"
On the Calendar of Oengus, p.
On the Calendar of Oengus, p.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v8
xxxiii.
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
parish,
Ord-
382 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 26.
ArticleIV. —"ReputedFeastofSt. Bareas. Intheanonymouslist of Irish Saints, published by O'Sullevan Beare,1 we find a St. Bareus, at the 25thofAugust. Wethinkthistohavebeenamistakeofentry,asnoother warrant for it can be discovered in our Calendars.
Article V. —Festival of St. Bartholomew, Martyr. The festival
25th of August, as may be found in the Feilire of St. iEngus. There his name takes the Irish form Parrthalon. To this, the scholiast has added an explanatory note in Latin. 2 Wherefore it seems we are to regard him as St. Bartholomew, the Apostle, and whose Acts are fully set forth by the Bolland- ists,3 at this date. These Acts have a previous learned commentary* by the editor, Father John Stilting, SJ. ; and they are followed by a narratives of the posthumous honours, translations, relics and miracles of this celebrated Apostle of the Indies.
CtoentMtjrtl) JBap of august
ARTICLE I. —ST. AIREID, OR EREAD, OF ARDRINNIGH. [POSSIBLY IN THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH CENTURY. }
Almighty and Omniscient Lord of Heaven, of Earth, and of the
THEis toaidusHis and as Universe, always ready by strength graces,
also to know how far we are able to fulfil his designs in regard to our own
true interests and capabilities ; and so recognising His power and wisdom, with the division of labour allotted, His faithful servants in this world are careful to imitate the example of workmen, who toil from day to day, in order to carry out the designs of an accomplished Architect, who alone under- stands the whole plan of that edifice He intends to raise. Therefore, has time been divided into days, which are to be spent in cheerful and trusting toil, with a proportionate reward ; while patience and perseverance must increase the latter, and diminish the former, until the last day arrives and
of St. Bartholomew, Martyr, was observed in the early Irish Church, on the "';1
Article iv. —" See " Historic Catholic*
Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. ,
p. cxxv.
'Thus: "Apostolus, i. e. uiuus sepultus et in India passus. In India Parthalomeus
cap xi. , p. 50. —
Article v. • It is thus entered in the apostolus. Apud Cartaginem sanctorum
Irish verse, and the English translation is
martirum tricentorum qui beams exercitus massa'candida nuncupatur eo quod in cliba-
: by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. —
num — calcisaccensidispVersisunt. "
_ 1 « . . norneuhrceWcherc*
cechWhcor^r^^h Upmotxcrmoich wwo 1n p^puhAton bu^ch.
"The story, of his suffering was spread out on every side to the streamy sea : after a great cross—the victorious Bartholomew was crowned. " " Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus,
p^. cxxxiii. ,
„
Set ibid. ,
tomus
A
ti xxv De s< Bartholomceo Apostolo,
3See <Acta Sanct
Albanopoli in Armenia vel Albania, pp. 7
to 108.
4 This is in eleven sections and 1 13 para-
graphs.
5 This is comprised in several Parts,
Chapters, and Sections, containing in all
282 paragraphs,
•
August 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 383
theworkhasbeencompleted. Thus,werethesaintsaccustomedtospend
their period of probation on earth, not in despair or discouragement at the labour to be undertaken and accomplished, but seeking only to begin and end each day for His glory, without anxious ponderings on the future. They knew, however, that their burden of succeeding days and seasons should find change and rest, so that for them the morning of eternity must dawn, and at no distant date. With such reflections to afford them abundant
consolation, so many of our holy men innocently and unobtrusively passed their barely recorded existence, full of gratitude for the mercy and goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ, who marked them for His own, when they had with humble trustfulness and fidelity devoted themselves wholly to His service. As in so many other cases, much uncertainty prevails, in the effort to discover
particulars relating to the present saint. The name of Aread or Eread, a Priest, occurs, as Colgan tells us, in the Martyrologies of Tallagh, and of
Marianus O'Gorman, at the 26th of August.
1
However, it must be observed,
that in Dr. Kelly's edition of the Tallagh Martyrology, no mention of St.
Aireid or Eread is found at this day. Nor is there such an entry, in that
copy contained in the Book of Leinster. In a Life of St. Maidoc, Bishop
of Ferns, contained in the collection of British Saints by John Capgrave and
John of Tinmouth, allusion is made to a St. Aired. He is said to have lived
at a called 2 some distance from the mountain Beatha or
place Ardrinnigh,
Betha,3 on the confines of Cavan and Monaghan counties. Nevertheless, in
the Life of St. Maidoc, published by Colgan, although that place is named, there is no mention made of Aired, in connection with it/ He is thought to
have been miraculously visited there by St. Maidoc,s Bishop of Ferns, with whomheispresumedtohavelivedcontemporaneously. Still,thisisbyno means certain, from any evidence we have been able to procure. Again,
6
Colgan guesses this saint may be identical with Egreas, a reputed brother
to St. Gildas the Wise. 7 However, such a conjecture is rather far-fetched, and apparently relying only on the chance of the name Egreas being
resolvable into or Egred
Eread,
and a
supposition,
that
Egred
8 a being
disciple of St. Ailbe,? the time should well synchronize with that of Glidas
Badonicus. The feast of Aireid, Priest, is met with in the Donegal Martyr-
10
ology, but, further light is wanting to establish his period and even
identity.
Article i. —' See " Acta Sanctorum
Hiberniae," Januarii xxix. Vita S. Gildse Badonici Abbatis et Confessoris, ex Biblio-
theca \ loriacensi, edita a Joanne de Bosco, Cselestino Lugdunensi, n. 5, p. 188.
2
s See his Life, at the 31st of January, in the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
6"
See Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," xxix.
Januarii. Vita S. Gildse Badonici Abbatis et Confessoris, ex Bibliotheca Floiiacensi, edita a Joanne de Bosco, Caelestino Lug-
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," Januarii xxxi. Vila S. Maidoci seu dunensi, cap. ii. , p. 181.
Moedocii Archiepiscopi Fernensis seu Lageniae, ex Codice Kilkenniensi, cap. viii. , p. 209.
7 See his Life, at the 29th of January, in the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
3 It extends across a
of Clones, belonging to the County of Fer-
"
edited O'Suillevan: "Cum Albius in by
Prato Bovis esset, vir quidem sanctus cum ut ibi construendae cellae locum sibi donet, prsecatur. Albius, re ad discipulum suum Egredium relata, quam ipse ibi conditam habebat, cum omnibus supellectilibus et
managh. Slieve Beatha is rendered Mountain," from the belief that an ancient colonist of Ireland so named is buried within
a earn which still surmounts it. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four •
portion
of the
parish
vol. i. , pp. I, 2, and nn. (f, g), ibid.
4
Hiberniae," Januarii by xxxi. Vita S. Maidoci, &c, n. 13, p. 216. 228, 229.
Bith's
Masters," possessionibus
suis totis viro sancto relin-
Colgan says he fears Capgrave incorrectly
substituted Aired for Ardrinnigh ; or at least,
that Ardrinnigh was put for Aid—Airidh. tember.
See "Acta Sanctorum ,0 Edited Drs. Todd and
8
This is drawn from a Life of St. Ailbe,
quens, alio cum discipulis migrat. "—Cap. xiv.
9 His festival occurs on the 12th of Sep-
Reeves, pp.
384 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 26.
Article II. —St. Foilan or Faelan, of Cluain-Mhaoscna PROBABLY CLONMASKILL, IN FEATULLAGH, COUNTY OF WESTMEATH. Reference has already been made to St. Foillan or Faelan, Abbot, at the 9th of 1 He
find recorded in the published Martyrology of Tallagh. copyofthisCalendarcontainedintheBookofLeinsteris foundasimilar
3 whileinamarginalnote,thecommentatorhasstatedinmoredetail, that place with which he had been connected/ The Calendars of Cashei and of Marianus O'Gorman have his commemoration this day. When the monastery was founded at Cluain Mecsna, in the barony of Fertullagh,
County of Westmeath, does not appear to be clearly known. 5 In the 6
Martyrology of Donegal, this present saint is designated in like manner, Faelan, of Cluain Moescna, in Fir-Tulach, in West Meath. 7 Whether the present saint is identical with, or distinct from, the Faelan venerated at the 9th of January, cannot be very clearly ascertained, inasmuch as the name has been associated with the same place, although on different days. It is probable, however, we may have only one saint of the name, connected with this place, while two distinct festivals may have been assigned to him. 8
Article III. —St. Comgall Ua Sarain. The Book of Leinster and
2
the published Martyrologies of Tallagh record a festival in honour of
Comgall H. Sarain, at the 26th of August. His place and period are unknown. At the same date, in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 is the entry of Comhgall Ua Sarain.
Article IV. —Festival of St. Quintus and of His Companions,
Martyrs. ThefeastofSt. Quintusandofhiscompanionswascelebrated
""1 in Ireland, on the 26th of August, as entered in the Feilire of St. ^Engus.
There is also a commentary annexed. 2 An account of St. Quintus or
entry ;
Article ii. —l See the First Volume of this work, at that date, Art. iv.
* Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
probably
had a double festival. the reader is However,
January.
referred to what has been already written regarding his name and place. At the 26th of August, veneration was given to Faelan, Cluana Moescna, as we
2
3 Thus, feAlan Cluain moer-cn.
4 Thus, peal-An Cluain moer-cna, i. e. m copy is the following rami at that day, with
VenAib tniT>i i. e. 1 tTenaib Culach. 1t>em the English trans—lation furnished by Whitley
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
228, 229. — " Article iv. * In the "Leabhar Breac
AgufCnun-omelwACTlonAin aguf be^niuch
1 rochmcualuotitic.
Stokes, LL. D.
- ~
bu*it> pair Qumci niacin TM* comein
chelebn^ noT>nebnam5 i^nonobetl.
" The victory of Martyr Quintus' passion, to celebrate it arise thou : into heaven with
a very clear host he sprang after difficulty. " "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy,"
- Diocese of Meath, Ancientand Modern," vol. hi. , chap.
•
228,229.
' In his copy of this work, kindly lent to
me by the owner, William M. Hennessy
"
s See Rev. A.
Cogan's
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Cluain measkna.
There is a Clonmaskill, in Castletown- Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i.
adds a manuscript note : delvin.
"
On the Calendar of Oengus, p. cxxv.
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
niae," xvi. Januarii. Vita S. Foiliani, Ap- and it occurs on the lower margin of the
**
See
Colgan's
* This, however, is not
very intelligible,
pendix, cap. i. , —p. 104. l
"Leabhar Breac" copy, thus :
Buaid pais
Article hi. At the v;i of the Sep-
Quinti martir 7rl. comeir, i. e. , erigsin [si] surrexeris in feria hujus quanto magis in festis apostolorum et martirum et cetero- rum. "—See Hid. , p. cxxxiii.
tember Kalends (August 26th) we read in
this Martyrology of Tallagh : Comgall h. SArvAm.
:
a
In the manuscript
August 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 385
Quintinus, and his companions in suffering—so far as it can be collected from ancient records—has been given by the Bollandist Father John Pinius, S. J. , at this day. 3 This statement is contained jn three paragraphs.
Article V. —Reputed Feast of Peregrinus. On the authority of Camerarius, the Bollandists have entered at the 26th of August the festival of a Peregrinus, or a pilgrim, whose proper name is not given, but who is
1
said to have been servant to one Roman, the son of a King over the Scots. About him little of an authentic character appears to be known.
Ctoentp^ebentl) JBap of August
ARTICLE I. —ST. AUXILIUS, BISHOP OF KILOSSEY, COUNTY OF KILDARE.
{FIFTH CENTURY. }
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—FAMILY AND ORIGIN OF ST. AUXILIUS—HIS EARLY CONNEXION WITH ST. PATRICK—QUESTION AS TO THE TIME OF ST. AUXILIUS HAVING BEEN ORDAINED AND CONSECRATED—PROBABLE PERIOD OF HIS ARRIVAL AS A MIS- SIONARY IN IRELAND.
this saint was not a native of Ireland, yet, from a relation-
sh ALTHOUGH
he bore to our Irish
the
he
performed
in
ip
•spreading the Gospel throughout this Island, and also his connexion with
one of our earliest Sees, as its Bishop, Auxilius justly claims his place, in the Calendars, recording our national saints. It is difficult, however, to reconcile
1
Already, at the 19th of March, there is a brief allusion to St. Auxilius, and
2
to his place, Kilossey, in the County of Kildare, as that day has been
noted for his festival. 3 However, another has been assigned to him, at the present date, where his parentage is inserted, in the Irish Calendars ; and this latter seems to be his principal feast.
great
Apostle,
part
various conflicting accounts having reference to this early Irish missionary.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Au- gusti xxvi. De SS. Poeclano vel Heclano, Mercurio. Item Basilla, Maximiliano, Quinto vel Quintino. Item Sevo, Victore ; Primo, Victore, ac Militibus forte xxv. , Martyribus.
Ex apographis —Hieronymianis, p. 812. '
Article I. —' A very interesting account of St. Auxilius, and of his Church—variedly called Killossy, Killussy, Ceallusal, Killuas- suille, Killaussille, and in modern times Kil- lashee—has been given by Rev. Denis
Murphy, S. J. , M. R. I. A. , in the "Journal Ar—ticle v. Thus does that account of the County Kildare Archaeological
" :
S.
S. Peregrinus Romani Scotorum
vol. i. , No. i. , Killashee Church,
run
regis filii famulus legitur apud Camerarhim,
Society,"
lectotum mittit ad Vitam Pere- ejus per
pp. 13 to 18.
2 See the Third Volume of this at Work,
qui
grinum Carpium, Tabulas Lucenses et
that date, Art. vi.
Mutinenses. " See Acta Sanctorum," 3 His name is there entered simply
tomus v. , Augusti xxvi. Among the Pre- termitted Saints, p. 761.
Auxilius, in the Martyrology of Tallagh.
4 As already stated in the Life of St.
Vol. VIII. —No. 7.
1 b
"
386 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 27.
The present St. Auxilius, or Auxilinus, as sometimes called, is said to have been a nephevr to the illustrious Apostle of Ireland ; and, to have been the son of his sister Liemania, by a man named Restitutus, who was of Lombardic origin/ She is related to have been twice married ; in the first instance, to a man named Conis,s and by him her children were Mel,6 after- wards Bishop of Ardagh, Rioch,? Abbot of Inisboffin, in Lough Ree, and one called Nuna. 8 The second husband of Liemania was called Restitutus, according to the opinion most received. By our native Calendarists, St. Auxilius is called son of Hua Baird,9 which designation has been applied also to Restitutus, while it is said to be referable to his race, and to the
her husband 10 Restitutus,Liemania, thought
from which he came.
to have been sister to St. Patrick," had seven sons, and our Saint, moreover,
country
By
:
had six brothers, who are thus named I2 St. Secundums, whose feast is kept
on the 27th of November,^ and St. Nectan, commemorated on the 2nd of
1 * to the —Irish J 5 10 May, according Calendars,likewise,Dabonna, Mogomanus,
Dariocus, saints.
1 ? and 18 all of whom are said to have been' venerated as Lugna
However, the real parentage of the present holy man, Auxilius, seems to
rest merely on conjecture. The Scholiast on the Martyrology of Tallngh calls Auxilius the brother of St. Patrick the Bishop, while the latter is said to
have addressed him, and to have named him, styling Auxilius his own comorban. 10 This, however, can only indicate, that our saint was brother to St. Patrick, in the great works of the ministry, since the latter is afterwards designated his spiritual father.
Whatever may be thought about his origin and relationship, it would appear, that Auxilius became attached to St. Patrick, in his earlier years ; and, t is stated, that he was companion of the Irish Apostle on his way to
Patrick, Apostle and Chief Patron of Ire-
and, in the Third Volume of this work, at
the 17th of March, several contradictory ac- counts have been given, regarding the Sisters
of St. Patrick, and about their offspring.
See especially chap, iii. , and nn. 62, 63, 64,
65, 66, 67, 68, 69, and 70.
5
Conis was married to Darerca, also called
the sister of St. Patrick.
6
His feast occurs on the 6th of February, where notices of him may be found in the Second Volume of this Work, Art. i.
7 See his Acts, in the present Volume, at the 1st of August, the date for his festival, Art. i.
8 We
the account in Rev. Denis Murphy's article on Killashee Church, in the" Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society," vol. i. , No. i. , p. 14.
lationship, however, is not well established,
SeeColgan's ActaSanctorumHiber- nise," Martii xix. Vita S. Auxilii, cap. i. , p, 657, and nn. 1, 2, pp. 658, 659.
I3 See an account of him, at that date, in the Eleventh Volume of this work.
I5 His name is not found in the Irish Calendars.
,6
Not met with in the Irish Calendars.
I? Under this title not known to our
Calendarists.
l8
At the 20th of January, there is a notice of a St. Lugna, Priest of Cilltarsna, in the First Volume of this work, Art. v. , but he is not known to be identical with
the present Lugna. Again, at the 25th of April, in the Fourth Volume of this work,
there is a Lugna, of Letir, Art. vi. , who seems to have been a different person. At the 31st of December, Lughna the Deacon is honoured with a festival, but his person- ality has not been determined.
However, according to some accounts,
I4 a notice of St. See
suspect
Munis is here meant. See
9 Thus in the Martyrology of Tallaght, he
"
of the Kalends of September, or the 27th
dar of Irish Saints,"
xxxiii.
:
Usaille mac h liaird,"at the vi.
is called,
day of August. See Dr. Kelly's
"
Calen- With this account the entry in the O'Clerys' Calendar
' 9 The words are thus by
given Colgan
p.
agrees.
10 No festival has been
the Irish Calendars.
" Patricius dixit; Auxilinus tuum nomen apud nos ; ordinatus es meus Comorbanus
11 See his Life at the of
17th March,
in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i. This re-
assigned
Episcopus
to her in
et Sanctorum Martii xix. De S. Auxilio
See chap, iii. , n. 64, ibid. 12 "
at that in the Fifth Volume of this work, Art. i.
et amice filius sor—oris et Spiritualis Pater. " "Acta Hibernia? ,"
Episcopo, n. 3, p. 659.
Neachtain,
day,
August 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 387 Rome. 20 Here, we are told, that Auxilius received a call to orders, at the
21
time the Irish Apostle was consecrated Bishop, by Pope Celestine,
connected with the biography of our saint. According to the Tripartite
statement must be 23 and it is also received,
is usually held to have been late in 431 or early in 432. " Yet, there are
conflicting accounts, about this ordination, as also regarding other particulars,
Life of St. the Patrick,
foregoing
said, the consecration of our Irish Apostle with the ordination of Auxilius,
and of other companions, took place, before St. Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre,2* and Amathus,25 King of Rome. 20 The more ancient Lives of St. Patrick, and his Confessions, however, seem to indicate, that this consecration and ordination took place, in some part of Gaul. 2 ? Even there is an account, contained in the Book of Armagh, that Auxilius when a boy had been the Exorcist of St. Patrick, who did not advance him to higher
38
orders until the Irish Apostle preached the Gospel in the Liffey plain. There is a grave doubt, as to whether Auxilius accompanied St. Patrick from Rome to Ireland in 432; although such a statement seems to be
20
Others are silent in reference to such a matter. An opinion has been advanced, that this saint and some other attendants of St. Patrick might have arrived with the latter in Ireland, and have aided the work of his mission, in a subordinate capacity. 3° After- wards, on seeing the great success, that attended his labours, and wishing to
favoured in some Lives of the Irish Apostle.
have some Bishops placed over newly-projected sees, the great Apostle 12
possibly sent Auxilius, Isserninus^ and Secundinus,3 to Gaul, or to Great Britain, there to receive episcopal consecration. According to an established
usage in the Church, the presence of at least three prelates is required at the consecration of each Bishop. 33
In that Table, postfixed to the Martyrology of Donegal, as edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, we find some observations introduced within
20
" 28
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga, Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. xxvi. , pp. 13, 14.
21 He died on the 6th of April, a. d. 432.
See Rev. Denis Murphy's article on
"
Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society,"
See " Histoire Fleury's
vol. i. , No. i. , p. 15.
29 See Colgan's "Trias
Ecclesiastique," tomevi. , liv.
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
parish,
Ord-
382 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 26.
ArticleIV. —"ReputedFeastofSt. Bareas. Intheanonymouslist of Irish Saints, published by O'Sullevan Beare,1 we find a St. Bareus, at the 25thofAugust. Wethinkthistohavebeenamistakeofentry,asnoother warrant for it can be discovered in our Calendars.
Article V. —Festival of St. Bartholomew, Martyr. The festival
25th of August, as may be found in the Feilire of St. iEngus. There his name takes the Irish form Parrthalon. To this, the scholiast has added an explanatory note in Latin. 2 Wherefore it seems we are to regard him as St. Bartholomew, the Apostle, and whose Acts are fully set forth by the Bolland- ists,3 at this date. These Acts have a previous learned commentary* by the editor, Father John Stilting, SJ. ; and they are followed by a narratives of the posthumous honours, translations, relics and miracles of this celebrated Apostle of the Indies.
CtoentMtjrtl) JBap of august
ARTICLE I. —ST. AIREID, OR EREAD, OF ARDRINNIGH. [POSSIBLY IN THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH CENTURY. }
Almighty and Omniscient Lord of Heaven, of Earth, and of the
THEis toaidusHis and as Universe, always ready by strength graces,
also to know how far we are able to fulfil his designs in regard to our own
true interests and capabilities ; and so recognising His power and wisdom, with the division of labour allotted, His faithful servants in this world are careful to imitate the example of workmen, who toil from day to day, in order to carry out the designs of an accomplished Architect, who alone under- stands the whole plan of that edifice He intends to raise. Therefore, has time been divided into days, which are to be spent in cheerful and trusting toil, with a proportionate reward ; while patience and perseverance must increase the latter, and diminish the former, until the last day arrives and
of St. Bartholomew, Martyr, was observed in the early Irish Church, on the "';1
Article iv. —" See " Historic Catholic*
Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. ,
p. cxxv.
'Thus: "Apostolus, i. e. uiuus sepultus et in India passus. In India Parthalomeus
cap xi. , p. 50. —
Article v. • It is thus entered in the apostolus. Apud Cartaginem sanctorum
Irish verse, and the English translation is
martirum tricentorum qui beams exercitus massa'candida nuncupatur eo quod in cliba-
: by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. —
num — calcisaccensidispVersisunt. "
_ 1 « . . norneuhrceWcherc*
cechWhcor^r^^h Upmotxcrmoich wwo 1n p^puhAton bu^ch.
"The story, of his suffering was spread out on every side to the streamy sea : after a great cross—the victorious Bartholomew was crowned. " " Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus,
p^. cxxxiii. ,
„
Set ibid. ,
tomus
A
ti xxv De s< Bartholomceo Apostolo,
3See <Acta Sanct
Albanopoli in Armenia vel Albania, pp. 7
to 108.
4 This is in eleven sections and 1 13 para-
graphs.
5 This is comprised in several Parts,
Chapters, and Sections, containing in all
282 paragraphs,
•
August 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 383
theworkhasbeencompleted. Thus,werethesaintsaccustomedtospend
their period of probation on earth, not in despair or discouragement at the labour to be undertaken and accomplished, but seeking only to begin and end each day for His glory, without anxious ponderings on the future. They knew, however, that their burden of succeeding days and seasons should find change and rest, so that for them the morning of eternity must dawn, and at no distant date. With such reflections to afford them abundant
consolation, so many of our holy men innocently and unobtrusively passed their barely recorded existence, full of gratitude for the mercy and goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ, who marked them for His own, when they had with humble trustfulness and fidelity devoted themselves wholly to His service. As in so many other cases, much uncertainty prevails, in the effort to discover
particulars relating to the present saint. The name of Aread or Eread, a Priest, occurs, as Colgan tells us, in the Martyrologies of Tallagh, and of
Marianus O'Gorman, at the 26th of August.
1
However, it must be observed,
that in Dr. Kelly's edition of the Tallagh Martyrology, no mention of St.
Aireid or Eread is found at this day. Nor is there such an entry, in that
copy contained in the Book of Leinster. In a Life of St. Maidoc, Bishop
of Ferns, contained in the collection of British Saints by John Capgrave and
John of Tinmouth, allusion is made to a St. Aired. He is said to have lived
at a called 2 some distance from the mountain Beatha or
place Ardrinnigh,
Betha,3 on the confines of Cavan and Monaghan counties. Nevertheless, in
the Life of St. Maidoc, published by Colgan, although that place is named, there is no mention made of Aired, in connection with it/ He is thought to
have been miraculously visited there by St. Maidoc,s Bishop of Ferns, with whomheispresumedtohavelivedcontemporaneously. Still,thisisbyno means certain, from any evidence we have been able to procure. Again,
6
Colgan guesses this saint may be identical with Egreas, a reputed brother
to St. Gildas the Wise. 7 However, such a conjecture is rather far-fetched, and apparently relying only on the chance of the name Egreas being
resolvable into or Egred
Eread,
and a
supposition,
that
Egred
8 a being
disciple of St. Ailbe,? the time should well synchronize with that of Glidas
Badonicus. The feast of Aireid, Priest, is met with in the Donegal Martyr-
10
ology, but, further light is wanting to establish his period and even
identity.
Article i. —' See " Acta Sanctorum
Hiberniae," Januarii xxix. Vita S. Gildse Badonici Abbatis et Confessoris, ex Biblio-
theca \ loriacensi, edita a Joanne de Bosco, Cselestino Lugdunensi, n. 5, p. 188.
2
s See his Life, at the 31st of January, in the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
6"
See Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," xxix.
Januarii. Vita S. Gildse Badonici Abbatis et Confessoris, ex Bibliotheca Floiiacensi, edita a Joanne de Bosco, Caelestino Lug-
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," Januarii xxxi. Vila S. Maidoci seu dunensi, cap. ii. , p. 181.
Moedocii Archiepiscopi Fernensis seu Lageniae, ex Codice Kilkenniensi, cap. viii. , p. 209.
7 See his Life, at the 29th of January, in the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
3 It extends across a
of Clones, belonging to the County of Fer-
"
edited O'Suillevan: "Cum Albius in by
Prato Bovis esset, vir quidem sanctus cum ut ibi construendae cellae locum sibi donet, prsecatur. Albius, re ad discipulum suum Egredium relata, quam ipse ibi conditam habebat, cum omnibus supellectilibus et
managh. Slieve Beatha is rendered Mountain," from the belief that an ancient colonist of Ireland so named is buried within
a earn which still surmounts it. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four •
portion
of the
parish
vol. i. , pp. I, 2, and nn. (f, g), ibid.
4
Hiberniae," Januarii by xxxi. Vita S. Maidoci, &c, n. 13, p. 216. 228, 229.
Bith's
Masters," possessionibus
suis totis viro sancto relin-
Colgan says he fears Capgrave incorrectly
substituted Aired for Ardrinnigh ; or at least,
that Ardrinnigh was put for Aid—Airidh. tember.
See "Acta Sanctorum ,0 Edited Drs. Todd and
8
This is drawn from a Life of St. Ailbe,
quens, alio cum discipulis migrat. "—Cap. xiv.
9 His festival occurs on the 12th of Sep-
Reeves, pp.
384 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 26.
Article II. —St. Foilan or Faelan, of Cluain-Mhaoscna PROBABLY CLONMASKILL, IN FEATULLAGH, COUNTY OF WESTMEATH. Reference has already been made to St. Foillan or Faelan, Abbot, at the 9th of 1 He
find recorded in the published Martyrology of Tallagh. copyofthisCalendarcontainedintheBookofLeinsteris foundasimilar
3 whileinamarginalnote,thecommentatorhasstatedinmoredetail, that place with which he had been connected/ The Calendars of Cashei and of Marianus O'Gorman have his commemoration this day. When the monastery was founded at Cluain Mecsna, in the barony of Fertullagh,
County of Westmeath, does not appear to be clearly known. 5 In the 6
Martyrology of Donegal, this present saint is designated in like manner, Faelan, of Cluain Moescna, in Fir-Tulach, in West Meath. 7 Whether the present saint is identical with, or distinct from, the Faelan venerated at the 9th of January, cannot be very clearly ascertained, inasmuch as the name has been associated with the same place, although on different days. It is probable, however, we may have only one saint of the name, connected with this place, while two distinct festivals may have been assigned to him. 8
Article III. —St. Comgall Ua Sarain. The Book of Leinster and
2
the published Martyrologies of Tallagh record a festival in honour of
Comgall H. Sarain, at the 26th of August. His place and period are unknown. At the same date, in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 is the entry of Comhgall Ua Sarain.
Article IV. —Festival of St. Quintus and of His Companions,
Martyrs. ThefeastofSt. Quintusandofhiscompanionswascelebrated
""1 in Ireland, on the 26th of August, as entered in the Feilire of St. ^Engus.
There is also a commentary annexed. 2 An account of St. Quintus or
entry ;
Article ii. —l See the First Volume of this work, at that date, Art. iv.
* Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
probably
had a double festival. the reader is However,
January.
referred to what has been already written regarding his name and place. At the 26th of August, veneration was given to Faelan, Cluana Moescna, as we
2
3 Thus, feAlan Cluain moer-cn.
4 Thus, peal-An Cluain moer-cna, i. e. m copy is the following rami at that day, with
VenAib tniT>i i. e. 1 tTenaib Culach. 1t>em the English trans—lation furnished by Whitley
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
228, 229. — " Article iv. * In the "Leabhar Breac
AgufCnun-omelwACTlonAin aguf be^niuch
1 rochmcualuotitic.
Stokes, LL. D.
- ~
bu*it> pair Qumci niacin TM* comein
chelebn^ noT>nebnam5 i^nonobetl.
" The victory of Martyr Quintus' passion, to celebrate it arise thou : into heaven with
a very clear host he sprang after difficulty. " "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy,"
- Diocese of Meath, Ancientand Modern," vol. hi. , chap.
•
228,229.
' In his copy of this work, kindly lent to
me by the owner, William M. Hennessy
"
s See Rev. A.
Cogan's
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Cluain measkna.
There is a Clonmaskill, in Castletown- Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i.
adds a manuscript note : delvin.
"
On the Calendar of Oengus, p. cxxv.
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
niae," xvi. Januarii. Vita S. Foiliani, Ap- and it occurs on the lower margin of the
**
See
Colgan's
* This, however, is not
very intelligible,
pendix, cap. i. , —p. 104. l
"Leabhar Breac" copy, thus :
Buaid pais
Article hi. At the v;i of the Sep-
Quinti martir 7rl. comeir, i. e. , erigsin [si] surrexeris in feria hujus quanto magis in festis apostolorum et martirum et cetero- rum. "—See Hid. , p. cxxxiii.
tember Kalends (August 26th) we read in
this Martyrology of Tallagh : Comgall h. SArvAm.
:
a
In the manuscript
August 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 385
Quintinus, and his companions in suffering—so far as it can be collected from ancient records—has been given by the Bollandist Father John Pinius, S. J. , at this day. 3 This statement is contained jn three paragraphs.
Article V. —Reputed Feast of Peregrinus. On the authority of Camerarius, the Bollandists have entered at the 26th of August the festival of a Peregrinus, or a pilgrim, whose proper name is not given, but who is
1
said to have been servant to one Roman, the son of a King over the Scots. About him little of an authentic character appears to be known.
Ctoentp^ebentl) JBap of August
ARTICLE I. —ST. AUXILIUS, BISHOP OF KILOSSEY, COUNTY OF KILDARE.
{FIFTH CENTURY. }
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—FAMILY AND ORIGIN OF ST. AUXILIUS—HIS EARLY CONNEXION WITH ST. PATRICK—QUESTION AS TO THE TIME OF ST. AUXILIUS HAVING BEEN ORDAINED AND CONSECRATED—PROBABLE PERIOD OF HIS ARRIVAL AS A MIS- SIONARY IN IRELAND.
this saint was not a native of Ireland, yet, from a relation-
sh ALTHOUGH
he bore to our Irish
the
he
performed
in
ip
•spreading the Gospel throughout this Island, and also his connexion with
one of our earliest Sees, as its Bishop, Auxilius justly claims his place, in the Calendars, recording our national saints. It is difficult, however, to reconcile
1
Already, at the 19th of March, there is a brief allusion to St. Auxilius, and
2
to his place, Kilossey, in the County of Kildare, as that day has been
noted for his festival. 3 However, another has been assigned to him, at the present date, where his parentage is inserted, in the Irish Calendars ; and this latter seems to be his principal feast.
great
Apostle,
part
various conflicting accounts having reference to this early Irish missionary.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Au- gusti xxvi. De SS. Poeclano vel Heclano, Mercurio. Item Basilla, Maximiliano, Quinto vel Quintino. Item Sevo, Victore ; Primo, Victore, ac Militibus forte xxv. , Martyribus.
Ex apographis —Hieronymianis, p. 812. '
Article I. —' A very interesting account of St. Auxilius, and of his Church—variedly called Killossy, Killussy, Ceallusal, Killuas- suille, Killaussille, and in modern times Kil- lashee—has been given by Rev. Denis
Murphy, S. J. , M. R. I. A. , in the "Journal Ar—ticle v. Thus does that account of the County Kildare Archaeological
" :
S.
S. Peregrinus Romani Scotorum
vol. i. , No. i. , Killashee Church,
run
regis filii famulus legitur apud Camerarhim,
Society,"
lectotum mittit ad Vitam Pere- ejus per
pp. 13 to 18.
2 See the Third Volume of this at Work,
qui
grinum Carpium, Tabulas Lucenses et
that date, Art. vi.
Mutinenses. " See Acta Sanctorum," 3 His name is there entered simply
tomus v. , Augusti xxvi. Among the Pre- termitted Saints, p. 761.
Auxilius, in the Martyrology of Tallagh.
4 As already stated in the Life of St.
Vol. VIII. —No. 7.
1 b
"
386 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 27.
The present St. Auxilius, or Auxilinus, as sometimes called, is said to have been a nephevr to the illustrious Apostle of Ireland ; and, to have been the son of his sister Liemania, by a man named Restitutus, who was of Lombardic origin/ She is related to have been twice married ; in the first instance, to a man named Conis,s and by him her children were Mel,6 after- wards Bishop of Ardagh, Rioch,? Abbot of Inisboffin, in Lough Ree, and one called Nuna. 8 The second husband of Liemania was called Restitutus, according to the opinion most received. By our native Calendarists, St. Auxilius is called son of Hua Baird,9 which designation has been applied also to Restitutus, while it is said to be referable to his race, and to the
her husband 10 Restitutus,Liemania, thought
from which he came.
to have been sister to St. Patrick," had seven sons, and our Saint, moreover,
country
By
:
had six brothers, who are thus named I2 St. Secundums, whose feast is kept
on the 27th of November,^ and St. Nectan, commemorated on the 2nd of
1 * to the —Irish J 5 10 May, according Calendars,likewise,Dabonna, Mogomanus,
Dariocus, saints.
1 ? and 18 all of whom are said to have been' venerated as Lugna
However, the real parentage of the present holy man, Auxilius, seems to
rest merely on conjecture. The Scholiast on the Martyrology of Tallngh calls Auxilius the brother of St. Patrick the Bishop, while the latter is said to
have addressed him, and to have named him, styling Auxilius his own comorban. 10 This, however, can only indicate, that our saint was brother to St. Patrick, in the great works of the ministry, since the latter is afterwards designated his spiritual father.
Whatever may be thought about his origin and relationship, it would appear, that Auxilius became attached to St. Patrick, in his earlier years ; and, t is stated, that he was companion of the Irish Apostle on his way to
Patrick, Apostle and Chief Patron of Ire-
and, in the Third Volume of this work, at
the 17th of March, several contradictory ac- counts have been given, regarding the Sisters
of St. Patrick, and about their offspring.
See especially chap, iii. , and nn. 62, 63, 64,
65, 66, 67, 68, 69, and 70.
5
Conis was married to Darerca, also called
the sister of St. Patrick.
6
His feast occurs on the 6th of February, where notices of him may be found in the Second Volume of this Work, Art. i.
7 See his Acts, in the present Volume, at the 1st of August, the date for his festival, Art. i.
8 We
the account in Rev. Denis Murphy's article on Killashee Church, in the" Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society," vol. i. , No. i. , p. 14.
lationship, however, is not well established,
SeeColgan's ActaSanctorumHiber- nise," Martii xix. Vita S. Auxilii, cap. i. , p, 657, and nn. 1, 2, pp. 658, 659.
I3 See an account of him, at that date, in the Eleventh Volume of this work.
I5 His name is not found in the Irish Calendars.
,6
Not met with in the Irish Calendars.
I? Under this title not known to our
Calendarists.
l8
At the 20th of January, there is a notice of a St. Lugna, Priest of Cilltarsna, in the First Volume of this work, Art. v. , but he is not known to be identical with
the present Lugna. Again, at the 25th of April, in the Fourth Volume of this work,
there is a Lugna, of Letir, Art. vi. , who seems to have been a different person. At the 31st of December, Lughna the Deacon is honoured with a festival, but his person- ality has not been determined.
However, according to some accounts,
I4 a notice of St. See
suspect
Munis is here meant. See
9 Thus in the Martyrology of Tallaght, he
"
of the Kalends of September, or the 27th
dar of Irish Saints,"
xxxiii.
:
Usaille mac h liaird,"at the vi.
is called,
day of August. See Dr. Kelly's
"
Calen- With this account the entry in the O'Clerys' Calendar
' 9 The words are thus by
given Colgan
p.
agrees.
10 No festival has been
the Irish Calendars.
" Patricius dixit; Auxilinus tuum nomen apud nos ; ordinatus es meus Comorbanus
11 See his Life at the of
17th March,
in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i. This re-
assigned
Episcopus
to her in
et Sanctorum Martii xix. De S. Auxilio
See chap, iii. , n. 64, ibid. 12 "
at that in the Fifth Volume of this work, Art. i.
et amice filius sor—oris et Spiritualis Pater. " "Acta Hibernia? ,"
Episcopo, n. 3, p. 659.
Neachtain,
day,
August 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 387 Rome. 20 Here, we are told, that Auxilius received a call to orders, at the
21
time the Irish Apostle was consecrated Bishop, by Pope Celestine,
connected with the biography of our saint. According to the Tripartite
statement must be 23 and it is also received,
is usually held to have been late in 431 or early in 432. " Yet, there are
conflicting accounts, about this ordination, as also regarding other particulars,
Life of St. the Patrick,
foregoing
said, the consecration of our Irish Apostle with the ordination of Auxilius,
and of other companions, took place, before St. Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre,2* and Amathus,25 King of Rome. 20 The more ancient Lives of St. Patrick, and his Confessions, however, seem to indicate, that this consecration and ordination took place, in some part of Gaul. 2 ? Even there is an account, contained in the Book of Armagh, that Auxilius when a boy had been the Exorcist of St. Patrick, who did not advance him to higher
38
orders until the Irish Apostle preached the Gospel in the Liffey plain. There is a grave doubt, as to whether Auxilius accompanied St. Patrick from Rome to Ireland in 432; although such a statement seems to be
20
Others are silent in reference to such a matter. An opinion has been advanced, that this saint and some other attendants of St. Patrick might have arrived with the latter in Ireland, and have aided the work of his mission, in a subordinate capacity. 3° After- wards, on seeing the great success, that attended his labours, and wishing to
favoured in some Lives of the Irish Apostle.
have some Bishops placed over newly-projected sees, the great Apostle 12
possibly sent Auxilius, Isserninus^ and Secundinus,3 to Gaul, or to Great Britain, there to receive episcopal consecration. According to an established
usage in the Church, the presence of at least three prelates is required at the consecration of each Bishop. 33
In that Table, postfixed to the Martyrology of Donegal, as edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, we find some observations introduced within
20
" 28
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga, Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. xxvi. , pp. 13, 14.
21 He died on the 6th of April, a. d. 432.
See Rev. Denis Murphy's article on
"
Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society,"
See " Histoire Fleury's
vol. i. , No. i. , p. 15.
29 See Colgan's "Trias
Ecclesiastique," tomevi. , liv.
