* See Gibson's Camden's "Britannia : or
a Chorographical Description of Great Bri- tain and Ireland," &c.
a Chorographical Description of Great Bri- tain and Ireland," &c.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v4
Approaching the city of Bonetta,^ he hires hun-
self as swine-herd, for the term of thirty-two years. 7. In that place, where he acted as swine-herd, his fountain and staff remain. 8. He conducts his
swine to the neighbouring Lingonians. 9. He heals blind, lame and deaf. 10. A demon, in the shape of a most beautiful female, offers him a wedding ring, telling him, that he was a son to the Scottish king. 11. He contends three days and three nights with this demon, without cessation. 12. Ihe demon endeavours to deprive him of his senses. 13. Being about to sleep, he put his staff in the ground, and where it took root, a fountain also sprung up. 14. He takes ill, and an angel predicts his departure, revealing what sort of death he should die. 15. He departs, prescribing that he should be buried in the place, to which two bulls should draw his body, when placed on a chariot. 16. His body was brought into a thick wood, and on its approach the trees inclined their tops. 17. They consign his remains to earth, within thisthickwood. 18. Achurchwasfounded,andgreatmiraclesdailytook place. 19. Continuation of these miracles. This saint flourished, about the
year i 200, and his memory was revered in the place of his departure, on the 24th of January, according to Dempster. ' Privately fleeing from Scotland, St. Florentin is said to have gone into the territory of Lotharinga, \yhere he wrouirht many miracles, while endeavouring to convert souls to Christ. '" His remams reoose, in the village of Bonnet," diocese of Toul, and withm the ancient territory of Campania. " A celebrated procession of demented persons,
Dempster.
depart.
rentius] O'Gorman, chief Lecturer of Armagh,
and of all Ireland, a learned sage, and versed
in sacred and profane pliilosophy, after hav-
ine spent twenty-one years of study in France
and England, and twenty other years in di-
rectine and governing the schools of Ireland,
diedhappilyontheWednesdaybeforeEaster, rity, or areason for his statements, bee
"Acta Sanctorum Hiberm^e, novan's Edition, vol. iii. ,pp. 12 to 15, and xxiv. Januarii. Vita b. Horentmi, n. 2,
intheseventiethyearofhisage. "-Dr. O'Do- Colgan's
no^e(v). Ibid. Attheyear, 1195,weread:
"
Florence, the son of Regan O'Mulrony, Bishop of Elphin, died," ibid. , pp. 100, loi. This Florentin derived his origin from the Kings of Connaught. At the year, 1203, we have mention made regarding a "Florence
O'Carolan, Bishop of Tyrone {i. e. of Derry],"
i. o
wWihHoJ wWteinlt "o^v¥Ve,rx t\J *lwo»n"a*,j w. . i. t-. h- others of the
Irish cler^g'y, this year. See ibid. , pp. 134, ,,f
7 Colean, however, would not undertake to say, that any of the foregoing Florentins
p. 158. „, ^ „ . , • . • ^OrBonnet. Thefollowingderivationis
given for this denomination, in M. Bullet s "Memoires surlaLangue Celtique, . toTMei. "Bon, montagne. At en composition J^t
pres," p. 65.
> bee Histona Ecclesiastica Gentis Scoto-
rum," lib. vi. ,. num. „509. .
-
" See Camerarms.
' Camerarms says: "tnbustantumLeu-
had been identical with cur saint. He fears, also, that the present Florentin did not flourish at the time alluded to by Dempster, who was accustomed to afhx, in so many passages, the period for living and the date of death for saints, without giving an autho-
cis acivitatejanuillanae. "
" Dempster says, that a temple had been
, , ,,
April i8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 239
to his tomb, took place on certain occasions ; during wliicli, many afflicted creatures were restored, to the complete rational exercise of their mental facul- ties. Infirm persons were for the most part healed, when they made a pil- grimage to his relics. The actions of this saint had been depicted, around the walls of his church. 's His festival was celebrated, on the i8th of April, accord- ing to Camerarius. The present holy man is altogether distinct from that Irish St Florentius, who flourished, about a. d. 560 ;'< and, who was venerated, at Ambasia, in Gaul, and, at a time, when Germanus, Bishop of Paris, and Gildas, Bishop of Rhodez, in Aquitaine, flourished ;'5 as also, from the S. Florentius, Episcopus Tungrensis,'' noted by the BoUandists,'' at the present day.
ArticleVI. —St. Moninnsen,ofMainistir. Fromtheappendixto _
this proper name, we may assume, probabl_v, that he was a monk, and belong- ing to some particular monastery, kx this date, a festival is recorded, in the
'
in honour of a St. Moninnsen, of Manister. There are so many localities, in different parts of Ireland, compounded with the word
"
a monastery," that in the absence of further accounts regarding this saint, it will be difiBcult to identify him, or his place of retreat. Quoting the Martyrology of Tallagh, as their authority, the Bollandists ' enter Monindus senex de monasterio ; and, if this be correct, we should probably
infer, that the present holy recluse lived to an old age.
Article VII. —The Holy Maildulphus, of Malmesbury, P^ngland, {Sei'tnthCeri/ury. ] InthesecondeditionoftheEnglishMartyrology,asthe Bollandists state,' at the i8th of April, this holy man's name is found in- scribed. HewasaScoto-Hibemus,accordingtoCamden. 'Hepassedover to England in 676. 3 He was a man of great erudition and of singular piety, who, at first, led an eremitical life. Afterwards, he opened a school, and de- voted himself, with his scholars, to a monastic life. The place he selected was a pleasant wood under a hill, and it was at first called Ingelborn. Here he built a—little monastery, known as Maildulfel-burge*— evidently called after his name and since known as Malmesbury.
Martyrolog)' of Tallagh
Mainistir, signifying
He is not characterized as a saint, however, in the "Monasticon Anglicanum," where treating about the
erected to his memory, within a thick grove, not far from the ancient ciiy of the Lingones
—now Lances— in Champagne. See" Hb- tona Ecclesiastica Geutis . Scotorum,"Iib. vi. ,
p. 521.
ARTICLE vii. —' See "Acta . Sanctorum,"
tomus ii. , Aprilis xviii. Among the preter-
mitted saints, p. 522. '
WhentreatingabouttheCountyofWilts. See Gibson's Camden's " Britannia : or a
Chorographical Description of Great Bri- tain and Ireland, together with the adjacent Islands," vol. i. , cols. 103, 104, fol. Second
num.
•3 Accordwg to Camerarius.
509.
"See Ussher's "Index at A. D. DLX. , p. 531.
"
" See Ussher s " Britannicanim Ecclesia-
rum Antiquitates," cap. xvi. , 397, 398. * p.
Accordmg to Greven's additions, to the Carthusian Bnixelles Martyrology. His feast isalso referred, to the i6th of October.
''See "Acta Sanctonim," tomus ii. Aprihs xviu. , among the pretermitted saints, P* S**-
London.
' See L'Abb^ Ma-Geoghegan's " Histoire
de I'Irlande Ancienne et Modeme," tome i. ,
partie ii. , chap, iv. , p. 350.
* In old charters, it is called Meldunum,
London, 1879, 1880, 8vo.
Article VI. —»
Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy enters ttlonmnrenot»l4tii|xei\.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap- rilis xviii. Among the pretermitted saints,
. . '
Edited
by
Rev.
Dr.
preserved in the Pub- andCharlesTriceMartin. InTwoVolumes.
Chronologicus,
Edition,
1722.
and
trum Malmesburiense, or the Register of
Maldubury
Maldunburg.
Regis-
Malmesbury Abbey
;
lie Record Office. " Edited by J. S. Brewer,
See "
'
240 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April i8.
erection of that religious liouse. 5 He wrote many works, which are now lost, and he lived to be advanced in years. * The disciple and successor of Mail- dulph was St. Aldelmus,' who afterwards founded a stately monastery, at that place, and it was enriched with ample donations. " His master was buried at
Malmesbury. 9
Article VHI. —Festival of St. Septimus, Deacon and Martyr, at Salona, in Dalmatia. The feast of Septimus was celebrated, in the old Irisn church, on the i8th of April, according to the Feilire of St. . ^Engus. ' This holy martyr suffered for the Faith, at Salona, in Dalmatia, with St. Victo- ricus, as a companion. The Bollandists notice them, at this date,' and they refer to that ancient Martyrology, attributed to St. Jerome, as also to other and similar records, where, however, some errors seem to have occurred.
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of the Blessed Marianus Scotus. [Eleventh C'tttury. ^ A festival of Marianus Scotus is set down, for the
17th of April;' but, already, we have given his Acts, at the 9th day ot February. '^
Article X. —Reputed Festival for the Elevation of the Abbot Donnan'sRelics. CitingtheKalendarofAdamKing,orJamesChey- neus, as also a Scottish Breviary, the Elevation of Abbot Donnan was a feast
' observed,onthei8thofApril,accordingtotheMenology andEcclesiastical
History' of Thomas Dempster. The Bollandists 3 merely notice this state- ment, referring it to St. Donnan, already treated of, at the previous day. <
5 See tome i. , p. So-
' SeeL'AbbeMa-Geoghegan's"Histoire de I'Irlande Ancienne et Moderne," tome i. , Partie ii. , chap. iv. . p. 351.
7 His feast is assigned, by the Bollandists, to the 25th of May, when his Life was to be
])ubli. >hed, with a possibihty of mentioning
torico, Martyribus Salonas in Dalmatia,
ing to Colgan, he had a feast.
incidentally
present holy
Dempster '
the
thus enters it, xiix. In Buchania
dulph.
* See Gibson's Camden's "Britannia : or
a Chorographical Description of Great Bri- tain and Ireland," &c. , vol. i. , col. 104.
p. 197. '"
9 William of Malmesbury treats of him, in
"De Gestis Regum Anglorum," lib. i. ,
cap. 2. — p. 207.
Article viii. L. eabhar Breac copy
T—hus, is itentered,in the :
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap-
xviii. the
rilis Among pretermitted saints,
p. 521.
* In Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot-
tish Saints," the following churches and
places dedicated to St. Donan are named :
Kildonnan, in Kintyre ; Kildonan, in Col- monel ; Castle Donnan, in Kintail ; Kil-
donune, in Carrick; Kildonyng (? ), in Perth ; Kildonan, in Arran; Kildonan, of Egg; Kildonnan, South Uist; St. Donan 'sin Uig;
Kildonan, in Lochbroom ; and Kildonan, in Sutherland. See p. 325.
man Mail-
Article x. — '
in his Menologium :
Donani ejusdemabbatiselevatio. " SeeBi>hop
"
Forbes' Kalendars of Scottish Saints,
'3
Ayvfec ijreit ^epcim SAeyvweocli<Mti tdo'Oioiia'O
AW lechgtiti-oe Li^Ach.
" On (the) feast of Septimus, a noble dea- con, Laisren, a victorious flame (lassar), gentle abbot of Lethglenn, was declared to have been solaced. "
"See- " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap- rilis xviii. De SS. Septimo Diacono et Vic-
p. 540. — Article ix.
See our Life of St. Muri- cherodac, Recluse, at January 19th, vol. i. , p. 296, n. 6: At the 9th February, accord-
°
In vol. ii. of this work.
See Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. iv. , num. 377,
April 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 241
^uiftfentl) i9ap of Slpn'U
ARTICLE I. —ST. KILLIAN, CONFESSOR.
WEare told, by Colgan,' that the festival of a St. Killian, confessor, was
on this We have no further him, than kept day. account, regarding
this simple record, in our earliest authorities. His name, without further distinctive particulars, occurs, in the Tallagh Martyrology,' and in that of
MarianusO'Gorman,astheBollandists3 notice,whenrecordingKillenus,in their great work, at the 19th of April. There was a Cillen, tlie son of his mother Derinilla,* who had children by four different husbands. ' He is said to have belonged to Achadhcail,* in the territory of Lecale, at tlie bank of Dundrum^ A
5
According
the Ordnance Survey Maps, although a re- ference to old charters, or even to the land- holders' rental books, could easily supply such omissions.
" The parisli of Maghera, in the barony of Upper Iveagh, is described, on the "Ord- nance Survey Towniand Maps for the County of Down,' sheets 43, 49.
"Itisquote1, byRev. Dr. Reeves.
" See the Rev. lames " His- O'Laverty's
toric. il Account of the Diocese of Down and
to St.
his Tract, on tlie Mothers of the Irish Saints.
. i€ngus
the Culdee in
very competent archaeologist
and ' seems ecclesiologist
estuary.
to identify his place with Rathscillan,' near Maghera,'° County Down. He
tells that Rathscillan us,
" the Rath of and that St. Donard Cillan,"
signifies
had a brother, named Cillen, whose church was somewhere in the neighbour-
hood. AmongthepossessionsoftheSeeofDown,attheendofthetwelfth century, and recited in a patent roll," belonging to the Tower of London,
are "
Rathmurval, along
Maghera. Thereisadifficulty,however,inidentifyingRathscillan,asthere isnoplaceinthatneighbourhood,nowknownbythename. Yet,asisevi- dent, by the grouping of names, Rathsillan must have been near Maghera. " In a field,'3 at Wateresk,"'* are the remains of an ancient cemetery, which once was enclosed in a rath. 's This site exactly corresponds with that of the
Article i. — ' See "Acta Sanctorum See Ulster Examiner ol ]wVj <)'Ca, 1870.
Hiberniae," xiv. Februaril Vita S. Kiliani et Sociorum, n. 3, p. 331.
'
' This denomination is not to be found, on the Irish Ordnance Survey Towniand Maps
At the xiii. of the Kalend? of
19th), there is solely an insertion, Cilleni," in the Rev. Dr. Kelly's published version of this Martyrology. See " Calendar of Irish Saints," &c. , p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has Sci CitLeni.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap- rilis xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 617.
< She was also the mother of St. Mura of Fahan, venerated at the 12th, and St. Domangart, at the 24th of March, and of Aillean and Aidan, and of Mochumma of Drunibo.
•
for the of Down. County
be
with Rathsillan. '' The former was the old name for
Jfay (April
it observed, that several thousand well known, and local denominaiionsoftownlands and sub- divisions—many of these of ancient date and
'•
S.
Connor, Ancient and Modern," vol. i. , ''
Opuscula, lib. iv. , cap. 7.
This denomination is not to be found,
on the Irish Ordnance Survey Towniand Maps.
P- 53-
'1 This belongs to a Mr. Savage, and it
immediately adjoins his house.
'* This in the of Kilme- towniand, parish
gan, and barony of Upper Lecale, is to be met with, on the " Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County ol Down," sheets 43. 44-
'5 The bodies were interred in graves lined with flag-stones, and a large granite stone
' The town of
of
Rev. James O'Laverty, P. P. , M. R. I. A. in Papers on Down and Connor, num. xvili.
Dundrum,
Kilmegan, and barony of Upper Lecale, is described, on ''The Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Down," sheet
44- »
in the
parish
of historical notoriety
—
may
are from yet missing
Indeed,
243
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 19.
church of St. Cillen, as described by St. ^ngus the Culdee It w^s m the ter ritory of Lecale, and it lay close to the estuary of Dundrum "^ It must have been in early times, like Maghera, a scene for the piety and labours of sorne
eccLsiastic. On this day, Cillen is mentioned Sent m
of Donegal,'^ as having been venerated. The name of St. ^K"i-U^ei^niofcc^u^rs^, also, in die Martyrolog^, now preserved in the Royal Irish Academy ;^« but, it does not seem possible, to recognise his place or period.
Article II. -The Sons of Erc, of Darmagh, said to have been
Dttrrow, King's County. The Martyrology of Tallagh
EcErcca of Dermaigh, at this same date. This place, which is Anglicised
afn of the Oaks," is said to have been identical with the P-sent Bur-
J^the
row a parish, partly in the barony of Moycashel, county
P
prrndpaUy
in that of Ballycowan, King's County. This
of Westmeath, but founded
.
ndsed stone, promised Rev. Mr. O'Laverty, to have it rolled back to Us ongmal posi-
"". "'it adjoins the lands, attached to the
^^^S:V^^^^^^rt^ "Rathmurval (Maghera) ^l°"g;vfJ^^*"
-^-S^eteMX^i. T. T^:^^^ ofJune.
and,
chiefofTeffia. 3 OtheraccountshavethefoundationofDurrow,
EySt-CokimkiUe,'
about'theyear55°
;
Swas subsequently governed, by St. Lasren
and drew up certain rules and instructions, for the future good government of
house. We have a long list of annalistic entries, re erring to
th^ celebraid
t and reaching down to the time of its suppression, by Queen
Elizabeth = The saints here commemorated appear to have had a second festival, at No-
ver^ber the I2tb. Marianus O'Gorman,
hodmen f and, at this date, also, quodng his authority, and that of die Ta laahMartvrology,theBoUandistsenterFiliiErcsedeDermagia. ' Thefesti-
valNn honour of 'the sons of Erc, of Dermagh,^ was celebrated, on this day,
as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal. ?
^^^^^^
Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. '°'» In the Irish Calendar, at the xiii of the
- '-
°^--;-^,, ^odd and Reeves, pp.
106, 107.
. jEdUed
by
enters as a festival
monasteij^^asBredan a onasite grantedby
at a. d
; but, St. Columba retired here
at this has an entry of those day, -
^,^^^^ ^^ Meath Ancient and Modern," vol. m. .
^ ^-^L. fe^at^the^gth^of
^^f^^^c^a^'^Monast. o„ "r^. f^^S-
Hiherni- "Ecclesiastical
^^b^
April 19-] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
243
Article III. —St. Lasse, or Laisse, Virgin, of Cluain Mind. An entry is found, in the Martyrology of Tallagh. 'at the 19th of April, regarding
St Laisse.
Bollandists notice her feast, at this date. ' It is difficult to ascertain, where her place of Cluain Mind must be sought for ; but, there is a parish. s called Clonmines,^ in the barony of Shelbourne, and county of Wexford, as also, a parish, called Clonmeen,^ in the barony of Duhallow, and county of Cork— these are the nearest approaches to the spelling and pronunciation of that ancient name, which can be found, at present. There is a Clonmeen North and South, as also a Clonmeen wood, as townland denominations,* within the parish of Rathdowney,' in the barony of Clandonagh, Queen's County. There IS a Clonmin Glebe,* likewise, in the parish of Gailoon,9 and barony of Coole, countyofFermanagh. Onthisdaywasvenerated,accordingtotheMartyr- ology of Donegal,'" Laisse, virgin, of Cluain Mind.
Article IV. —Reputed Festival of St. Columban, Abbot and Re-
Following this authority, as also that of Marianus O'Gorman, the
cluse, OF Ghent, in Belgium. February,-wehavealreadygiventheActsofthisholyman. Atthe19thof April, Camerarius has his festival. ^- in his Scottish Menology, which the Bol- landists3 merelyquote,atthisdate,whiletheyrefertothe15thofFebruary,* where he is more particularly noticed. ' No doubt, it is to this saint, Thomas Dempster refers,* where he is set down as a Recluse and a Benedictine Abbot,7
and where he is absurdly stated, to have lived always in Scotland, and to have been a metrical writer. '
Article V. —Feast of St. Hermogenes. In the Irish Church, at the 19th of April, was celebrated the festival of St. Hermogenes, as we find, from
Articlb III. — Edited by Rev. Dr. Maps for the County of Fennanagh," sheet
Kelly, p. XXI. The Franciscan copy enters Urre nip Clu4,n min-o.
lUey call her Lassia, Virgo de Cluain-
39.
9 This parish, with its Islands, is parted
within the respective baronies of Clankelly
of Coole, of Knockninny all of
; it beinE
shown, on the "Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Fermanagh," sheets 34, 35, 39, 40, 42, 43.
mind. See "Acta tomus Sanctorum,"
'
ii. , Apnlisxu. Among the pretermitted saints,
P-f3'7-.
1 his and the townland, so called, are
described, on the " Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Wexford,"
**'txl'*°i;*^ r^, ^ ,, 'The Abbey of Clonmmes, County Wex-
ford, sketched bv Barralet, a. d.
vol. 1. , pp. 44, 45.
5 This parish is within the East Riding,
» Edited by Drs.
self as swine-herd, for the term of thirty-two years. 7. In that place, where he acted as swine-herd, his fountain and staff remain. 8. He conducts his
swine to the neighbouring Lingonians. 9. He heals blind, lame and deaf. 10. A demon, in the shape of a most beautiful female, offers him a wedding ring, telling him, that he was a son to the Scottish king. 11. He contends three days and three nights with this demon, without cessation. 12. Ihe demon endeavours to deprive him of his senses. 13. Being about to sleep, he put his staff in the ground, and where it took root, a fountain also sprung up. 14. He takes ill, and an angel predicts his departure, revealing what sort of death he should die. 15. He departs, prescribing that he should be buried in the place, to which two bulls should draw his body, when placed on a chariot. 16. His body was brought into a thick wood, and on its approach the trees inclined their tops. 17. They consign his remains to earth, within thisthickwood. 18. Achurchwasfounded,andgreatmiraclesdailytook place. 19. Continuation of these miracles. This saint flourished, about the
year i 200, and his memory was revered in the place of his departure, on the 24th of January, according to Dempster. ' Privately fleeing from Scotland, St. Florentin is said to have gone into the territory of Lotharinga, \yhere he wrouirht many miracles, while endeavouring to convert souls to Christ. '" His remams reoose, in the village of Bonnet," diocese of Toul, and withm the ancient territory of Campania. " A celebrated procession of demented persons,
Dempster.
depart.
rentius] O'Gorman, chief Lecturer of Armagh,
and of all Ireland, a learned sage, and versed
in sacred and profane pliilosophy, after hav-
ine spent twenty-one years of study in France
and England, and twenty other years in di-
rectine and governing the schools of Ireland,
diedhappilyontheWednesdaybeforeEaster, rity, or areason for his statements, bee
"Acta Sanctorum Hiberm^e, novan's Edition, vol. iii. ,pp. 12 to 15, and xxiv. Januarii. Vita b. Horentmi, n. 2,
intheseventiethyearofhisage. "-Dr. O'Do- Colgan's
no^e(v). Ibid. Attheyear, 1195,weread:
"
Florence, the son of Regan O'Mulrony, Bishop of Elphin, died," ibid. , pp. 100, loi. This Florentin derived his origin from the Kings of Connaught. At the year, 1203, we have mention made regarding a "Florence
O'Carolan, Bishop of Tyrone {i. e. of Derry],"
i. o
wWihHoJ wWteinlt "o^v¥Ve,rx t\J *lwo»n"a*,j w. . i. t-. h- others of the
Irish cler^g'y, this year. See ibid. , pp. 134, ,,f
7 Colean, however, would not undertake to say, that any of the foregoing Florentins
p. 158. „, ^ „ . , • . • ^OrBonnet. Thefollowingderivationis
given for this denomination, in M. Bullet s "Memoires surlaLangue Celtique, . toTMei. "Bon, montagne. At en composition J^t
pres," p. 65.
> bee Histona Ecclesiastica Gentis Scoto-
rum," lib. vi. ,. num. „509. .
-
" See Camerarms.
' Camerarms says: "tnbustantumLeu-
had been identical with cur saint. He fears, also, that the present Florentin did not flourish at the time alluded to by Dempster, who was accustomed to afhx, in so many passages, the period for living and the date of death for saints, without giving an autho-
cis acivitatejanuillanae. "
" Dempster says, that a temple had been
, , ,,
April i8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 239
to his tomb, took place on certain occasions ; during wliicli, many afflicted creatures were restored, to the complete rational exercise of their mental facul- ties. Infirm persons were for the most part healed, when they made a pil- grimage to his relics. The actions of this saint had been depicted, around the walls of his church. 's His festival was celebrated, on the i8th of April, accord- ing to Camerarius. The present holy man is altogether distinct from that Irish St Florentius, who flourished, about a. d. 560 ;'< and, who was venerated, at Ambasia, in Gaul, and, at a time, when Germanus, Bishop of Paris, and Gildas, Bishop of Rhodez, in Aquitaine, flourished ;'5 as also, from the S. Florentius, Episcopus Tungrensis,'' noted by the BoUandists,'' at the present day.
ArticleVI. —St. Moninnsen,ofMainistir. Fromtheappendixto _
this proper name, we may assume, probabl_v, that he was a monk, and belong- ing to some particular monastery, kx this date, a festival is recorded, in the
'
in honour of a St. Moninnsen, of Manister. There are so many localities, in different parts of Ireland, compounded with the word
"
a monastery," that in the absence of further accounts regarding this saint, it will be difiBcult to identify him, or his place of retreat. Quoting the Martyrology of Tallagh, as their authority, the Bollandists ' enter Monindus senex de monasterio ; and, if this be correct, we should probably
infer, that the present holy recluse lived to an old age.
Article VII. —The Holy Maildulphus, of Malmesbury, P^ngland, {Sei'tnthCeri/ury. ] InthesecondeditionoftheEnglishMartyrology,asthe Bollandists state,' at the i8th of April, this holy man's name is found in- scribed. HewasaScoto-Hibemus,accordingtoCamden. 'Hepassedover to England in 676. 3 He was a man of great erudition and of singular piety, who, at first, led an eremitical life. Afterwards, he opened a school, and de- voted himself, with his scholars, to a monastic life. The place he selected was a pleasant wood under a hill, and it was at first called Ingelborn. Here he built a—little monastery, known as Maildulfel-burge*— evidently called after his name and since known as Malmesbury.
Martyrolog)' of Tallagh
Mainistir, signifying
He is not characterized as a saint, however, in the "Monasticon Anglicanum," where treating about the
erected to his memory, within a thick grove, not far from the ancient ciiy of the Lingones
—now Lances— in Champagne. See" Hb- tona Ecclesiastica Geutis . Scotorum,"Iib. vi. ,
p. 521.
ARTICLE vii. —' See "Acta . Sanctorum,"
tomus ii. , Aprilis xviii. Among the preter-
mitted saints, p. 522. '
WhentreatingabouttheCountyofWilts. See Gibson's Camden's " Britannia : or a
Chorographical Description of Great Bri- tain and Ireland, together with the adjacent Islands," vol. i. , cols. 103, 104, fol. Second
num.
•3 Accordwg to Camerarius.
509.
"See Ussher's "Index at A. D. DLX. , p. 531.
"
" See Ussher s " Britannicanim Ecclesia-
rum Antiquitates," cap. xvi. , 397, 398. * p.
Accordmg to Greven's additions, to the Carthusian Bnixelles Martyrology. His feast isalso referred, to the i6th of October.
''See "Acta Sanctonim," tomus ii. Aprihs xviu. , among the pretermitted saints, P* S**-
London.
' See L'Abb^ Ma-Geoghegan's " Histoire
de I'Irlande Ancienne et Modeme," tome i. ,
partie ii. , chap, iv. , p. 350.
* In old charters, it is called Meldunum,
London, 1879, 1880, 8vo.
Article VI. —»
Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy enters ttlonmnrenot»l4tii|xei\.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap- rilis xviii. Among the pretermitted saints,
. . '
Edited
by
Rev.
Dr.
preserved in the Pub- andCharlesTriceMartin. InTwoVolumes.
Chronologicus,
Edition,
1722.
and
trum Malmesburiense, or the Register of
Maldubury
Maldunburg.
Regis-
Malmesbury Abbey
;
lie Record Office. " Edited by J. S. Brewer,
See "
'
240 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April i8.
erection of that religious liouse. 5 He wrote many works, which are now lost, and he lived to be advanced in years. * The disciple and successor of Mail- dulph was St. Aldelmus,' who afterwards founded a stately monastery, at that place, and it was enriched with ample donations. " His master was buried at
Malmesbury. 9
Article VHI. —Festival of St. Septimus, Deacon and Martyr, at Salona, in Dalmatia. The feast of Septimus was celebrated, in the old Irisn church, on the i8th of April, according to the Feilire of St. . ^Engus. ' This holy martyr suffered for the Faith, at Salona, in Dalmatia, with St. Victo- ricus, as a companion. The Bollandists notice them, at this date,' and they refer to that ancient Martyrology, attributed to St. Jerome, as also to other and similar records, where, however, some errors seem to have occurred.
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of the Blessed Marianus Scotus. [Eleventh C'tttury. ^ A festival of Marianus Scotus is set down, for the
17th of April;' but, already, we have given his Acts, at the 9th day ot February. '^
Article X. —Reputed Festival for the Elevation of the Abbot Donnan'sRelics. CitingtheKalendarofAdamKing,orJamesChey- neus, as also a Scottish Breviary, the Elevation of Abbot Donnan was a feast
' observed,onthei8thofApril,accordingtotheMenology andEcclesiastical
History' of Thomas Dempster. The Bollandists 3 merely notice this state- ment, referring it to St. Donnan, already treated of, at the previous day. <
5 See tome i. , p. So-
' SeeL'AbbeMa-Geoghegan's"Histoire de I'Irlande Ancienne et Moderne," tome i. , Partie ii. , chap. iv. . p. 351.
7 His feast is assigned, by the Bollandists, to the 25th of May, when his Life was to be
])ubli. >hed, with a possibihty of mentioning
torico, Martyribus Salonas in Dalmatia,
ing to Colgan, he had a feast.
incidentally
present holy
Dempster '
the
thus enters it, xiix. In Buchania
dulph.
* See Gibson's Camden's "Britannia : or
a Chorographical Description of Great Bri- tain and Ireland," &c. , vol. i. , col. 104.
p. 197. '"
9 William of Malmesbury treats of him, in
"De Gestis Regum Anglorum," lib. i. ,
cap. 2. — p. 207.
Article viii. L. eabhar Breac copy
T—hus, is itentered,in the :
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap-
xviii. the
rilis Among pretermitted saints,
p. 521.
* In Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot-
tish Saints," the following churches and
places dedicated to St. Donan are named :
Kildonnan, in Kintyre ; Kildonan, in Col- monel ; Castle Donnan, in Kintail ; Kil-
donune, in Carrick; Kildonyng (? ), in Perth ; Kildonan, in Arran; Kildonan, of Egg; Kildonnan, South Uist; St. Donan 'sin Uig;
Kildonan, in Lochbroom ; and Kildonan, in Sutherland. See p. 325.
man Mail-
Article x. — '
in his Menologium :
Donani ejusdemabbatiselevatio. " SeeBi>hop
"
Forbes' Kalendars of Scottish Saints,
'3
Ayvfec ijreit ^epcim SAeyvweocli<Mti tdo'Oioiia'O
AW lechgtiti-oe Li^Ach.
" On (the) feast of Septimus, a noble dea- con, Laisren, a victorious flame (lassar), gentle abbot of Lethglenn, was declared to have been solaced. "
"See- " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap- rilis xviii. De SS. Septimo Diacono et Vic-
p. 540. — Article ix.
See our Life of St. Muri- cherodac, Recluse, at January 19th, vol. i. , p. 296, n. 6: At the 9th February, accord-
°
In vol. ii. of this work.
See Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. iv. , num. 377,
April 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 241
^uiftfentl) i9ap of Slpn'U
ARTICLE I. —ST. KILLIAN, CONFESSOR.
WEare told, by Colgan,' that the festival of a St. Killian, confessor, was
on this We have no further him, than kept day. account, regarding
this simple record, in our earliest authorities. His name, without further distinctive particulars, occurs, in the Tallagh Martyrology,' and in that of
MarianusO'Gorman,astheBollandists3 notice,whenrecordingKillenus,in their great work, at the 19th of April. There was a Cillen, tlie son of his mother Derinilla,* who had children by four different husbands. ' He is said to have belonged to Achadhcail,* in the territory of Lecale, at tlie bank of Dundrum^ A
5
According
the Ordnance Survey Maps, although a re- ference to old charters, or even to the land- holders' rental books, could easily supply such omissions.
" The parisli of Maghera, in the barony of Upper Iveagh, is described, on the "Ord- nance Survey Towniand Maps for the County of Down,' sheets 43, 49.
"Itisquote1, byRev. Dr. Reeves.
" See the Rev. lames " His- O'Laverty's
toric. il Account of the Diocese of Down and
to St.
his Tract, on tlie Mothers of the Irish Saints.
. i€ngus
the Culdee in
very competent archaeologist
and ' seems ecclesiologist
estuary.
to identify his place with Rathscillan,' near Maghera,'° County Down. He
tells that Rathscillan us,
" the Rath of and that St. Donard Cillan,"
signifies
had a brother, named Cillen, whose church was somewhere in the neighbour-
hood. AmongthepossessionsoftheSeeofDown,attheendofthetwelfth century, and recited in a patent roll," belonging to the Tower of London,
are "
Rathmurval, along
Maghera. Thereisadifficulty,however,inidentifyingRathscillan,asthere isnoplaceinthatneighbourhood,nowknownbythename. Yet,asisevi- dent, by the grouping of names, Rathsillan must have been near Maghera. " In a field,'3 at Wateresk,"'* are the remains of an ancient cemetery, which once was enclosed in a rath. 's This site exactly corresponds with that of the
Article i. — ' See "Acta Sanctorum See Ulster Examiner ol ]wVj <)'Ca, 1870.
Hiberniae," xiv. Februaril Vita S. Kiliani et Sociorum, n. 3, p. 331.
'
' This denomination is not to be found, on the Irish Ordnance Survey Towniand Maps
At the xiii. of the Kalend? of
19th), there is solely an insertion, Cilleni," in the Rev. Dr. Kelly's published version of this Martyrology. See " Calendar of Irish Saints," &c. , p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has Sci CitLeni.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap- rilis xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 617.
< She was also the mother of St. Mura of Fahan, venerated at the 12th, and St. Domangart, at the 24th of March, and of Aillean and Aidan, and of Mochumma of Drunibo.
•
for the of Down. County
be
with Rathsillan. '' The former was the old name for
Jfay (April
it observed, that several thousand well known, and local denominaiionsoftownlands and sub- divisions—many of these of ancient date and
'•
S.
Connor, Ancient and Modern," vol. i. , ''
Opuscula, lib. iv. , cap. 7.
This denomination is not to be found,
on the Irish Ordnance Survey Towniand Maps.
P- 53-
'1 This belongs to a Mr. Savage, and it
immediately adjoins his house.
'* This in the of Kilme- towniand, parish
gan, and barony of Upper Lecale, is to be met with, on the " Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County ol Down," sheets 43. 44-
'5 The bodies were interred in graves lined with flag-stones, and a large granite stone
' The town of
of
Rev. James O'Laverty, P. P. , M. R. I. A. in Papers on Down and Connor, num. xvili.
Dundrum,
Kilmegan, and barony of Upper Lecale, is described, on ''The Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Down," sheet
44- »
in the
parish
of historical notoriety
—
may
are from yet missing
Indeed,
243
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 19.
church of St. Cillen, as described by St. ^ngus the Culdee It w^s m the ter ritory of Lecale, and it lay close to the estuary of Dundrum "^ It must have been in early times, like Maghera, a scene for the piety and labours of sorne
eccLsiastic. On this day, Cillen is mentioned Sent m
of Donegal,'^ as having been venerated. The name of St. ^K"i-U^ei^niofcc^u^rs^, also, in die Martyrolog^, now preserved in the Royal Irish Academy ;^« but, it does not seem possible, to recognise his place or period.
Article II. -The Sons of Erc, of Darmagh, said to have been
Dttrrow, King's County. The Martyrology of Tallagh
EcErcca of Dermaigh, at this same date. This place, which is Anglicised
afn of the Oaks," is said to have been identical with the P-sent Bur-
J^the
row a parish, partly in the barony of Moycashel, county
P
prrndpaUy
in that of Ballycowan, King's County. This
of Westmeath, but founded
.
ndsed stone, promised Rev. Mr. O'Laverty, to have it rolled back to Us ongmal posi-
"". "'it adjoins the lands, attached to the
^^^S:V^^^^^^rt^ "Rathmurval (Maghera) ^l°"g;vfJ^^*"
-^-S^eteMX^i. T. T^:^^^ ofJune.
and,
chiefofTeffia. 3 OtheraccountshavethefoundationofDurrow,
EySt-CokimkiUe,'
about'theyear55°
;
Swas subsequently governed, by St. Lasren
and drew up certain rules and instructions, for the future good government of
house. We have a long list of annalistic entries, re erring to
th^ celebraid
t and reaching down to the time of its suppression, by Queen
Elizabeth = The saints here commemorated appear to have had a second festival, at No-
ver^ber the I2tb. Marianus O'Gorman,
hodmen f and, at this date, also, quodng his authority, and that of die Ta laahMartvrology,theBoUandistsenterFiliiErcsedeDermagia. ' Thefesti-
valNn honour of 'the sons of Erc, of Dermagh,^ was celebrated, on this day,
as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal. ?
^^^^^^
Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. '°'» In the Irish Calendar, at the xiii of the
- '-
°^--;-^,, ^odd and Reeves, pp.
106, 107.
. jEdUed
by
enters as a festival
monasteij^^asBredan a onasite grantedby
at a. d
; but, St. Columba retired here
at this has an entry of those day, -
^,^^^^ ^^ Meath Ancient and Modern," vol. m. .
^ ^-^L. fe^at^the^gth^of
^^f^^^c^a^'^Monast. o„ "r^. f^^S-
Hiherni- "Ecclesiastical
^^b^
April 19-] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
243
Article III. —St. Lasse, or Laisse, Virgin, of Cluain Mind. An entry is found, in the Martyrology of Tallagh. 'at the 19th of April, regarding
St Laisse.
Bollandists notice her feast, at this date. ' It is difficult to ascertain, where her place of Cluain Mind must be sought for ; but, there is a parish. s called Clonmines,^ in the barony of Shelbourne, and county of Wexford, as also, a parish, called Clonmeen,^ in the barony of Duhallow, and county of Cork— these are the nearest approaches to the spelling and pronunciation of that ancient name, which can be found, at present. There is a Clonmeen North and South, as also a Clonmeen wood, as townland denominations,* within the parish of Rathdowney,' in the barony of Clandonagh, Queen's County. There IS a Clonmin Glebe,* likewise, in the parish of Gailoon,9 and barony of Coole, countyofFermanagh. Onthisdaywasvenerated,accordingtotheMartyr- ology of Donegal,'" Laisse, virgin, of Cluain Mind.
Article IV. —Reputed Festival of St. Columban, Abbot and Re-
Following this authority, as also that of Marianus O'Gorman, the
cluse, OF Ghent, in Belgium. February,-wehavealreadygiventheActsofthisholyman. Atthe19thof April, Camerarius has his festival. ^- in his Scottish Menology, which the Bol- landists3 merelyquote,atthisdate,whiletheyrefertothe15thofFebruary,* where he is more particularly noticed. ' No doubt, it is to this saint, Thomas Dempster refers,* where he is set down as a Recluse and a Benedictine Abbot,7
and where he is absurdly stated, to have lived always in Scotland, and to have been a metrical writer. '
Article V. —Feast of St. Hermogenes. In the Irish Church, at the 19th of April, was celebrated the festival of St. Hermogenes, as we find, from
Articlb III. — Edited by Rev. Dr. Maps for the County of Fennanagh," sheet
Kelly, p. XXI. The Franciscan copy enters Urre nip Clu4,n min-o.
lUey call her Lassia, Virgo de Cluain-
39.
9 This parish, with its Islands, is parted
within the respective baronies of Clankelly
of Coole, of Knockninny all of
; it beinE
shown, on the "Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Fermanagh," sheets 34, 35, 39, 40, 42, 43.
mind. See "Acta tomus Sanctorum,"
'
ii. , Apnlisxu. Among the pretermitted saints,
P-f3'7-.
1 his and the townland, so called, are
described, on the " Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Wexford,"
**'txl'*°i;*^ r^, ^ ,, 'The Abbey of Clonmmes, County Wex-
ford, sketched bv Barralet, a. d.
vol. 1. , pp. 44, 45.
5 This parish is within the East Riding,
» Edited by Drs.
