Colgius or Colchuo,52 is said to have been author of a Treatisess on the
Miracles
of his Master, St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v1
This writer's great partiality for Scotland induces him improperly to claim the present saint, as also many other saints
and writers, although unquestionably these were Irishmen.
"
John of Trittenhem enumerates some of
Catalogus Scriptorum
1531, in quarto shape. Bale has added to John of Trittenhem's List, in his Scripto-
rum Illustrium Majoris Brytannije, quam nunc Angliam et Scotiam vocant, Catalogus: a Japheto per 3618 annos, usque ad annum
vm INTROD UCTION.
St. Ailbe, Bishop of Emly,^^ is believed to have compiled a Rule for Monks, ^9 which had been preserved in manuscript. ^"
The illustrious St. Brigid,^^ justly regarded as the great luminary in our Irish Church, about the close of the fifth and beginning of the sixth centu-
ries, is stated to have composed a Rule for her Nuns, and to have written some devout poems and epistles. ^^ Her chaplain, St. Nemid or Ninnidh Lainidan,=^3 is said to have produced some Hymns, in one of which there is a Panegyric of St. Brigid. ^-^ St. Brogan Cloen,*s Abbot of Rostuirck in Ossory, also wrote an Irish Hymn in her praise. ^*^ Cogitosus compiled a Life of St. Brigid. ^7
St. Diarmuid, the Just, was Abbot of Inis-Clothran,'^ and to him is attri- buted a work in the form of a Psalter, wherein fifty-two Irish saints are com- memorated. "9 St. FinenorFinian,BishopofClonard,isenumeratedamong our writers. 3° A certain Geman wrote a hymn in praise of this holy Bishop. 3^ St. Kieran, Abbot of Clonmacnoise,^" is also said to have written a Rule for his Monks, and it is known under a title, The Law of Ciaran, the Artificer. 33 Some Prophecies are rather doubtfully ascribed to St. Jarlath,34 Bishop of Tuam. 35 Amergin Mac Auley, Poet Laureate to Dermod Mac Carroll,3'5 is supposed to be author of the Dinnsenchus, or
the Etymology of Remarkable Places in Ireland. 37 Again, the Canons of
'^
See his Life at the I2th of September.
'' This seems to have been the Law of St.
Albe, embraced in Munster, according to the "Ulster Annals," at a. d. 792. See
September.
'7 See Gerard Vossius, " De Scriptoribus
Latinis," lib. iii. , p. 624. Canisius, "An- tiquje Lectiones," tomus v.
January.
'9 Colgan says,' he had a copy of this Poem, but he thinks that interpolations have been inserted there by a more recent hand. See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernifc,"
X. Januarii, Vita S. Diermitii, n. 9, pp. 51,52. 30 His Life is given at the 1 2th of Decem-
ber. For his imputed writings, see Sir James Ware's " De Scriptoribus Hiberniae," lib. i. , p. 10.
3' See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," xxiii. Februarii, Vita S. Finiaui, cap. xxiii. , p. 395.
^ See his Life at the 9th of September.
33 See Sir James Ware's " De Scripto- ribus Hiberniae," lib. i. , p. 10.
3* See his Life at the 6th of June.
35 Colgan had a copy of those reputed prophecies. See "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
niae, "xi. Februarii, VitaS. Hierlathi, p. 309. 3* See Dr. Kelly's edition of Gratianus
Lucius, or Lynch's "Cambrensis Eversus,"
vol. i. , cap. vii. , pp. 376 to 379.
3' Copies of this ancient tract are pre-
served in the Libraries of Trinity College, and of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
Dr. O'Conor's " Rerum Hibemicarum
=** See his Life at the loth of
Scrip- tores,"tomusiv. AnnalesUltonienses,p. 116. =~ See Harris' Ware. Vol. iii. "The
Writers of Ireland," book i. chap. ii. p. 6.
'' "^
See her Life at the ist of February. Other writings are likewise ascribed to
"
See Colgan's
Appendix Tertia ad Acta S. Brigidae, cap. ii. , p. 610. The life of St. Brigid is more
fully treated, at the ist of February, the day of her chief festival. The work attributed
"
to her by Bale,
lib. i. ," on the authority of some older writers, Sir James Ware believes should rather be ascribed to St. Brigid of Sweden. See "De Scriptoribus Hiberniie," lib. i. cap. ii. , p. 9.
"3 See his Life at the 2nd of April.
"* His acts occur at the i8th of January, according to Colgan. See "Acta Sancto- rum Hibemise," xviii. Januarii. Vita S. Nennidhii, pp. iii to 115.
'S See his Life at the 17th of September,
=«See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Appendix Tertia ad Acta S. Brigidae, cap. i. , p. 609. His feast occurs at the 17th of
her.
Trias Thaumaturga,"'
Suarum Revelationum,
classed H. 2. 15, and H. 3. 3, T. C. D. See
volume, with learned Introduction, notes,
and Appendices, for the Irish Archaeological Society, Dublin.
'^ See his Life at the loth of May. Also, Sir James Ware, "De Scriptoribus Hiber- nire," lib. i. , p. 14.
" Lectures on the Manu- script Materials of Ancient Irish History,"
xxi. p. 449.
3^ See his Life at the iSth of November. 39 His Acts, with notes and appendices,
arepublishedbyColgan. See"ActaSanc- torum Hibemiae," xviii. Martii. Vita S. Fridiani, sive Findiani, pp. 633 to 651.
*° See his Life at the 15th of April,
4' See Harris' Ware, vol. iii. "Writers of
Eugene O'Curry's
Lect. 10. Lect. i. , pp. 9,
n.
Lect. iii. , p. 53. Lect. ix. , pp. 188, 193. Lect. xii. , p. 257. Lect. xiv. , p. 302. Lect.
book
*" See his Life at the 1 6th of May.
^3 See Bale's "Scriptorum Illustrium Ma-
Ireland,"
i. , chap, iii. , pp. 16, 17.
&c. Cent, Catalogus. "
and Arnold Wion's ' '
4* See his Life at the 29th of November.
45 See "Trias " Colgan's Thaumaturga.
S'* In
Dempster's
Historia Ecclesiastica
joris Brytanniae,
xiv. , Lig-
No.
num Vita;," lib. ii.
78, p. 236,
ii. ,
28, p. 49.
INTR on UCTION. IX
the Blessed Frigidian^^ are attributed to a celebrated Irish Bishop of Lucca, who bore that name, and there founded a monastery. 39
St. Ruadan''° flourished in the sixth century, and it is said he wrote three differenttracts. '*' Muchaboutthesametime,St. Brendan,'*^BishopofClonfert, —some maintain, however, that he ruled over the see of Ardfert—wrote a Rule forhisMonks,andothertreatiseshavebeenascribedtohim. 43 Hisnamesake andcontemporary,St. Brendan,44AbbotofBirr,hasascribedtohimsomeenco- miastic verses on St. Columkille. 45 This latter great Apostle of Caledonia*^ is the reputed author of Saints' Acts, Prophecies, Monastic Rules, Poems, and Religious Tracts. ^? St. Comgall, or Congall,4S Abbot of Bangor, is said to have Wtten a Rule for Monks and some Epistles. 49 St. Eochaid Dalian, the Blind, 5° wrote some Irish poems in praise of St. Columkille, of St. Senan, Iniscathay, and of St. Conald Coel, Abbot of Inis-Coel. s' St.
Colgius or Colchuo,52 is said to have been author of a Treatisess on the Miracles of his Master, St. Columkille. 54 St. Baithen, Abbot of Iona,5s is also said to have writteninIrishverse,TheLifeofSt. Columba. s'^ ToSt. Canice,Abbotof Aghaboe,57 has been attributed a Biography and Hymns, eulogistic of the same saint, s^ The foregoing enumeration, however, by no means exhausts the list of Hagiograpers,S9 who lived in the fifth and sixth centuries.
They are contained in the Books of Lecan, Reeves' edition of Adamnan's " Life of St.
Leinster, and Ballymote. Also in the MS. , Columba," published in a large quarto
Quinta Vita S. Columbse, cap. xli. and lib. i. , cap. xxvi. , p. 393. Colgan's "Trias
Appendix Tertia, pars, i. , p. 469.
** See his Life at the 9th of June.
47 The reader is referred for very complete
Thaumaturga. " Also, Appendix Tertia ad Acta S. Columbae, Pars Prima, p. 470.
57 See his Life at the nth of October.
5* See Sir Ware, " De Scriptoribus James
Hiberniae," lib. i. , cap. iii. , p. 34.
59 of these are unknown by name, Many
while it is uncertain if the tracts ascribed to
him to " Trias Colgan's
particulars regarding
Thaumaturga," pp. 31910514. See Tertia
ad Acta S.
471 to 473. Also, to the Rev. William
Appendix
ColumbiE, pars. ii. ,pp.
"
Gentis Scotomm," tomus i. , lib. iii. . No.
254, p. 152. s"SeehisLifeatthe29thofJanuary.
"
5' See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nias," xxix. Januarii. Vita S. Dallani, pp.
203 to 205.
s« See his Life at the 20th of February.
S3 See Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's "Life of
St. Columba," lib. i. , cap, 17, 35, pp. 45, 46, 65, 66, and accompanying notes.
^9 See Dempster's
Historia Ecclesiastica
"
Gentis Scotonim," tomus i. , lib. vii. , num.
"
578, he is called
55 See his Life at the 9th of June.
5* See O'Donnell's "Vita S. Columbae,"
St. Golgus. "
others are authentic or referable to this period, or to their reputed authors.
bishop, at the 1 7th of September, of a St. Grellan at the 1 8th of September, of a St.
Grellan, of Lann, at the loth of November, and of a St. Grealloc Oeblach, of Tamlacht, at the 13th of July. Among these, it is dif- ficult to find the author.
77 His feast was held on the i8th of August. 78geehisLifeatthe12thofMarch,
79 He is venerated on the 22nd of March. ^o ggg j,js Ljfg ^x. the 24th of February.
^i gee Venerable Bede's " Historia lic- clesiastica Gentis Anglomm," lib. iii. , cap. iv. , pp. 168, 169. Cambridge edition, A. ». 1644, fol.
^2 ggg Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. "
Tertia Appendix ad Acta S. Columbae, pars
i. , p. 470.
83 gee his Life at the 7th of June,
84 gee Harris' Ware, voL iii. " Writers
of Ireland," book i. , chap, iv. , p. 26.
85 ggg i^jg Life at the 21st of November,
*°
''
of Ireland," book i. , chap, iii. , p. 21. *3 See his Life at the 3rd of June.
" **SeeDr. Hanmer's ChronicleofIre-
land," pp. 120, 121.
*5 See his Life at the 23rd of December. ** See his Life at the 25th 'of January.
'7 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. "
Tertia Appendix ad Acta S. Columbze,
pars, i. , p. 470.
*8 See his Life at the 4th of August. Also,
Sir James Ware, "De Scriptoribus Hiber- nise," lib. i. , cap. iii. , p. 17.
^ See Dr. Hanmer's " Chronicle of Ire-
land," pp. 121, 122.
7° See his Life at the 22nd of December.
See his Life at the 24th of November. See his Life at the 8th of March.
See Harris' Ware, vol. iii. Writers
** "
7' See Harris' Ware, vol. iii.
"
Writers
of Ireland," book i. , chap, iv. , p. 23. 7" See his Life at the 21st of October.
" Collectanea Sacra. " 87 ggg ^jg Life at the i6th of October.
"gee Harris' Ware, vol. iii.
"Writers 88
Henricus " Lec- Canisius, Antiquse
of Ireland," book i. , chap, iv. , pp. 23, 24. T- See his Life at the 22nd of May.
75 See his Life at the 2nd of March.
? ' The feast of a St. Grellan, sonof Rotan,
occurs at the 15th of April. of a St. Grellan,
ggg
tiones," tomus v.
INTRODUCTION.
In the sixth, and early in the seventh century, St. Colman,^ Bishop of Cloyne, is said to have written a Life of St. Senan,^' in Metre. ^^ St. Kevin
or Coemgen, Abbot of Glendalough,^3 is thought to have written a Rule for his Monks, while other Tracts have been ascribed "to him. *^* St. Ethernan
or Ernan,^3 and St. Eoglod or Eochod,^^ both disciples of St. Columkille, are stated, likewise, to have written his Acts. ^7 St. Molua, otherwise called Lugid, Abbot of Clonfert Molua,^^ wrote a most admirable Rule for Monks, which is said to have obtained the highest approbation from Pope St. Gregory the Great. ^9
St. Evin,7° Abbot of Ros-Glas, or Monasterevin, is said to have wTitten the Lives of St. Patrick and of St. Congall. 7' St. Fintan Munnu,7=» Abbot of Tagh- mun, is classed, likewise, with the sacred Avriters of the seventh century. 73 St. Baithen, Abbot of Tech-Baithen,74 St. Virgnous,7S St. Gallanus or Grellanus,76 St. Ereneus or Ernenenus of Rathnew,77 St. Murus, Abbot of Fahan,78 g^^ Failbe, Abbot of Iona,79 St. Cumene the Fair,^" and probably many other holy men of this age,^* ^vrote Acts or Panegyrics of the illustrious St. Colum- kille. ^^ Besides these authors, St. Colman, Bishop of Dromore,^3 compiled a Rule for his Monks during this century. ^* But, by far the most distin- guished Irish ecclesiastical writers of this period were St. Columbanus,^^ the renowned Abbot of Luxeuil,^^ and St. Gall,^7 the Apostle of Switzerland. ^^ St. Carthage or Mochudu,^? Abbot, prepared a Rule for Monks, written in theIrishlanguage. 9° Anaccomplishedhagiographist^^wasSt. Jonas,Abbot
8« ggg
Fleming's
*' See his Life at the 14th of May.
9° See Harris' Ware, vol. iii.
"
Writers
of Ireland," book i. , chap, iv. , p. 29. «' See Ibid.
Scriptoribus Hibemise," lib. i. , cap. iii. , p. 21.
and writers, although unquestionably these were Irishmen.
"
John of Trittenhem enumerates some of
Catalogus Scriptorum
1531, in quarto shape. Bale has added to John of Trittenhem's List, in his Scripto-
rum Illustrium Majoris Brytannije, quam nunc Angliam et Scotiam vocant, Catalogus: a Japheto per 3618 annos, usque ad annum
vm INTROD UCTION.
St. Ailbe, Bishop of Emly,^^ is believed to have compiled a Rule for Monks, ^9 which had been preserved in manuscript. ^"
The illustrious St. Brigid,^^ justly regarded as the great luminary in our Irish Church, about the close of the fifth and beginning of the sixth centu-
ries, is stated to have composed a Rule for her Nuns, and to have written some devout poems and epistles. ^^ Her chaplain, St. Nemid or Ninnidh Lainidan,=^3 is said to have produced some Hymns, in one of which there is a Panegyric of St. Brigid. ^-^ St. Brogan Cloen,*s Abbot of Rostuirck in Ossory, also wrote an Irish Hymn in her praise. ^*^ Cogitosus compiled a Life of St. Brigid. ^7
St. Diarmuid, the Just, was Abbot of Inis-Clothran,'^ and to him is attri- buted a work in the form of a Psalter, wherein fifty-two Irish saints are com- memorated. "9 St. FinenorFinian,BishopofClonard,isenumeratedamong our writers. 3° A certain Geman wrote a hymn in praise of this holy Bishop. 3^ St. Kieran, Abbot of Clonmacnoise,^" is also said to have written a Rule for his Monks, and it is known under a title, The Law of Ciaran, the Artificer. 33 Some Prophecies are rather doubtfully ascribed to St. Jarlath,34 Bishop of Tuam. 35 Amergin Mac Auley, Poet Laureate to Dermod Mac Carroll,3'5 is supposed to be author of the Dinnsenchus, or
the Etymology of Remarkable Places in Ireland. 37 Again, the Canons of
'^
See his Life at the I2th of September.
'' This seems to have been the Law of St.
Albe, embraced in Munster, according to the "Ulster Annals," at a. d. 792. See
September.
'7 See Gerard Vossius, " De Scriptoribus
Latinis," lib. iii. , p. 624. Canisius, "An- tiquje Lectiones," tomus v.
January.
'9 Colgan says,' he had a copy of this Poem, but he thinks that interpolations have been inserted there by a more recent hand. See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernifc,"
X. Januarii, Vita S. Diermitii, n. 9, pp. 51,52. 30 His Life is given at the 1 2th of Decem-
ber. For his imputed writings, see Sir James Ware's " De Scriptoribus Hiberniae," lib. i. , p. 10.
3' See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," xxiii. Februarii, Vita S. Finiaui, cap. xxiii. , p. 395.
^ See his Life at the 9th of September.
33 See Sir James Ware's " De Scripto- ribus Hiberniae," lib. i. , p. 10.
3* See his Life at the 6th of June.
35 Colgan had a copy of those reputed prophecies. See "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
niae, "xi. Februarii, VitaS. Hierlathi, p. 309. 3* See Dr. Kelly's edition of Gratianus
Lucius, or Lynch's "Cambrensis Eversus,"
vol. i. , cap. vii. , pp. 376 to 379.
3' Copies of this ancient tract are pre-
served in the Libraries of Trinity College, and of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
Dr. O'Conor's " Rerum Hibemicarum
=** See his Life at the loth of
Scrip- tores,"tomusiv. AnnalesUltonienses,p. 116. =~ See Harris' Ware. Vol. iii. "The
Writers of Ireland," book i. chap. ii. p. 6.
'' "^
See her Life at the ist of February. Other writings are likewise ascribed to
"
See Colgan's
Appendix Tertia ad Acta S. Brigidae, cap. ii. , p. 610. The life of St. Brigid is more
fully treated, at the ist of February, the day of her chief festival. The work attributed
"
to her by Bale,
lib. i. ," on the authority of some older writers, Sir James Ware believes should rather be ascribed to St. Brigid of Sweden. See "De Scriptoribus Hiberniie," lib. i. cap. ii. , p. 9.
"3 See his Life at the 2nd of April.
"* His acts occur at the i8th of January, according to Colgan. See "Acta Sancto- rum Hibemise," xviii. Januarii. Vita S. Nennidhii, pp. iii to 115.
'S See his Life at the 17th of September,
=«See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Appendix Tertia ad Acta S. Brigidae, cap. i. , p. 609. His feast occurs at the 17th of
her.
Trias Thaumaturga,"'
Suarum Revelationum,
classed H. 2. 15, and H. 3. 3, T. C. D. See
volume, with learned Introduction, notes,
and Appendices, for the Irish Archaeological Society, Dublin.
'^ See his Life at the loth of May. Also, Sir James Ware, "De Scriptoribus Hiber- nire," lib. i. , p. 14.
" Lectures on the Manu- script Materials of Ancient Irish History,"
xxi. p. 449.
3^ See his Life at the iSth of November. 39 His Acts, with notes and appendices,
arepublishedbyColgan. See"ActaSanc- torum Hibemiae," xviii. Martii. Vita S. Fridiani, sive Findiani, pp. 633 to 651.
*° See his Life at the 15th of April,
4' See Harris' Ware, vol. iii. "Writers of
Eugene O'Curry's
Lect. 10. Lect. i. , pp. 9,
n.
Lect. iii. , p. 53. Lect. ix. , pp. 188, 193. Lect. xii. , p. 257. Lect. xiv. , p. 302. Lect.
book
*" See his Life at the 1 6th of May.
^3 See Bale's "Scriptorum Illustrium Ma-
Ireland,"
i. , chap, iii. , pp. 16, 17.
&c. Cent, Catalogus. "
and Arnold Wion's ' '
4* See his Life at the 29th of November.
45 See "Trias " Colgan's Thaumaturga.
S'* In
Dempster's
Historia Ecclesiastica
joris Brytanniae,
xiv. , Lig-
No.
num Vita;," lib. ii.
78, p. 236,
ii. ,
28, p. 49.
INTR on UCTION. IX
the Blessed Frigidian^^ are attributed to a celebrated Irish Bishop of Lucca, who bore that name, and there founded a monastery. 39
St. Ruadan''° flourished in the sixth century, and it is said he wrote three differenttracts. '*' Muchaboutthesametime,St. Brendan,'*^BishopofClonfert, —some maintain, however, that he ruled over the see of Ardfert—wrote a Rule forhisMonks,andothertreatiseshavebeenascribedtohim. 43 Hisnamesake andcontemporary,St. Brendan,44AbbotofBirr,hasascribedtohimsomeenco- miastic verses on St. Columkille. 45 This latter great Apostle of Caledonia*^ is the reputed author of Saints' Acts, Prophecies, Monastic Rules, Poems, and Religious Tracts. ^? St. Comgall, or Congall,4S Abbot of Bangor, is said to have Wtten a Rule for Monks and some Epistles. 49 St. Eochaid Dalian, the Blind, 5° wrote some Irish poems in praise of St. Columkille, of St. Senan, Iniscathay, and of St. Conald Coel, Abbot of Inis-Coel. s' St.
Colgius or Colchuo,52 is said to have been author of a Treatisess on the Miracles of his Master, St. Columkille. 54 St. Baithen, Abbot of Iona,5s is also said to have writteninIrishverse,TheLifeofSt. Columba. s'^ ToSt. Canice,Abbotof Aghaboe,57 has been attributed a Biography and Hymns, eulogistic of the same saint, s^ The foregoing enumeration, however, by no means exhausts the list of Hagiograpers,S9 who lived in the fifth and sixth centuries.
They are contained in the Books of Lecan, Reeves' edition of Adamnan's " Life of St.
Leinster, and Ballymote. Also in the MS. , Columba," published in a large quarto
Quinta Vita S. Columbse, cap. xli. and lib. i. , cap. xxvi. , p. 393. Colgan's "Trias
Appendix Tertia, pars, i. , p. 469.
** See his Life at the 9th of June.
47 The reader is referred for very complete
Thaumaturga. " Also, Appendix Tertia ad Acta S. Columbae, Pars Prima, p. 470.
57 See his Life at the nth of October.
5* See Sir Ware, " De Scriptoribus James
Hiberniae," lib. i. , cap. iii. , p. 34.
59 of these are unknown by name, Many
while it is uncertain if the tracts ascribed to
him to " Trias Colgan's
particulars regarding
Thaumaturga," pp. 31910514. See Tertia
ad Acta S.
471 to 473. Also, to the Rev. William
Appendix
ColumbiE, pars. ii. ,pp.
"
Gentis Scotomm," tomus i. , lib. iii. . No.
254, p. 152. s"SeehisLifeatthe29thofJanuary.
"
5' See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nias," xxix. Januarii. Vita S. Dallani, pp.
203 to 205.
s« See his Life at the 20th of February.
S3 See Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's "Life of
St. Columba," lib. i. , cap, 17, 35, pp. 45, 46, 65, 66, and accompanying notes.
^9 See Dempster's
Historia Ecclesiastica
"
Gentis Scotonim," tomus i. , lib. vii. , num.
"
578, he is called
55 See his Life at the 9th of June.
5* See O'Donnell's "Vita S. Columbae,"
St. Golgus. "
others are authentic or referable to this period, or to their reputed authors.
bishop, at the 1 7th of September, of a St. Grellan at the 1 8th of September, of a St.
Grellan, of Lann, at the loth of November, and of a St. Grealloc Oeblach, of Tamlacht, at the 13th of July. Among these, it is dif- ficult to find the author.
77 His feast was held on the i8th of August. 78geehisLifeatthe12thofMarch,
79 He is venerated on the 22nd of March. ^o ggg j,js Ljfg ^x. the 24th of February.
^i gee Venerable Bede's " Historia lic- clesiastica Gentis Anglomm," lib. iii. , cap. iv. , pp. 168, 169. Cambridge edition, A. ». 1644, fol.
^2 ggg Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. "
Tertia Appendix ad Acta S. Columbae, pars
i. , p. 470.
83 gee his Life at the 7th of June,
84 gee Harris' Ware, voL iii. " Writers
of Ireland," book i. , chap, iv. , p. 26.
85 ggg i^jg Life at the 21st of November,
*°
''
of Ireland," book i. , chap, iii. , p. 21. *3 See his Life at the 3rd of June.
" **SeeDr. Hanmer's ChronicleofIre-
land," pp. 120, 121.
*5 See his Life at the 23rd of December. ** See his Life at the 25th 'of January.
'7 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. "
Tertia Appendix ad Acta S. Columbze,
pars, i. , p. 470.
*8 See his Life at the 4th of August. Also,
Sir James Ware, "De Scriptoribus Hiber- nise," lib. i. , cap. iii. , p. 17.
^ See Dr. Hanmer's " Chronicle of Ire-
land," pp. 121, 122.
7° See his Life at the 22nd of December.
See his Life at the 24th of November. See his Life at the 8th of March.
See Harris' Ware, vol. iii. Writers
** "
7' See Harris' Ware, vol. iii.
"
Writers
of Ireland," book i. , chap, iv. , p. 23. 7" See his Life at the 21st of October.
" Collectanea Sacra. " 87 ggg ^jg Life at the i6th of October.
"gee Harris' Ware, vol. iii.
"Writers 88
Henricus " Lec- Canisius, Antiquse
of Ireland," book i. , chap, iv. , pp. 23, 24. T- See his Life at the 22nd of May.
75 See his Life at the 2nd of March.
? ' The feast of a St. Grellan, sonof Rotan,
occurs at the 15th of April. of a St. Grellan,
ggg
tiones," tomus v.
INTRODUCTION.
In the sixth, and early in the seventh century, St. Colman,^ Bishop of Cloyne, is said to have written a Life of St. Senan,^' in Metre. ^^ St. Kevin
or Coemgen, Abbot of Glendalough,^3 is thought to have written a Rule for his Monks, while other Tracts have been ascribed "to him. *^* St. Ethernan
or Ernan,^3 and St. Eoglod or Eochod,^^ both disciples of St. Columkille, are stated, likewise, to have written his Acts. ^7 St. Molua, otherwise called Lugid, Abbot of Clonfert Molua,^^ wrote a most admirable Rule for Monks, which is said to have obtained the highest approbation from Pope St. Gregory the Great. ^9
St. Evin,7° Abbot of Ros-Glas, or Monasterevin, is said to have wTitten the Lives of St. Patrick and of St. Congall. 7' St. Fintan Munnu,7=» Abbot of Tagh- mun, is classed, likewise, with the sacred Avriters of the seventh century. 73 St. Baithen, Abbot of Tech-Baithen,74 St. Virgnous,7S St. Gallanus or Grellanus,76 St. Ereneus or Ernenenus of Rathnew,77 St. Murus, Abbot of Fahan,78 g^^ Failbe, Abbot of Iona,79 St. Cumene the Fair,^" and probably many other holy men of this age,^* ^vrote Acts or Panegyrics of the illustrious St. Colum- kille. ^^ Besides these authors, St. Colman, Bishop of Dromore,^3 compiled a Rule for his Monks during this century. ^* But, by far the most distin- guished Irish ecclesiastical writers of this period were St. Columbanus,^^ the renowned Abbot of Luxeuil,^^ and St. Gall,^7 the Apostle of Switzerland. ^^ St. Carthage or Mochudu,^? Abbot, prepared a Rule for Monks, written in theIrishlanguage. 9° Anaccomplishedhagiographist^^wasSt. Jonas,Abbot
8« ggg
Fleming's
*' See his Life at the 14th of May.
9° See Harris' Ware, vol. iii.
"
Writers
of Ireland," book i. , chap, iv. , p. 29. «' See Ibid.
Scriptoribus Hibemise," lib. i. , cap. iii. , p. 21.
