Besides
were made to its certain altar, by
at
the capital city of Austria, there is annually a solemn celebration of the Feast of the holy Patrons of Franconia.
were made to its certain altar, by
at
the capital city of Austria, there is annually a solemn celebration of the Feast of the holy Patrons of Franconia.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v7
On this date, at least, a festival has been instituted, in commemoration of those holy martyrs.
It is said to have
12 occurred, likewise, during the reign of Pipping the first KingofFranconia. *
The holy Bishop Burchard suspected, that as the devoted martyrs had been secretly murdered, and as the hurried concealment of their remains was an object kept in view by all the parties concerned in the murder, their bodies could not have been deeply buried in the earth. Accordingly, he ordered a public fast, which was kept by the clergy and people, so that the Almighty Discoverer of hidden things might deign to reveal his secrets to the faithful, who desired to honour him through his saints. 43 He announced a day for the Elevation, when a great multitude of people flocked into Wurtzburg, some through a hope of witnessing great miracles, some through a desire to be healed from corporal diseases, and all through religious motives. The holy Bishop himself went to the traditional place of sepulture. He brought with himaspadeormattock,andbegantoopentheearth. UnderSt. Burchard's auspices, a search was instituted by numbers of willing labourerers who were present, for the recovery of those dead bodies. They were at length found, and in a shallow grave. The martyrs' flesh was reduced to dust. However, their bones, and those sacred articles buried with them, were dis- covered, in a good state of preservation. What seemed most wonderful was a fragrant odour that became diffused around ; and the people assembled in ecstatic delight sought to touch the sacred relics, or bear them in some way, while they were being removed from their place of deposition. With great delight, and as if by unanimous acclaim, they all cried out: "Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace be to men of good will. "
Illustrious miracles were wrought on the occurrence of this elevation, as likewise,onmanysubsequentoccasions. Asitseems,atthistimeabasilica dedicated to the holy Mother of God stood in Wurtzburg, and it was on a very elevated site. Thither, on a day appointed for the purpose, with a great concourse of the clergy and people, the bishop removed their sacred relics, and with great religious ceremony. St. Burchard and the clergy kept vigil over the martyrs, and he resolved on that site to erect his chief monastery. However, he had a revelation, that owing to the steepness and difficulty of the ascent to that mount, the structure which he began with wood must be abandoned. The removal of their relics was only temporary, notwithstanding this care ; for, St. Burchard immediately set to work, and he commenced the building of a new cathedral. This afterwards was called Novum Monas- terium, or the New Monastery. This church had been placed under the specialinvocationofSt. Kilian,St. ColmanandSt. Totnan. Itwasbuiltof stone and elegantly fashioned. To it, the bodies of the saints were brought, an elaborate sarcophagus having been prepared, to receive their remains.
*° He in the chair of St. presided Peter,
from a. d. 741 to 752. See Sir Harris
"
*2 to the First Acts of St. According
Kilian and his companions.
43 This account is taken from Egilward's
"Vita S. Burchardi," lib. ii. , cap. ii.
*4 Now known as Die Neuminster Kirche. It fronts on one of the principal streets of Burgundy, afterwards extending his sway Wurtzburg, and it is surrounded on every over Franconia in 752. His death took side by houses, over which however appear
Nicolas'
41 Known as Pepin le Bref, who on the
Chronology of History," p. 21 1.
death of his father, Charles Martel, a. d. 741, succeeded to the kingdoms of Neustria and
place, a. d. 768. See M. Le Dr. Hoefer's the facade and dome or cupola, with a sort "
"Nouvelle Biographie Generate, tome of tower crowned by a Byzantine-style of xxxix. , cols. 541 to 544. minaret. It is very faithfully presented in
136 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 8.
That church « is said to have been erected over the very spot, where the relics of those holy Martyrs had been so long entombed. The people of Wurtzburgh believe, also, that this was the exact site, on wh—ich the castle of Duke Gosbert formerly stood. The —tomb of the Martyrs very artistically designedandofantiqueworkmanship issurroundedbystrongandwrought iron railings of very handsome workmanship. It is to be seen, in the crypt of what is interiorly a most beautiful church, and numbers of the faithful daily assemble to pray before this tomb. *5 There, in former times, many miracles are said to have been wrought ; nor have we any doubt, that the
Die Neuminster Kirche, Wurtzburg, containing the Martyrs' Tomb.
aithful clients of those saints, at the present] day, receive various spiritual
and temporal benefits through their intercesson. The city *6 and citizens of
Wurtzburg, who are almost exclusively Catholics, are under the special pro- tection of their Patron Martyrs.
the accompanying illustration copied from beatum
a photograph procured on the spot. A Ob Salvatorem proprium fudisse
drawing of it by William F. Wakeman on the wood has been engraved by Mrs. Mil- lard.
«sOn the 23rd of September, 1886, the writer had the same privilege and an oppor- tunity for inspecting this and other fine churches in Wurtzburg, during the course of a trip from Frankfort-on-the Maine to Ratis- bon and Vienna.
46 It contains a Catholic University and
thirty-three Catholic churches, including the cathedral, with several other fine religious houses and institutes.
4? On a stone—slab, the following verses
cruorem.
Hinc fuit, est, et erit salus illi, qui
pie quaerit,
Est caecus, mutus, claudus, sordusque
solulus.
Septingentesimo quinquagesimoque secundo
A Bonifacio, Burkardo consociato, Hi sunt sublati, rite quoque canoni-
zati :
Hos pete devote, qui sint oramine
pro te.
Septingentesimo nonagesimo quoque
were inscribed
prinio Burkardus
suum
"
:
Annis sexcentis octogenisque nove- nis
Istic Kyllenam scimus fontis prope venam,
Et Colonatum, necnon Tothnanque
moritur, corpusque
sepelitur,
Juxta sanctorum tumulum, ceu scribi-
tur, horum,
Per Megengaudum successorem re-
verendum. "
July 8. ] LIVES 01 THE IRISH SAINTS. 137
An epitaph, in memory of these martyrs, was placed over the sepulchral crypt, to the west side of the church, but several years after their death. *? However, it does not appear to have conveyed to us the exact date for St. Burchard's elevation of the remains nor is it correct to have stated, that he
;
procured the canonization of those Martyrs. It is even doubtful, if St. Bur- chardlivedtoa. d. 752,althoughsomewritershaveit, thathediedonthe
1
it to St.
while it is more correctly supposed to have been written, in comparatively recent times. It is interesting to notice, that in Wurtzburg the figures of
those saints have been thus represented : St. Kilian in an episcopal dress ;
St. Colman in a priest's habit, and St. Totnan in that of a deacon. It may be observed, likewise, that on an old seal, dating back to a. d. 1119, St.
Kilian is figured in an episcopal habit, having a curiously shaped old mitre on his head, with a dalmatic and pallium over his soutane, bearing an Irish fashioned staff in his right hand, and an open book in his left. Another seal of a. d. 1 135 presents him seated on a throne, with staff and book, but with habiliments somewhat dissimilar from the former figure. 52 On the coins of Wurtzburg, he is represented as holding a sword and a crozier ;S3 also, as
doubt.
50 It ran as follows
:
—
Bishop- ric, fifty-three years after his death ; how- ever, St. Kilian is the principal patron, as likewise a recognised Apostle, for the pro-
also,
——
is sometimes * 8 but incorrectly called
in that 8 Some of the Benedictine writers *9 particular year/
of
suppose St. Kilian to have belonged to their order ; but, this is altogether an unwarrantable supposition. In the vestibule of the chapter of Neuminster was to be seen a Latin inscription^ in verse. This is in the upper part of the building, and on the northern side of the crypt. The authorship of the
9th
February,
inscription
has been contested, some writers
attributing
Burchard,*
a holding cross,
andsword 5* ;
two swords. 5 7
with a sword beneath his feet 5* also, as a
; holding dagger
as The
martyred by holy martyr
sword and 6 as
spear ;5 likewise, holding
48 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of of Brittany," book xxiii. , chap, xxv. , p.
the Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. x. , October xiv.
49 Among these is Trithemius, and even
Mabillon, although expressing it with a
"Hi sunt, Herbipolis, qui te docuere magistri,
Qua verum colores religione Deum. Impia quos tandem jussit Geilana ne-
cari,
Celavitque sub hunc corpora caesa
locum.
Ne turpi, sine laude, situ defossa jace- rent
Corpora, Burkardus sub monu- menta locat. "
51 Such as Henricus Pantaleon and Arnold Wion.
burg, p. 128. 6a
s'' See the Bollandists' "Acta Sancto- geous colouring. Along the grand nave and rum," tomus ii. , Julii viii. , Commentarius mounted high on corbels are numbers of
Praevius, sect, vi. , p. 611.
53 See Very Rev. F. C. Husenbeth's
"Emblems of Saints," Third edition.
Edited by Augustus J essopp, D. D. , p. 125. 54 In Bilder Legende.
55 In Die Attribute der Heiligen.
s6 In Der Heyligen Leben.
-i Lambrecht.
58 See Dean Cressy's "Church History
beautiful statues.
6s The accompanying illustration of the
cathedral front at Wurtzburg taken from a
photograph procured there has been drawn by William F. Wakeman on the wood, en- graved by Mrs. Millard.
M See "Thesaurus Reliquiarum Electora-
lis Brunsvico-Launeburgicus. " Hanoverise, 1713-
613.
59 This city was only erected into a
vince of
60 See Bishop Challoner's " Brittannia
Sancta,"part ii. , p. 25.
6l See "The or Popular Encyclopedia;
Conversations Lexicon, "vol. vii. , Art. Wurtz-
The spacious episcopal palace is not far from the cathedral, in which are to be seen several fine monuments of the deceased bishops of Wurtzburg.
63 There is a notice of this Festival, at the same date, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. vi.
64 The interior presents an uncommonly striking appearance, it being decorated with fresco paintings, rich and in the most gar-
Franconia.
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 8. Bishop of Wurtzburg ;59 by some writers, however, it is thought probable, he
60
had been consecrated as Bishop before he left Ireland.
—A magnificent cathedral
133
Fa9ade
silver shrines. 6*
of Cathedral Wurtzburg.
A portion of the martyrs' relics were said to remain, encased
6? See " Opuscula Prosa et Metro," Ar- gumento etiam Varia, tomus I. The dedi- cation of this work is dated by Frater Bona- venture Baron, at Herbipolis, 6. Nones of May, 1666, and the first folio volume was
:
Nee pateris nisi quum faemina pul- sa thoro est.
Vivis Apostolicos Kyliane superstes honores,
Baptista pariter funere functus obis. " Lib. ii. , n. 20, p. 26.
69
there in 1668. The second folio volume appeared at Lyons—, in 1669.
published
68 Thus run these lines
—
" Pellis idola adytis, Christum Kyliane reponis :
Among
Wurtzburg, it is intituled, Codex Evangelio- rum quo usus est S. Kilianus.
79 See an admirable article ** Irish Art in
the building of which is
said to have taken place in
1042 61 and which now ;
fronts on one of the chief streets in Wurtzburg—has
two
towers on the facade, and they are crowned with tapering spires to lanthron finials, which are again
62
Over the entrance door of
fine design are two grand
rose-windows with a circularly-headed window in a compartment between them. On building this new cathedral, a shrine was prepared within its walls, for the reception of the holy martyrs' remains, and to this they were transferred on the 25th of March. 63 The year when this Translation took place has not been discovered. Under the tabernacle of thehighaltarwithin6« are preserved the heads of St. Kilian, St. Colman and St. Totnan, in magnificent
of the Elector of 66 Brunswick-Lunenburg.
and in
the occasion of his death, with the reverence paid to his memory.
Throughout Germany, but especially in Franconia, extraordinary venera- tion has been entertained and manifested in regard to the revered Martyrs,
Kilian, Colman and Totnan. But, as we may naturally suppose, Wurtzburg claims to concentrate most that cultus, which its good Catholic people pay to their Irish patrons. An ancient illuminated copy in Irish handwriting, of the
in a rich
Among the elegant Epigrammatic Latin Poems 6 ? of Father Bonaventure Baron, there is one on St. Kilian, the Irish Martyr ; and, it pithily describes
68
shrine,
possession
imposing flanking
surmounted with crosses.
the at Manuscripts preserved
triplet
July 8. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
i 39
6^ is
1
Wurtzburg, in Windsheim the principal church^ built a. d. 1190, was dedi-
catedtoSt. Kilian, InHailbrun,inthecountryoftheSuevi,therewasalso achurch,andinitarememorialrepresentationsofthesaint. InHalle,there was a church, dedicated to him, with memorials. In the town of Huxar, and near the monastery of Corbei, before the year 1000, a church had been built and dedicated to St. Kilian; while, it is related, at a. d. 1088, that oblations
2
Epistles
Kilian,
of St.
and of the Latin
Gospels belonging
to St.
Paul,
yetpreservedinWurtzburg. 7° Itliasbeendescribed,byM. Wattenbach,an eminent German antiquary. It is traditionally believed by the people, that it had been stained with the martyrs' blood. Before the irreligious innovations of Luther and his brother reformers in Germany, in nearly all the imperial cities there, churches and chapels had been dedicated to those martyrs.
Besides
were made to its certain altar, by
at
the capital city of Austria, there is annually a solemn celebration of the Feast of the holy Patrons of Franconia. 73 The church of Lambach,74 a town in Upper Austria, had for its special Patrons, Saints Kilian, Colman and Tot-
nan, and there 75 the people had great devotion for their memory.
Having related the foregoing Elevations and Translations of those holy
Martyrs' relics, it is difficult to find what honours were paid to them in Wurtz-
burgh, before the close of the fifteenth and beginning oi the sixteenth century.
Yet, in a Missal, which is printed in Teutonic or Gothic characters, we have
a Mass in honour of St. Kilian, both on the vigil and on the day for his chief
Feast. We have also an Office^6 which had been recited in Lambach, with
an Octave. 77 Its divisions have been noted by the Bollandists, and certain
extracts from it are reproduced ; but, various passages prove, that some inter-
of Acts have been admitted to its Lessons. We learn,? 8 polations Egilward's
that in the early part of the last century, very special veneration was given to St. Kilian,andtohiscompanionMartyrs,inthecityofWurtzburg. Onthe eve of their chief Festival, 8th of July, it was the custom there, to sound the great cathedral bell for the Ave Maria at noon, when all the bells in the city and its suburbs gave forth a sonorous and continuous peal, to assemble the clergyandpeoplefortheFirstVespersofthechiefFeast. 79 Havingfinishedwith Complin, an hour's interval was allowed, when Matins and Lauds were recited in the collegiate church of the New Monastery for the following Festival Day. The senior Dean of the cathedral church presided on the occasion. The Prince Bishop of the city and all his canons were present to chaunt First Vespers in the cathedral. This celebration was continued all the remaining days of the Octave; while the Abbot of St. Benedict's Order with his monks,
secular clergy of the collegiate churches in the city, and all the parish priests
Bavaria," by Miss Stokes, in " The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland," vol. i. , part ii.
Fourth series, January, 1871, pp. 352 to 359.
71 Over its high altar, this saint's passion
7 This is stated, by Christian Francis Paulinus, in his Chronicle of Huxar, pub- lished at Frankford, a. d. 1698, fol. 6, 7.
73 This is stated, by Galenius, in his Ca- lendar, on this day; and, it may be found, from the Offices celebrated at Osnaburg Min- den, and other places.
74 See an account of it in the "Gazetteer
of the world," vol. viii. , p. 634.
75 A noble Benedictine Abbey and Church
are here to be seen.
7<5 It is intituled: "viir. Julii. In Festo
SS. Kyliani et Sociorum Martyrum, Patro- norum Ecclesise Lambacensis. "
77 it extends to nearly three entire folios in
4to, or to 24 pages.
? 8 The account in the text Father Soller
had from the learned, most reverend and
illustrious John Bernard, Bishop of Chryso-
politanus, suffragan of Wurtzburg.
79 It is remarkable, that without the choir, at this time, and for the ensuing three days, the right of asylum in the city was pro- claimed by the public herald, for all who had left it, charged with a public crime, and who feared prosecution or punishment for their
delinquencies.
was delineated. 2
pious patrons. 7
Likewise,
Vienna,
i 4o LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 8.
in the vicinity, assisted. They generally came in procession, and bearing the reliquaries of saints kept in their respective churches. Early on the morning of July 8th, the Little Hours of Prime and Tierce were publicly recited in the cathedral. Afterwards, the canons of the cathedral assisted at a First Solemn Mass. This ended, from seven to eight o'clock, the Assistant
Bishop of the diocese usually preached on a subject appropriate for the occasion. Afterwards, at eight o'clock, the Prince Bishop and the clergy in solemn procession went from the cathedral to the place where the tombs of
themartyrswere,inthecollegiatechurchoftheNewMonastery. Thence they returned to the great cathedral, where the heads of the Martyrs, placed in their respective silver statues, were exposed on the high altar. Then the Prince Bishop commenced the celebration of a Second High Mass. In the evening, Second Vespers of the Feast were sung, the Bishop Assistant or the Cathedral Dean usually presiding. Then the clergy of the various city and adjoining churches returned to them, and bearing back their respective relics in solemn procession. During the whole octave, and while the relics of Saints Kilian, Colman and Totnan were exposed on the Cathedral Altar, a Pontifical Mass was celebrated each morning, by a Bishop, or by an Abbot, ofthediocese. OnthedayoftheOctaveitself,agrandprocession,atwhich all the cathedral canons were present, went around the city. A singular cus- tom was observed on the occasion of these processions, that the regular soldiers and citizens—sometimes to the number of six thousand—lined the
route,andpresentedarmsinhonouroftheirsaintlyPatrons. Again,during that whole Octave, the most solemn cultus was observed in the secular collegi-
8o
Also, in the seminary of St. Kilian, and in the church of the celebrated Hos- pital of Julianus, special veneration was paid to the holy Martyrs, whose relics
were there exposed. Until the political changes of the present century took place, doubtless these magnificent celebrations took place ; but, even yet, in the Catholic city of Wurtzburg, the Festival of its holy Martyrs and Patrons is held, with appropriate religious rites and ceremonies.
In Ireland, the memory of those holy Martyrs has been preserved in churches, chapels, and religious institutes, which have been erected in their honour, and which have been specially dedicated to them. On an elevated and a beautiful situation at Greystones, county of Wicklow, in the diocese of Dublin, the foundation stone of a chapel dedicated to St. Kilian was laid, on
the 14th of October, 1866, by the Very Rev. Monsignor Walter Lee, P. P. , of
requirements of that fashionable watering place necessitated the enlargement of the primitive erection ; and accordingly, on Sunday, August 1st, 1886, His Grace the Most Rev. William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, visited Grey-
ate church
of St. John the Evangelist, where the tombs of the martyrs lay.
Bray.
designed
early English style
of Gothic
architecture,
81 It was
in the
and it measured 72 feet by 22. However, the growing population and
82 foundationstoneoftransepts, extendingeastandwest,withachoirinaddi- tion, and designed by P. F. Comber, C. E. , of Bray. These have greatly
enlargedthe building,nowexceedingconsiderablyover100feetinlength.
80 Known in Latin Records as "Novum be until it became ne- deferred, absolutely
Monasterium. " cessary to proceed with the building, owing 8' Thesite,halfanacreofl—and,hadbeen toaclauseinthelease,whichlimitedthe
stones, where, with the impressive ceremonies of the church,
he laid the
Mr. Thomas Phelan a — granted by gentleman
then about to emigrate to America on a lease for 500 years, at a nominal annual rent of is. , if demanded. For want of funds, the
erection of
time to within ten
ajsuccursal,
church there had to
83 A handsome statue of St. Kilian,
82
years,
The proceedings are reported, at some
length, in the Freeman 's Journal of August 2nd, 1886.
July 8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. i 4 i
Besides the Ven. and Very Rev. Monsignor Dean Lee,83 and several priests, a large assemblage of parishioners and strangers was present. The whole build-
ing, in its present completed form, presents an exceedingly commodious and a handsome succursal church. It seems the clergy and people of Mullagh
parish held a tradition, that the holy Apostle of Franconia, the Martyr St. Kilian,had been born there, and accordingly it had been resolved to honour his
memory. Wherefore,consideringhimtobetheirpatron,onThursday,June 25th, 1857, the foundation stone of a new Catholic church, dedicated to St. Kilian, and to be erected in the mediaeval style of Gothic architecture, was blessed. The stone was laid, in the presence of several of the clergy, belong- ing to the surrounding parishes, and of a large concourse of the respectable parishioners. The Very Rev. Matthew McQuaid, P. P. and V. F. , delegated by the Right Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of the diocese, officiated on the occa- sion. 8* This church was afterwards completed, in an excellent architectural style, and it was opened in honour of Franconia's and Ireland's illustrious Apostolic Bishop and Martyr. The Catholic church in the beautiful vale of Clara, near Glendalough, county ofWicklow, was authorized to be dedicated to SS. Patrick and Kilian. 85 Its situation is in a secluded spot, beside the rushing Avonmore River, a few miles above where it unites with the Avonbeg, at the celebrated " Meeting of the Waters/' In the United States of America, we find churches and schools dedicated to St. Kilian, at Fond du Lac County, at Hartford, Washington County, and at Hudson, Walworth County, State of Wisconsin, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee ; as also, in the Diocese of Green Bay, and at New Franklin, Brown County.
From an early period, the Martyrologies and Calendars have recorded the FeastofthoseholyMartyrs. Thus,intheHieronymiancopyofUsuard,belong-
86
ing to Lucca, there is an insertion ;
to St. Martin, at Treves. 8? The Martyrologists, Wandalbert,88 Raban,89 and Ado, or his interpolator, placed it, on the 8th of the Ides of July ; while the principal festival of those Martyrs has been assigned to this date, the pre- sumed anniversary of their Martyrdom. Notkerhas rather lengthened notices
of those saints, and evidently drawn from ancient Acts, closely corresponding with those referred to, in the earlier paragraphs of the present biography.
Trithemius, Ghinnius, Bucelin, Maurolycus, Felicius, Galesinius, Dorgan, and Menard, have a record of their Festival, and of the saints' names, more or less
wrought by Herr Arnold Fussenging, an emi- nent Bavarian artist, and now mounted over the
high altar of the church, was a personal gift of the Dean, to whom the credit of erecting the whole of this handsome church is due.
84 The foregoing account has been taken
from a contemporaneous newspaper, the
Catholic Telegraph of July 18th, 1857. It had
been sent by a local correspondent.
85 By His Eminence Paul Cardinal Cullen,
:
89Hewrites "InpagoAustrioe,etcastro,
nomine Wirziburg, juxta Moiii fluvium, sanctorum natale Chiliani martyris et duo- rum sociorum ejus, qui ab Hibernia Scoto- rum insula venientes, nomen Christi in dictis locis pnedicaverum ibique ob veritatis confessionem, a quodam judice iniquo, no- mine Gosberto, trucidati sunt, etposteamul- tis signis veri Christi Martyres esse clarue- runt. "
on November at of 14th, 1864, request
Very
9° Thus " in Germania : Herbipoli
Rev. Richard Galvin, P. P. , Rathdrum.
8° " In Austria, passio S. Kiliani. " The Bollandist Soller deems this to have been an
sancti Chiliani Episcopi, qui a Romano Pontifice ad praedicandum Evangelium missus, cum
as also, in an old Martyrology, belonging
multis ad Christum perduxisset, una cum addition to the sociis Colomano — et Totnano
original. ""
*7 Thus entered
Ermipolis nuncupatur, Kyliani episcopi et
martyris. "
88 He states :
"
S. Kiliane bishop of h*er-
In
Octavo ante Idus Cilianum Procopi- umque. "
et cono trucidatus est. "
Editio novissima, Romae, 1878, fol.
9I Thus, in Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of
"
Scottish Saints:''
bipolis Scotismon vnder heraclius. 630. " Seep. 157.
:
Vuirceburg, quae
Maityrologium Romanum Gregorii XIII. ," &c, p. 98.
Presbytero Dia-
prse-
i 4 2 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 8.
exactly rendered. The Roman Martyrology has a succinct and an accurate entry regarding them, and likewise at this date. 9° In nearly ail the more recent Acts, Martyrologies and Calendars of Saints, in like manner are to be foundplacedthenamesofSaintsKilian,ColmanandTotnan. IntheScot- tish Kalendars, St. Kilian and his companions are entered, at the 8th of July, viz. : in Adam King's Kalendar^1 and in Dempster's Menologium Scoticum. 92 Also, their feast is set down in R. Chambers' " Book of Days. "93 In reference—evidently to these Martyrs—there is a curious entry 94 placed in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at this day, the 8th of July, in honour of St. Celian, a Scottish Martyr, with his holy brethren, Aedh and Tadg, with Anurma,wifetotheKingoftheGoths. Weareinformed,thattheywere massacred by the prefect of the Royal Palace, and in the Hippodrome of the king's residence. On Convceus' List of Irish Saints, St. Chilianus, St. Colo- natus or Colomanus, and Totnanus, Martyrs, are set down at the 8th of
6 Father Fitz-simon has also Totnanus, at this same date, and Henry
July. 9
as he states, by universal assent. 97 Father Stephen White 98 commemorates
these three holy companions, Kilianus, Colonatus and Totnanus, martyrs, at the present date. The martyrdom of these three saints is noted in Vene- rable Bede's Martyrology,99 according to the statement of Father Stephen White. 100 For this introduction, the Roman Martyrology is quoted. At the 8th of July, veneration was given to Kilianus, Colmanus et Colonatus,
Totnanus, Diaconus, according to the Martyrology of Donegal.
101
There is
a Cillian, son of Dodhnan, adds the calendarist, at the 23rd of October. Then
he " inde error 102 but the writer of this note intended says : ;" probably only
it for a memorandum, to guide himself or his readers to a better intelligence, regarding the present Kilian or the Cillian, son of Dodnan, entered by him at the 23rd of October. At the same date, in the Martyrology of Donegal, 103 we
find the names of Cele-clerech, Bishop, Aedh, and Tadhg. 10* These three 10
suffered Martyrdom, in Uairseburg, s in Almania.
91 Thus : "In Franconia Kiliani, Totnani, Martyris et sociorum (Colonati et Totnani) Colmani et Ervvaldi monachorum, gentis ejus, qui de Ibernia Scotorum insula,
Apostolor—um, qui a Geilana martyris affici jussi, M. " Ibid. , p. 205.
venientes, nomen Christi in prasdictis locis
praedicaverunt, ibique ob confessionem veri-
93 See vol. ii. , July 8, col. 555.
martyris cum Sanctis fratribus Aedh ocus
tatis sub quodam judice Dosberto trucidati 94 It runs thus: " S. Celiani Scotti sunt, et multis postea signis veri Christi
ocus Amarma Gotho- conjuge Regis
martyres esse claruerunt. "
pp. 22, 23.
MI Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Tadg
rum truncati a prepositodomus regiaein ippo-
dromia Palatii regis. " These words are
from a gloss to Marianus O'Gorman's 190, 191.
I02 A note Dr. Todd at Inde error: Martyrology. by says
95 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxviii. u It is not very clear what the error was to 96 Thus: " S. Chilianus Epis. Hiperbo- which our author here alludes. He probably
lensis genere et martyris nobilissimus.
meant the error in the name. He does not, however, quote the Mart. Rom. correctly; perhaps for " Colmanus et Colonatus," we should read Colmanus vel Colonatus. "
103 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
190, 191.
I04 There can be no doubt, that the
Chilianus of the Rom—an Martyrology, and
"
Colomanus, et Totnanus martyres et socii
Wiziburgi. 8 Julii. "
S. Colonatus, seu
beati Chiliani Albiniaci. 8 Julii. "
See ibid. ,
cap. x. , p.
12 occurred, likewise, during the reign of Pipping the first KingofFranconia. *
The holy Bishop Burchard suspected, that as the devoted martyrs had been secretly murdered, and as the hurried concealment of their remains was an object kept in view by all the parties concerned in the murder, their bodies could not have been deeply buried in the earth. Accordingly, he ordered a public fast, which was kept by the clergy and people, so that the Almighty Discoverer of hidden things might deign to reveal his secrets to the faithful, who desired to honour him through his saints. 43 He announced a day for the Elevation, when a great multitude of people flocked into Wurtzburg, some through a hope of witnessing great miracles, some through a desire to be healed from corporal diseases, and all through religious motives. The holy Bishop himself went to the traditional place of sepulture. He brought with himaspadeormattock,andbegantoopentheearth. UnderSt. Burchard's auspices, a search was instituted by numbers of willing labourerers who were present, for the recovery of those dead bodies. They were at length found, and in a shallow grave. The martyrs' flesh was reduced to dust. However, their bones, and those sacred articles buried with them, were dis- covered, in a good state of preservation. What seemed most wonderful was a fragrant odour that became diffused around ; and the people assembled in ecstatic delight sought to touch the sacred relics, or bear them in some way, while they were being removed from their place of deposition. With great delight, and as if by unanimous acclaim, they all cried out: "Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace be to men of good will. "
Illustrious miracles were wrought on the occurrence of this elevation, as likewise,onmanysubsequentoccasions. Asitseems,atthistimeabasilica dedicated to the holy Mother of God stood in Wurtzburg, and it was on a very elevated site. Thither, on a day appointed for the purpose, with a great concourse of the clergy and people, the bishop removed their sacred relics, and with great religious ceremony. St. Burchard and the clergy kept vigil over the martyrs, and he resolved on that site to erect his chief monastery. However, he had a revelation, that owing to the steepness and difficulty of the ascent to that mount, the structure which he began with wood must be abandoned. The removal of their relics was only temporary, notwithstanding this care ; for, St. Burchard immediately set to work, and he commenced the building of a new cathedral. This afterwards was called Novum Monas- terium, or the New Monastery. This church had been placed under the specialinvocationofSt. Kilian,St. ColmanandSt. Totnan. Itwasbuiltof stone and elegantly fashioned. To it, the bodies of the saints were brought, an elaborate sarcophagus having been prepared, to receive their remains.
*° He in the chair of St. presided Peter,
from a. d. 741 to 752. See Sir Harris
"
*2 to the First Acts of St. According
Kilian and his companions.
43 This account is taken from Egilward's
"Vita S. Burchardi," lib. ii. , cap. ii.
*4 Now known as Die Neuminster Kirche. It fronts on one of the principal streets of Burgundy, afterwards extending his sway Wurtzburg, and it is surrounded on every over Franconia in 752. His death took side by houses, over which however appear
Nicolas'
41 Known as Pepin le Bref, who on the
Chronology of History," p. 21 1.
death of his father, Charles Martel, a. d. 741, succeeded to the kingdoms of Neustria and
place, a. d. 768. See M. Le Dr. Hoefer's the facade and dome or cupola, with a sort "
"Nouvelle Biographie Generate, tome of tower crowned by a Byzantine-style of xxxix. , cols. 541 to 544. minaret. It is very faithfully presented in
136 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 8.
That church « is said to have been erected over the very spot, where the relics of those holy Martyrs had been so long entombed. The people of Wurtzburgh believe, also, that this was the exact site, on wh—ich the castle of Duke Gosbert formerly stood. The —tomb of the Martyrs very artistically designedandofantiqueworkmanship issurroundedbystrongandwrought iron railings of very handsome workmanship. It is to be seen, in the crypt of what is interiorly a most beautiful church, and numbers of the faithful daily assemble to pray before this tomb. *5 There, in former times, many miracles are said to have been wrought ; nor have we any doubt, that the
Die Neuminster Kirche, Wurtzburg, containing the Martyrs' Tomb.
aithful clients of those saints, at the present] day, receive various spiritual
and temporal benefits through their intercesson. The city *6 and citizens of
Wurtzburg, who are almost exclusively Catholics, are under the special pro- tection of their Patron Martyrs.
the accompanying illustration copied from beatum
a photograph procured on the spot. A Ob Salvatorem proprium fudisse
drawing of it by William F. Wakeman on the wood has been engraved by Mrs. Mil- lard.
«sOn the 23rd of September, 1886, the writer had the same privilege and an oppor- tunity for inspecting this and other fine churches in Wurtzburg, during the course of a trip from Frankfort-on-the Maine to Ratis- bon and Vienna.
46 It contains a Catholic University and
thirty-three Catholic churches, including the cathedral, with several other fine religious houses and institutes.
4? On a stone—slab, the following verses
cruorem.
Hinc fuit, est, et erit salus illi, qui
pie quaerit,
Est caecus, mutus, claudus, sordusque
solulus.
Septingentesimo quinquagesimoque secundo
A Bonifacio, Burkardo consociato, Hi sunt sublati, rite quoque canoni-
zati :
Hos pete devote, qui sint oramine
pro te.
Septingentesimo nonagesimo quoque
were inscribed
prinio Burkardus
suum
"
:
Annis sexcentis octogenisque nove- nis
Istic Kyllenam scimus fontis prope venam,
Et Colonatum, necnon Tothnanque
moritur, corpusque
sepelitur,
Juxta sanctorum tumulum, ceu scribi-
tur, horum,
Per Megengaudum successorem re-
verendum. "
July 8. ] LIVES 01 THE IRISH SAINTS. 137
An epitaph, in memory of these martyrs, was placed over the sepulchral crypt, to the west side of the church, but several years after their death. *? However, it does not appear to have conveyed to us the exact date for St. Burchard's elevation of the remains nor is it correct to have stated, that he
;
procured the canonization of those Martyrs. It is even doubtful, if St. Bur- chardlivedtoa. d. 752,althoughsomewritershaveit, thathediedonthe
1
it to St.
while it is more correctly supposed to have been written, in comparatively recent times. It is interesting to notice, that in Wurtzburg the figures of
those saints have been thus represented : St. Kilian in an episcopal dress ;
St. Colman in a priest's habit, and St. Totnan in that of a deacon. It may be observed, likewise, that on an old seal, dating back to a. d. 1119, St.
Kilian is figured in an episcopal habit, having a curiously shaped old mitre on his head, with a dalmatic and pallium over his soutane, bearing an Irish fashioned staff in his right hand, and an open book in his left. Another seal of a. d. 1 135 presents him seated on a throne, with staff and book, but with habiliments somewhat dissimilar from the former figure. 52 On the coins of Wurtzburg, he is represented as holding a sword and a crozier ;S3 also, as
doubt.
50 It ran as follows
:
—
Bishop- ric, fifty-three years after his death ; how- ever, St. Kilian is the principal patron, as likewise a recognised Apostle, for the pro-
also,
——
is sometimes * 8 but incorrectly called
in that 8 Some of the Benedictine writers *9 particular year/
of
suppose St. Kilian to have belonged to their order ; but, this is altogether an unwarrantable supposition. In the vestibule of the chapter of Neuminster was to be seen a Latin inscription^ in verse. This is in the upper part of the building, and on the northern side of the crypt. The authorship of the
9th
February,
inscription
has been contested, some writers
attributing
Burchard,*
a holding cross,
andsword 5* ;
two swords. 5 7
with a sword beneath his feet 5* also, as a
; holding dagger
as The
martyred by holy martyr
sword and 6 as
spear ;5 likewise, holding
48 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of of Brittany," book xxiii. , chap, xxv. , p.
the Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. x. , October xiv.
49 Among these is Trithemius, and even
Mabillon, although expressing it with a
"Hi sunt, Herbipolis, qui te docuere magistri,
Qua verum colores religione Deum. Impia quos tandem jussit Geilana ne-
cari,
Celavitque sub hunc corpora caesa
locum.
Ne turpi, sine laude, situ defossa jace- rent
Corpora, Burkardus sub monu- menta locat. "
51 Such as Henricus Pantaleon and Arnold Wion.
burg, p. 128. 6a
s'' See the Bollandists' "Acta Sancto- geous colouring. Along the grand nave and rum," tomus ii. , Julii viii. , Commentarius mounted high on corbels are numbers of
Praevius, sect, vi. , p. 611.
53 See Very Rev. F. C. Husenbeth's
"Emblems of Saints," Third edition.
Edited by Augustus J essopp, D. D. , p. 125. 54 In Bilder Legende.
55 In Die Attribute der Heiligen.
s6 In Der Heyligen Leben.
-i Lambrecht.
58 See Dean Cressy's "Church History
beautiful statues.
6s The accompanying illustration of the
cathedral front at Wurtzburg taken from a
photograph procured there has been drawn by William F. Wakeman on the wood, en- graved by Mrs. Millard.
M See "Thesaurus Reliquiarum Electora-
lis Brunsvico-Launeburgicus. " Hanoverise, 1713-
613.
59 This city was only erected into a
vince of
60 See Bishop Challoner's " Brittannia
Sancta,"part ii. , p. 25.
6l See "The or Popular Encyclopedia;
Conversations Lexicon, "vol. vii. , Art. Wurtz-
The spacious episcopal palace is not far from the cathedral, in which are to be seen several fine monuments of the deceased bishops of Wurtzburg.
63 There is a notice of this Festival, at the same date, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. vi.
64 The interior presents an uncommonly striking appearance, it being decorated with fresco paintings, rich and in the most gar-
Franconia.
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 8. Bishop of Wurtzburg ;59 by some writers, however, it is thought probable, he
60
had been consecrated as Bishop before he left Ireland.
—A magnificent cathedral
133
Fa9ade
silver shrines. 6*
of Cathedral Wurtzburg.
A portion of the martyrs' relics were said to remain, encased
6? See " Opuscula Prosa et Metro," Ar- gumento etiam Varia, tomus I. The dedi- cation of this work is dated by Frater Bona- venture Baron, at Herbipolis, 6. Nones of May, 1666, and the first folio volume was
:
Nee pateris nisi quum faemina pul- sa thoro est.
Vivis Apostolicos Kyliane superstes honores,
Baptista pariter funere functus obis. " Lib. ii. , n. 20, p. 26.
69
there in 1668. The second folio volume appeared at Lyons—, in 1669.
published
68 Thus run these lines
—
" Pellis idola adytis, Christum Kyliane reponis :
Among
Wurtzburg, it is intituled, Codex Evangelio- rum quo usus est S. Kilianus.
79 See an admirable article ** Irish Art in
the building of which is
said to have taken place in
1042 61 and which now ;
fronts on one of the chief streets in Wurtzburg—has
two
towers on the facade, and they are crowned with tapering spires to lanthron finials, which are again
62
Over the entrance door of
fine design are two grand
rose-windows with a circularly-headed window in a compartment between them. On building this new cathedral, a shrine was prepared within its walls, for the reception of the holy martyrs' remains, and to this they were transferred on the 25th of March. 63 The year when this Translation took place has not been discovered. Under the tabernacle of thehighaltarwithin6« are preserved the heads of St. Kilian, St. Colman and St. Totnan, in magnificent
of the Elector of 66 Brunswick-Lunenburg.
and in
the occasion of his death, with the reverence paid to his memory.
Throughout Germany, but especially in Franconia, extraordinary venera- tion has been entertained and manifested in regard to the revered Martyrs,
Kilian, Colman and Totnan. But, as we may naturally suppose, Wurtzburg claims to concentrate most that cultus, which its good Catholic people pay to their Irish patrons. An ancient illuminated copy in Irish handwriting, of the
in a rich
Among the elegant Epigrammatic Latin Poems 6 ? of Father Bonaventure Baron, there is one on St. Kilian, the Irish Martyr ; and, it pithily describes
68
shrine,
possession
imposing flanking
surmounted with crosses.
the at Manuscripts preserved
triplet
July 8. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
i 39
6^ is
1
Wurtzburg, in Windsheim the principal church^ built a. d. 1190, was dedi-
catedtoSt. Kilian, InHailbrun,inthecountryoftheSuevi,therewasalso achurch,andinitarememorialrepresentationsofthesaint. InHalle,there was a church, dedicated to him, with memorials. In the town of Huxar, and near the monastery of Corbei, before the year 1000, a church had been built and dedicated to St. Kilian; while, it is related, at a. d. 1088, that oblations
2
Epistles
Kilian,
of St.
and of the Latin
Gospels belonging
to St.
Paul,
yetpreservedinWurtzburg. 7° Itliasbeendescribed,byM. Wattenbach,an eminent German antiquary. It is traditionally believed by the people, that it had been stained with the martyrs' blood. Before the irreligious innovations of Luther and his brother reformers in Germany, in nearly all the imperial cities there, churches and chapels had been dedicated to those martyrs.
Besides
were made to its certain altar, by
at
the capital city of Austria, there is annually a solemn celebration of the Feast of the holy Patrons of Franconia. 73 The church of Lambach,74 a town in Upper Austria, had for its special Patrons, Saints Kilian, Colman and Tot-
nan, and there 75 the people had great devotion for their memory.
Having related the foregoing Elevations and Translations of those holy
Martyrs' relics, it is difficult to find what honours were paid to them in Wurtz-
burgh, before the close of the fifteenth and beginning oi the sixteenth century.
Yet, in a Missal, which is printed in Teutonic or Gothic characters, we have
a Mass in honour of St. Kilian, both on the vigil and on the day for his chief
Feast. We have also an Office^6 which had been recited in Lambach, with
an Octave. 77 Its divisions have been noted by the Bollandists, and certain
extracts from it are reproduced ; but, various passages prove, that some inter-
of Acts have been admitted to its Lessons. We learn,? 8 polations Egilward's
that in the early part of the last century, very special veneration was given to St. Kilian,andtohiscompanionMartyrs,inthecityofWurtzburg. Onthe eve of their chief Festival, 8th of July, it was the custom there, to sound the great cathedral bell for the Ave Maria at noon, when all the bells in the city and its suburbs gave forth a sonorous and continuous peal, to assemble the clergyandpeoplefortheFirstVespersofthechiefFeast. 79 Havingfinishedwith Complin, an hour's interval was allowed, when Matins and Lauds were recited in the collegiate church of the New Monastery for the following Festival Day. The senior Dean of the cathedral church presided on the occasion. The Prince Bishop of the city and all his canons were present to chaunt First Vespers in the cathedral. This celebration was continued all the remaining days of the Octave; while the Abbot of St. Benedict's Order with his monks,
secular clergy of the collegiate churches in the city, and all the parish priests
Bavaria," by Miss Stokes, in " The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland," vol. i. , part ii.
Fourth series, January, 1871, pp. 352 to 359.
71 Over its high altar, this saint's passion
7 This is stated, by Christian Francis Paulinus, in his Chronicle of Huxar, pub- lished at Frankford, a. d. 1698, fol. 6, 7.
73 This is stated, by Galenius, in his Ca- lendar, on this day; and, it may be found, from the Offices celebrated at Osnaburg Min- den, and other places.
74 See an account of it in the "Gazetteer
of the world," vol. viii. , p. 634.
75 A noble Benedictine Abbey and Church
are here to be seen.
7<5 It is intituled: "viir. Julii. In Festo
SS. Kyliani et Sociorum Martyrum, Patro- norum Ecclesise Lambacensis. "
77 it extends to nearly three entire folios in
4to, or to 24 pages.
? 8 The account in the text Father Soller
had from the learned, most reverend and
illustrious John Bernard, Bishop of Chryso-
politanus, suffragan of Wurtzburg.
79 It is remarkable, that without the choir, at this time, and for the ensuing three days, the right of asylum in the city was pro- claimed by the public herald, for all who had left it, charged with a public crime, and who feared prosecution or punishment for their
delinquencies.
was delineated. 2
pious patrons. 7
Likewise,
Vienna,
i 4o LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 8.
in the vicinity, assisted. They generally came in procession, and bearing the reliquaries of saints kept in their respective churches. Early on the morning of July 8th, the Little Hours of Prime and Tierce were publicly recited in the cathedral. Afterwards, the canons of the cathedral assisted at a First Solemn Mass. This ended, from seven to eight o'clock, the Assistant
Bishop of the diocese usually preached on a subject appropriate for the occasion. Afterwards, at eight o'clock, the Prince Bishop and the clergy in solemn procession went from the cathedral to the place where the tombs of
themartyrswere,inthecollegiatechurchoftheNewMonastery. Thence they returned to the great cathedral, where the heads of the Martyrs, placed in their respective silver statues, were exposed on the high altar. Then the Prince Bishop commenced the celebration of a Second High Mass. In the evening, Second Vespers of the Feast were sung, the Bishop Assistant or the Cathedral Dean usually presiding. Then the clergy of the various city and adjoining churches returned to them, and bearing back their respective relics in solemn procession. During the whole octave, and while the relics of Saints Kilian, Colman and Totnan were exposed on the Cathedral Altar, a Pontifical Mass was celebrated each morning, by a Bishop, or by an Abbot, ofthediocese. OnthedayoftheOctaveitself,agrandprocession,atwhich all the cathedral canons were present, went around the city. A singular cus- tom was observed on the occasion of these processions, that the regular soldiers and citizens—sometimes to the number of six thousand—lined the
route,andpresentedarmsinhonouroftheirsaintlyPatrons. Again,during that whole Octave, the most solemn cultus was observed in the secular collegi-
8o
Also, in the seminary of St. Kilian, and in the church of the celebrated Hos- pital of Julianus, special veneration was paid to the holy Martyrs, whose relics
were there exposed. Until the political changes of the present century took place, doubtless these magnificent celebrations took place ; but, even yet, in the Catholic city of Wurtzburg, the Festival of its holy Martyrs and Patrons is held, with appropriate religious rites and ceremonies.
In Ireland, the memory of those holy Martyrs has been preserved in churches, chapels, and religious institutes, which have been erected in their honour, and which have been specially dedicated to them. On an elevated and a beautiful situation at Greystones, county of Wicklow, in the diocese of Dublin, the foundation stone of a chapel dedicated to St. Kilian was laid, on
the 14th of October, 1866, by the Very Rev. Monsignor Walter Lee, P. P. , of
requirements of that fashionable watering place necessitated the enlargement of the primitive erection ; and accordingly, on Sunday, August 1st, 1886, His Grace the Most Rev. William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, visited Grey-
ate church
of St. John the Evangelist, where the tombs of the martyrs lay.
Bray.
designed
early English style
of Gothic
architecture,
81 It was
in the
and it measured 72 feet by 22. However, the growing population and
82 foundationstoneoftransepts, extendingeastandwest,withachoirinaddi- tion, and designed by P. F. Comber, C. E. , of Bray. These have greatly
enlargedthe building,nowexceedingconsiderablyover100feetinlength.
80 Known in Latin Records as "Novum be until it became ne- deferred, absolutely
Monasterium. " cessary to proceed with the building, owing 8' Thesite,halfanacreofl—and,hadbeen toaclauseinthelease,whichlimitedthe
stones, where, with the impressive ceremonies of the church,
he laid the
Mr. Thomas Phelan a — granted by gentleman
then about to emigrate to America on a lease for 500 years, at a nominal annual rent of is. , if demanded. For want of funds, the
erection of
time to within ten
ajsuccursal,
church there had to
83 A handsome statue of St. Kilian,
82
years,
The proceedings are reported, at some
length, in the Freeman 's Journal of August 2nd, 1886.
July 8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. i 4 i
Besides the Ven. and Very Rev. Monsignor Dean Lee,83 and several priests, a large assemblage of parishioners and strangers was present. The whole build-
ing, in its present completed form, presents an exceedingly commodious and a handsome succursal church. It seems the clergy and people of Mullagh
parish held a tradition, that the holy Apostle of Franconia, the Martyr St. Kilian,had been born there, and accordingly it had been resolved to honour his
memory. Wherefore,consideringhimtobetheirpatron,onThursday,June 25th, 1857, the foundation stone of a new Catholic church, dedicated to St. Kilian, and to be erected in the mediaeval style of Gothic architecture, was blessed. The stone was laid, in the presence of several of the clergy, belong- ing to the surrounding parishes, and of a large concourse of the respectable parishioners. The Very Rev. Matthew McQuaid, P. P. and V. F. , delegated by the Right Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of the diocese, officiated on the occa- sion. 8* This church was afterwards completed, in an excellent architectural style, and it was opened in honour of Franconia's and Ireland's illustrious Apostolic Bishop and Martyr. The Catholic church in the beautiful vale of Clara, near Glendalough, county ofWicklow, was authorized to be dedicated to SS. Patrick and Kilian. 85 Its situation is in a secluded spot, beside the rushing Avonmore River, a few miles above where it unites with the Avonbeg, at the celebrated " Meeting of the Waters/' In the United States of America, we find churches and schools dedicated to St. Kilian, at Fond du Lac County, at Hartford, Washington County, and at Hudson, Walworth County, State of Wisconsin, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee ; as also, in the Diocese of Green Bay, and at New Franklin, Brown County.
From an early period, the Martyrologies and Calendars have recorded the FeastofthoseholyMartyrs. Thus,intheHieronymiancopyofUsuard,belong-
86
ing to Lucca, there is an insertion ;
to St. Martin, at Treves. 8? The Martyrologists, Wandalbert,88 Raban,89 and Ado, or his interpolator, placed it, on the 8th of the Ides of July ; while the principal festival of those Martyrs has been assigned to this date, the pre- sumed anniversary of their Martyrdom. Notkerhas rather lengthened notices
of those saints, and evidently drawn from ancient Acts, closely corresponding with those referred to, in the earlier paragraphs of the present biography.
Trithemius, Ghinnius, Bucelin, Maurolycus, Felicius, Galesinius, Dorgan, and Menard, have a record of their Festival, and of the saints' names, more or less
wrought by Herr Arnold Fussenging, an emi- nent Bavarian artist, and now mounted over the
high altar of the church, was a personal gift of the Dean, to whom the credit of erecting the whole of this handsome church is due.
84 The foregoing account has been taken
from a contemporaneous newspaper, the
Catholic Telegraph of July 18th, 1857. It had
been sent by a local correspondent.
85 By His Eminence Paul Cardinal Cullen,
:
89Hewrites "InpagoAustrioe,etcastro,
nomine Wirziburg, juxta Moiii fluvium, sanctorum natale Chiliani martyris et duo- rum sociorum ejus, qui ab Hibernia Scoto- rum insula venientes, nomen Christi in dictis locis pnedicaverum ibique ob veritatis confessionem, a quodam judice iniquo, no- mine Gosberto, trucidati sunt, etposteamul- tis signis veri Christi Martyres esse clarue- runt. "
on November at of 14th, 1864, request
Very
9° Thus " in Germania : Herbipoli
Rev. Richard Galvin, P. P. , Rathdrum.
8° " In Austria, passio S. Kiliani. " The Bollandist Soller deems this to have been an
sancti Chiliani Episcopi, qui a Romano Pontifice ad praedicandum Evangelium missus, cum
as also, in an old Martyrology, belonging
multis ad Christum perduxisset, una cum addition to the sociis Colomano — et Totnano
original. ""
*7 Thus entered
Ermipolis nuncupatur, Kyliani episcopi et
martyris. "
88 He states :
"
S. Kiliane bishop of h*er-
In
Octavo ante Idus Cilianum Procopi- umque. "
et cono trucidatus est. "
Editio novissima, Romae, 1878, fol.
9I Thus, in Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of
"
Scottish Saints:''
bipolis Scotismon vnder heraclius. 630. " Seep. 157.
:
Vuirceburg, quae
Maityrologium Romanum Gregorii XIII. ," &c, p. 98.
Presbytero Dia-
prse-
i 4 2 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 8.
exactly rendered. The Roman Martyrology has a succinct and an accurate entry regarding them, and likewise at this date. 9° In nearly ail the more recent Acts, Martyrologies and Calendars of Saints, in like manner are to be foundplacedthenamesofSaintsKilian,ColmanandTotnan. IntheScot- tish Kalendars, St. Kilian and his companions are entered, at the 8th of July, viz. : in Adam King's Kalendar^1 and in Dempster's Menologium Scoticum. 92 Also, their feast is set down in R. Chambers' " Book of Days. "93 In reference—evidently to these Martyrs—there is a curious entry 94 placed in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at this day, the 8th of July, in honour of St. Celian, a Scottish Martyr, with his holy brethren, Aedh and Tadg, with Anurma,wifetotheKingoftheGoths. Weareinformed,thattheywere massacred by the prefect of the Royal Palace, and in the Hippodrome of the king's residence. On Convceus' List of Irish Saints, St. Chilianus, St. Colo- natus or Colomanus, and Totnanus, Martyrs, are set down at the 8th of
6 Father Fitz-simon has also Totnanus, at this same date, and Henry
July. 9
as he states, by universal assent. 97 Father Stephen White 98 commemorates
these three holy companions, Kilianus, Colonatus and Totnanus, martyrs, at the present date. The martyrdom of these three saints is noted in Vene- rable Bede's Martyrology,99 according to the statement of Father Stephen White. 100 For this introduction, the Roman Martyrology is quoted. At the 8th of July, veneration was given to Kilianus, Colmanus et Colonatus,
Totnanus, Diaconus, according to the Martyrology of Donegal.
101
There is
a Cillian, son of Dodhnan, adds the calendarist, at the 23rd of October. Then
he " inde error 102 but the writer of this note intended says : ;" probably only
it for a memorandum, to guide himself or his readers to a better intelligence, regarding the present Kilian or the Cillian, son of Dodnan, entered by him at the 23rd of October. At the same date, in the Martyrology of Donegal, 103 we
find the names of Cele-clerech, Bishop, Aedh, and Tadhg. 10* These three 10
suffered Martyrdom, in Uairseburg, s in Almania.
91 Thus : "In Franconia Kiliani, Totnani, Martyris et sociorum (Colonati et Totnani) Colmani et Ervvaldi monachorum, gentis ejus, qui de Ibernia Scotorum insula,
Apostolor—um, qui a Geilana martyris affici jussi, M. " Ibid. , p. 205.
venientes, nomen Christi in prasdictis locis
praedicaverunt, ibique ob confessionem veri-
93 See vol. ii. , July 8, col. 555.
martyris cum Sanctis fratribus Aedh ocus
tatis sub quodam judice Dosberto trucidati 94 It runs thus: " S. Celiani Scotti sunt, et multis postea signis veri Christi
ocus Amarma Gotho- conjuge Regis
martyres esse claruerunt. "
pp. 22, 23.
MI Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Tadg
rum truncati a prepositodomus regiaein ippo-
dromia Palatii regis. " These words are
from a gloss to Marianus O'Gorman's 190, 191.
I02 A note Dr. Todd at Inde error: Martyrology. by says
95 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxviii. u It is not very clear what the error was to 96 Thus: " S. Chilianus Epis. Hiperbo- which our author here alludes. He probably
lensis genere et martyris nobilissimus.
meant the error in the name. He does not, however, quote the Mart. Rom. correctly; perhaps for " Colmanus et Colonatus," we should read Colmanus vel Colonatus. "
103 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
190, 191.
I04 There can be no doubt, that the
Chilianus of the Rom—an Martyrology, and
"
Colomanus, et Totnanus martyres et socii
Wiziburgi. 8 Julii. "
S. Colonatus, seu
beati Chiliani Albiniaci. 8 Julii. "
See ibid. ,
cap. x. , p.
