"
According
to Colgan, a certain Colman of Lann, got also the name of Moc—holmoc.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
Alban Butler's " Lives of the
Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xvii.
of the relics King Edgar/7
greatly frequented by
people/
days
Athird portion which remained, was
43 See Rev. S. " Lives of Baring-Gould's
the Saints," vol. vi. , June 17th, p. 248.
** Its remains have been converted into a
dwelling house, known as Botolph's Priory. "
See Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dic-
tionary of England," vol. i. , p. 309.
«5 According to John of Brompton in his Chronicle, it was destroyed by the murderers
of St. Edmund the king.
*6 See Bishop Challenoi's "Britannia
Sancta," part i. , p. 371.
*7 He ruled from A. D. 959 to A. D. 975.
John of Brompton relates this Translation, in his Chronicle.
48 This before A. D. and happened 975,
this Translation is mentioned by Odericus
Vitalis, in the following words: "Corpus S. Botulphi tr—anslatum est ad monasterium
"
Tormeyense. " Historia Ecclesiastica,"
p. 834.
4« His feast is celebrated, at the 1st of
August.
-° The head is said to have been placed
there.
'
5 See Bishop Challenor's "Britannia
to reconcile some discre-
spot one of these was
June 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
729
consignedtoashrineorroyalreliquaryofEdgar. 53 Whenanefforthadbeen made to remove the remains of St. Botulph, according to the mandate of St. Ethelwold, no human exertions could succeed. Then, it was revealed to a monk, named Ulfkitellus, and to others, that unless the relics of St. Adulph were removed at the same time, all their labours must prove to be vain. Accordingly, both bodies were then translated, and brought to St. Ethelwold. 54 Another miracles is related, as having occurred, probably on this occasion. 'ss Some portions of those relics were subsequently bestowed by St. Edward the Confessor,s6uponhismonasteryatWestminsters? Apartofthemwaskept at Medesham, afterwards called 8 It would
Peterburgh. s
remains of St. Adulph, Bishop^ had been entombed, likewise, at Ikanho,
and as these were translated at the same time, it so happened, that he and
St. Botulph were incorrectly regarded as brothers. 60 The memory of St. Bothulph is recorded 6l in an old Norman Missal,63 which had been given by
Robert Archbishop of Canterbury, about the year
io5o.
63 An old vellum
Manuscript Calendar, which was written in the eleventh century, and which
belonged to the Bollandists, had the deposition of St. Botulph at the 17th of
6*
6s and in the
in the
Sancta," part i. , pp. 371, 372.
52 It was dedicated in honour of St. Mary
and St. Botulph. It was situated in Cam-
bridgeshire, and it was one of those whose
abbots sat in parliament. See Rev. Alban
"
Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xvii.
June.
printed at Cologne and Lubeck, a. d. 1490, at the same date, there is a record of his feast. The festival of St. Botulph is set down at the 17th of
Butler's
Pars fratrem placat, pars Ecclesiae sacra ditat.
O concors virtus ! sanctus sine fratre ferendus,
Pondere se fixit, tolli sine fratre ne-
quivit.
Mox Sancti celebrem dat Adulphi
gleba fragorum,
Impatiens cari solvi compage Bo-
tulphi.
Sanctorum vita cum vivunt ipsa se-
pulcra;
Alterutris meritis dat uterque salubria
nobis.
Hsec in Botulpho tua munera sunt et
Adulpho. "
Likewise,
English Martyrology;
Martyrologies
53 of adds" :
John Brompton Quse postea collatae sunt S. Petri oratorio, a bonse me- morise Rege Eduardo. "
54 Such is the account contained in John "
Capgrave's lias. "
Legenda Sanctorum Ang-
55 This is recorded in Officium S. Bo- tulphi, ex Codice Uticensis, in these lines: —
"O Botulphe, tuo cum fratre suavis
Adulpho,
Qualis eras vita, tua busta docent re-
serata.
Ter quinis eremus dat aromata mira
diebus,
Membra sacrata Deo redolent charis-
mate tanto. "
60
"Jacent
sia duo sancti Germani from the received opinion that these were brothers—" Adulfus et Botulphus : quorum gesta nee ibi nee 57 This is stated in a Codex, which be- alibi haberi memini : nisi quod primus frater
s6 His festival is celebrated, on the 4th of January.
longed to the church of St. Botulph, near
Aldersgate, London.
58 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the
S. Etheldritse, secundus Episcopus asseri- tur. "
61 Thus, at June xvii : "S. Botulphi Con- Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal fessoris. "
Saints," vol. vi. , June xvii.
59 From the Officium S. Botulphi, ex Uti-
censi codice, are taken the following verses, intro—duced into the Appendix by Mabil-
61 Father Papebroke adds " quod anno mdclxii. reprimus in ccenobio Gemmeti- censi apud Normannos," &c.
63 From a Paschal Table annexed, it seems
have been written about the 1000. to year
64 It states : "Ipso die depositio S. Bo- tulphi Confessoris et Abbatis. "
65 Ina atRomeis Manuscript copy kept
lon
:
" Sancti Botulphi, sancto cum fratre sepulti,
Again William of Malmesbury, when treating about the Monastery of St. Edmund writes: "jacent in ecclesia sancti Ger- manus et Botulphus. "—" De Pontificibus Anglorum," lib. ii. Papebroke suspects, however, that the text is here corrupt, and he would thus restore it :— in eccle-
"
seem, that the
:
73o LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 17.
June, in the Martyrologies of Usuard, as enlarged in a Codex belonging to Alsace ; as also, in that enlarged by Greven and Molanus ; also, in those
edited by Maurolycus, Felicius, and Canisius; also, in the Benedictine Martyrologies of Arnold Wion, of Dorgan, of Menard, of Bucelin, and of
Edward Maihew. Likewise, in Wilson's " John
Martyrologium Anglicanum," and in Ferrarius,66 at the 17th day of June, the feast of St. Botulphus, Abbot, is commemorated. The old Breviary of Sleswick, and a Scandinavian Runic Calendar, have a record of his festival, at the same date. Another ancient
Manuscript Martyrology
entry
holy man,
both a Bishop and Confessor ts
; yet,
6? has an
whom it makes
of this
it is evident, some confusion of tradi-
tions had been in the writer's mind, as there seems to be no ancient account,
which speaks of St. Botulph, as having attained to the episcopal dignity. ^
Owing to the statement of St. Betolph's Scottish origin, our Irish Calendarists
claimhimasasaintoftheircountry. Thus,HenryFitzsimon,inhis"Cata-
logus aliquorum Sanctorum Hiberniae," quotes the English Martyrology, for
placing the festival of St. Betulphus, Abbot, at the 17th day of June. ?
Attain, as belonging to their country, the Scottish Martyrologists and Calen-
darists likewise record the festival of St. Botulph, at the present day. Thus,
the Calendar of Hyrdmanistoun, at the 17th of June,71 the Calendar de Nova
Farina,72 the Calendar of Arbuthnott,? * as also the Calendar 7< and Martyr-
ology75ofAberdeen,concur. FewamongtheBritishSaintshavebeenmore
honouredinEnglandthanSt. Botulph. Itisheld,thatBotulph'stown,now
Boston in Lincolnshire, and Botulph's bridge, now Bottle-bridge in Hunting-
—took their names from him tonshire, ; while,
no fewer than—four
in London and innumerable others throughout the country were dedicated in his honour. From England, too, his veneration passed into Denmark, where his festivity was annually celebrated, as appears from the Lessons of his Office, contained in the Sleswick Breviary. 77 It is to be regretted, however,
that more reliable accounts of this holy man have not been preserved.
Article III. —St. Colman, of Lann Mic-Luachain, now supposed
to be Lynn, County of Westmeath. [Seventh or Eighth Century. '] There were so many holy Irishmen, called Colman, in our Calendars, that only a small number of them can be distinguished. Among these is the pre-
sent
said to have been of Lann Mic-Luachain. 1 He was son to
saint,
Luachan, son of Aidus, son to Nanius, son of Fergus, son to Conall Crim-
2
thann, son to Niall of the Nine Hostages. Such is the pedigree given to
" 7* entered : Ipso die, apud S. Edmundum, S.
Botulphi Episcopi (imo Abbatis) et Con-
fessons. " InBibliothecaDucisAltempsii.
Also, in a Manuscript copy of it, preserved at St. Mary's Utrecht.
See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scot- tish Saints," p. 41.
66 See "
67 Scil. thecse. "
Generalis Sanctorum. "
t*Seeibid. ,p. 72. » See ibid. , p. 101.
7* See ibid. , 117.
? s The
of Aberdeen
at
Catalogus
Martyrology
68Atthexv. Kal.
Julii,
it states "
:
apud
" ofthe Proceedings
Society
of
Antiquaries
S. Edmundum S. Botulphi Episcopi et Confessoris.
of Scotland, vol. ii. , p. 265. "6
*» See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii xviii. De S. Botulpho Abbate, et S. Adulpho Episcopo, Confesso- ribus in
t SeeRev. AlbanButler's "Livesofthe
Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints,' vol. vi. , June xvii.
" See Bishop Challenor's " Britannia
to 406.
i° See O'Sullevan Beare's " Historioe
Sancta," Article hi.
Anglia, pp. 398
i. , — part p. 372.
Catholicoe Ibernue Compendium," torn i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 52.
"of Lann, of Luachain's son. '
31 SeeColgan's"ActaSanctorunVHibernia,"
says,
tulphi abbatis de quo commemoratio. "
"—— Altempsianse olim Biblio- x. v. Kl. Julij. "In Britannia Sancti Bo-
'
Meaning the church
7<i
parishes
June 17. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
731
him by Seluacius or Selbach,3 and also by the author of the Genealogies of the Irish Saints/ He therefore belongs to the royal family of Meath. He sprung from the Clann Rudhraighe, i. e. , the race of Maelcroich, son to Rudh- raighe. s According to some statements, the present saint had another festival, onthe30thofMarch,whichwaskept,also,atLannmic-Luachain. His mother was named Lassara,6 who by another husband bore a son of the same
name,? called Colman,8 who is commemorated in the Irish Martyrologies, on the30thofMarch,and30thofOctober. Oursainteitherbuilt,orpresided over,achurchinMeath,calledLann; and,forthesakeofdistinction,itwas named after himself, Lann-Mic-Luachain, or the M Church of the son of Luachan. " It is now called Lynn, 10 and it is situated in the barony ofDelvin, and county of Westmeath. 11 It must be distinguished, likewise, from Lann- Leire, which Archdall supposes to have been probably identical with Lynn.
" According to Colgan, a certain Colman of Lann, got also the name of Moc—holmoc. HewasanativeofapartofUlster,calledHiGaula,orGaill- fine perhaps the Gallan hills in the county of Tyrone. He governed three monasteries or churches, viz. : Cambos, now Camus, a monastery in the dio- ceseofDerry,whichhadbeenfoundedbySt. ComgallofBangor; achurch either in the diocese of Down or in that of Dromore, at a place called Lann- Mocholmoc, and another, apparently in the diocese of Dromore, at a place called Linn Huachaille. He died on the 30th of March, a. d. 699. But, it seems doubtful, whether this was the festival, assignable to the present St. Colman of Lann Mic Luachan, or to his brother, St. Colman, Linn Hua-
chaille. 13 Colman and Colmoc are the same name.
Colum or Colm, which is contracted from Columba. * There is also a Lynn,
a parish in the barony of Fertullagh, on the north-eastern bank of Lough
Ennel, in Westmeath. The old church there measured 69 feet, by 19. In
its cemetery, lies the fine old font of the church. The bowl is circular, and
it measures one foot and ten inches in diameter. 'S We are unable to discover
the exact year of his death, but the age during which he flourished, appears to
have been the seventh or perhaps the eighth century, from the circumstance
of his homonymous brother, by the same mother, having died a. d. 699, or a. d.
700. The present saint was venerated on the 17th day of June, the anniver-
of his to our Irish Calendars. 10 A festival in honour
xxx. Martii, Vita S. Colmani, n. 5, p. 793. 3 Author of the Rythmical Genealogy of
the Chief Saints of Ireland. Chapters iii. and iv.
Opuscula, cap. 44.
nice," xxx. Martii, n. 4, p. 793.
8 See his Acts, at the 30th of October.
9 Col«an continues, that it might be re-
sary festival, according
of Colman mic Luachain is set down in the Martyrology of Tallagh, ? at the 17thofJune. TheCalendarofCashelcontainstheentryofthisholyman's
s to the According
" See Rev. A. Cogan s Diocese of
O'Clerys.
6 According to St. yEngus, in lib. iv. ,
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. 111. ,
chap, lxxiv. , p. 580.
" See Archdall's " Monasticon Hiberni-
Martyrologies.
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- cum,"p. 722.
^ to the Irish According
gardedas distinct from another in a place
called Lann-Mocholmoc, where his homony-
mous brother had been venerated on
different days, viz. , on the 30th of March Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. 11. ,
and on the 30th October. See Colgan's
"
Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xxx. Martii, Vita S. Colmani, p. 79^-
l6 See
Colgan's
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
10 A gloss on the Feihre-zEnguis, at the
1 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvn.
1
Both are diminutives of
30th of March, describes it, as being in Meath. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (i), pp. 624, 625.
I3 "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- See Colgan's
nise," xxx. Martii, Vita S. Colmani, p. 792.
M Rev. Dr. " Ecclesiastical See Lanigan's
History of Ireland," vol. hi. , chap, xix. , sect, i. , n. 12, pp. 146, 147.
IS See Rev. A. Cogans chap, xviii. , p. 45 2 -
'
Diocese of
nix'" xxx' Martu' n> 2> 9 P'J ,? '
1
732
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 17.
feast,
at the
of 18 The Calendars of Marianus O'Gorman and of 17th June.
Cathal Maguire have entered the festival of Colman, the son ofLuachain of
Lann, at the present date. His name appears, also, in the Martyrology of
Donegal,^ at the same date, as Colman Mor, son of Luachan in West
Meath Lann Mhic 2° A feast of St. Colman of Lann : [of Luachain-Mar. ]
is also found, at the 14th of December,21 in the Irish Martyrologies, and in the Acts of other saints.
Article IV. —St. Mochummog, Son of Dobharchu. Veneration
was given on the 17th of June to Mochommoc, son of Doborchon, as we find
recorded in the of 1 and of Marianus O'Gorman. Martyrologies Tallagh,
According to a conjecture of Colgan, this may have been the St. Mochumba,
who was a of St. or 2 and at his disciple Mochoemog Pulcherius, who,
request, founded a cell, of which he was the recognised patron. A miracle, regarding him, is to be found recorded in the old Acts of St. Mochoemog. 3 The old
nameofBantryparish,countyofCork,wasKill-Mocomogue. 4 Heis men- tioned, also, as Mochummog, son of Dobharchu, in the Martyrology of
5 Donegal.
Article V. —Festival of St. Columba, and the Translation of the
Relics of St. Patrick, St. Columba and St. Brigid. In 1620, an Office of
St. Columba, Abbot, had been printed in Paris, and again in the same city, a. d. 1675, referring his Feast as a Double of the Second Class to the 17th day of June, on account of the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Patrick,
St. Columba and St. Brigid, falling on the 9th of June, and it being an Office of the First Class with an Octave. This contains proper Antiphons for Vespers and Lauds, with proper Hymns and Prayers, as also an Office of Nine
1
Article VI. —St. Aedhan Dubh. The of 1 enters Martyrology Tallagh
Edan Niger, or " Edan, the dark, or dusky," at this particular day. The epithet applied to this saint probably arose from som—e peculiar swarthiness of
2
June.
18 Thus " Colmanus filius Luachain de Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
:
Lann Mic Luachain in Media. " 3 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernian," xiii. 19 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, Maitii, Vita S. Mochoemoci, Abbatis de
Lessons, three of which are proper.
—kin. ThenameAedhanDubh
his complexion or s having
inIrishacorre- sponding meaning occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 17 th of
pp. 172, 173.
20 A note by Dr. Todd says at the con-
Liath-Mor, in Helia, cap. xxxi. , pp. 594,
595, and n. 34, p. 597.
* Letter of Rev. John Lyons, C. C. , Inchi-
geelagh, dated November 6th, 1873.
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
" This insertion (from the gloss to Marian O'Gorman) is in the more
traded word, Afar. recent hand. "
:
"Ita Marian cum suisscholiis ad eundem diem, Tresinquit S. Colmani nobis suffra- gentur, nempe S. Colmanus de Rathmail- sidhe, S. Colmanus filius Finnabarri, et S. Colmanus de Lann. Item — &
"
Denis — See Murphy, S. J. pp.
21
Maguir Mart. Dungall, iisdem verbis. " Colgan's
and in Ireland. The
tury, copy,
the writer quotes, was borrowed
from which from Rev.
Acta Sanctorum n. 3, p. 793.
xxx.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
17 to 29.
Hiberniae," *
Martii,
—
See his Life, at the 13th of March, in the
Article iv.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
a Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
172, 173.
Kelly, p. xxvii. *
172, 173. — ARTICLE V.
' is
The foregoing stated,
and shown in a small i8mo tract, anony- mously printed, apparently in the last cen-
Article vi.
'
Edited by
Rev.
June 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
733
Article VII. —The Sons of Neachtan, of Drumbric. We find at
this date, in the of 1 Meic Nechtain Droma Bricci. The Martyrology Tallagh,
locality of this Drumbric is unknown to the writer. However, there is a Drombrick townland, in the parish of Kilbonane, and barony of Magunihy,
of
2 We
a Drumbrick
county
baronyofKilmacrenan,countyofDonegal;3 likewise,aDrumbricktownland, in the parish of Drumkeeran, barony of Lurg, and county of Fermanagh ;* also, a Drumbrick townland, in the parish and barony of Carrigallen,5 as likewise another in the of 6 and of
Kerry.
find, also,
townland, in the parish and
both inthecountyofLeitrim; besides,aDrumbricktownland,intheparishof Ardcarne, barony of Boyle, and county of Roscommon. 7 A festival in honour
parish Drumreilly, barony Carrigallen,
of the sons of Neachtan, of Druim Bricce, or Droma Bricc, is recorded in the 8
Martyrology of Donegal, at the 17th of June.
Article VIII. —St. Cellan or Ceall6n, Son of Fionan. On the 1 7th of June, veneration was given to Cellan or Ceallan, son of Fionan, as we
find in the of 1 and of 8 registered Martyrologies Tallagh, Donegal.
Article IX. —St. Totholoan. We read in the Martyrologies of
1 andof 2 asaint named as a Donegal, regarding Totholoan, having
Tallagh,
festival, at the 17th of June. Nothing more regarding him seems to be known.
Article X.
Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xvii.
of the relics King Edgar/7
greatly frequented by
people/
days
Athird portion which remained, was
43 See Rev. S. " Lives of Baring-Gould's
the Saints," vol. vi. , June 17th, p. 248.
** Its remains have been converted into a
dwelling house, known as Botolph's Priory. "
See Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dic-
tionary of England," vol. i. , p. 309.
«5 According to John of Brompton in his Chronicle, it was destroyed by the murderers
of St. Edmund the king.
*6 See Bishop Challenoi's "Britannia
Sancta," part i. , p. 371.
*7 He ruled from A. D. 959 to A. D. 975.
John of Brompton relates this Translation, in his Chronicle.
48 This before A. D. and happened 975,
this Translation is mentioned by Odericus
Vitalis, in the following words: "Corpus S. Botulphi tr—anslatum est ad monasterium
"
Tormeyense. " Historia Ecclesiastica,"
p. 834.
4« His feast is celebrated, at the 1st of
August.
-° The head is said to have been placed
there.
'
5 See Bishop Challenor's "Britannia
to reconcile some discre-
spot one of these was
June 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
729
consignedtoashrineorroyalreliquaryofEdgar. 53 Whenanefforthadbeen made to remove the remains of St. Botulph, according to the mandate of St. Ethelwold, no human exertions could succeed. Then, it was revealed to a monk, named Ulfkitellus, and to others, that unless the relics of St. Adulph were removed at the same time, all their labours must prove to be vain. Accordingly, both bodies were then translated, and brought to St. Ethelwold. 54 Another miracles is related, as having occurred, probably on this occasion. 'ss Some portions of those relics were subsequently bestowed by St. Edward the Confessor,s6uponhismonasteryatWestminsters? Apartofthemwaskept at Medesham, afterwards called 8 It would
Peterburgh. s
remains of St. Adulph, Bishop^ had been entombed, likewise, at Ikanho,
and as these were translated at the same time, it so happened, that he and
St. Botulph were incorrectly regarded as brothers. 60 The memory of St. Bothulph is recorded 6l in an old Norman Missal,63 which had been given by
Robert Archbishop of Canterbury, about the year
io5o.
63 An old vellum
Manuscript Calendar, which was written in the eleventh century, and which
belonged to the Bollandists, had the deposition of St. Botulph at the 17th of
6*
6s and in the
in the
Sancta," part i. , pp. 371, 372.
52 It was dedicated in honour of St. Mary
and St. Botulph. It was situated in Cam-
bridgeshire, and it was one of those whose
abbots sat in parliament. See Rev. Alban
"
Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xvii.
June.
printed at Cologne and Lubeck, a. d. 1490, at the same date, there is a record of his feast. The festival of St. Botulph is set down at the 17th of
Butler's
Pars fratrem placat, pars Ecclesiae sacra ditat.
O concors virtus ! sanctus sine fratre ferendus,
Pondere se fixit, tolli sine fratre ne-
quivit.
Mox Sancti celebrem dat Adulphi
gleba fragorum,
Impatiens cari solvi compage Bo-
tulphi.
Sanctorum vita cum vivunt ipsa se-
pulcra;
Alterutris meritis dat uterque salubria
nobis.
Hsec in Botulpho tua munera sunt et
Adulpho. "
Likewise,
English Martyrology;
Martyrologies
53 of adds" :
John Brompton Quse postea collatae sunt S. Petri oratorio, a bonse me- morise Rege Eduardo. "
54 Such is the account contained in John "
Capgrave's lias. "
Legenda Sanctorum Ang-
55 This is recorded in Officium S. Bo- tulphi, ex Codice Uticensis, in these lines: —
"O Botulphe, tuo cum fratre suavis
Adulpho,
Qualis eras vita, tua busta docent re-
serata.
Ter quinis eremus dat aromata mira
diebus,
Membra sacrata Deo redolent charis-
mate tanto. "
60
"Jacent
sia duo sancti Germani from the received opinion that these were brothers—" Adulfus et Botulphus : quorum gesta nee ibi nee 57 This is stated in a Codex, which be- alibi haberi memini : nisi quod primus frater
s6 His festival is celebrated, on the 4th of January.
longed to the church of St. Botulph, near
Aldersgate, London.
58 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the
S. Etheldritse, secundus Episcopus asseri- tur. "
61 Thus, at June xvii : "S. Botulphi Con- Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal fessoris. "
Saints," vol. vi. , June xvii.
59 From the Officium S. Botulphi, ex Uti-
censi codice, are taken the following verses, intro—duced into the Appendix by Mabil-
61 Father Papebroke adds " quod anno mdclxii. reprimus in ccenobio Gemmeti- censi apud Normannos," &c.
63 From a Paschal Table annexed, it seems
have been written about the 1000. to year
64 It states : "Ipso die depositio S. Bo- tulphi Confessoris et Abbatis. "
65 Ina atRomeis Manuscript copy kept
lon
:
" Sancti Botulphi, sancto cum fratre sepulti,
Again William of Malmesbury, when treating about the Monastery of St. Edmund writes: "jacent in ecclesia sancti Ger- manus et Botulphus. "—" De Pontificibus Anglorum," lib. ii. Papebroke suspects, however, that the text is here corrupt, and he would thus restore it :— in eccle-
"
seem, that the
:
73o LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 17.
June, in the Martyrologies of Usuard, as enlarged in a Codex belonging to Alsace ; as also, in that enlarged by Greven and Molanus ; also, in those
edited by Maurolycus, Felicius, and Canisius; also, in the Benedictine Martyrologies of Arnold Wion, of Dorgan, of Menard, of Bucelin, and of
Edward Maihew. Likewise, in Wilson's " John
Martyrologium Anglicanum," and in Ferrarius,66 at the 17th day of June, the feast of St. Botulphus, Abbot, is commemorated. The old Breviary of Sleswick, and a Scandinavian Runic Calendar, have a record of his festival, at the same date. Another ancient
Manuscript Martyrology
entry
holy man,
both a Bishop and Confessor ts
; yet,
6? has an
whom it makes
of this
it is evident, some confusion of tradi-
tions had been in the writer's mind, as there seems to be no ancient account,
which speaks of St. Botulph, as having attained to the episcopal dignity. ^
Owing to the statement of St. Betolph's Scottish origin, our Irish Calendarists
claimhimasasaintoftheircountry. Thus,HenryFitzsimon,inhis"Cata-
logus aliquorum Sanctorum Hiberniae," quotes the English Martyrology, for
placing the festival of St. Betulphus, Abbot, at the 17th day of June. ?
Attain, as belonging to their country, the Scottish Martyrologists and Calen-
darists likewise record the festival of St. Botulph, at the present day. Thus,
the Calendar of Hyrdmanistoun, at the 17th of June,71 the Calendar de Nova
Farina,72 the Calendar of Arbuthnott,? * as also the Calendar 7< and Martyr-
ology75ofAberdeen,concur. FewamongtheBritishSaintshavebeenmore
honouredinEnglandthanSt. Botulph. Itisheld,thatBotulph'stown,now
Boston in Lincolnshire, and Botulph's bridge, now Bottle-bridge in Hunting-
—took their names from him tonshire, ; while,
no fewer than—four
in London and innumerable others throughout the country were dedicated in his honour. From England, too, his veneration passed into Denmark, where his festivity was annually celebrated, as appears from the Lessons of his Office, contained in the Sleswick Breviary. 77 It is to be regretted, however,
that more reliable accounts of this holy man have not been preserved.
Article III. —St. Colman, of Lann Mic-Luachain, now supposed
to be Lynn, County of Westmeath. [Seventh or Eighth Century. '] There were so many holy Irishmen, called Colman, in our Calendars, that only a small number of them can be distinguished. Among these is the pre-
sent
said to have been of Lann Mic-Luachain. 1 He was son to
saint,
Luachan, son of Aidus, son to Nanius, son of Fergus, son to Conall Crim-
2
thann, son to Niall of the Nine Hostages. Such is the pedigree given to
" 7* entered : Ipso die, apud S. Edmundum, S.
Botulphi Episcopi (imo Abbatis) et Con-
fessons. " InBibliothecaDucisAltempsii.
Also, in a Manuscript copy of it, preserved at St. Mary's Utrecht.
See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scot- tish Saints," p. 41.
66 See "
67 Scil. thecse. "
Generalis Sanctorum. "
t*Seeibid. ,p. 72. » See ibid. , p. 101.
7* See ibid. , 117.
? s The
of Aberdeen
at
Catalogus
Martyrology
68Atthexv. Kal.
Julii,
it states "
:
apud
" ofthe Proceedings
Society
of
Antiquaries
S. Edmundum S. Botulphi Episcopi et Confessoris.
of Scotland, vol. ii. , p. 265. "6
*» See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii xviii. De S. Botulpho Abbate, et S. Adulpho Episcopo, Confesso- ribus in
t SeeRev. AlbanButler's "Livesofthe
Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints,' vol. vi. , June xvii.
" See Bishop Challenor's " Britannia
to 406.
i° See O'Sullevan Beare's " Historioe
Sancta," Article hi.
Anglia, pp. 398
i. , — part p. 372.
Catholicoe Ibernue Compendium," torn i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 52.
"of Lann, of Luachain's son. '
31 SeeColgan's"ActaSanctorunVHibernia,"
says,
tulphi abbatis de quo commemoratio. "
"—— Altempsianse olim Biblio- x. v. Kl. Julij. "In Britannia Sancti Bo-
'
Meaning the church
7<i
parishes
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him by Seluacius or Selbach,3 and also by the author of the Genealogies of the Irish Saints/ He therefore belongs to the royal family of Meath. He sprung from the Clann Rudhraighe, i. e. , the race of Maelcroich, son to Rudh- raighe. s According to some statements, the present saint had another festival, onthe30thofMarch,whichwaskept,also,atLannmic-Luachain. His mother was named Lassara,6 who by another husband bore a son of the same
name,? called Colman,8 who is commemorated in the Irish Martyrologies, on the30thofMarch,and30thofOctober. Oursainteitherbuilt,orpresided over,achurchinMeath,calledLann; and,forthesakeofdistinction,itwas named after himself, Lann-Mic-Luachain, or the M Church of the son of Luachan. " It is now called Lynn, 10 and it is situated in the barony ofDelvin, and county of Westmeath. 11 It must be distinguished, likewise, from Lann- Leire, which Archdall supposes to have been probably identical with Lynn.
" According to Colgan, a certain Colman of Lann, got also the name of Moc—holmoc. HewasanativeofapartofUlster,calledHiGaula,orGaill- fine perhaps the Gallan hills in the county of Tyrone. He governed three monasteries or churches, viz. : Cambos, now Camus, a monastery in the dio- ceseofDerry,whichhadbeenfoundedbySt. ComgallofBangor; achurch either in the diocese of Down or in that of Dromore, at a place called Lann- Mocholmoc, and another, apparently in the diocese of Dromore, at a place called Linn Huachaille. He died on the 30th of March, a. d. 699. But, it seems doubtful, whether this was the festival, assignable to the present St. Colman of Lann Mic Luachan, or to his brother, St. Colman, Linn Hua-
chaille. 13 Colman and Colmoc are the same name.
Colum or Colm, which is contracted from Columba. * There is also a Lynn,
a parish in the barony of Fertullagh, on the north-eastern bank of Lough
Ennel, in Westmeath. The old church there measured 69 feet, by 19. In
its cemetery, lies the fine old font of the church. The bowl is circular, and
it measures one foot and ten inches in diameter. 'S We are unable to discover
the exact year of his death, but the age during which he flourished, appears to
have been the seventh or perhaps the eighth century, from the circumstance
of his homonymous brother, by the same mother, having died a. d. 699, or a. d.
700. The present saint was venerated on the 17th day of June, the anniver-
of his to our Irish Calendars. 10 A festival in honour
xxx. Martii, Vita S. Colmani, n. 5, p. 793. 3 Author of the Rythmical Genealogy of
the Chief Saints of Ireland. Chapters iii. and iv.
Opuscula, cap. 44.
nice," xxx. Martii, n. 4, p. 793.
8 See his Acts, at the 30th of October.
9 Col«an continues, that it might be re-
sary festival, according
of Colman mic Luachain is set down in the Martyrology of Tallagh, ? at the 17thofJune. TheCalendarofCashelcontainstheentryofthisholyman's
s to the According
" See Rev. A. Cogan s Diocese of
O'Clerys.
6 According to St. yEngus, in lib. iv. ,
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. 111. ,
chap, lxxiv. , p. 580.
" See Archdall's " Monasticon Hiberni-
Martyrologies.
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- cum,"p. 722.
^ to the Irish According
gardedas distinct from another in a place
called Lann-Mocholmoc, where his homony-
mous brother had been venerated on
different days, viz. , on the 30th of March Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. 11. ,
and on the 30th October. See Colgan's
"
Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xxx. Martii, Vita S. Colmani, p. 79^-
l6 See
Colgan's
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
10 A gloss on the Feihre-zEnguis, at the
1 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvn.
1
Both are diminutives of
30th of March, describes it, as being in Meath. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (i), pp. 624, 625.
I3 "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- See Colgan's
nise," xxx. Martii, Vita S. Colmani, p. 792.
M Rev. Dr. " Ecclesiastical See Lanigan's
History of Ireland," vol. hi. , chap, xix. , sect, i. , n. 12, pp. 146, 147.
IS See Rev. A. Cogans chap, xviii. , p. 45 2 -
'
Diocese of
nix'" xxx' Martu' n> 2> 9 P'J ,? '
1
732
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 17.
feast,
at the
of 18 The Calendars of Marianus O'Gorman and of 17th June.
Cathal Maguire have entered the festival of Colman, the son ofLuachain of
Lann, at the present date. His name appears, also, in the Martyrology of
Donegal,^ at the same date, as Colman Mor, son of Luachan in West
Meath Lann Mhic 2° A feast of St. Colman of Lann : [of Luachain-Mar. ]
is also found, at the 14th of December,21 in the Irish Martyrologies, and in the Acts of other saints.
Article IV. —St. Mochummog, Son of Dobharchu. Veneration
was given on the 17th of June to Mochommoc, son of Doborchon, as we find
recorded in the of 1 and of Marianus O'Gorman. Martyrologies Tallagh,
According to a conjecture of Colgan, this may have been the St. Mochumba,
who was a of St. or 2 and at his disciple Mochoemog Pulcherius, who,
request, founded a cell, of which he was the recognised patron. A miracle, regarding him, is to be found recorded in the old Acts of St. Mochoemog. 3 The old
nameofBantryparish,countyofCork,wasKill-Mocomogue. 4 Heis men- tioned, also, as Mochummog, son of Dobharchu, in the Martyrology of
5 Donegal.
Article V. —Festival of St. Columba, and the Translation of the
Relics of St. Patrick, St. Columba and St. Brigid. In 1620, an Office of
St. Columba, Abbot, had been printed in Paris, and again in the same city, a. d. 1675, referring his Feast as a Double of the Second Class to the 17th day of June, on account of the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Patrick,
St. Columba and St. Brigid, falling on the 9th of June, and it being an Office of the First Class with an Octave. This contains proper Antiphons for Vespers and Lauds, with proper Hymns and Prayers, as also an Office of Nine
1
Article VI. —St. Aedhan Dubh. The of 1 enters Martyrology Tallagh
Edan Niger, or " Edan, the dark, or dusky," at this particular day. The epithet applied to this saint probably arose from som—e peculiar swarthiness of
2
June.
18 Thus " Colmanus filius Luachain de Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
:
Lann Mic Luachain in Media. " 3 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernian," xiii. 19 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, Maitii, Vita S. Mochoemoci, Abbatis de
Lessons, three of which are proper.
—kin. ThenameAedhanDubh
his complexion or s having
inIrishacorre- sponding meaning occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 17 th of
pp. 172, 173.
20 A note by Dr. Todd says at the con-
Liath-Mor, in Helia, cap. xxxi. , pp. 594,
595, and n. 34, p. 597.
* Letter of Rev. John Lyons, C. C. , Inchi-
geelagh, dated November 6th, 1873.
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
" This insertion (from the gloss to Marian O'Gorman) is in the more
traded word, Afar. recent hand. "
:
"Ita Marian cum suisscholiis ad eundem diem, Tresinquit S. Colmani nobis suffra- gentur, nempe S. Colmanus de Rathmail- sidhe, S. Colmanus filius Finnabarri, et S. Colmanus de Lann. Item — &
"
Denis — See Murphy, S. J. pp.
21
Maguir Mart. Dungall, iisdem verbis. " Colgan's
and in Ireland. The
tury, copy,
the writer quotes, was borrowed
from which from Rev.
Acta Sanctorum n. 3, p. 793.
xxx.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
17 to 29.
Hiberniae," *
Martii,
—
See his Life, at the 13th of March, in the
Article iv.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
a Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
172, 173.
Kelly, p. xxvii. *
172, 173. — ARTICLE V.
' is
The foregoing stated,
and shown in a small i8mo tract, anony- mously printed, apparently in the last cen-
Article vi.
'
Edited by
Rev.
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Article VII. —The Sons of Neachtan, of Drumbric. We find at
this date, in the of 1 Meic Nechtain Droma Bricci. The Martyrology Tallagh,
locality of this Drumbric is unknown to the writer. However, there is a Drombrick townland, in the parish of Kilbonane, and barony of Magunihy,
of
2 We
a Drumbrick
county
baronyofKilmacrenan,countyofDonegal;3 likewise,aDrumbricktownland, in the parish of Drumkeeran, barony of Lurg, and county of Fermanagh ;* also, a Drumbrick townland, in the parish and barony of Carrigallen,5 as likewise another in the of 6 and of
Kerry.
find, also,
townland, in the parish and
both inthecountyofLeitrim; besides,aDrumbricktownland,intheparishof Ardcarne, barony of Boyle, and county of Roscommon. 7 A festival in honour
parish Drumreilly, barony Carrigallen,
of the sons of Neachtan, of Druim Bricce, or Droma Bricc, is recorded in the 8
Martyrology of Donegal, at the 17th of June.
Article VIII. —St. Cellan or Ceall6n, Son of Fionan. On the 1 7th of June, veneration was given to Cellan or Ceallan, son of Fionan, as we
find in the of 1 and of 8 registered Martyrologies Tallagh, Donegal.
Article IX. —St. Totholoan. We read in the Martyrologies of
1 andof 2 asaint named as a Donegal, regarding Totholoan, having
Tallagh,
festival, at the 17th of June. Nothing more regarding him seems to be known.
Article X.
