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Article ii. p. XV.
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504 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [February12.
Archbishop of Armagh, in 852. 5 During his incumbency, Amhlaeibh, or Amlaf, the Norwegian, plundered and set fire to Armagh, and its oratories, in 867,^ or 868,7 having slain or suffocated one thousand of its inhabitants. ^ Atthetime,itislikely,theoldcathedralhadbeendestroyed. 9 Factnasatfor
Mediaeval Cathedral of Armagh as Repaii^^l.
twenty-two years in the primatial chair of Armagh, according to the catalogue of its bishops, as furnished by the Psalter of Cashel. The city of Armagh is
reputedthechiefoneinthekingdomofIreland,byPhilipCluverius. '° The Annals of the Four Masters" place the death of Fethgna, under a. d. 872 ; those of Ulster write it, under a. d. 873 ; but, we are informed, that the true year of his decease was a. d. 874. ^^ He is said to have died, on the 6th of October. ^3 If such be the case, we are at a loss to know, why his festival should have been assigned to the present date.
Article III. —St. Simplex, Bishop of Cill Moduind, now Kilmude,
INHy-MANY,CountyofGalway. TheMartyrologyofDonegal'records, on this day. Simplex, Bishop, i. e. , Modiuid, of Cill Modiuid,= in Sodhan. The cantred of the six Sodhans was situated, within the old territory of Hy-
4 See ibid. , pp. 416,417.
s See Harris' Ware, vol. i. , "Archbishops of Armagh," p. 45.
'° "
See Introductionis in Universam
Geographiam, tam veterem quam novam,
513-
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See Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. ,
^3 See Harris' Ware, vol. i. , "Archbishops Armagh," p. 45.
According
Libri vi. ," lib. ii,, cap. xxv. , p. 92. Am- to Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals stelodami, Ex Officina Elzeviriana. Ao.
^
of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 510 to
Annals of Ulster. " 8"
7 According to the
See Harris' Ware, vol. i. , "Archbishops
of Armagh," pp. 45, 46.
9 The — Protestant present
pp. 518, 519. Sceidid. , n. (t).
of the
from a photograph of Frederick—H. Mares,
and engraved by Mrs. Millard is on foundations of a much more ancient struc- ture.
hi. —' Edited by Drs. Todd
Armagh figured in the body
Cathedral
of text,
of
the
In
a// Modiuid, "Now Kilmude in Hy- Many. "
1672, i8mo.
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Article
and Reeves, pp. 46, 47.
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a note. Dr. Todd says, at this name,
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Many. There, also, lay the church of Cill-Modhiuid, now Kilmude, which wasthechurchofSt. Simplex,accordingtotheFeilireAenguis. 3 Thismust besoughtfor,inanoteannexed. UndertheheadofCillModiut,Duald Mac Firbis enters, Simplex, bishop, i. e. , Modiut, of Kill modiut, in Soghan, atFebruarythe12th. 4 Thelast-namedplacewasthatdistrictoftheenslaved tribes, near the River Suck. s
Article IV. —Semplex and Daman, with Martyred Companions. It seems probable, that the first of these saints, commemorated in the "Feilire" of St. ^ngus, at the 12th of February,^ must be identified, with the holy bishop, whose notices already precede. It is remarkable, too, that at this same date, in the calendars, a Simplicius suffered martyrdom, at Alex-
"
Feilire," seems to have been the soldier and martyr, Damianus, in Africa, and who probably met his death, at Alexandria. 3 Much obscurity prevails, however, regarding the time, place
—this same andmodeofhismartyrdom. Again,at day,
reputedtohavedifferedfromtheformer andthoughttohavebeenaRoman,
who suffered martyrdom, at Salamanca, in Spain. ^ St. -^ngus appears to have drawn his notice, from the ancient Martyrology, ascribed to St. Jerome.
ArticleV. —St. ConinorCoinin,Bishop. ThenameConin,with-
out any further designation, occurs in the Martyrology of Tallagh,=^ at the 1 2 th of February. His place or age has not been determined. Coinin, a
bishop, is set down in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ as having had a festival, at this date.
Article VI. —St. Fionan, Son of Erannan.
The Martyrology of Tallagh^ inserts the festival of St. Finan, mac Airennain, at the 1 2th day of February. The Martyrology of Donegal,^ registers Fionan, son of Erannan, as having a festival celebrated at this date. His death is recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters,3 at a. d. 674. Dr. O'Conor has suggested, that this saint may be the soldier of Christ, Finan, referred to by Adamnan, in his Life of St. Columkille,'^ and who passed an
3 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Tribes and ists' '"Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Feb-
andria. ^ The Daman mentioned, in the
Customs of Hy-Many," n. (d), p, 72.
4 See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish MSS. series, vol. i. , part
ruarii xii. De Sanctis Martyribus Alexan- drinis Modesto et Ammonio, Infantibus, Zotico, Cyriaco, Simplicio, pp. 580, 581.
3 See ibid. De S. Damiano, Milite et
i. , pp. 96, 97.
5 See William M. Hennessy's note.
Martyre, in Africa, p. 581.
^ See ibid. De S. Damiano, Mart. Ro-
Article iv. —' The
with its English translation by Professor O'Looney,recordstheholyBishopSemplex,
and Daman, w—ith companions, who had Kelly, p. xv.
following
A. w. vo, li-imon e^ptic Semplex,
stanza,
been martyred
:
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SiechcA pnnni'log p|\oTnchA, Kelly, p. xv.
QArnAn mit min'o ^ Edited Drs. Todd and mA^ACiAA, by
Reeves, pp.
there is a Damianus—
mano, Salmantic—as in Hispania, p. 581. ^
Co TnAC^AT) cAir» c^och-OA. 46, 47.
3 See O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. , pp.
*' With the
A prime proven host had been
slaughtered,
Daman a heroic mind of martyr-
dum,
With comely children was cruci-
fied. "
284, 285. The learned editor
that in the O'Clerys' Irish Calendar, it is stated, that he died A. D. 577, obviously an error for A. D. 677. See n. (f), ibid. But, in the published Martyrology, it is set down. at a. d. 674, which corresponds with the date of the Four Masters.
bishop Semplex,
remarks,
= *• ** SeenoticestothiseffectintheBolland- SeeRev. Dr. Reeves'Adamnan's Life
[Seventh CenUcry,\
Article v. Edited by Rev. Dr.
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46, 47. —^ Article vi.
pp. Edited by Rev. Dr.
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anchoretical and a blameless existence for many years, near the Monastery of the Oak Wood, now Durrow. s Chronology rules this conjecture to be untenable.
ArticleVII. —St. CummainorCummein,ofGleann-Mona. Inthe
Martyrologies of Tallagh,^ of Marianus O'Gorman, and of Charles Maguire, at the 1 2th of February, the feast of St. Cummain, of Glinn Mona, may be found. There is a townland called Glenmenagh, in the parish of Meevagh, baronyofKilmacrennan,andcountyofDonegal. 3 AmongtheIrishmodern denominations known, this seems the nearest in approach to the spelling or pronunciation of Glenn Mona. Cummein, of Gleann Mona, is set down, likewise,intheMartyrologyofDonegal,^onthisday. Wehavenotdis- covered the place.
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Article ix. — According to the Rev.
Mr. Kilchoffer, a former Rector of Bally- vourney.
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Article VIII. St. Lugaidh, of Cuil-ruscach, in Breifne. The
festival of Lughaidh, of Cuil-ruscach which means the rushy-corner"
in Breifne,^ was celebrated on this day, as is mentioned in the Martyrology
ofDonegal. 3 Longprevioustoitscompilation,hehadbeenenteredinthe Martyrology of Tallagh,* as Lugaidh, Cule-Ruscaigh, at the 12th of February. Under the compound designation of this place, it does not seem practical to define the locality ; but, there is a Roosky, in the parish of Knockbride, barony of Clankee, and county of Cavan,s as also, a place so designated, in the parish and barony of Mohill,^ and in the parish of Rosinver, barony of Rossclogher,7countyofLeitrim. Ineithercountymusthisplacebesought.
Article IX.
—Reputed Festival of St. Gobnet or Gobnata, Abbess
at Ballyvourney, County of Cork. \Sixth Cejitury. '] The 12th of February is said to have been a day,^ when St. Gobnet was venerated at
Ballyvourney, in the county of Cork. We suspect, however, a misconcep- tion, for the nth of February, the day, at which her Acts have been already
given.
Article X. —St. Beologo, Priest, of Cluain-Dartadha. The
simple entry, Beologa, is met with in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 12thofFebruary. Wemayinfer,probably,thatheflourishedatanearly
of St. Columba," lib. i. , cap. 49, pp. 95 to
97,
5 See Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibemi-
carum Scriptores," tomus iv. , p. 60.
and Giolla na Naomh O'Huidhrin," edited
by Dr. O'Donovan, p. xxxvi. , n. 260.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
*
Article vii. — Edited by
Rev. Dr.
46, 47. Edited
Kelly, p.
XV.
by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xv.
5 This townland is defined on the **Ord- "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nance Survey Townland Maps for the
'^ See
nise," xii. Januarii. Vita Cumiani, n. 6, p. County of Cavan. " Sheets 22, 23, 28.
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Colgan's
This townland is marked on the
3 See "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps nance Survey Townland Maps for the
for the County of Donegal. " Sheets 26,
on which its lands are defined.
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
46, 47. — Article VIII.
ArticleX. Places," part iv. , chap, vi. , p. 448 and p. xv.
27,
See Dr. P. W. Joyce's •'Origin and History of Irish Names of
chap, ix. , p. 512.
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*
County of Leitrim. " Sheets 32, 33.
7 See ibid. , Sheets 2, 4.
This territory comprised the present are commemorated in the Litany of St. ""
counties of Leitrim and Cavan, See The ^ngus. See Irish Ecclesiastical Record," Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain vol. iii. , April, 1867, pp. 396, 397.
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date. Beologo, priest, of Cluain Dartadha,^ is recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 as having a festival at this date. There is a Cloondart as a townland denomination, in Tibohine parish, county of Roscommon. '*
ArticleXI. —St. Aedhan,ofCluainDartaighe. Aedhan,Cluana-
dartadha, is entered in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^at the 12th of February. The reader will remark an observation, as to locality, in the previous article.
We find mentioned, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ on this day, Aedhan ; and, [of Cluain Dartaighe],3 is an entry inscribed, to complete the record from an older Calendar.
Article XII. —St. Aedh, Son of Feradhach. He is mentioned, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 12th of February, as Aedh Cael mac
Feradhaigh.
The word " refer to a Cael, meaning slender,'' may
peculiarity
of figure. Aedh, son of Feradhach, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal
on this day. It is thought, by Colgan,3 that the present holy man was pro-
bably he, who is elsewhere called ^dus Major, the son of Ferguss, son to Fethlemid, son of Laogaire, &c. Marianus O'Gorman says, this latter was
venerated, at Cluain-Dertadha, on the 12th of February. We refer again, to the previous articles, in connexion with the obscurity of identification. The
Bollandists, referring to Colgan,^ briefly notice him, at this date. s
Article XIII. —St. Cronan. The Martyrologies of Tallagh^ and of DonegaP record Cronan, as being venerated on this day.
Article XIV. —St. Daman of Tigh Damain, or Tidowan, in Ui-
Criomhthannain, Queen's County. In the Martyrology of Donegal,^ and set down on this day, is the feast of Daman, of Tigh Damain, in Ui- Criomhthannain. He was of the Leinstermen. In the table, appended to thisMartyrology,hisnamehasbeenLatinizedintoDamianus. '^ Therewas a territory of Ui-Criomhthainn or Ui Creamhthainn in Meath,3 and a territory ofUi-CreamhthannainorUi-Criomhthannain,inLeix. Thislattertribehad been located around the celebrated Rock of Dunamase, in the barony of Maryborough East, in the Queen's County. '^ In this latter territory of Ui
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
s gee "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Feb-
46, 47.
-* Of course, it cannot be asserted,
ruarii xii.
Among the pretermitted saints,
posi- lively, that this place is to be associated,
p. 574.
Article xiil.
—
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Rev. Dr.
with the present —saint. Kelly, p. xv. '-
Article xi. Edited by Rev. Dr.
XV.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Kelly, p. 46, 47.
46, 47. — Article xiv.
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Dr. Todd
and Reeves, pp. 46, 47. "^
3
"The words in brackets are added by the later hand. " —
In a note,
See ibid. , pp. 398, 399.
• 3 Colgan describes it as a regitmcula, in-
eluded in the barony of Slane, coimty of Article xii. "Edited by Rev. Dr. Meath. See '*TriasThaumaturga,"p. 184.
Kelly, p. XV.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
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spectans. " "Ogygia," pars iii. , cap.
Ixxvi. , p. 364.
^ See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (s), p. 888.
46, 47i
3
"Acta Sanctorum
licet antiquis historiis non parum celebrate, hodie obscurioris notoe regiuncula est in confinibus Australis Or- gielliae ad Slanensem baroniam in Midia
See
Hibernise," xvii.
Februarii. De Tribus Sanctis Aedis, Ath-
rumiae Quiescentibus, p. 367.
4 See 2^? d^. , xxxi. Januarii. Appendix ad Acta S. Maidoci, cap. i. , p. 221.
says,
at this
passage,
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O'Flaherty says of it
by
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Criomthannan, the church of Teach Daimhain, (Tidowan), was situated, ac- cording to the Feilire Aenguis, at this date. 5 We may enquire, as to whether or not, the present Daman had been the same, as the martyr, so called and noticed, by St. ^Engus.
Article XV. —St. Forannan, Abbot of Clonard, County of Meath.
[Eighth Century. '] We read on this day, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ that Forannan, Abbot of Cluain Eraird, was venerated. He is said, also, to have been Abbot of Kildare, and to have died, on the 12th of February,^ a. d. 740,3 according to the Annals of the Four Masters,-^ or according to those of Ulster, a. d. 744.
Article XVI. —St. Ludan, or Ludanus, Pilgrlm, Diocese of Stras-
BURGH. [Twelfth and Thirtee7ith Centuries. '] There is a Life of St. Ludan,
Peregrinus, in the Bollandist collection, at the 12th of February. ^ The
memory of this holy pilgrim, Ludan, was held in high honour, among those
saints to the diocese of belonging
^ To that ancient called city,
Strasbourg.
Argentoraton,3 Argentoratus,-^ Argentoratum,^ Argentorate,^ Argentora,7 at
first,theholypilgrimLudanproceeded. Itissituatedontheriver,called111,
which falls into the Rhine by various channels, after the River Brusch enters
the 111 above Strasburgh, through two enibouchures} Bullet thinks a natural
derivation for the old name of this city might be taken from the fine country
surrounding it. 9 This canton is the most fertile in Alsace,''' and it abounds
in nearly all manner of useful vegetable products, and in fine scenery, from the mountain of Saverne to the Rhine. " This district was blessed, by the
presence and death, of the holy Scottish pilgrim, Ludan. Father John Boland gives a few introductory notices, and then certain Acts, by an anony- mous writer, taken from a Bodecensian manuscript^ belonging to the Canons Regular of St. Augustin," and discovered by the Jesuit, John Gamansius. In Herman Greuen's additions to the Martyrology of Usuard, Ludan, con- fessor,'3 is entered for the day before the Ides of February.