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ex utraque pirte montium in integrum atque per totum," &c. 3= The wmer of the old Life intimates, that moi. ks belonging to the order of St.
Benedict were sub^equenily in possession of thatplace.
St. Luke X. , 38 to 42.
" Some scribe had nKirked, on the margin
of the Codex containing Trudpen's old I^ife, Ex sumptu et consensu Otiperti Comitis anno iJomini 642. " Hut, this mar-inal note
«a1,ocalled M. iriiaiius.
have been the fourth bishop, who presided over Const. mce.
' Accord. ng to the Breviary of Con- stance.
•' In the Chronicle of James Keiastith, it
his life. One of them
with — approached an axe,
does not seem to the con- is •' Corumitus VI. belonging oiigmal . said,
Kalendas Miijianno
'*''*•
3" The old Life has it, that in the shrine
these wcrepiescrved to the writer's lime, and that casket had been brought rom Ronje by Truapext ; nor was any addition of orna-
DCXLIV.
*3 See the Holland ists' "Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus iii. , Aprilisxxvi. De Vita et passione S. Trndpert. , lib. i. ,c. ip. ii. , sect. l«, 19, 20' 21, 22, and nn. (a, b, c), pp. 430 to 432.
specifica. ions, by a charter.
He is said to
Soo LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 26.
cuted this unnatural and foul deed ; for, seeking to escape from justice, they fled into the dense forest. For that day and night, they endured great priva-.
tion, anxiety and fatigue. In the morning, ignorant of the course to be taken, they had wandered back to that very spot, where they had assassinated the
innocent Trudpert. Having been recognised by some persons, they were chasedthroughthewoods. Meantime,Othpertcametoseetheremainsof
the holy servant of God laid out, previous to his interment; when, four days after Trudpert's death, not alone was the body found fresh and incorrupt, but
his benign and angelic features were composed, as if the Martyr were sleep- ing, while no discolouration, or even pallor, was to be seen over his face.
Occupied with the pious duty of consigning Trudpert's body to the grave, Othpert heard that the robbers had thrice returned towards the hermitage,
andthatthricetheneighbouringpeoplehadgiventhemchase; therefore,he charged the local guards to assist, and soon the murderers were secured. He ordered them to be brought for examination, before the provincial Count Bobon, or Babo, the son of Otger, and the Landgrave of Alsace. '** But, while the guards conducted the prisoners to him, passing over a bridge, or the crossing of a certain river, one of the soldiers placed his spear in a position, to support himself the better, when its point turning towards one of the cul- prits, the latter rushed against it, and so put an end to his life. The other wretched man was brouglit before Bobon, who convicted him, and sentenced him to be hung, while he was allowed but a very short time to prepare for death. A stone coffin was made to enclose the holy Trudpert's body, and a great number of the people was present. With religious rites, it was deposited in that oratory, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. Afterwards, it became a celebrated place for pilgrimages ; when multitudes of blind, lame, deaf, lepers and other infirm persons flocked thither, to be cured of their diseases. *'
When some years had rolled over, after this first interment, a pious servant of God saw Trudpert in a vision, and he declared, that water had poured in, so as to create damp within the coffin, which, it was intimated, should be placed on a higher level. The matter being referred for consideration to several priests and religious, while Othpert was still alive, it was resolved to exhume the sarcophagus. A considerable number of the clergy assisted at this cere- mony, and on opening the tomb, many years having elapsed since his inter- ment, Trudpert's body was found to be preserved in a very perfect state, and without any signs of decay. The sarcophagus was raised, and new linen hav- ing been set around the remains, with religious hymns and ceremonies, Trud- pert's tomb was duly replaced. After Othpert's death,** the oratory and grave of our saint were deserted, owing to some troubles raised by his heir ; however, in the time of his grandson, called Rampert, a real effort was made to restore and to ornament that oratory of St. Peter and Paul,—which is desig-
nated as a Basilica. It is said, that — the Pope Stephen perhaps
Third Sovereign Pontiff bearing the name examined trustworthy wit- nesses, regarding the manner of Trudpert's death, and the number of miracles, which had been wrought at his tomb. Satisfied with the result of their testimony, we are told, that Sovereign Pontiff inscribed the blessed
"This is asserted, in the chronicle of the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum," tomus
James Keraslith.
*5 The old Life of our saint declares, that
of these cures had been attested by writing, while many had been overlooked, throui^h carelessness, and that a fire had caused several of the local memorials to perish. The Abbot Erganbald, of whom mention has been already made, restored the ravages which happened to the Sicred structure. See
iii. , Aprilis xxvii. De S. Trudperto Martyre. Prologue num. 5, p. 425.
•' The Bollandists quote a distich, — pre-
many
fixed to the Codex ofSt. Trudpert's Life
"
:
Othpertus, Rampertque, Comes Lud- fridus ab Hapspurg,
Trudpcrti sacram fundarunt Martyri* asdem. "
April 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 501
man's name on the list of holy Martyrs, and decreed honours to his memory. When the church newly built by Ramperl had been finished, the spirit of
Trudpert appeared once more to some religious men. Then, they learned, that tlie place selected for his sepulture was still damp, and that the coffin should be again raised. The diocesan Bishop,'" accordingly, convoked a great assembly of clergy, monks and people, who lived near and even distant from the Rhine. In their presence, the Martyr's relics were again exhumed, and covered anew with a shroud. Rampert assisted, and the tomb was raised to a more conspicuous part of the church, while the Gloria in Excehis was chaunted, by the whole congregation,*' on the sixth of the May Kalends, and in the year of our Lord 813. When Count Rampert had been gathered to his fathers, the illustrious Count Ludfrid, a worthy scion of the same family, after the lapse of several years, greatly augmented the revenues of that monas- tery, dedicated to the holy Apostles Saints Peter and Paul, as also to the glorious Martyr Trudpert. A Benedictine community then sung God's praises, both by day and by night. The great fame of the various cures, wrought at St. Trudpert's tomb, caused the presiding Bishop of Constance to translate the relics, in a solemn manner. Very opportune was this occasion deemed for a great crowd of people to assemble, and especially for those labouring under various kinds of infirmities. With the diocesan were two assisting pre- lates. Only the Bishops, the Canons, the Priests and Religious, were per- mitted within the church doors ; and, clothed in their respective habits, theseapproachedtheMartyr'stomb. ThissolemnTranslationofSt. Trud- pert's remains took place the day after the Festival of the Apostles, Saints Simeon and Jude; consequently, it happened on the 29th of October. '"
The subsequent history of St. Trudpert's veneration at Brisgau is revealed, in
the diflferent instances cited from the old Acts, about his miraculous interposi-
tion on behalfof his favoured clients, in high and humble positions; as also, in the
variouscures,wroughtthroughhisintercession,andathisshrine. 5° Thesedetails
are not devoid of curious social illustrations, setting forth manners and usages,
regarding the ages and localities specified; while exhibiting, also, the great faith
of the clergy and people in his merits and power, before the throne of Almighty
God, particularly in tliose parts, where his memory was preserved. 'I'he town of
Bresgau, the diocese of Constance, and the region of the Black Forest, were
specially blessed with his patronage. At the 26th of April, the Martyrology ofUsuard,s'amplifiedforthechurchofAlsace,5'hashisfestival. 53 Invarious
Breviaries, such as in those belonging to the church of Spiers, of Strasburgh, of Salisbury, and of Constance, prayers, commemorations and lessons for St. Trudpert are set down; while, in the Chronicle of the Bishopric of Con-
* He is said to have been named Wolf-
leon. theseventeenthBishopinotderofsucces- sion at Constance, who was elected A. D.
8(3, and who died a. d. 831, according to Manlius.
** This ceremony took place, the second
year of the reign of King Louis, the son of
Charlemagne.
*< See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus lii , Aprilis xxvi. Vita S. Trudperti Erem. Mart. , lib. i. , cap. iii. , sect. 23 to 33,
with notes, pp. 432 to 435. Father Hen- schen thinks, th. it the last three sections had not been written by Abbot Erganljald, and that these had been added, at times subse- quent to his departure.
*" See ibid. , hb. ii. , cap. i. , ii. , and sect. I to 23, with notes, pp. 435 to 440.
! ' It has " In Nigra-sylva S. Trudperti Martyris,"at vi. of the May Kalends. This
copy formerly belonged to M. Nicolaus Scheichius Hagenoius.
'' This parchment Manuscript is in the handwriting of Widon Krentzclin. and it was traced in the time of the Emperor Sigismund, the Roman See being vacant, consequently in A. D. 1416.
5' See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of the Saints," vol. iv. , April 26, p. 351.
5* This was begun, by Jacobus Manlius, and it has been edited by Joannes Pistorius,
"
Veteres Renim Germani- carum Scriptores. " In the Fourth Appen- dix, presenting a Catalogue of the Saints
belonging to the Diocese of Constance, we
find written :
in his collection,
"
S. Tnidpertus, Eremita,
502 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 26.
stance, 5< find in tlieSacrarium Benedictinum of Gabriel Biicelin, lie is venerated as a lioly Martvr. 55 Tnidpertiis, Martyr, is found mentioned in Henry Fitz-
"
simon's
Catalogiis aliquorum Sanctorum Ii)ernise," but witliout dating his
festivals* In like manner, lie is called a prince, and a glorious martyr, the
brother of St. Rudbert, and patron of Frisgangensis,57 by Convaeus. The old
writer of our Saint's Lile encourages the people placed under his patronage to
venerate St Trudpert, who so bravely fought the good fight upon earth, and who thus deserved to receive the triumphal crown of heaven.
ArticleII. —St. DiommogofCluainCaoin. Oneofouroldchurches has been compared to a sealed book in stone, as being the sole relic materially of some unknown saint. The Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 26th of April, enters the name Modimoc, Cluanacain, as having been venerated. On the
Clonkeehan Old Church, County of Louth.
same authority, the Bollandists notice him. ' Many places, called Clonkeen, are known throughout Ireland. Also, within the county and barony of Louth, there is a small parish, called Clonkeehan, consisting of good arable
Mnrtyr, de partibus Scotorum in monaste- rium Numnfja : quod nuncmoiiasterium, luo noinine. S. Trudperti nnminntur in Brisgoii. " The nionas'ery was called Numaga from the little liver that flowed by it, nnd between the
of 01)"rtlial and Undenhnl, that is, the upper . nnd lower valley, at the base <if theHereini;inmountains. Someoftheolder ninps show S. Hubrecht, instead of S. Trub- recht.
55 . See the Prologue of Father Godefrid Henschen, in "Acta S. nnctorum. "toniusiii. , Aprilis xxvi. De S. Trudperto Martyre,
Erem tain Brisgoia, sect. 1,2, pp. 424. 425. 5' He refers for auihoriiy to Herricus
Canisius' " Lectiones," tomus vi. . •\ntiqiioe
villages
s? 1
a— for
)oubtless misprint Brisgaugensis.
'
Article ii. Edited by
Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxii. In the Franciscan copy, at
this date, we find moT3im6c cLuAin Cain.
April 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 503
land, and beautified by fine sylvan scenery. The old graveyard there has long been disused, and it is now enclosed with a low wall, within which young trees have been planted, so as nearly to obliterate tlie former graves. Only a portion of one gable remains, to commemorate the existence of a very ancient cliurch. 3 In it was a small window, deeply splayed inwards, but now completely overgrown with ivy. The graveyard rises high, over the adjoin- ing road and field. It nia) be questioned, if the present saint be a different person from the St. Modimog, Bishop and Confessor, of Cluain-Cain-Aradh, inMunster,andwhoisveneratedatthelothofDecember. ^ Thefestivalof Dimmdg, of Cluain-caoin, was celebrated on this day, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal. ' In the table added to this work, it is intimated within brackets, that he was patron of a place, which was situated in the county of Limerick. * However, this seems to be a mere conjecture.
Article III. —St. Cronan. There are few actual repetitions in Irish ecclesiastical history, however varied, and sometimes monotonous, may be the recurrence of our brief homonymous notices. A record is found, in the Martyrology of Tallagh," at the 26ih of April, regarding St. Cronan. Nothing more is said to reveal his identity.
A saint, who is called Cronan, had a fes- tival on this day, as we find entered again, in the Martyrology of Donegal. '
Article IV. —Conan. On the 26th of April, the name Conan is set down, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh;' nevertheless, it may have been only a repetition, and a misspelling for Cronan. However, on the authority of the Martyrology of Tallagh, the Bollandists, at this date, have the record of " Conanus pulcher. "'' In the Tripatite Life of St. Patrick, it is said, that when the Irish Apostle was in the west of Ireland, and at a place called Dromat, in Kierragia Artech, he wrought a remarkable miracle, to appease the contention ofthreebrothers. Theseafterwardspresentedhimwithsomeland,onwhich he built a church. Over this, he placed a certain Cona, or Conan, who was a worker in metals, and a brother to St. Sacelhis, a bishop. ' Among the many saints bearing the same name, Colgan is unable to identify him. * We find mentioned, on this day, in the Martyrology of Donegal,' that veneration was given to Conan.
Article V. —The Daughters of Cuan.
Quoting the Martyrology of
Tallagh,
'
the Bollandists ' enter Filiae
at 26th. Cuani, April
no, in. —' Edited Article IV.
A festival in
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Aprilisxxvi. Among the pretermitted saints. p. 408.
' The accompanying illustration, sketched by the writer, in August, 1883, was tnns- ferred to the wood, by William F. Wake-
Rev. Kelly, p. xxii. It does not occur, in the
Aprilisxxvi. Amongthepretermittedfeasts, man, and it was engraved by Mrs. Mil- p. 408.
lard. See sheet 14, County Louth Maps.
* See notices of him, at that day.
'Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
110,111.
^ See Colgnn's "Trias Thaumaturga,"Sep- timaVita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. Ivi. , p. 137.
*See Mii. , n. 115, p. 178.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 110, III. —
Article v. See "Acta Sanctorum,"
'
SeeHit/. , —
pp. 402, 403.
Article hi.
Kelly, p. xxii. find Cnondin.
• Edited
'
EHited by Rev. Dr. In the Franciscan copy, we
tomus iii. , Aprilis xxvi. termiUed saints, p. 40S.
Among the pre-
by
Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp.
' In a note, Dr. Todd
says
at this
proper
Franciscan copy,
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
by
Dr.
504 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAIJVTS. [April 26.
honour of the Daugliters of Ciian ' was celebrated on this day, as we find recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal. 3 Some doubt appears to have existed, in reference to the exact day for their festival. '*
Article VI. —St. Indreachtach, Abbot of Bangor. [Ninth and Tenth Centuries. '] St. Indreachtach, was son to Dobhailen ; and, he seems to have been born, some time during the ninth century. He became Abbot of Bangor, where a great religious institute was founded, about the year 559, by St. Comgall,' a native of Magheraniorne, in the county of Antrim. He was a of St. Columkille,' and their — monasteries
contemporary
—emblance to each other, both in their bore a great res
respective discipline being
semina-
and, in their economy, they were generally governed by a presbyter abbot, as also attended by a resident bishop. St. Indreachtach died, on the 26th day of April, ^ a. d. 901, according to tlie Annals of the Four Masters. Therei—n are quoted these following lines,
being a translation from the original Irish
" One and three hundred fair revolving years from the death of Comhgall
of Beannchair,
To the period of the happy death of the great illustrious Innreachtach. "<
As this saint is said to have died, about the commencement of the tentli cen- tury, we should not feel surprised at the omission of his name, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh, at the vi. of the Kalends of May, or 26th of April ;5 for, according to Colgan, St. Corpre, Abbot of Clonmacnoise, who died in 899, is the latest saint, whose name is inserted in that calendar.
Article VII. —St. Senan. Even when we know little regarding the
history of a saint, we may fairly assume, that his age and our own have derived some marked spiritual advantages, from the very fact of his existence. What we have gained from those going before us to Heaven, sometimes con- sciously, and more frequently unconsciously, reflects a brightness on our souls, which may be conceived as referable—at least in part—to remote happy ideas, drawn from some holy exemplar or teacher. It would appear, that St. Senan lived, during the first five centuries after our Island's conversion. His name is entered, in the Martyrology of Tallagh," at the 26th of April; and, this record is thought sufficient, to warrant such an inference. The Bollandists merely notice him, as Senanus. ^ This day, we find registered, likewise, in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 that veneration was given to a St. Senan.
ries of learning as also receptacles for piety
;
rame, Cuan ; "The more recent hand adds, '25 Apr. 1iijenA CuAtiain,' This seems to
Calends of May, or April 26, we meet no name, corresponding with Innreachtach.
* See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 560 to 563.
5 At this day, however, we find the follow-
" Cuiss Bennchair. " See Rev. Dr. Kelly's "Calendar of Irish Saints," &c. ,
p. xxii.
Article vii.
Kelly, p. xxii. SeriAin.
that the '
of Cuan,' here '
Daughters entered,maybethesameasthe Daus^hters
of Cuanan,' mentioned [in the Mart. Taml. ]
on the of
25th April. "
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 1:0. III.
• This title is resolved into IrigeariA CiiAin, in the Ordnance SuiTey Copy of the Irish Calendar of the Common Place Book F,atp. 41. —
sutjgest,
Article vi.
'
See his Life, at the loth
°" See
rilis xxvi.
ofMay.
' See his Life, at the 9th of June.
3 Li the Irish Calendar, belonging to the
Irish Ordnance Survey, and at the vi. of the
p. 408.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
:
ing entry
:
no, III. — Article viii.
Edited by Drs. Todd
—
Ihe Franciscan copy has
•
Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Ap-
the
Among pretermitted saints,
Edited Rev. Dr. by
r
Article VIII. —St. Domnall. According to the Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman, and of Donegal,; tlie name of Domnall was venerated on this da)'. As we have no other indication to distinguish him, it may be doubted, if he be the blind Domhnaldiis restored to sight by St. Patrick. Allu- sion is made to him, as Doranallus by the Bollandists. ^ Jocelyn tell us, that a certain man, named Domnhaldus, who was blind even from his birlh, hear- ing the saint passing by, placed himself in the way. He trusted, that through St. Patrick, he should receive the light so much desired. But, as darkness was before his steps, and light was withdrawn from his eyes, while running forward, he fell, and when he would have arisen, no one was there who helped him with a hand. Then a certain priest, in company with the saint, when s£e- ing him fall, laughed, and mocked the mischance of the blind man. St. Patrick observing this was offended, and lest any among his disciples should so again presume, he checked the foolishness of the scorner with reproof, and
April 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 505
with " punishment, saying,
I
unto thee, since in the name of
my
however, to determine who was that St. Domnall, the disciple of St. Patrick, and whose feast belongs, perhaps, to the 26th of April. One Domnal was a fos- terer of Corbmac, son to Prince Enda, a convert. This Domnal was a disciple of St. Patrick. 5 A Domnal was bishop of Aleach mor, which place the monks of Clonmacnoiseafterwardspossessed. * Subsequently,heiscalledthesonof Crimthann. 7 Heisdistinguishedfromtwoothernamesakes,viz. ,Domnall, sonofColgne,ofTulach-liag,andDomnald,ofCuil-Chonalta. ' Again,the BoUandists have remarked,^ that Colgan did not doubt, but that St. Daniel, a British bishop,'" was identical with the St. Domnallus venerated, on this (lay, or with two other saints bearing a similar name, and noticed in our calendars.
Article IX. —St. Began, or Beccan of Clonard, County of Meath. In the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 26th of April, we find the namewrittenBeccan,Cluanaaird. ThesameauthorityisquotedbytheBol- landists, for their insertion of Becanus Cluanfensis. ' His death is recorded, at the —in the Annals of the Four Masters. 3 Archdall
say
God, the eyes of this man, which are closedjin darkness, shall now be opened, thyeyes,whichareopenonlytoevil,shallnowbeclosed. " Thishesaid,and making the sign of the cross, he removed darkness from the blind man, and lightwentfromthepriest,whomadeaneviluseofit. 3 Strangetosay,inthe Tripartite Life, this blind man is called Roan, the son of Conchnamha, and Rath Roan was the place, where the miracle took place. * Colgan finds it difficult,
year 687,
and Reeves, pp. no, III.
" See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Ap-
rilis xxvi. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 408.
i See Colgan's Trias Thaumaturga," p. 408.
"
Sexia Vita S. P. Atricii, cap. cxxiv. , p. 93.
* See ibid. Septima Vita S. Patricu, lib.
ii. , cap. Ixxxi. , Ixxxii.