.
Kelly, p.
i. , cap. 29.
3 See "Acta tomus Sanctorum,"
Scottish Saints," p, 212.
2 For this he which statement, quotes B. C. ,
initialsdonotrepresentanyofhisappended authorities.
'
vi. , Sep- tembrisxix. Amongthepretermittedleasts,
p. I.
19th
September
supposed
entry
of her name. 2 At this
Meno- logium Scoticum. See Bishop Forbes'
sSee"ActaSanctorum,"tomusvi. , Sep*
tembris xix. Among the pretermitted Saints,
p. 1.
Article xl—l See
Scoti- cum" in Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of
Menologium
:''
September 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 457
As usual with him, Ferrarius3 follows in good faith the assertions of Dempster ; but, the Bollandists,< who record the statement, at this date, are of opinion, that no Columbanus belonged to it.
ArticleXII. —St. Egbinus,aLevite. Atthe19thofSeptember,on
the authority of the Carthusian Martyrology, Father Henry Fitzsimon enters
Egbinus, Levite x while in the anonymous Calendar of Irish Saints given by :
2
In the same manner, we have his name set down in the posthumous list of Colgan's MSS. , so that we may infer his life was to have been published at this date. 3
ArticleXIII. —St. Zephanus. Thisformofnamedoesnotseemtobe
Irish, It may, however, have been Latinized from some Celtic original.
The simple entry Zephanus, without any further designation, is met with in
the of 1 atthe of 2 Wedonotfind Martyrology Tallagh, 19th September.
such an insertion at this date, in the Book of Leinster copy.
Article XIV. —Feast of St. Jantjarius, Bishop of Beneventum and Martyr. The least of St. Januarius, or of Enair, so called in Irish, was celebrated in our early national Church, as we find from the Felire of St.
This manwasofnoblebirthand holy
O'Sullivan Beare, we find only Egbinus, for the same day.
^Engus,
19th
September.
1 atthe
of
of a Neapolitan Christian family, it is supposed ; and he was elected Bishop
ofBeneventum. DuringthepersecutionoftheRomanEmperorDiocletian, he laboured much to console and confirm the faithful in their profession.
With other companions, he was apprehended, and brought before the Prefect Timotheus, who condemned them to be beheaded. This martyrdom occurredatPouzzoli,onthe19thofSeptember,a. d. 305. TheBollandists have their Acts at the end of their sixth volume for the month of September,
2
edited by Father John Stilting, SJ. , and to which a Preface,3 with a
3"
In Catalogus Generalis Sanctorum. "
4 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Sep- tembris xix. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 5.
Articlexii. —' Florantius
" Sped with a famous multitude to Christ's See Histoii* Catholicse Iberniae Com- loveable peace, with his host of pre-
places
the 19th of October, apparently mistaking
him for Ethbinus. 2"
pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii,, pp. 51, 54.
eminent Kings, Januarius—a dear comme- moration ! "—" Transactions of the Royal
3 See "
MS. habentur oidi—ne Mensium et Dierum. "
2
Incorrectly noticed as xvi. Kalends of
Catalogus
Actuum Sanctorum
quK
Irish Irish Academy,"
Article xiii. 'Edited by Rev. Dr. p. cxxxviii.
Kelly, p. xxxiv.
2"
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Sep-
tembris xix. Addenda ad Diem Decimam
October. — "
Nonam Septembris. De SS. Januario Leabhar Episc, Sosio, Festo et Poculo Diaconis,
Article xiv.
Breac"' — the version,
'In the
this date
:
et Acutio
Felice, pp. 761 to 894.
Puteolis in
following
rann occurs at
Desiderio vel Lectore, Eutyche
Eutychete Campania
himat
Haio comlup fochlAch
Co C^ifc coenroxvi CAichlech
Con<vpLo5 pig f\emAin enAir\inmAin Aiclimec.
Thus translated by Dr. Whitley Stokes :
Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus,
Martyribus
458 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September19.
'See Art. i. , in the present volume, at that date.
September 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 453
1
It seems likely he is to be identified with Medecius or Medacus of Nicomedia, as found in the ancient Martyrologies of Richenau and Corbie. In those of Epternac and Milan, the name is written
Medetheus. The forms Mediteus and Medileus are also applied to him. The Bollandists simply notice him at this date. 2
Article XVII. —Festival of St. Methoit or Methodius. In the
1
Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman at the 18th of September is entered
Methoit, with the observation " better is he than a mighty birth. 2 This must have been intended to commemorate the holy bishop and martyr, St. Methodius of Chalcis in Greece, whose Acts are noticed by the Bollandists,3 at the present day/
#fnetttntb ^aP f September,
ARTICLE I. —ST. FIONUTAIN, ABBOT, THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THE SON OF AEDH FINNLIATH.
O'Gorman, at the present date.
[SIXTH CENTURY. ']
uncertainty prevails regarding the identity, place, and period of
the MUCH
ranks
Already
Mochteus, Bishop and Patron ol Louth,2 we have seen, that he wrought a
wonderful miracle in bringing to life one Fintan, a disciple of St. Patrick, who had been torn into pieces by some enemies. 3 Colgan thinks it likely he may be identified with St. Fintan, the son of Ferguss, son to Endeus Niadh;4 but, he has alternate conjectures, that he may also be the St. Fionntain, venerated at the 19th of September, or another bearing the same name,whosefeastoccursonthe1stofOctobers However,fromthestate- ment of Fintan being the son of Ferguss, it is clear he cannot be identified with the present saint, who has been called the son of Aedh Finnliath, by
6
the O'Clerys. In the Book of Leinster copy of the Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival is entered in honour of Fintan, Abbot, at the 16th of the October Kalends. This is a mistake for the 13th or the 19th of September ; and, it isperpetuatedinthepublishedversion. ? Noristhereanyfurtherdesignation of him in the Manuscript copy of the Irish Calendar, at the 13th of the
8
present holy religious.
St.
called abbot
Fintan, simply by Colgan,
our at this date. 1 among saints,
in the Acts of St. Mochta or
October Kalends, as preserved among the Irish Ordnance Survey Records.
Articlexvi. —1 SeeDr. -
Article l—' See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xvii. Februani. Vita S. Fintani Abbatis de Cluain-Ednech, Appendix, cap.
i«, p. 355- 3
Stokes' Felire Hui Gormain,' pp. 178, 179.
" 2
tembris xviii. Among the pretermitted
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep-
feasts, p. 759. Article xvii.
— See his Acts at the 19th of August, in the x" i.
See Felire Hui Gor- main," by Dr. Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179.
Eighth Volume of this work, Art. 3 See ibid. , chap. iii.
a The
he ol[d]us rogein. " Ibid.
"
4 " See Colgan's
Acta Sanctorum
original
I—rish is thus
given :
ferr
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep- tembris, xviii. De S. Methodio Episc. Mart.
Mochtei, Episcopi Lugmadensis, cap. xii. , p. 730.
5 See ibid, n. 12, p. 732.
6 Thus Abb. pticani
7 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
8"
See, Common Place JBook, F," p. 79.
Chalcide in Graecia, to pp. 768
773.
4 In a Historic Sylloge of two sections,
containing twenty-four paragraphs.
Whitley
Hibernise," Martii
xxiv.
Vita S.
454 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 19.
The O'Clery Calendarist states, that he was son of Aedh Finnliath, who descended from the race of Eoghan, son to Niall. Fintan, the son of Aedh, is reckoned among St. Columkille's disciples. 9 He seems to have been born in Ireland, and when very young to have accompanied the Apostle of Caledonia to Britain, to have joined the community in Hy, and to have been a companion, when Columba passed beyond the Grampian Mountains. 10 HishistorybelongschieflytothatoftheNorth-BritishChurch. Heissaid
11
to have been the founder of a church, called Abinde.
conjectures this to have been Kill-Aibhne Church, in the diocese of Clonfert. This we must presume to be the present Killane, Killian, or Killiane, a
small 12 parish,
partly
in the
barony
of
Loughrea,
x3 but in that of chiefly
Kilconnel,
1 * and about four miles south-west of Kilconnell in the village,
of
County Galway. Fintan,
the son of
Aedh,
is mentioned in Adamnan's1 *
Life of St. Columba, as one who fell grievously sick on a missionary tour
over the Grampian Mountains. His companions prayed their Apostle to
restore his health. Stretching his hands to Heaven, Columba blessed him, and predicted for the sick youth a long life, which was to continue after all present had died. This prophecy was fulfilled. In after years, he founded a monastery called Kailli-au inde, which Colgan supposed to have been in Ireland, straining the denomination to correspond with Kill-aibhne, in the diocese of Clonfert. 16 However, its situation must be sought for in Scotland ;
1
and a conjecture has been offered ? that it was identical with a place called
Cally, in the parish of Bendothy, in Perthshire, where there was a chapel and burial-ground dedicated to St. Fink. 18 At Kailli-an-inde, Fintan, the son of Aedh, having obtained a good old age, terminated his career. ^ At the 19th of September, Marianus O'Gorman20 enters a feast for Fintan, called
21
ArticleII. —ReputedFeastofSt. SaranMacTrenaich. Atthe
1 6th of the October Kalends, 1 there is an
probable, however, that this is a misplaced festival of St. Saran Mac Tiagharnaigh,whoisveneratedonthe21stofthismonth. FromtheBook of Leinster copy of the Martyrology we miss such an insertion at this date.
l6
Quoting Colgan, Archdall fixes Cail- Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbse. , leavinde in the County of Sligo. See
afairnobleandararegem. Thecommentatoradds,thathewasanabbot. The published Martyrology of Donegal22 records him, at this same date.
entry,
Tallagh Martyrology, as published by the Rev. Matthew Kelly, D. D. 2 It is
9 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
cap. x. , p. 490.
19 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life
"Monasticon Hibeinicum," p. 629. ' 7 By Mr. Skene,
of St. Columba," lib. ii. , cap. 31, p. 144. 11 "
,8
See "Old Statistical Survey of Scot-
See Colgan's Trias Thaumaturga. " Quarta Vita S. Columbse, lib. ii. , cap. xxxi. , p. 357, and nn. 27, 28, p. 384.
land," vol. xix. , pp. 357, 359.
'» See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
" Life of St. Columba," lib. ii. , cap. 31, and "It is described on the "Ordnance nn. (b, c, d, e), pp. 144, 145.
Survey Townland Maps for the County of Galway," Sheets 73, 86, 98.
3° See Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Felire Hui
Gormain," pp. 180, 181.
2I n. 1. See ibid. ,
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
252, 253.
Article ii. — Wrongly represented as
corresponding with the 19th of Sep- tember.
The Loughrea section contains 1,466
13
acres and 12 perches.
14 The Kilconnel section contains 6,400 acres, I rood and 16 perches. See the "Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland," vol. ii. , p. 453.
'SHis Life occurs, at the 23rd of this month, in the present volume. See Art. i.
'
2
p. xxxiv.
In one place, Colgan
Saran Mac Trenaich, in the
See "Calendar of the Irish Saints,"
September 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS 455 Article III. —St. Mac Oigi, Priest. The particular name of this saint
4I
does not appear to have been preserved, for he is only called 1
the son of
Oig. " In the published Martyrology of Tallagh, we read, that veneration
was at this date to Mac 2 The contracted word Sac. follows this given Oigi.
announcement, and from its usual form of application, we may infer he was a Priest. In the manuscript copy of the Book of Leinster, in like manner, he was distinguished as Mac Cuigi, a Priest. 3
Article IV. —St- Fergus, Cruithnech, or the Pict. We may sup- pose from the term applied to this St. Fergus that he was a Pict, either in origin and birth ; or perhaps it may have reference to his residence as missionary in Pictland. It is likely, however, that he had some connexion with Ireland,
as he is classed her saints. At the among
2
of
September,
1 in the
pub-
19th
lished Martyrology of Tallagh, we read, that veneration was given to Fergus,
Cruithnech, or the Pict. We have no such entry, in the Book of Leinster copy. Thetimewhenhelivedhasnotbeenascertained.
Article V. —Reputed Feast of St. Faendalech. A festival in honour of
Faendalech is set down in the of published Martyrology
Tallagh,
1 at the
19th
of September. It is quite possible, notwithstanding, that the present saint differs not from one so named, at the day previous. The error of a scribe
may have caused this double insertion.
This entry at the present date is not found in the Book of Leinster copy.
ArticleVI. —St. Seachan. TheMartyrologyofMarianusO'Gorman, at the 19th of September, has a festival for " dear, modest Sechan. "1 His time, place, and position in the Irish Church cannot be determined with any
2
degree of accuracy. According to the Martyrology of Donegal, veneration
was given to Seachan, at the 19th of September. This is probably Senach, bishop of Achadh Fobhar,3 numbered among St. Patrick's disciples. 4
ArticleVII. —St. ComgellorCaomhgheall,Virgin. Afestivalin
honour of Comgell or Caomhgheall, Virgin, is found registered in the published 1
" Sechan caemhnar. "—Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Felire Hui Gormain," pp. 180, 190.
Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 19th of September, although the 1 6th of October Kalends—corresponding with the 16th of September—is substituted.
ARTICLE III. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. p. xxxiv.
2 October.
Kelly, noted as xvi. Kalends of
2 Edited Drs. Todd and by
Reeves, pp.
Incorrectly
3 Thus : rruccuigi prxefbi.
Article IT. —' Incorrectly called xvi. kalends of October.
"Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
252, 253.
3 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. lxii. , pp. 137, 138, and n. 118, pp. 178, 179.
4 See ibid Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 267.
Articlevii. —"EditedbyRev. Dr Kelly, p. xxxiv.
Article v. —1 p. xxxiv.
Article vi.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
—
'
Kelly, The Irish entry is :
456 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS [September19.
A similar error occurs in the Book of Leinster
same date, Marianus O'Gorman commemorates Comgell, noticed by his
commentator as having been a virgin. 3 In the Martyrology of Donegal,* she is commemorated at the 19th of September.
Article VIII. —St. Anci or Ainchi. In the
1
and Book of
Leinster2 of the copies
published we find the
of
Anci, without further designation, and at the 19th of September. 3 The
Martyrology of Donegal* has Ainchi, at the 19th of September. We cannot find any further account of him.
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Sezin, Abbot in Armorica.
1 Already at the 6th of March, we have given the Acts of this early saint, but
Albert le Grand assigns this day to him,2 as the Bollandists notice, at the 19th of September. 3
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Kortila. At the 19th of September, Thomas Dempster has a feast for the elevation of St. Kortila,
Martyrology
Tallagh,
simple entry,
and Confessor. 1
Bishop Already
Article XI. —Reputed Festival of a Columban in Scotland.
Gurmain," pp. 180, 181, and n. 2, ibid.
March. 8 He was the sixth
we have alluded to him at the 28th of
of to Albert Krantz,3 Verden, according
bishop
and the Spicilegium Ecclesiasticum Germaniae. 4 Ferrarius follows
"
Dempster, in assigning this feast for the Elevation of the Body of Kortila. However, the Bollandists, at the 19th of September, will not allow this festival on the mere authority of Dempster; nor are they satisfied there is warrant for Kortila's ecclesiastical cultus. *
Thomas 1 has a feast at the Dempster
of
Columbanus, a bishop in Scotia, who is said to have been a Canon Regular,
for a
and to have led the Scots from the error of the Eastern Paschal observance. 8
Article x. -' Thus " Verda» Kortilrc ;
2
3 uij\. " —
Thus : Comgell
See Dr. Whitley Stokes' Felire Hui
episcopi, et confessoris elevatio, B
4 Edited
Drs. Todd and Reeves,
" Kalendars of Scottish 212. Saints," p.
by
Article viil Edited by Rev. Dr. vii.
pp.
3Incorrectlystyledxvi. KalendsofOctober.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
252,253.
Article ix. —• See the Third Volume of
this work, at that date, Art. ii.
2 See "De Sanctis Armoricse, p. 379.
2
In the Third Volume of this work, Art.
252, 253.
—
xxxiv. 2 Thus : Anci.
3 See " lib. Metropolis,"
4 See tomus v. , p. 895.
Kelly, p.
i. , cap. 29.
3 See "Acta tomus Sanctorum,"
Scottish Saints," p, 212.
2 For this he which statement, quotes B. C. ,
initialsdonotrepresentanyofhisappended authorities.
'
vi. , Sep- tembrisxix. Amongthepretermittedleasts,
p. I.
19th
September
supposed
entry
of her name. 2 At this
Meno- logium Scoticum. See Bishop Forbes'
sSee"ActaSanctorum,"tomusvi. , Sep*
tembris xix. Among the pretermitted Saints,
p. 1.
Article xl—l See
Scoti- cum" in Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of
Menologium
:''
September 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 457
As usual with him, Ferrarius3 follows in good faith the assertions of Dempster ; but, the Bollandists,< who record the statement, at this date, are of opinion, that no Columbanus belonged to it.
ArticleXII. —St. Egbinus,aLevite. Atthe19thofSeptember,on
the authority of the Carthusian Martyrology, Father Henry Fitzsimon enters
Egbinus, Levite x while in the anonymous Calendar of Irish Saints given by :
2
In the same manner, we have his name set down in the posthumous list of Colgan's MSS. , so that we may infer his life was to have been published at this date. 3
ArticleXIII. —St. Zephanus. Thisformofnamedoesnotseemtobe
Irish, It may, however, have been Latinized from some Celtic original.
The simple entry Zephanus, without any further designation, is met with in
the of 1 atthe of 2 Wedonotfind Martyrology Tallagh, 19th September.
such an insertion at this date, in the Book of Leinster copy.
Article XIV. —Feast of St. Jantjarius, Bishop of Beneventum and Martyr. The least of St. Januarius, or of Enair, so called in Irish, was celebrated in our early national Church, as we find from the Felire of St.
This manwasofnoblebirthand holy
O'Sullivan Beare, we find only Egbinus, for the same day.
^Engus,
19th
September.
1 atthe
of
of a Neapolitan Christian family, it is supposed ; and he was elected Bishop
ofBeneventum. DuringthepersecutionoftheRomanEmperorDiocletian, he laboured much to console and confirm the faithful in their profession.
With other companions, he was apprehended, and brought before the Prefect Timotheus, who condemned them to be beheaded. This martyrdom occurredatPouzzoli,onthe19thofSeptember,a. d. 305. TheBollandists have their Acts at the end of their sixth volume for the month of September,
2
edited by Father John Stilting, SJ. , and to which a Preface,3 with a
3"
In Catalogus Generalis Sanctorum. "
4 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Sep- tembris xix. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 5.
Articlexii. —' Florantius
" Sped with a famous multitude to Christ's See Histoii* Catholicse Iberniae Com- loveable peace, with his host of pre-
places
the 19th of October, apparently mistaking
him for Ethbinus. 2"
pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii,, pp. 51, 54.
eminent Kings, Januarius—a dear comme- moration ! "—" Transactions of the Royal
3 See "
MS. habentur oidi—ne Mensium et Dierum. "
2
Incorrectly noticed as xvi. Kalends of
Catalogus
Actuum Sanctorum
quK
Irish Irish Academy,"
Article xiii. 'Edited by Rev. Dr. p. cxxxviii.
Kelly, p. xxxiv.
2"
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Sep-
tembris xix. Addenda ad Diem Decimam
October. — "
Nonam Septembris. De SS. Januario Leabhar Episc, Sosio, Festo et Poculo Diaconis,
Article xiv.
Breac"' — the version,
'In the
this date
:
et Acutio
Felice, pp. 761 to 894.
Puteolis in
following
rann occurs at
Desiderio vel Lectore, Eutyche
Eutychete Campania
himat
Haio comlup fochlAch
Co C^ifc coenroxvi CAichlech
Con<vpLo5 pig f\emAin enAir\inmAin Aiclimec.
Thus translated by Dr. Whitley Stokes :
Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus,
Martyribus
458 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September19.
