" It is stated, that his place was
surrounded
by woods and by the sea ; and, that with him, in holy companion- ship, lived five or six monks.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
{Eighth Century.
'] We find 1
the simple entry of Cummin, in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the ist of June. The O'Clerys think, that he was the same as Cuimmein Cadhan,2 son of Cronchu, son to Ronan, son of Eochaidh Ballderg, son to Cairthenn Finn, son of Blod, son to Cas, son to Conall Eachluath, and descended from the raceofCorbmacCas,sontoOiliollOluim. Thissaintappearstobeidenti- fied with Cumineus Hua Kierain, Abbot of Rechrann or Rathlin Island, county of Antrim, who probably succeeded St. Flann,3 son to Kellach, bishop of Rechrann, who died a. d. 734-4 We find, that his successor Cuiminin Ua Ciarain must have had a short term of rule, as he died in 738,5 according to a Calendar, which has been compiled by the Rev. William Reeves,6 or in 742, according to the Annals of Ulster. ? His name is entered, also, in the
8
Calendars of Marianus O'Gorman and of Charles Maguire. ologyofDonegal9 mentionsCummein,ashavingbeenveneratedonthisday.
Article IV. —St. Leban, or Laobhan, of Ath-Eguis, or Atha
Egais. The of " thenameofLebanAtha Martyrology Tallagh registers
egais,
attheistofJune. ColganthinksthepresentsaintmaybeidentifiedwithaSt.
Macetus,2 orSt. Maccectus,ofDomnachLeobain,whomanufacturedafamous
reliquary, called Finn Faidheach. He appears to have been not only a disciple
of St. Patrick, but one of his official servants or domestics. 3 When St. Patrick
left Elphin and journeyed to Hua-Noella, otherwise, Tiroillell he is said to have
built a church, at a place called Sean Cheall Dumhaighe, where he left a
Macetus, with many of his disciples. The church of Domnach Leobain,
with which he was connected, is thought to have been identical with the
church of in the Diocese of Clonfert. — it is parish Kill-Leoban, However,
possible,—that his real name is unknown, and that Mac Cecht meaning son
of Cecht may have been only his patronymic* Colgan calls him a priests Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguire commemorate Loebain or Loeb-
hanus,
at the ist of 6 and his June,
place
is called
Ath-egais.
We
read, also,
Article hi. —' Kelly, p. xxvi.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
rum Scriptores," tomus iv. 8"
* In Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," he
is called Cumineus Hua Kierain. Quinta copo, n. 6, p. 59.
Appendix ad Acta S. Columbse, cap. viii. , pp. 509, 510.
9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 142, 143.
3 He
Article IV.
Kelly, p. xxvi. 2"
—
•
on the
4 According to Dr. O'Donovan's
is venerated,
17th
ofJuly.
Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
Annals of the Four Masters,*' vol. i. , pp. 336, 337.
O'Conor's "Rerum Hibernicum
Scriptores,"
3 See ibid. , lib. iii. , 167.
cap. xcviii. , p.
tomusii. , p. 243.
s See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 338, 339.
* If Cecht be assumed as an appellative,
6 See" Ecclesiastical
Connor and Dromore," Appendix L. L. . p. 379.
1 See Dr. O'Conor's " Rerum Hibernica-
times " —See ibid. , n. 188. power. " 130, p.
Antiquities
of Down,
"
See Trias Thaumaturga," Septima According to Tighernach's Annals he de- Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xli. , p. 135,
parted, however, a. d. 739. See Rev. Dr.
and nn. 80, 81, 82, 83, p. 176.
See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," xii. Januarii. De S. Cumiano Epis-
it sometimes means "a plough," and some-
s See ibid,, Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 267.
6 See ibid. , n. 129, p. 188.
The Martyr-
June i. } LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 13
in the Martyrology of Donegal,? that Laobhan, of Ath-Eguis, had a festival on this day. However, in William M. Hennessy's copy of this work, I find the
following manuscript note,
Eguis," nearly
manner,
formerly
called Kill
Laobhain,
now 8 in the of Killevan, partly barony Dartry,9
on the
"
Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
and Reeves, pp. 14—2, 143. «
to
and —
447, Appendix iv. , pp. 566, 567.
These are
to the text — no
" Laoban atha
in the same
and apparently as a correction. That writer states, this saint's locality was
andpartlyinthatofMonaghan,countyofMonaghan. Thiswasaportion
of the of while the name Cill " Church of great parish Galloon, Laebain,
Laebhan," indicates an ecclesiastical origin ; and, it may be, that it commemo- rates the St. Laebhan of Cill-Laebhain, in the Diocese of Clonfert, or of Kil- more. 10 There were three churches or in this 11 the most
chapels district;
ancient of which at Killeevan the people in the neighbourhood call " the Abbey of Killeevan ;" but of the original church, there only remains the western gable, with a very small lancet window, which indicates the antiquity of this
building. "
Article V. —St. Egol, of Disert Eegoilse. At this date, the
T
MartyrologyofTallagh recordsafestivaltohonourEgol,ofDisertEegoilse.
Among the many Diserts or Deserts mentioned in Irish topography, we have not been able to identify the present spot.
Article VI. —St. Steallan. We have Steallan, recorded in the
of 1 on this as been honoured with a Martyrology Donegal, day, having
festival.
Article VII. —St. Colman. The
day, registers the name of Colman, as having been venerated. He is other-
wise undistinguished.
Article VIII. —Festival of St. Thecla, Virgin and Martyr. In
the Irish Church, St. Thecla was venerated, on the 1st of June, as we find it
set inthe"Feilire"ofSt. 1 Innotestothe"LeabharBreac" down, ^Engus.
2 we meet further references to this and 3 She holy virgin martyr.
copy,
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 142, 143.
8 It contains 11,570a. 31-. 6p. It is shown,
Article vi. —* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 142, 143.
the stanza copy, and 9 The greater part of the acreage is within it is translated—into English, by Whitley
Stokes, LL. D.
Oit> memmAn CecWi irell
. Arvoli5 oun Acecub
Corboj; <vobubudpib 1 Kb. 1um ecAtt.
"Music of the mind is Thecla's feast; it behoves us to sing of her with a host vast an—d noble, in the front of June's Calends. "
" Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. xcii.
for the County of '
Monaghan,"
sheets
12, 13,
"" Leabhar Breac
16,17,21.
found, in the
this part, and only 257a. or. I3p. is in the barony of Monaghan.
:
10 See " Evelyn Philip Shirley's
History of the County of Monaghan," chap, xi. ,
p. 335.
"One at Shanco, adjoining Killeevan,
was built in 1790; while one was in the
townland of Diumswords, and it is marked
on the County Map of 1793.
12 There is a wood engraving of this ruin,
in the work already mentioned, where a more complete account will be met with in
chap, xi. , pp. 335 to 337, chap, xiv. , pp. 442,
Article v. Kelly, p. xxvi.
"
. 1. ceob Airvpidux) no binTJiuf [in right margin] O10
Edited Rev. Dr. the
by foregoing
of 1 on this Martyrology Donegal,
Article vii.
—
»
Edited by Drs. Todd
Article viii. Thus is
2 of
chiefly glosses stanza: 1. Oto
14 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June i.
suffered at Antioch, with Zozimus ; and, their feast is commemorated, at this date,inseveralancientMartyrologies,astheBollandistsmention. * Theyare noticed, also, at the ist ofJune, in the Petits Bollandistes,3
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Dicull, Hermit at Bosen- ham. There is a Festival, to commemorate the Elevation of the Relics of a St. Dicull, said to have been the founder of a monastery, at Bosanhame,
ruary. He is called Dicul, a monk ot the Scottish nation ; while, his monas- tery is said to have been situated, between Sussex ? and Southampton. If we are to credit Dempster 4 he flourished a. d. 689,5 and he wrote a book,
"
The artists of the king with melodies, each of them,
to Thomas " Scotorum. "1 It is at Dempster's Menologium placed
according
the ist of June f as also, there is a feast for this saint, at the nth of Feb-
,
"Ad Occidentals Saxones Exhortationes.
" It is stated, that his place was surrounded by woods and by the sea ; and, that with him, in holy companion- ship, lived five or six monks. 6 Dempster holds, that he flourished at a time, somewhat later than a Dicullus, alluded to by Venerable Bede. ?
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Damian, Priest. Thomas
"1
Dempster, in his Menologium Scotorum," has a festival, at the ist of June,
forDamian,apriest,atCummernald,orCumbernauld. Heissaidtohave
2
brought the Relics of St. Andrew, the Apostle, with St. Regulus, to Scotland. These came to Otholinia, under the dominion of the Picts, at that time, which is stated to have been in the fourth century. 3 He is called a Priest, and a cousin- german to the deacon Merinatus ; however, Dempster would not determine,
menuiAn 7j\L. . 1. uijto. bit) t>m. oit> . 1. ughuo no Aichluj;uo mertmAn. no oto . 1.
Martyribus Antiochiae, p. 42.
5 "Vies des Saints," tome vi.
Premier
. 1. caba-in m-oechtnij; t>ocAipe.
no oit).
de — Jour Juin, p. 357.
bm-oig. bm oiti ooa [w5^. Lat, ode, odd] melo-oiA. uc t>icicun.
Aer x>&n& itinig cojvmnib ConAcLiAnAib ceol bmT>e C10 bmo LacAch xnb a ot>
ni choircremne AnAinpceot).
This stanza is thus translated into English — :
Article ix.
It is thus entered
. 1.
At>bor>o, ec unocoicicup 00 . 1. burner, ec Bosanhame monasterio Diculli Eremitae
Withtheirtrainsmusic-sweet,
Though his (own) song is sweet to
We will not hear their
playing. "
This is related in " De Probatis Surius,
. 1. CAbnAo oomenmA t>ia hoit). no 010
oocmenmAm. Anbio 010 . 1. ugut) mentnAn
no bmoer menniAn 7 comAO oit> <\u&p ox>
Ab ooa roepoe no oin . 1. uAnAig oocmen-
niAin . 1. cAbAin t>ocAine . 1. Anirni mor* " Cummernaldiae Damiani presbyteri, qui LibencAf ec nAciuicAr euif [h] ooie ueL S. Andreae reliquias a S. Regulo allatas m noc oie. 2. AcecuL . 1. AAirner no recepit. B T. "
AceccVi—AncAm. 4. . 1. m r ponce humr 2 See Bishop Forbes* " Kalendars of
menrif. Ibid. , p. xcvi.
Scottish Saints," p. 201.
3 See the account given by Hector Boece,
in "Scotorum Historue," lib. vi. , fol. cviii.
3 4
See ibid. , p. xcviii.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Junii i. De SS. Zosimo et Tecla Virgine,
:
2" SeeBishopForbes' KalendarsofScot-
tish Saints," p. 201.
3 Under the Additions to this County,
Boseham or Bosenham is described, in Cough's Camden's "Britannia," vol. i. , pp. 192, 193.
Ecclesiastica Gentis
Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. iv. , num. 406, p. 222.
:
5 Dempsteradds "Sanctumputateccle-
sia Scotica, ex Beda, lib. iii. Hist. Eccles.
fundatoris elevatio. B. "
4 See "Historia
Anglor, cap. xix. "
Sanctorum Vitis," tomus v. Vita S. Wilfridi, xii. Octobris.
? In"HistoriaEcclesiasticaGentisAnglo-
rum," lib. iii. , — xxviii. cap.
«
Article x. It is thus entered
:
June 2. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 15
whether he was a Scot or a Greek, or whether he accompanied St. Regulus to Scotland, or there joined him, with his other companions. He is said to have written a book, " De Reliquiarum S. Andreae in Britanniam Advectione," and to have flourished, in the year 332. 4 One of the churches at St. Andrew was dedicated to him. s
Article XI. —Elevation of the Relics of St. Madelgisilus, at
Centule. Some Elevation of the Relics of St. Madelgisilus, at Centule, is
commemorated the 1 at the 1st of The Life of this by Bollandists, June.
saint has been presented, already, at the 30th day of May,2 which is his prin- cipal festival, and where allusion is made to the Elevation in question.
^eronti ©ap of 3une.
ARTICLE L—ST. ALDEGISUS, ADALGISUS, OR ALGISUS, PRIEST, AND MISSIONARY, IN HANNONIA.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—WRITERS OF THE ACTS OF ST. ALDEGISUS—HIS PARENTAGE, AND EDUCATION, IN IRELAND—HE IS SAID TO HAVE BECOME A DISCIPLE OF ST. FURSEY—HIS ORDINATION—HE PROCEEDS AS A MISSIONARY TO FRANCE—ALDEGISUS IS HONOURABLY RECEIVED BY KING CLODOVEUS AT LAON—HE SETTLES AS A HERMIT, WITH SOME COMPANIONS, AT TERASC1A, IN PICARDY.
lovers of this world desire to write about transitory and evil things, IF much more should those who desire to record what subjects are eternal and salutary for the devotion of the faithful, and for the salvation of posterity. So states the mediaeval author of our saint's Acts, in which he recognises the wonderful gifts of God, and the glory of his august name ; since before the con- stitution of this world, his holy ones were under the prescience of His Supreme Wisdom, and after its creation in due course were they glorified. This is fully revealed in the lives and works of the Patriarchs and Prophets ; in the glorious choirs of the Apostles and Evangelists ; as in the multitudes of the holy Martyrs and Confessors. Among the latter class may be ranked the present holy man—the special Patron and Confessor of the writer—a brilliant light amid those stars of the Heavenly firmament, and whose rays were calculated to chase darkness from the souls of men, through his virtues
and miracles.
Certain mistakes probably crept into the Acts of this holy missionary.
Colgan intended to treat of St. Algisus, at the 2nd of June.
1
There are Acts
the
" Historia s See William F. Skene's " Chronicles of
4 See Thomas
Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. ,
the Ficts and —
Scots," p. 187.
tomus
lib. num. iv. ,
2 See the Fifth Volume of this Art. i. , at that date,
work,
Article xi.
•
See " Acta
Sanctorum,"
to "
Actuum Sanctorum MS. quas
Dempster's 410, pp. 223, 224.
i. , Junii i. Among saints, p. 4.
pretermitted
Article 1. —Chapter
* i.
According
Catalogus
—
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 2. of St. Etto, Bishop, in which among the companions of St. Fursey are distin-
— as
guished constituting
his brethren or
disciples Algisus
and
Adelgisus
or Alde-
gisus whereas these names seem to be applicable to one and the same person.
Again, while Algisus is said to have died in one monastery, Aldegisus is said
to have departed in another. 3 Although there may be mistakes of statement
and exaggerations, in the Acts of Algisus ; yet, may it be alleged, also, they do not deserve those severe criticisms, which such errors have called forth. The Manuscript Life of this saint was extant in the time of Molanus,3 at the Beth- lehemitemonasteryofCanonsRegular,nearLouvain. Theauthorofthis Tract states in its preface, that he collected the Life and Virtues of the most excellent Father—whom he terms our Algisus—from the faithful narratives of his senior Fathers 4 and, while desirous of and what
; correcting arranging
had been written into one Treatise, he desired to include, also, what had been derived from tradition. This was done, through motives of piety, and not to challenge literary admiration, so that devout persons might have a memorial of the holy man, and praise the work of God wrought by him. The Bollan-
——
dists s have such Acts 6 illustrated by notes of this holy man, at the 2nd of
June. These are edited by Father Francis Baerl, preceded by a Commen- tary,? and they are followed by an Appendix. 8 In the Third Volume of the
"
Acta Sanctorum Belgii, the Acts of St. Chillen and of St. Adalgisus will be found. 10 A short notice of the latter saint is met with in Molanus. 11 He
is commemorated, also, by Mirseus, 12 and Bucelin. ^
Dempster's
There are notices of
" Scoto- Menologium
this
rum,"1* and in the Petits Bollandistes. 'S
holy missionary, likewise,
in Thomas
This holy man was born in Ireland, 16 where he was brought up in the
exercise of every virtue, having been dedicated to the Almighty, by his dis-
tinguished and pious parents. They offered vows and prayers, that their son might have intellect and will, to serve God with his whole mind. From his
habentur ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
sidered, that the Acts in question should not
be published, and that the Epitome of Molanus should suffice; however, Baert re- solved otherwise, leaving freedom to the critic to form bis own opinions as to their
3
"Ego vero, ubi de uno laboramus satis, alterum quserendum non existimo, ut labore-
FatherFrancisBaerthereuponremarks:
mus magis ; pnesenim cum scriptor hie, non
alia ratione ad divisionem illam motus value.
videatur, quamaliquali, apud varios Autores non antiquos, reperta nominis dissimilitu- dine. "
3 This writer states, he had seen it, and
from that source has been drawn, what he
had compiled in eulogizing our saint.
* However, the Bollandist Father Baert, relying much on the opinion of Father
Godefrid Henschen, throws much
on the antiquity of these writers, who lived, as he supposed, only a short time before the compilation had been made, since there are matters somewhat incredible, such as the miraculous well, the cell Adalgisus built, the reception of Corbican's body, and the vision of St. Peter the Apostle, there introduced. It is not easy to understand, how Baert arrived at an opinion, that because St. Adal- gisus is said to have come to France with St. Fursey, this thought must have been derived from perusing the writings of Venerable Bede, and from the well known acts of St. Fursey, which mention his other Scottish
companions, although no notice be taken of
Si. Algisus among them. Henschen con- claris parentibus crtus,"&c.
suspicion
8 In five
s See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus
i. , Junii ii. De S. Adalgiso, sive Algiso Presbytero, in Theoracia Picardiae Regiuncula, pp. 222
to 228.
6
These are contained in two chapters, containing seventeen paragraphs. A Pro- logue of the author is prefixed.
» In five paragraphs.
paragraphs.
the simple entry of Cummin, in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the ist of June. The O'Clerys think, that he was the same as Cuimmein Cadhan,2 son of Cronchu, son to Ronan, son of Eochaidh Ballderg, son to Cairthenn Finn, son of Blod, son to Cas, son to Conall Eachluath, and descended from the raceofCorbmacCas,sontoOiliollOluim. Thissaintappearstobeidenti- fied with Cumineus Hua Kierain, Abbot of Rechrann or Rathlin Island, county of Antrim, who probably succeeded St. Flann,3 son to Kellach, bishop of Rechrann, who died a. d. 734-4 We find, that his successor Cuiminin Ua Ciarain must have had a short term of rule, as he died in 738,5 according to a Calendar, which has been compiled by the Rev. William Reeves,6 or in 742, according to the Annals of Ulster. ? His name is entered, also, in the
8
Calendars of Marianus O'Gorman and of Charles Maguire. ologyofDonegal9 mentionsCummein,ashavingbeenveneratedonthisday.
Article IV. —St. Leban, or Laobhan, of Ath-Eguis, or Atha
Egais. The of " thenameofLebanAtha Martyrology Tallagh registers
egais,
attheistofJune. ColganthinksthepresentsaintmaybeidentifiedwithaSt.
Macetus,2 orSt. Maccectus,ofDomnachLeobain,whomanufacturedafamous
reliquary, called Finn Faidheach. He appears to have been not only a disciple
of St. Patrick, but one of his official servants or domestics. 3 When St. Patrick
left Elphin and journeyed to Hua-Noella, otherwise, Tiroillell he is said to have
built a church, at a place called Sean Cheall Dumhaighe, where he left a
Macetus, with many of his disciples. The church of Domnach Leobain,
with which he was connected, is thought to have been identical with the
church of in the Diocese of Clonfert. — it is parish Kill-Leoban, However,
possible,—that his real name is unknown, and that Mac Cecht meaning son
of Cecht may have been only his patronymic* Colgan calls him a priests Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguire commemorate Loebain or Loeb-
hanus,
at the ist of 6 and his June,
place
is called
Ath-egais.
We
read, also,
Article hi. —' Kelly, p. xxvi.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
rum Scriptores," tomus iv. 8"
* In Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," he
is called Cumineus Hua Kierain. Quinta copo, n. 6, p. 59.
Appendix ad Acta S. Columbse, cap. viii. , pp. 509, 510.
9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 142, 143.
3 He
Article IV.
Kelly, p. xxvi. 2"
—
•
on the
4 According to Dr. O'Donovan's
is venerated,
17th
ofJuly.
Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
Annals of the Four Masters,*' vol. i. , pp. 336, 337.
O'Conor's "Rerum Hibernicum
Scriptores,"
3 See ibid. , lib. iii. , 167.
cap. xcviii. , p.
tomusii. , p. 243.
s See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 338, 339.
* If Cecht be assumed as an appellative,
6 See" Ecclesiastical
Connor and Dromore," Appendix L. L. . p. 379.
1 See Dr. O'Conor's " Rerum Hibernica-
times " —See ibid. , n. 188. power. " 130, p.
Antiquities
of Down,
"
See Trias Thaumaturga," Septima According to Tighernach's Annals he de- Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xli. , p. 135,
parted, however, a. d. 739. See Rev. Dr.
and nn. 80, 81, 82, 83, p. 176.
See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," xii. Januarii. De S. Cumiano Epis-
it sometimes means "a plough," and some-
s See ibid,, Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 267.
6 See ibid. , n. 129, p. 188.
The Martyr-
June i. } LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 13
in the Martyrology of Donegal,? that Laobhan, of Ath-Eguis, had a festival on this day. However, in William M. Hennessy's copy of this work, I find the
following manuscript note,
Eguis," nearly
manner,
formerly
called Kill
Laobhain,
now 8 in the of Killevan, partly barony Dartry,9
on the
"
Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
and Reeves, pp. 14—2, 143. «
to
and —
447, Appendix iv. , pp. 566, 567.
These are
to the text — no
" Laoban atha
in the same
and apparently as a correction. That writer states, this saint's locality was
andpartlyinthatofMonaghan,countyofMonaghan. Thiswasaportion
of the of while the name Cill " Church of great parish Galloon, Laebain,
Laebhan," indicates an ecclesiastical origin ; and, it may be, that it commemo- rates the St. Laebhan of Cill-Laebhain, in the Diocese of Clonfert, or of Kil- more. 10 There were three churches or in this 11 the most
chapels district;
ancient of which at Killeevan the people in the neighbourhood call " the Abbey of Killeevan ;" but of the original church, there only remains the western gable, with a very small lancet window, which indicates the antiquity of this
building. "
Article V. —St. Egol, of Disert Eegoilse. At this date, the
T
MartyrologyofTallagh recordsafestivaltohonourEgol,ofDisertEegoilse.
Among the many Diserts or Deserts mentioned in Irish topography, we have not been able to identify the present spot.
Article VI. —St. Steallan. We have Steallan, recorded in the
of 1 on this as been honoured with a Martyrology Donegal, day, having
festival.
Article VII. —St. Colman. The
day, registers the name of Colman, as having been venerated. He is other-
wise undistinguished.
Article VIII. —Festival of St. Thecla, Virgin and Martyr. In
the Irish Church, St. Thecla was venerated, on the 1st of June, as we find it
set inthe"Feilire"ofSt. 1 Innotestothe"LeabharBreac" down, ^Engus.
2 we meet further references to this and 3 She holy virgin martyr.
copy,
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 142, 143.
8 It contains 11,570a. 31-. 6p. It is shown,
Article vi. —* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 142, 143.
the stanza copy, and 9 The greater part of the acreage is within it is translated—into English, by Whitley
Stokes, LL. D.
Oit> memmAn CecWi irell
. Arvoli5 oun Acecub
Corboj; <vobubudpib 1 Kb. 1um ecAtt.
"Music of the mind is Thecla's feast; it behoves us to sing of her with a host vast an—d noble, in the front of June's Calends. "
" Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. xcii.
for the County of '
Monaghan,"
sheets
12, 13,
"" Leabhar Breac
16,17,21.
found, in the
this part, and only 257a. or. I3p. is in the barony of Monaghan.
:
10 See " Evelyn Philip Shirley's
History of the County of Monaghan," chap, xi. ,
p. 335.
"One at Shanco, adjoining Killeevan,
was built in 1790; while one was in the
townland of Diumswords, and it is marked
on the County Map of 1793.
12 There is a wood engraving of this ruin,
in the work already mentioned, where a more complete account will be met with in
chap, xi. , pp. 335 to 337, chap, xiv. , pp. 442,
Article v. Kelly, p. xxvi.
"
. 1. ceob Airvpidux) no binTJiuf [in right margin] O10
Edited Rev. Dr. the
by foregoing
of 1 on this Martyrology Donegal,
Article vii.
—
»
Edited by Drs. Todd
Article viii. Thus is
2 of
chiefly glosses stanza: 1. Oto
14 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June i.
suffered at Antioch, with Zozimus ; and, their feast is commemorated, at this date,inseveralancientMartyrologies,astheBollandistsmention. * Theyare noticed, also, at the ist ofJune, in the Petits Bollandistes,3
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Dicull, Hermit at Bosen- ham. There is a Festival, to commemorate the Elevation of the Relics of a St. Dicull, said to have been the founder of a monastery, at Bosanhame,
ruary. He is called Dicul, a monk ot the Scottish nation ; while, his monas- tery is said to have been situated, between Sussex ? and Southampton. If we are to credit Dempster 4 he flourished a. d. 689,5 and he wrote a book,
"
The artists of the king with melodies, each of them,
to Thomas " Scotorum. "1 It is at Dempster's Menologium placed
according
the ist of June f as also, there is a feast for this saint, at the nth of Feb-
,
"Ad Occidentals Saxones Exhortationes.
" It is stated, that his place was surrounded by woods and by the sea ; and, that with him, in holy companion- ship, lived five or six monks. 6 Dempster holds, that he flourished at a time, somewhat later than a Dicullus, alluded to by Venerable Bede. ?
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Damian, Priest. Thomas
"1
Dempster, in his Menologium Scotorum," has a festival, at the ist of June,
forDamian,apriest,atCummernald,orCumbernauld. Heissaidtohave
2
brought the Relics of St. Andrew, the Apostle, with St. Regulus, to Scotland. These came to Otholinia, under the dominion of the Picts, at that time, which is stated to have been in the fourth century. 3 He is called a Priest, and a cousin- german to the deacon Merinatus ; however, Dempster would not determine,
menuiAn 7j\L. . 1. uijto. bit) t>m. oit> . 1. ughuo no Aichluj;uo mertmAn. no oto . 1.
Martyribus Antiochiae, p. 42.
5 "Vies des Saints," tome vi.
Premier
. 1. caba-in m-oechtnij; t>ocAipe.
no oit).
de — Jour Juin, p. 357.
bm-oig. bm oiti ooa [w5^. Lat, ode, odd] melo-oiA. uc t>icicun.
Aer x>&n& itinig cojvmnib ConAcLiAnAib ceol bmT>e C10 bmo LacAch xnb a ot>
ni choircremne AnAinpceot).
This stanza is thus translated into English — :
Article ix.
It is thus entered
. 1.
At>bor>o, ec unocoicicup 00 . 1. burner, ec Bosanhame monasterio Diculli Eremitae
Withtheirtrainsmusic-sweet,
Though his (own) song is sweet to
We will not hear their
playing. "
This is related in " De Probatis Surius,
. 1. CAbnAo oomenmA t>ia hoit). no 010
oocmenmAm. Anbio 010 . 1. ugut) mentnAn
no bmoer menniAn 7 comAO oit> <\u&p ox>
Ab ooa roepoe no oin . 1. uAnAig oocmen-
niAin . 1. cAbAin t>ocAine . 1. Anirni mor* " Cummernaldiae Damiani presbyteri, qui LibencAf ec nAciuicAr euif [h] ooie ueL S. Andreae reliquias a S. Regulo allatas m noc oie. 2. AcecuL . 1. AAirner no recepit. B T. "
AceccVi—AncAm. 4. . 1. m r ponce humr 2 See Bishop Forbes* " Kalendars of
menrif. Ibid. , p. xcvi.
Scottish Saints," p. 201.
3 See the account given by Hector Boece,
in "Scotorum Historue," lib. vi. , fol. cviii.
3 4
See ibid. , p. xcviii.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Junii i. De SS. Zosimo et Tecla Virgine,
:
2" SeeBishopForbes' KalendarsofScot-
tish Saints," p. 201.
3 Under the Additions to this County,
Boseham or Bosenham is described, in Cough's Camden's "Britannia," vol. i. , pp. 192, 193.
Ecclesiastica Gentis
Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. iv. , num. 406, p. 222.
:
5 Dempsteradds "Sanctumputateccle-
sia Scotica, ex Beda, lib. iii. Hist. Eccles.
fundatoris elevatio. B. "
4 See "Historia
Anglor, cap. xix. "
Sanctorum Vitis," tomus v. Vita S. Wilfridi, xii. Octobris.
? In"HistoriaEcclesiasticaGentisAnglo-
rum," lib. iii. , — xxviii. cap.
«
Article x. It is thus entered
:
June 2. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 15
whether he was a Scot or a Greek, or whether he accompanied St. Regulus to Scotland, or there joined him, with his other companions. He is said to have written a book, " De Reliquiarum S. Andreae in Britanniam Advectione," and to have flourished, in the year 332. 4 One of the churches at St. Andrew was dedicated to him. s
Article XI. —Elevation of the Relics of St. Madelgisilus, at
Centule. Some Elevation of the Relics of St. Madelgisilus, at Centule, is
commemorated the 1 at the 1st of The Life of this by Bollandists, June.
saint has been presented, already, at the 30th day of May,2 which is his prin- cipal festival, and where allusion is made to the Elevation in question.
^eronti ©ap of 3une.
ARTICLE L—ST. ALDEGISUS, ADALGISUS, OR ALGISUS, PRIEST, AND MISSIONARY, IN HANNONIA.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—WRITERS OF THE ACTS OF ST. ALDEGISUS—HIS PARENTAGE, AND EDUCATION, IN IRELAND—HE IS SAID TO HAVE BECOME A DISCIPLE OF ST. FURSEY—HIS ORDINATION—HE PROCEEDS AS A MISSIONARY TO FRANCE—ALDEGISUS IS HONOURABLY RECEIVED BY KING CLODOVEUS AT LAON—HE SETTLES AS A HERMIT, WITH SOME COMPANIONS, AT TERASC1A, IN PICARDY.
lovers of this world desire to write about transitory and evil things, IF much more should those who desire to record what subjects are eternal and salutary for the devotion of the faithful, and for the salvation of posterity. So states the mediaeval author of our saint's Acts, in which he recognises the wonderful gifts of God, and the glory of his august name ; since before the con- stitution of this world, his holy ones were under the prescience of His Supreme Wisdom, and after its creation in due course were they glorified. This is fully revealed in the lives and works of the Patriarchs and Prophets ; in the glorious choirs of the Apostles and Evangelists ; as in the multitudes of the holy Martyrs and Confessors. Among the latter class may be ranked the present holy man—the special Patron and Confessor of the writer—a brilliant light amid those stars of the Heavenly firmament, and whose rays were calculated to chase darkness from the souls of men, through his virtues
and miracles.
Certain mistakes probably crept into the Acts of this holy missionary.
Colgan intended to treat of St. Algisus, at the 2nd of June.
1
There are Acts
the
" Historia s See William F. Skene's " Chronicles of
4 See Thomas
Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. ,
the Ficts and —
Scots," p. 187.
tomus
lib. num. iv. ,
2 See the Fifth Volume of this Art. i. , at that date,
work,
Article xi.
•
See " Acta
Sanctorum,"
to "
Actuum Sanctorum MS. quas
Dempster's 410, pp. 223, 224.
i. , Junii i. Among saints, p. 4.
pretermitted
Article 1. —Chapter
* i.
According
Catalogus
—
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 2. of St. Etto, Bishop, in which among the companions of St. Fursey are distin-
— as
guished constituting
his brethren or
disciples Algisus
and
Adelgisus
or Alde-
gisus whereas these names seem to be applicable to one and the same person.
Again, while Algisus is said to have died in one monastery, Aldegisus is said
to have departed in another. 3 Although there may be mistakes of statement
and exaggerations, in the Acts of Algisus ; yet, may it be alleged, also, they do not deserve those severe criticisms, which such errors have called forth. The Manuscript Life of this saint was extant in the time of Molanus,3 at the Beth- lehemitemonasteryofCanonsRegular,nearLouvain. Theauthorofthis Tract states in its preface, that he collected the Life and Virtues of the most excellent Father—whom he terms our Algisus—from the faithful narratives of his senior Fathers 4 and, while desirous of and what
; correcting arranging
had been written into one Treatise, he desired to include, also, what had been derived from tradition. This was done, through motives of piety, and not to challenge literary admiration, so that devout persons might have a memorial of the holy man, and praise the work of God wrought by him. The Bollan-
——
dists s have such Acts 6 illustrated by notes of this holy man, at the 2nd of
June. These are edited by Father Francis Baerl, preceded by a Commen- tary,? and they are followed by an Appendix. 8 In the Third Volume of the
"
Acta Sanctorum Belgii, the Acts of St. Chillen and of St. Adalgisus will be found. 10 A short notice of the latter saint is met with in Molanus. 11 He
is commemorated, also, by Mirseus, 12 and Bucelin. ^
Dempster's
There are notices of
" Scoto- Menologium
this
rum,"1* and in the Petits Bollandistes. 'S
holy missionary, likewise,
in Thomas
This holy man was born in Ireland, 16 where he was brought up in the
exercise of every virtue, having been dedicated to the Almighty, by his dis-
tinguished and pious parents. They offered vows and prayers, that their son might have intellect and will, to serve God with his whole mind. From his
habentur ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
sidered, that the Acts in question should not
be published, and that the Epitome of Molanus should suffice; however, Baert re- solved otherwise, leaving freedom to the critic to form bis own opinions as to their
3
"Ego vero, ubi de uno laboramus satis, alterum quserendum non existimo, ut labore-
FatherFrancisBaerthereuponremarks:
mus magis ; pnesenim cum scriptor hie, non
alia ratione ad divisionem illam motus value.
videatur, quamaliquali, apud varios Autores non antiquos, reperta nominis dissimilitu- dine. "
3 This writer states, he had seen it, and
from that source has been drawn, what he
had compiled in eulogizing our saint.
* However, the Bollandist Father Baert, relying much on the opinion of Father
Godefrid Henschen, throws much
on the antiquity of these writers, who lived, as he supposed, only a short time before the compilation had been made, since there are matters somewhat incredible, such as the miraculous well, the cell Adalgisus built, the reception of Corbican's body, and the vision of St. Peter the Apostle, there introduced. It is not easy to understand, how Baert arrived at an opinion, that because St. Adal- gisus is said to have come to France with St. Fursey, this thought must have been derived from perusing the writings of Venerable Bede, and from the well known acts of St. Fursey, which mention his other Scottish
companions, although no notice be taken of
Si. Algisus among them. Henschen con- claris parentibus crtus,"&c.
suspicion
8 In five
s See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus
i. , Junii ii. De S. Adalgiso, sive Algiso Presbytero, in Theoracia Picardiae Regiuncula, pp. 222
to 228.
6
These are contained in two chapters, containing seventeen paragraphs. A Pro- logue of the author is prefixed.
» In five paragraphs.
paragraphs.
