No More Learning

2 A note by Dr. Reeves says at this word
Widow :" Vidua, the Latin equivalent for pe-ob, is subjoined in the later hand. "
5ebt>Ai, the two shining Finnias,' are his words ; but tobAift occurs at the end of the quatrain as a common noun in connection with another saint : lunitt a lich lobAip, Iunill, of the shining deeds. "
3 See ibid. , pp. —398, 399. " '
part i. , p. 44. M KP.
3 His feast is thus entered :
iiij.
In Scocia Sancti Machani
Hie apud Campsi in Lenox
vite et virtutum speculum 3 See " Transactions of the Royal Irish singulare. Gentem illam moribus et fide Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , instructam sua exhortatione a viciis ad vitam
"
part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by reduxit. "— Proceedings of the Society of
Whitley Stokes LL. D. , p. exxxix. A note Antiquaries of Scotland," vol, ii. , p. 269.
7Thuspnmo. Article VI.
Kelly, p. xxxv.
2
—
'Edited by Rev. Dr.
Octobris. episcopi. sepultus :
—
Thus1unitti . 1. inpijimi
entry Iunill,
has been made in this
cxlvii. Another lobair no labair ,i. india, . i. iunaill lobar . i. dari chaillech," translated lobair, ox labair 'say' i. e. infirm Iunill, i. e.
4To
Dari the Nun. —
Ibid. , p. cxlviii.
it is attached the note, "Iunaill,
Article viii. See Martyrologium
Aberdonense," pars Estiva, fol. cxvi. a"
See Origines Parochiales Scotiae,"
September 28. ] LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS. 631
to be trained in Ireland. He is said to have been a disciple of St. Cadoc. He
addicted himself to the salvation of souls, and returning to his native country,
he desired to teach the people there, who were living in Gentile ignorance.
He was raised to the priesthood, and he travelled in various districts, preach-
ing the Gospel and exhorting the inhabitants. Afterwards, he went on a
pilgrimage to Rome. There, against his protest, Machan was raised to the
episcopal office. He was gifted with the power of working miracles. He
was buried at Camsie in Lennox. 2 By Adam King, this saint is said to have
lived under King Donalde. In the Martyrologys and KalendaH of Aberdeen,
at the 28th of September, there is a festival for St. Machan. He is also
entered, at this date, in Adam King's Kalendar. s In that of David
Camerarius,hisfeastisrelegatedtothe30thdayofthismonth. 6 Atthe28thof
September, on the authority of the Breviary of Aberdeen, the Bollandists
note a feast for Machanus or Mathanus, but deeming the account of little
value, they defer further observation, until they could obtain more certain
documents. ? Various localities in Scotland held St. Machan—in great venera-
tion. Thus his name is connected with Eccles-machan rendered the
" church of Machan. " 8 There was a chapel to Machan in Clyne. 9 The
parish of Dalserf is called Machan. 10 In Glasgow Cathedral there was an
altar dedicated to St. Machan. 11 The name of this saint is found likewise
12
ArticleIX. —Fes—tivalofSt. Conval. Onthe28thofSeptember1— as on the 18th of May a feast in honour of St. Conval, patron of Eastwood, was held in Scotland. The Martyrology of Aberdeen enters his feast at the 28th of September, with an eulogy of his virtues and miracles. 2 At this date, also, he is entered in the Kalendar of Arbuthnott. 3 His Acts are more fully treated, at the 18th of May, in the Fifth Volume of this work. *
Article X. —Faust or Faustus.
O'Gorman, at the 27th of September, is entered the festival of Faust or Faustus. There is a feast for a St. Faustus, Bishop of Regiensis, in Gaul, at thisdate,intheBollandists'"ActaSanctorum. "2 Therewhatcanbeknown regarding him is examined in a learned dissertations by Father John Stilting,
4 See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of deen has " iiii. Kal. Oct. Convalli Scottish Saints," p. 121. Confessoris," with an office of Nine Lessons.
in Strathblane.
52 Se& ibid. , y>. 163.
"
6
See ibid. ) p. 24J .
7 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. ,
Septembris xxviii. Among the pretermitted
Thus:
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 135. 3 See ibid. , p. 105.
feasts, p. 595. 8""
See Old Statistical Survey of Scot- land," vol. ii. , p. 367.
9 See "
Origines
Parochiales Scotiae,"
part
4 See Art. i. — Article x.
ii. , p. 724.
,0 "
Feilire Hui Gormain," pp. 186, 187.
2 See tomus vii. , xxviii. De S. Septembris
See ibid. , part i. , pp. 5, 107.
11 See
ibid. ) part i. , p. 3.
Register of Testaments, Commissariot Fausto Episcopo Regiensi, in Provincia
12
of Glasgow. See Bishop Forbes' "Kalen- dars of Scottish Saints," pp. 380, 381.
Article ix. of Aberdeen.
Galliae, pp. 651 to 714.
3 in Commentarius Historicus,
—
Also the Kalendar of Aber-
sixteen thirty-two
'
According to the Breviary
sections and three hundred paragraphs,
and
1
In the Martyrology of Marianus
Eodem die in Scocia apud Inchenan Sancti Conualli confessoris cuius predicatio preclaram sanctitatis sue excellen- ciam signorum choruscati—one posteris morum prebet incrementum. " Bishop Forbes'
'
See Dr. Whitley Stokes'
632
LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 28.
S. J. HewasthethirdabbotofLerinsin434,andafterwardsbishopofRiez in 461. He is said to have been from Great Britain, and to have come into the world about the year 390. He left his native country, and joined the monastic community at Lerins. After ruling as bishop for thirty-three years, he died on the 25th of January, jL. b. 493, having exceeded one hundred years of age. * Besides the present day, he is venerated at the 17th of January, and at the 21st of May. At the 28th of September, likewise, there is a feast for another St. Faustus, Bishop of Tarbes, in Gaul, and the Bollan- distss have notices of him in a 6 of He flourished
possibly the saint commemorated, at this date, by Marianus O'Gorman ; but it seems to us more probable, that he was really the Spanish Martyr, St.
8
ArticleXI. —IanairorJantjaritjs. ThefestivalofIanair orJanuarius
1
is inserted in the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman, at the 27th of Sep-
tember. ThisisprobablytheSpanishMartyrtowhomtheBollandistsalludeat
2
thisdate, withhistwocompanions,FaustusandMartial. ButUsuardandthe
Roman Martyrologys refer their festival to the 13th of October,
Article XII. —Martial or Martialis. In the Martyrology of
sylloge eight paragraphs.
towards the end of the fifth century. ? The first of the prelates named is
Faustus.
1 the feast of Martial with an 2 is marked at the eulogy
A St. Martialis, with a number of companions, Martyrs in Africa, is commemorated on this day, and notices regarding them are to be found in the Bollandists. 3 However, to us it seems most likely, the Spanish Martyr Martialis already alluded to is set down by Marianus
O'Gorman at this date.
Article XIII. —Exuperius. In the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gor-
12
man, there is a festival for Venerable Exuperius, at this date. This is no
doubt intended to mark the feast St. Exuperius, Bishop and Confessor of Toulouse in Gaul, who is commemorated in several ancient Martyrologies, and to the investigation of whose Acts the Bollandistss have devoted a
Marianus
O'Gorman,
28th of September.
4 For an interesting account of him see
**
Les Petits Bollandistes, Vies des Saints,"
deinde superciliis rasis, dentibus evulsis,
et naribus — auribus quoque prsecisi>, ignis
tome xi. , xxviiie Jour de Septembre, pp. passione martyrium consunimarunt. "
468 to 474.
s See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. ,
Septembris xxviii. De S. Fausto Episc.
"
Martyrologium Romanum," editio novis-
in
6 Written by Father John Stilting, S. J.
Article xii. See Dr. Whitley Stokes
" Feilire Hui Gormain," 186, 187. pp.
-Thus:
Tarbensi,
7 See Les Petits Bollandistes,
Saints," p. 460.
8
tome xi,, xxviiie
Jour
de
mAi-omech
" Martialis who was not boastful. "
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Sep-
Novempopulania, pp. 715,716.
Also venerated at this day, as noticed in
succeeding artic—les. *
where Father John Stilting treats about them, as their
Article xi. See Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Feilire Hui Gormain," pp. 186, 187.
3
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Sep- tembris xxviii.
Among the pretermitted feasts,
3 Thus: "Cordubse in Hispania natalis sanctorum Martyrum Fausti, Januarii et Martialis, qui primo equulei poena cruciati,
tembris xxviii. , pp. 603, 604,
" Septembre,
Vies des
sima, Tertio Idu—s Octobris, p. 152. *
ITlAftCiAt nAft
names occur in the ancient Martyrologies.
*
Article xiil— Noticed in Irish as
exupeji ntuir.
See Dr. Whitley Stokes'
"
Feilire Hui J See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Sep-
Gormain," pp. 186, 187.
September 28. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 633
at
438.
"See an account of
Historic Sylloge,* at this date. The natal place and date of birth for St. Exuperius are alike unknown. He is supposed to have succeeded St.
Silvius,5 Bishop of Toulouse, and to have acted in tjie like capacity, towards the close of the fourth and beginning of the fifth century. He is thought
to have died about the and on the 28th year 415,
of
6
day
Article XIV. —Salon. The Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman has
1
Italy, regarding
printed a critical Sylloge 3 taken from the Martyrologies, and written by
Father John Stilting, S. J. His history is little known, but it would seem that he flourished in the fifth century.
Article XV. —Reputed Feast of a Marcellus. In the Feilire of
12
St. iEngus, and in Marianus O'Gorman, at the 28th of September there is a
feast for Marcellus. Elsewhere, in any calendar of the saints, we do not find the entry of Marcellus, at this date.
ArticleXVI. —Zacheus. Atthe27thofSeptember,Zacheusiscom- memorated in the Feilire of Marianus O'Gorman. 1 We cannot find his name in any other calendar, and relating to this day.
ArticleXVII. —ReputedFeastofSt. Gilda. Althoughnotfound
12 in the published Martyrology of Tallagh, yet there is a festival forGilde, in
the Book of Leinster Copy, at the 28th of September.
Article XVIII. —Translation of St. Dysibod's Relics. At the
28th of to Thomas account,1 was celebrated September, according Dempster's
the anniversary of a Translation into a marble coffin placed behind the high
It seems most likely, he is to be identified with Salon—also called Salomon and Salonius—Bishop and Confessor at Genoa in and whom the Bollandists2 have
the feast of Salon, at the 28th of September.
2 The Acts of St. Disibod are already given at the 8th of July, in the Seventh Volume of this work. 3 There was a festival for him at the 8th of June j* as also at the
altar of St. Dysibod's Relics. This is referred to the year 1 143.
8th of this month.
tembris xxviii. De S.
Conf. TolosseinGallia,pp. 623to630.
4
It is contained in Three Sections, com- prising thirty-four paragraphs. This is edited by Father John Stilting, S. J.
5 The Bollandists "
2 In the Feilire of istheline:—
Marianus,
at this
notices of him in their Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Maii,
This is translated: "Ma—rcellus
his vigorous grace. " Whitley "Feilire Hui Gormain," pp. 186, 187.
Article xvl—x See Dr. Stokes' Whitley
"Feilire Hui Gorm—ain," pp. 186, 187.
p.
in Les Petits
give
lasting (is) Stokes'
Bollandistes, " Vies des Saints," tome xi. , e
*
2 Thus — 5it/oe.
xxviii Jour de Septembre, pp. 461 to 467.
Article xvn.
Kelly.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Article xiv. —l See Dr.
Stokes' 2 " Gormain," pp. 186, 187.
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Sep- tembris xxviii. , pp. 716 to 720.
3 In — twenty-one paragraphs.
"Feilire Hui
Exuperio Episcopo
date,
him,
Whitley
"2 See Transactions of
Article xv.
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series,vol. i. , parti. OntheCalendarof
Oengus. By Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p.
In a note affixed we find the obse—r- vation marcill . i. papa . i. marcialis. " Ibid. , p. cxlvii.
cxxxix.
**
l
Dodechin follows this statement as if an
authority quoted for it. 3Art. i.
4 See the Sixth Volume of this work, at that date, Art. vii.
5 See in the at the 8th of present volume,
September, Art. i.
tTlAjtceilt, buAn a bfustiAuh.
Article xviii.
gium Scoticum, pp. 212, 213.
'See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," Meno'o-
September.
634 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 29.
CtoentiMuntt) 2Bap of £>rptrmbrr.
ARTICLE I. —ST. MURGHAL, ABBOT OF RATHLIN, COUNTY OF ANTRIM.
[EIGHTH CENTURY. ]
very remote situations, many of our Irish saints chose to remove IN from the world, to avoid its temptations and snares. In the published
of Martyrology Tallagh,
1
we find the simply
at the of entry Murgail, 29th
A similar
of Marianus O'Gorman enters Murgal, 3 at this date, and a commentator adds, that he was the son of Uinnid, and abbot of Rechrann. * This is now the Island of Rathlin, off the northern coast of Antrim. Sometimes the name of Murgal's fatheriswrittenNenned. Oursaintwasprobablybornbeforeorsoonafter the commencement of the eighth century. At a remote period, and early in the seventh century,5 a monastic institution had been there established at
8
discipline. He appears to have immediately succeeded as Abbot to St. Cobthach, who died a. d. 743, about twenty years before the period assigned for his own departure to bliss. 9 The " Annals of the Four Masters" place
11
he died a. d. 768, with which date the O'Clerys agree, and state, that he departed on the 29th of September. Additional particulars are recorded at the same
September.
entry
is in the Book of Leinster 2 The Feilire copy.
Abbot ot Iona, a. d. 6 or a little later. ? The 630,
St.
succession of its Abbots has been given by Colgan.
Iona, our saint had been religiously trained in monastic stndies and religious
Rathlin, by
Segene,
his death at the year 764. '° According to the Annals of Ulster,
12
date in the Martyrology of Donegal. son of Niunidh, Abbot of Rechrainn. ^
Article I. —1 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxv.
2
Thus: mApgAile.
3 See Dr. WhitU-y Stokes' ''Feilire Hui
Gormain," pp. 186, 187.
4 Thus written in Irish mac Umne'oh. A
There he is mentioned as Murghal,
9 See Rev. William Reeve's " Ecclesias- tical Antiquities of Down, Connor, and Dromore," Appendix T, p. 249, and Appendix LL. , p. 380.
<\b neach|\4inne. See p. 186, n. I.
5 In the Life of St. Comgall of Bangor, carum Scriptores," tomus iv. , Annates
it is stated, that he attempted to build a Ultonienses.
,a
church on Rechrann, but had been
prevented from doing so by certain 262, 263.
evil-disposed soldiers. See Flemming's ,3 In a note, Dr. Reeves says at this
regard this form of the name as nominative ; but strictly speaking, as albain from <\lb-J,
it is the genitive of flech)\4. Thus, in Adamnan we find it written Rechru
(i. , 5, p. 29, ed. Reeves), and in an adjective form Rechrea insula (ii. , 41, p. 164). In the Annals of the Four Masters, it is always in a dependant construction, and, therefore, ttechr\ainn, except once (An. 1038), where it appears as a nominative in the form, Heachrui. "
"Collectanea Sacra," p. 311, col. 2. It is word Kechrainn :
mentioned, that St. Columba visited the Annals of the Four Masters, and others
Island of Rechrea, but no statement exists ofhishavingtherefoundedachurch. See
"
Trias Thaumaturga," Adamnan's Quarta Vita S. Columbse. lib. ii. , cap. 41, p. 361.
6 '' According to Dr. O'Donovan's Annals
of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 250,251. 7 The Annals of Tigernach and of Ulster
place this foundation at A. D. 634 or 635.
8
See "Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Appendix, ad Acta S. Columbse, cap. viii, pp. 5°9>510-
There, or perhaps at
l0
pp. 366, 367.
"See Dr. OConor's u Renun Hiberni-
See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol.