log now corrupted to Kilmichaelog," I find another note
appended
by William M.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v7
Patricii, pars, ii.
, cap.
xliii.
,
p. 135, and n. 86, p. 177.
p. 612. — Article 11.
'
According to the" Genea-
Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 267.
7 See the Sixth Volume of this work
Art. i.
Article hi. —' Edited by Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp. 194, 195.
logic Sanctilogy," chap, xxiii.
2 According to the Life of St. Benignus,
chap. 13, as quoted by Colgan.
3 Now known as the barony of Tirerrill,
2
About the year 1830, these stations were
in the county of Sligo.
held for the last time, as the writer has been
informed, the Rev. Peter O'Reilly, P. P. , by
of Enniskeen, now called Kingscourt. This change of name took place about the begin-
ning of the present century.
« William M. "
See Hennessy's Tripartite
Life of St. Patrick," part ii. Miss Cusack's " Life of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland," p. 404, and n. 2, ibid.
6
See ibid. y Quinta Appendix ad Acta S.
in
of
county the county
July 13. ] LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS. 3*3
present illustrative of the ancient worship. Here, the festival of St. Arney hadbeencelebratedeach13thdayofJuly. Aholywell,dedicatedtothissaint, springs from the soil, and convenient to the burying-ground. It is now dried
up, but stations used to be performed there, on the feast-day.
a
It was called
Toberarney. In the days of persecution, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass had to be celebrated on a large block of stone, outside the graveyard of Eniskeen.
Anciently, this seems to have been the pedestal of a stone cross or a sanc- tuary terminus. 3 Various other curious antique objects are in this parish. 4 There is a notice of this saint's festival, on the 13th of July, as furnished by Father O'Sheerin to the Bollandists. s
Article IV. —St. Greallog Obelech, of Tamlacht Charna, in Ui Breasail-airthir. This saint's name occurs in the MartyrologiesofTallagh,
1
of Marianus O'Gorman and of Maguire, at the present —date.
There is a St. Grellan, apparently Londonderry seemingly yet only
and— connected with
conjecturally identified with the present saint.
2
This may be Grealla, says
the calendarist, and sister to Monchan of Liath, and of Greillseach, while
Mella was mother of the three. According to another conjecture, however,
it is supposed the present saint, may be identical with a Grellan,3 who was
the companion of St. Columba,* when he set out for Caledonia, on his great
missionary enterprise about the year 565. If so, this saint must have flourished
in the sixth century. The connexion of place in Ulster renders such an
opinion not impossible. Grillan or Grillanus is another form of his name.
Some of the Scottish historians incorrectly call him Gallanus. s We find
entered in the of 6 that a festival was celebrated at the
Martyrology Donegal,
13th of July, in honour of Greallog Oeblach of Tamlacht Charna, in Ui Brea- sail airthir. The Ui Breasail, aJ,so called Ui Breasail Mach, were descended
fromBreasal,oftheCollaDaChriochrace. Inlatterages,thisterritorywas knownasClanbrazil. 7 AlltheeasternpartofOrighialla,calledOirthear,had been occupied by septs of Niallan race. 8 In some part of this territory, Tarn lacht Charna must, in all likelihood, be sought. The ancient territory of
3 See Rev. A.
Ancient and Modern," vol. ii. , chap, xvi. , pp. 298, 299.
4 See Lewis' "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland," vol. i. , p. 604.
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 474.
Article IV.
—
x
See Colgan's "Trias
194, 195.
t This district is shown, on a Map of
Ulster drawn up in the reign of Elizabeth or James I. , as situated to the south of Lough Neagh, where the Upper Bann enters that lake. From this circumstance, and from the space described, it appears to have been co- extensive with the present barony of Oneil- land East.
8
Cogan's
pp.
Thaumaturga," Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbae, cap. x. , p. 490.
" Diocese of Meath,
6 Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves, by
The foregoing district appears not only 2 See " Memoir of the City and North to have included the present baronies of Western Liberties of Londonderry," part ii. , Oneilland, East and West, but also East
sect. 2, p. 27. and West (? ) North and South Orior. The 3 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," sept of the O'h-Anluains (O'Hanlons), pos-
Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Colunibae, cap. x. ,p. 490.
4 St. Grellan is classed among those, who flourished or died at Iona. See ibid. , Appen-
sessed the two latter baronies, Upper and Lower. TheyweredescendantsofNiallan. See Dr. O'Donovan's " Leabhar na g-Ceart, or Book of Rights," n. (y), pp. 147, 148.
9 in died Ruarcan O'Hamill, chief 1376,
bard to O'lianlon (of Armagh). This Ruar-
can kept a house of general hospitality, and he never refused to receive any one. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. iv. , pp. 666, 667.
Quinta
cap. iii. ,
ad Acta S. Columbse,
dix
sect, v. , p. 502.
s See Hector Boece's rum," lib. ix. , fol. 173.
Historia Scoto- In like manner, he is called by Lesley, in his Scottish History,
lib. iv. , and by Dempster.
"
224 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 13.
Orior belonged to the O'Hanlon sept. 9 After the confiscation of Irish dis-
10 when
that of Oneilland, and the same remark applies to the arrangements made in
liag. "
a
Hence, it should seem, that Siloc was simply his name, and it is
forming baronies,
more than one
territory
had been in placed
tricts,
in Hi-Bressalia orientali, at the 13th of July.
Article V. —St. Mosiloc or Mothiolog, of Cloonatten, Parish
ofKilmichaelOge,CountyofWexford. Thenameofthisholyman,
"1
as Siloc, is entered in the Feilire" of St. ^Engus, at the 13th of June.
Therehereceivesahighencomium. Inacommentaryadded,heisstyled and identified as " my Siloc, i. e. , of Cell Mo-siloc in Ui-Degad, in Ui-Cennse-
other of Ireland. The parts
11 on the of Father authority
Bollandists,
O'Sheerin, have entered the feast of Grelloca Oeblech de Tamlacht-Charna
entered Silog in the Calendar of Cashel. Veneration was given to Mosiloc
Cluana Daethcain, at the 13th of July, as appears in the Martyrology of
Tallagh. 3 In Rev. Dr. Kelly's edition of the Martyrology of Tallagh, this
place is identified * with Clonkeen, Queen's County. His name and place are
elsewhere differently entered. At this same date, we find in the Martyrology of Donegal,s Mothiolog, of Cill Mothiolog,6 in Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, or Mothiolog,
of Cluain Aithghin. This place is Cloonatten, in the parish of Kilmichael Oge,7inthebaronyofGorey,andcountyofWexford. Thereisacuriousold
locality.
8 In the Kalendar of Drummond ° the feast of this
church in that
saint is inserted, at the present date. There is an entry of Mosilocus, at the
13 th of July, in the work of the Bollandists. 10 them with the notice inserted.
10 A called Acton, in the of parish barony
Lower Orior, county of Armagh, is about three miles from Tandragee. The village
Father O'Sheerin supplied
See ibid. , p. cxviii.
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
4 Apparently on Dr. O'Donovan's autho-
was originally founded by Sir Toby Pointz,
who for his military services obtained a grant
of 500 acres of land, part of the forfeited
estate of the O'Hanlons. He erected a bawn
of 100 feet square, a house of lime and brick
for his own residence, and 24 cottages for so 192, 193.
In the " Leabhar Breac "
trans-
copy
lated into English by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. :—
milir- Amm conArn euAiigeln noemtxM
LAmpLoc •oonrvigpai'o tint) hirit>pl4ich raejvoAi.
" Sweet the name with splendour of Evan- gelus the sainted, with my Siloc of the kings, he went into the noble realm of
Article v. — 1
William M. 9 Thus:
we have the
following stanza,
Hennessy's copy
Sancti Confessoris Mosiloc. " Bishop
8
According to a Manuscript note in
of this work. "13 iii. Idus. In Hibernia
"Transactions of the Irish Royal
peace. "—
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. ex.
2
rity.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
settlers. He called the 6 Anote O'Donovan "Mothio- place by says,
many English
Acton, from his native village in England. The remains of a church, built by him in 1684, under the chancel of which he lies buried, are in the midst of a wood. A tablet
with inscription to his memory is yet pre- served there. See Lewis' "Topographical
Dictionary of Ireland. "
11
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474.
log now corrupted to Kilmichaelog," I find another note appended by William M.
Hennessy to this ancient denomination, " Kilmokiloge or Kilmichaeloge, near Gorey, County Waterford," (? Wexford).
7 Thisplace,identifiedwiththepresentSt. Mohecloge the patron, is written Kilma- killoge, in the county of Wexford. Anti- quarian Letters, vol. i. , I. O. S. R.
— Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints,
'
p.
18.
10 See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474. —
Article vi. A note by Dr. Todd says at Cill-airthir : "The more recent hand adds here, 'quod Cella orientis dicitur in Vita S. Mochtai. '"
July 13. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
225
Article VI. —Cruimther Fionntain, of Cill-airthir. Happy must be the condition of Christian communities, where we find the good priest united with a pious people, and a faithful flock bearing reverence towards
they
holy pastor.
of
Fionntain, Cill-airthir,
A festival to honour Cruimther
1
their
appears registered in the Martyrology of Donegal
Killartery townland in the parish of Mayne, barony of Ferrard, and county of Louth ; there is also a Killartry townland in the parish of Aghavea, barony of Magherastephana, and county of Fermanagh. 3 These seem the only Irish denominations likely to correspond with the ancient nomenclature of his place, which does not appear to be known. The Rev. John Francis Shearman has identified the present Cruimther Fintan with a Crubther Fin- tain, who lived in the Island of Aran, and who is said to have chased St. Cybi 4 and his companions Maclog and Cyngar, not only from that place, but even away from Ireland. 5 This, however, is manifestly a legendary story. TheBollandists6 werefurnishedbyFatherO'Sheerin,withanoticeofFin- tanus Sacerdos de Kill airthir, for the 13th of July.
Article VII. —St. Finnu, Finnus, or Finnius, Son of Arath, or Aradius. An adage of human wisdom has laid it down, that " to work is to pray. " But, as a celebrated and brilliant. Catholic writer remarks, if this be admitted, may we not also assume, that he who prays works, while such labour must be regarded as the most fruitful and meritorious of all occupa- tions. This, too, justifies and glorifies those blamed by the world, because
and 2 The name of prolonged prayer.
have rested in
contemplation
Finnu, son of Arath, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 at the 13th of
July. We are not able further to trace his pedigree, his time, or his place in
history. As furnished by Father O'Sheerin, the Bollandists 4 commemorate
* his festival at the present date.
Article VIII. —St. Ultan, Son of Araidi. Having the same patrony- mic, it may be suspected—but it does not seem to be proved—that the present holy man had been a brother to the last-mentioned. According to the
1
Martyrology of Donegal, Ultan, son of Araidi, had veneration paid to him,
at the 13th of July. At the same date, the Bollandists 2 have inserted his festival, as Father O'Sheerin had furnished them with the entry.
Article IX. —St. Taodhog, of Tigh Taedhog. It is mentioned, in 1
the Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman, of Cathald Maguire, and of
22"
Les Moines de l'Occident,"
Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp. 192, 193.
3 See "General Alphabetical List to the
Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baro-
See
tomei. , Introduction, chap, iv. , p. lviii.
nies of Ireland,"
4 His feast is referred, to the 8th of No-
vember.
s See "LocaPatriciana," No. x. , pp. 262,
3 Edited . by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
194, 195.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus hi. ,
July xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 474.
Article viii. — Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 194, 195.
263. 6
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus hi. ,
2 tomus See "Acta Sanctorum,"
Julii xiii.
p. 474. Article
Among the pretermitted saints,
iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints,
vil— ' Montalembert.
Count
Charles
De
p. 474-
Article ix. — ' See Colgan's "Acta
Sanctorum Hibernke," Maitii ii. Vita S.
p. 566.
a
at this date. There is a
226 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[July 13.
2 thatafestivalinhonourofTaodhog,of wascele- Donegal, Tigh Taedhog,
bratedatthe13thofJuly. Theplacewherehedweltseemstohavereceived its after denomination, from the present saint. The Bollandists 3 have this same Taidocus de Teach-TaOd-hoc, at the present date, and Father O'Sheerin furnished them with that entry.
ArticleX. —St. Erc,Priest. Wefindthesimpleentry,Ere,Priest, 1
recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 13th of July. According to Colgan, this holy man may have been the same as Erc, a disciple of St. Senan. 2 Ifso,heremovedfromInis-moretoInis-caorach. ThatErciscalledabishop, however, in St. Senan's Acts. 3 In the notice furnished by Father O'Sheerin, at this date, and as inserted by the Bollandists, in their great work,* this holy man is set down as " Ercus Sacerdos"—meaning that he had been a Priest.
Article XI. —Feast for the Translation of the Relics of St. MaguilorMadelgisilus. Inthetenthcentury,asmallchurchwasbuilt, near the abbey of St. Riquier. It was dedicated to St. Mauguille. In 103, a new shrine was here prepared, when Abbot Anscher deposited in this
1 reliquary,onthe13thdayofJuly, theremainsofthatholyman.
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of St. Turian, or Turiav, Bishop of Dol, and Confessor, Lesser Britain, France. At the third of the July Ides—corresponding with the 13th ofthis month—the feast of St. Turian
Article XIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Winnianus, a Scottish
Bishop. AfeasthasbeensetdownforSt. Winnianus,
is marked in some of the Scottish
St. Turian or Turiav, as he is called, in Lesser Britain, was a native of that country, nor is there any account of a special connection with Great Britain or Ireland. His Acts are set forth very fully in the great work of the Bollan- dists. 2 Theyhavebeenedited,3 byFatherJohnBaptistSoller,whofurnished a previous commentary. '* At this date, his feast is entered in Dempster's Menologium Scoticum. s
Jaovoe Episcopi Leonensis, n. 5, p. 443.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
al I 95-
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474.
—
In Britan-
Article x. — ' Edited
by
Drs. Todd and
"Proceedings of the Society of Antiqua- ries of Scotland," vol. ii. , 266.
Reeves, pp. 194, 195.
3 See his Life, at the 8th of March, in the
Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," viii. , Martii. Secunda Vita S. Senani, cap. xxviii. , P* 534 (recte) 530, and n. 19, p. 540 {recte)
536.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts,
this work, Art. i.
*"
xii. De S. Turiano seu Turiavo Epis.
p. 474. Article xi.
Dolensi, in Britannia Armorica, pp. 614 to 625.
'The first of these is a Vita ex MS. Vallis Lucentis et Carthusias Divionensis, a Chiffletio eruta, et cum Pontinacensi collata, with notes. The second is Vita eadem a Monacho Pratensi verbosius extensa ; quae ex Vincentio Barrali Surio inserta est ; fol- lowed by Miracula Parisiis patrata, with
notes,
—
at the 30th of May, in the Fifth Volume of
See Acts of this saint,
Martyrologies.
1 So far as we can discover,
1 andhis Article XII. —' The Martyrology of
by Dempster,
Aberdeen says at iij. Idus Julij.
"
sponding with the 13th of July :
nia minori Sancti Turiani episcopi et con- f—essorismire simplicitatis et innocencie viria.
*
In thirteen paragraphs.
p.
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii
corre-
July 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 227
authority has been followed by Ferrarius. However, although the Bollan-
2
dists insert such a feast, at the 13th of July, they doubt Dempster's war-
rant for noting him among the saints.
Article XIV. —Reputed Festival of St. Menulf or Menu. There is an entry, according to the Bollandists, at this date, July 13th, of a Festival for St. Menulf, Confessor, in the Usuard Manuscripts, designated Victorin
1
and Queen of Sweden. Already, at the previous day, the feast of St. Menulf
has been given.
Article XV. —Festival of St. Evangelus. In the ancient Irish Church,
the Feast of St. was Evangelus
of 1 He July.
at the
appears to have been one of the Martyrs, who suffered at Alexandria, but we
jfourteentf) 2Bap of gulp*
ARTICLE I. —ST. MAELCEADAR, THE VICTORIOUS, OR MALDEGARIUS, SURNAMED VINCENT, FIRST EARL OF THE HANNOINA, OR HAINAULT.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
are not able to discover at what
such notices of them as they could find at this date.
bornin
Aquitaine
;
many place
commemorated,
13th
period.
the early part of this holy man's life, authors appear to have entertained different as a his
REGARDING opinions
and, consequence, biography has been involved in great confusion and obscurity, notwithstand- ing the distinction he attained in later years. His origin a—nd the place of
1 —ebeencontested. Whilesomewriters and
his birth have likewis
those of our country place his birth in Ireland others think he had been
——
2 while ifnotmost holdthathisbirthtook
5 See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy,"
"
Scottish Saints. " Thus: Thuriani epis- Irish Manuscript Series, vol.
p. 135, and n. 86, p. 177.
p. 612. — Article 11.
'
According to the" Genea-
Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 267.
7 See the Sixth Volume of this work
Art. i.
Article hi. —' Edited by Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp. 194, 195.
logic Sanctilogy," chap, xxiii.
2 According to the Life of St. Benignus,
chap. 13, as quoted by Colgan.
3 Now known as the barony of Tirerrill,
2
About the year 1830, these stations were
in the county of Sligo.
held for the last time, as the writer has been
informed, the Rev. Peter O'Reilly, P. P. , by
of Enniskeen, now called Kingscourt. This change of name took place about the begin-
ning of the present century.
« William M. "
See Hennessy's Tripartite
Life of St. Patrick," part ii. Miss Cusack's " Life of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland," p. 404, and n. 2, ibid.
6
See ibid. y Quinta Appendix ad Acta S.
in
of
county the county
July 13. ] LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS. 3*3
present illustrative of the ancient worship. Here, the festival of St. Arney hadbeencelebratedeach13thdayofJuly. Aholywell,dedicatedtothissaint, springs from the soil, and convenient to the burying-ground. It is now dried
up, but stations used to be performed there, on the feast-day.
a
It was called
Toberarney. In the days of persecution, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass had to be celebrated on a large block of stone, outside the graveyard of Eniskeen.
Anciently, this seems to have been the pedestal of a stone cross or a sanc- tuary terminus. 3 Various other curious antique objects are in this parish. 4 There is a notice of this saint's festival, on the 13th of July, as furnished by Father O'Sheerin to the Bollandists. s
Article IV. —St. Greallog Obelech, of Tamlacht Charna, in Ui Breasail-airthir. This saint's name occurs in the MartyrologiesofTallagh,
1
of Marianus O'Gorman and of Maguire, at the present —date.
There is a St. Grellan, apparently Londonderry seemingly yet only
and— connected with
conjecturally identified with the present saint.
2
This may be Grealla, says
the calendarist, and sister to Monchan of Liath, and of Greillseach, while
Mella was mother of the three. According to another conjecture, however,
it is supposed the present saint, may be identical with a Grellan,3 who was
the companion of St. Columba,* when he set out for Caledonia, on his great
missionary enterprise about the year 565. If so, this saint must have flourished
in the sixth century. The connexion of place in Ulster renders such an
opinion not impossible. Grillan or Grillanus is another form of his name.
Some of the Scottish historians incorrectly call him Gallanus. s We find
entered in the of 6 that a festival was celebrated at the
Martyrology Donegal,
13th of July, in honour of Greallog Oeblach of Tamlacht Charna, in Ui Brea- sail airthir. The Ui Breasail, aJ,so called Ui Breasail Mach, were descended
fromBreasal,oftheCollaDaChriochrace. Inlatterages,thisterritorywas knownasClanbrazil. 7 AlltheeasternpartofOrighialla,calledOirthear,had been occupied by septs of Niallan race. 8 In some part of this territory, Tarn lacht Charna must, in all likelihood, be sought. The ancient territory of
3 See Rev. A.
Ancient and Modern," vol. ii. , chap, xvi. , pp. 298, 299.
4 See Lewis' "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland," vol. i. , p. 604.
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 474.
Article IV.
—
x
See Colgan's "Trias
194, 195.
t This district is shown, on a Map of
Ulster drawn up in the reign of Elizabeth or James I. , as situated to the south of Lough Neagh, where the Upper Bann enters that lake. From this circumstance, and from the space described, it appears to have been co- extensive with the present barony of Oneil- land East.
8
Cogan's
pp.
Thaumaturga," Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbae, cap. x. , p. 490.
" Diocese of Meath,
6 Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves, by
The foregoing district appears not only 2 See " Memoir of the City and North to have included the present baronies of Western Liberties of Londonderry," part ii. , Oneilland, East and West, but also East
sect. 2, p. 27. and West (? ) North and South Orior. The 3 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," sept of the O'h-Anluains (O'Hanlons), pos-
Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Colunibae, cap. x. ,p. 490.
4 St. Grellan is classed among those, who flourished or died at Iona. See ibid. , Appen-
sessed the two latter baronies, Upper and Lower. TheyweredescendantsofNiallan. See Dr. O'Donovan's " Leabhar na g-Ceart, or Book of Rights," n. (y), pp. 147, 148.
9 in died Ruarcan O'Hamill, chief 1376,
bard to O'lianlon (of Armagh). This Ruar-
can kept a house of general hospitality, and he never refused to receive any one. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. iv. , pp. 666, 667.
Quinta
cap. iii. ,
ad Acta S. Columbse,
dix
sect, v. , p. 502.
s See Hector Boece's rum," lib. ix. , fol. 173.
Historia Scoto- In like manner, he is called by Lesley, in his Scottish History,
lib. iv. , and by Dempster.
"
224 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 13.
Orior belonged to the O'Hanlon sept. 9 After the confiscation of Irish dis-
10 when
that of Oneilland, and the same remark applies to the arrangements made in
liag. "
a
Hence, it should seem, that Siloc was simply his name, and it is
forming baronies,
more than one
territory
had been in placed
tricts,
in Hi-Bressalia orientali, at the 13th of July.
Article V. —St. Mosiloc or Mothiolog, of Cloonatten, Parish
ofKilmichaelOge,CountyofWexford. Thenameofthisholyman,
"1
as Siloc, is entered in the Feilire" of St. ^Engus, at the 13th of June.
Therehereceivesahighencomium. Inacommentaryadded,heisstyled and identified as " my Siloc, i. e. , of Cell Mo-siloc in Ui-Degad, in Ui-Cennse-
other of Ireland. The parts
11 on the of Father authority
Bollandists,
O'Sheerin, have entered the feast of Grelloca Oeblech de Tamlacht-Charna
entered Silog in the Calendar of Cashel. Veneration was given to Mosiloc
Cluana Daethcain, at the 13th of July, as appears in the Martyrology of
Tallagh. 3 In Rev. Dr. Kelly's edition of the Martyrology of Tallagh, this
place is identified * with Clonkeen, Queen's County. His name and place are
elsewhere differently entered. At this same date, we find in the Martyrology of Donegal,s Mothiolog, of Cill Mothiolog,6 in Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, or Mothiolog,
of Cluain Aithghin. This place is Cloonatten, in the parish of Kilmichael Oge,7inthebaronyofGorey,andcountyofWexford. Thereisacuriousold
locality.
8 In the Kalendar of Drummond ° the feast of this
church in that
saint is inserted, at the present date. There is an entry of Mosilocus, at the
13 th of July, in the work of the Bollandists. 10 them with the notice inserted.
10 A called Acton, in the of parish barony
Lower Orior, county of Armagh, is about three miles from Tandragee. The village
Father O'Sheerin supplied
See ibid. , p. cxviii.
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
4 Apparently on Dr. O'Donovan's autho-
was originally founded by Sir Toby Pointz,
who for his military services obtained a grant
of 500 acres of land, part of the forfeited
estate of the O'Hanlons. He erected a bawn
of 100 feet square, a house of lime and brick
for his own residence, and 24 cottages for so 192, 193.
In the " Leabhar Breac "
trans-
copy
lated into English by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. :—
milir- Amm conArn euAiigeln noemtxM
LAmpLoc •oonrvigpai'o tint) hirit>pl4ich raejvoAi.
" Sweet the name with splendour of Evan- gelus the sainted, with my Siloc of the kings, he went into the noble realm of
Article v. — 1
William M. 9 Thus:
we have the
following stanza,
Hennessy's copy
Sancti Confessoris Mosiloc. " Bishop
8
According to a Manuscript note in
of this work. "13 iii. Idus. In Hibernia
"Transactions of the Irish Royal
peace. "—
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. ex.
2
rity.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
settlers. He called the 6 Anote O'Donovan "Mothio- place by says,
many English
Acton, from his native village in England. The remains of a church, built by him in 1684, under the chancel of which he lies buried, are in the midst of a wood. A tablet
with inscription to his memory is yet pre- served there. See Lewis' "Topographical
Dictionary of Ireland. "
11
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474.
log now corrupted to Kilmichaelog," I find another note appended by William M.
Hennessy to this ancient denomination, " Kilmokiloge or Kilmichaeloge, near Gorey, County Waterford," (? Wexford).
7 Thisplace,identifiedwiththepresentSt. Mohecloge the patron, is written Kilma- killoge, in the county of Wexford. Anti- quarian Letters, vol. i. , I. O. S. R.
— Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints,
'
p.
18.
10 See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474. —
Article vi. A note by Dr. Todd says at Cill-airthir : "The more recent hand adds here, 'quod Cella orientis dicitur in Vita S. Mochtai. '"
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225
Article VI. —Cruimther Fionntain, of Cill-airthir. Happy must be the condition of Christian communities, where we find the good priest united with a pious people, and a faithful flock bearing reverence towards
they
holy pastor.
of
Fionntain, Cill-airthir,
A festival to honour Cruimther
1
their
appears registered in the Martyrology of Donegal
Killartery townland in the parish of Mayne, barony of Ferrard, and county of Louth ; there is also a Killartry townland in the parish of Aghavea, barony of Magherastephana, and county of Fermanagh. 3 These seem the only Irish denominations likely to correspond with the ancient nomenclature of his place, which does not appear to be known. The Rev. John Francis Shearman has identified the present Cruimther Fintan with a Crubther Fin- tain, who lived in the Island of Aran, and who is said to have chased St. Cybi 4 and his companions Maclog and Cyngar, not only from that place, but even away from Ireland. 5 This, however, is manifestly a legendary story. TheBollandists6 werefurnishedbyFatherO'Sheerin,withanoticeofFin- tanus Sacerdos de Kill airthir, for the 13th of July.
Article VII. —St. Finnu, Finnus, or Finnius, Son of Arath, or Aradius. An adage of human wisdom has laid it down, that " to work is to pray. " But, as a celebrated and brilliant. Catholic writer remarks, if this be admitted, may we not also assume, that he who prays works, while such labour must be regarded as the most fruitful and meritorious of all occupa- tions. This, too, justifies and glorifies those blamed by the world, because
and 2 The name of prolonged prayer.
have rested in
contemplation
Finnu, son of Arath, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 at the 13th of
July. We are not able further to trace his pedigree, his time, or his place in
history. As furnished by Father O'Sheerin, the Bollandists 4 commemorate
* his festival at the present date.
Article VIII. —St. Ultan, Son of Araidi. Having the same patrony- mic, it may be suspected—but it does not seem to be proved—that the present holy man had been a brother to the last-mentioned. According to the
1
Martyrology of Donegal, Ultan, son of Araidi, had veneration paid to him,
at the 13th of July. At the same date, the Bollandists 2 have inserted his festival, as Father O'Sheerin had furnished them with the entry.
Article IX. —St. Taodhog, of Tigh Taedhog. It is mentioned, in 1
the Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman, of Cathald Maguire, and of
22"
Les Moines de l'Occident,"
Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp. 192, 193.
3 See "General Alphabetical List to the
Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baro-
See
tomei. , Introduction, chap, iv. , p. lviii.
nies of Ireland,"
4 His feast is referred, to the 8th of No-
vember.
s See "LocaPatriciana," No. x. , pp. 262,
3 Edited . by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
194, 195.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus hi. ,
July xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 474.
Article viii. — Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 194, 195.
263. 6
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus hi. ,
2 tomus See "Acta Sanctorum,"
Julii xiii.
p. 474. Article
Among the pretermitted saints,
iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints,
vil— ' Montalembert.
Count
Charles
De
p. 474-
Article ix. — ' See Colgan's "Acta
Sanctorum Hibernke," Maitii ii. Vita S.
p. 566.
a
at this date. There is a
226 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[July 13.
2 thatafestivalinhonourofTaodhog,of wascele- Donegal, Tigh Taedhog,
bratedatthe13thofJuly. Theplacewherehedweltseemstohavereceived its after denomination, from the present saint. The Bollandists 3 have this same Taidocus de Teach-TaOd-hoc, at the present date, and Father O'Sheerin furnished them with that entry.
ArticleX. —St. Erc,Priest. Wefindthesimpleentry,Ere,Priest, 1
recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 13th of July. According to Colgan, this holy man may have been the same as Erc, a disciple of St. Senan. 2 Ifso,heremovedfromInis-moretoInis-caorach. ThatErciscalledabishop, however, in St. Senan's Acts. 3 In the notice furnished by Father O'Sheerin, at this date, and as inserted by the Bollandists, in their great work,* this holy man is set down as " Ercus Sacerdos"—meaning that he had been a Priest.
Article XI. —Feast for the Translation of the Relics of St. MaguilorMadelgisilus. Inthetenthcentury,asmallchurchwasbuilt, near the abbey of St. Riquier. It was dedicated to St. Mauguille. In 103, a new shrine was here prepared, when Abbot Anscher deposited in this
1 reliquary,onthe13thdayofJuly, theremainsofthatholyman.
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of St. Turian, or Turiav, Bishop of Dol, and Confessor, Lesser Britain, France. At the third of the July Ides—corresponding with the 13th ofthis month—the feast of St. Turian
Article XIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Winnianus, a Scottish
Bishop. AfeasthasbeensetdownforSt. Winnianus,
is marked in some of the Scottish
St. Turian or Turiav, as he is called, in Lesser Britain, was a native of that country, nor is there any account of a special connection with Great Britain or Ireland. His Acts are set forth very fully in the great work of the Bollan- dists. 2 Theyhavebeenedited,3 byFatherJohnBaptistSoller,whofurnished a previous commentary. '* At this date, his feast is entered in Dempster's Menologium Scoticum. s
Jaovoe Episcopi Leonensis, n. 5, p. 443.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
al I 95-
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474.
—
In Britan-
Article x. — ' Edited
by
Drs. Todd and
"Proceedings of the Society of Antiqua- ries of Scotland," vol. ii. , 266.
Reeves, pp. 194, 195.
3 See his Life, at the 8th of March, in the
Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," viii. , Martii. Secunda Vita S. Senani, cap. xxviii. , P* 534 (recte) 530, and n. 19, p. 540 {recte)
536.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts,
this work, Art. i.
*"
xii. De S. Turiano seu Turiavo Epis.
p. 474. Article xi.
Dolensi, in Britannia Armorica, pp. 614 to 625.
'The first of these is a Vita ex MS. Vallis Lucentis et Carthusias Divionensis, a Chiffletio eruta, et cum Pontinacensi collata, with notes. The second is Vita eadem a Monacho Pratensi verbosius extensa ; quae ex Vincentio Barrali Surio inserta est ; fol- lowed by Miracula Parisiis patrata, with
notes,
—
at the 30th of May, in the Fifth Volume of
See Acts of this saint,
Martyrologies.
1 So far as we can discover,
1 andhis Article XII. —' The Martyrology of
by Dempster,
Aberdeen says at iij. Idus Julij.
"
sponding with the 13th of July :
nia minori Sancti Turiani episcopi et con- f—essorismire simplicitatis et innocencie viria.
*
In thirteen paragraphs.
p.
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii
corre-
July 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 227
authority has been followed by Ferrarius. However, although the Bollan-
2
dists insert such a feast, at the 13th of July, they doubt Dempster's war-
rant for noting him among the saints.
Article XIV. —Reputed Festival of St. Menulf or Menu. There is an entry, according to the Bollandists, at this date, July 13th, of a Festival for St. Menulf, Confessor, in the Usuard Manuscripts, designated Victorin
1
and Queen of Sweden. Already, at the previous day, the feast of St. Menulf
has been given.
Article XV. —Festival of St. Evangelus. In the ancient Irish Church,
the Feast of St. was Evangelus
of 1 He July.
at the
appears to have been one of the Martyrs, who suffered at Alexandria, but we
jfourteentf) 2Bap of gulp*
ARTICLE I. —ST. MAELCEADAR, THE VICTORIOUS, OR MALDEGARIUS, SURNAMED VINCENT, FIRST EARL OF THE HANNOINA, OR HAINAULT.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
are not able to discover at what
such notices of them as they could find at this date.
bornin
Aquitaine
;
many place
commemorated,
13th
period.
the early part of this holy man's life, authors appear to have entertained different as a his
REGARDING opinions
and, consequence, biography has been involved in great confusion and obscurity, notwithstand- ing the distinction he attained in later years. His origin a—nd the place of
1 —ebeencontested. Whilesomewriters and
his birth have likewis
those of our country place his birth in Ireland others think he had been
——
2 while ifnotmost holdthathisbirthtook
5 See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy,"
"
Scottish Saints. " Thus: Thuriani epis- Irish Manuscript Series, vol.
