Gibrian, and he was
celebrated
in Champagne, France.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v7
It is sometimes called the old church of Ballachanery.
This has almost entirely disappeared ; the most conspicuous part remaining is a portion of a gable, containing a circular chancel arch, six feet in the span.
At the point of that wall from which it springs, there is a projection or set-off, which appears as if intended to support an inner arch of a more ornamental character.
The wall, which is pierced by this chancel arch, is three feet in thickness.
There are still remaining portions of the walls and traces of the foundations.
These show, that the church consisted of a nave, measuring 33 feet, by 18 feet, and a chancel 18 feet long, by 12 feet in width.
s This church is also called by some old people Killnahattin.
6 This church is named in the traditions of the people " St.
Mary's," and as so called, it is set down on the Ordnance SurveyTownlandMapsfortheCountyofDown.
Fewlocaltraditionscon- cerning this church remain among the people, at the present time.
The ancient cemetery is now unused, except for the interment of unbaptized chil- dren, or as the last resting-place for the remains of some friendless wanderer.
ArticleVII. —St. Colan,crCaolan. WefindenteredintheMartyr-
quam S. Jacobus erexisse traditur. 4 A drawing, with a description, of the 10 In the Menologium Scotorum of Thomas ruin, and intituled, Notice of the Ancient
"
Jacobi Majoris Scotorum patroni. F. F. "
Dempster,
it is thus entered:
— Church of the Protestant Herbipoli Ballagh-a-Neir, by
Forbes'
" Kalendars
l
of Scottish
" read before the Down, Connor, and Papers
Dromore Church Architecture Society,"
during the year 1844, pp. 17, 18, 19. 5SeeVeryRev. JamesO'Laverty's His-
torical Account of the Diocese of Down and
Bishop
Saints," p. 206. —
Article vi.
this work, at the 24th of March, Art. i.
an
See B. J.
Doyle's
2 These are said to be
the of worthy study
antiquary. Ulster," p. 69.
According to the Terrier of 1615,
is an
Donard's natural scenery.
Capella
de Ballotheneirry, or part of
See the Third Volume of
"
"Toursin In this elegant work, there
Connor, Ancientand Modern," vol. i. , p. 28. 6""
interesting description
3 See Philip Dixon Hardy's "Northern
paid to the bishop in proxy, 2s. ; in refec-
nevertheless, the 25th of July was his
Archdeacon
of be seen in the Down, may
of Slieve "
Morne, nearly by ye sea from Newcastle,"
Tourist, or Strangers' Guide to the North tions, 2s. ; and in synodals, 2s.
l
and North- West of Ireland," pp. 63, 64. Article vii. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
392
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 25.
1
ology of Tallagh, that veneration was given to a St. Colan at the 25th of
July. Most probably, the name should have been written Caolan. On the western shore of Lough Mask, and near the lake, there is a single tree stand- ing. It is a remarkable object, and at its roots, an ancient well—held in
greatvenerationbytheneighbouringpeasantry—maybeseen. OntheOrd- nance Survey Map, it is called Toberkeelagh, " the well of St. Keelagh," or
—
as states an antiquarian writer 3
it—more probably perhaps Keelan. A stone seat, and a bush covered with votive offerings are near this spring. A mile south from the well, there is a ruined church, probably dedicated to the same saint. This church is a rec- tangular building, measuring externally 42 feet in length, by 22 feet 8 inches in width. The walls are 2 feet 6 inches in thickness. Most of the eastern gible is standing; it is about 24 feet high. Some 12 or 15 feet of the western g ible, and about the same height allowed for a few feet of the other portions of the building, are the sole remaining traces. The doorway was probably in the southern wall. From the style of a window 3 remaining in the eastern wall, this building has been assigned to about the middle of the fourteenth cen- tury. Althoughapparentlycorrespondingwiththenameofthepresentsaint —whiletherearemanyotherCaolans,andCeallans,inourCalendars—it is not easy to determine the patron of Toberkeelagh well and church. Intelli- gent people in the neighbourhood say, however, the proper name should be Toberkeelaw. * The Martyrology of Donegal, s at the 25th of July, has Caolan simply entered, without further designation.
who has visited the spot, and who describes
Article VIII. —St. Fiachra Cael, of Cluain Caichtne, or Cluana
1
Cain. According to the Martyrology of Tallagh, St. Fiachra coel Cluana
Cain had a festival on this That of 3 veneration was day. Donegal states,
given at the 25th of July, to Fiachra Cael, of Cluain Caichtne. It is probable,
the latter word is an incorrection, and that C Cain,
orClonkeen—
name many places in Ireland have received
term " Cael" means "thin ,; or "slender/' and probably it has reference to the personal appearance of this holy man.
Article IX. —St. Fiachra, or Fiahrach. At the 25th of July, the
1
Martyrology of Tallagh
has the separate name of Fiahrach. That of Done-
3 records the name of another Fiachrach or Fiachra. We are
gal
that there is a Fiachra, son of Colman, son to Eoghan, and belonging to the race of Colla-da-chrioch. At Kilfera, about two or three miles south of the city of Kilkenny, and not far from the River Nore, an old and a ruined oratory
or hermitage is to be seen within a graveyard. The sculptured figure of an
xxx.
See an interesting communication of
Joseph Nolan, E. R. G. S. I. , in the "Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Associa- tion of Ireland," vol. i. , part ii. , Fourth
Series, January, 1871, pp. 349, 350.
3 The peculiarities of which are described
by Mr. Nolan.
* See ibid. , p. 350.
5 Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp. 202, 203.
Articleviii. —x Edited Kelly, p. xxx.
Kelly, p.
by Rev. Dr. Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
—luana
which
is the correct The rendering.
202, 203. — Article ix.
Edited
by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxx.
a Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
202, 203.
3 The foregoing particulars were stated to
the writer, by Miss Mary Shearman of Kil- kenny, in September, 1872.
informed,
July 25. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 393
ecclesiastic—said to have been St. Fiacra—was there shown, but it has been brokenandremovedduringpastyears. * Inthegraveyard,anancienttreeof vast dimensions grew, but having been uprooted, some human remains of persons, who had been buried for centuries, were exposed. 3 This manifests
the great antiquity of the burial-ground. It may be a ——
if the St. Fiacre connected with this place were the present, or some one of the other Fiacras elsewhere mentioned in our Calendars. Perhaps, he may be identical with St. Fiachra, Abbot of Ullard—a place not far distant—and
whose feast occurs on the 2nd day of May.
Article X. —St. Findbairr, or Fionnbharr, Priest. — In the
of 1 we find entered the name Findbairr Sac Martyr—ology Tallagh,
meaning Priest at the 25th of July. There was a disciple of St. Columkille bearing the name of Fionnbhar, and he became Abbot of Druimcholuim, in Con-
3 It is nowa
in the diocese of
in the
parish church,
of Tirerrill, county of Sligo. 3 The Martyrology of Donegal *> has Fionnbharr,
at the 25th of July. s
naught.
Elphin,
barony
ArticleXI. —St. CriotanorCrestainOteni. IntheMartyrologyof 1
Tallagh, at the 25th of July, Crestain Oteni is registered, as having had a
Kilcrittan, near Tullamore, King's County.
festival. This seems an incorrect insertion. Nor can we doubt, that he was identical with a saint, but somewhat differently named, in the later Calendar
Article x. — x Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxx.
"
s A note by Dr. Todd says at Fionnbhar :
2 See
Colgan's
"Trias Thaumaturga,"
In the margin is written opposite to this name, tic, i. e. , nota" The comment, how- ever, does not appear to have been after- wards appended.
Article xi. — l Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxx.
Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbce,
cap. x. , p. 490.
3 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life of St. Columba," Additional Notes G, num. 20, p. 282.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 202, 203.
2
The accompanying sketch, taken from
question,
within this cemetery by the writer, August, 1888, has been drawn by William F. Wake-
394 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 25.
of the O'Clerys, as Criotan. In the immediate neighbourhood of Tullamore,
in the there is a 2—but now without trace even King's County, — graveyard any
of a ruined church within it and that cemetery is called Kilcrittan. It has
been greatly frequented as a place for interments, and it is held in much veneration by the people. Whether it derived its name from the present St. CriotanorCrittancannotbedetermined. Atthisdate,theMartyrologyof Donegal 3 enters simply the name Criotan, without further allusion to his time or place.
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of St. Declan, Bishop and Patron of the Decies, County of Waterford. In his Martyrology, Castellan says, that the Natalis of St. Declan occurs, on the 25th of July. Yet, in this statement, he differs from all other writers, whose works were examined by the Bollandists. 1 Nor does he assign any authority for his assertion. St. Declan's Acts have been already given, on the previous day.
ArticleXIII. —St. Cailten. Theidentityofthisholypersoncannot be determined, with any degree of certainty ; but, we are informed, that St. Cailten was a monk in Iona, and a prefect in the Cell of Drina. Wherefore,
Colgan thinks his feast may possibly be assigned to this the 25th day of
July,
1 and that he
may
be classed as one of St. Columba's
disciples.
Article XIV. —Reputed Feast of St. Abranus or Abramus. According to Camerarius, St. Abranus or Abramus was the brother of St.
Gibrian, and he was celebrated in Champagne, France. At the feast-day of
2
1 we have already remarked, that the festivals of his brothers, Abranus and Petranus do not seem to have been known. The Bollandists
St.
Gibrian,
record what Camerarius states, at this date.
Article XV. —Reputed Feast for the Translation of St. Livinus Relics. At the 25th of July, Dempster has a feast for the Translation of St. Livinus' Relics at. Ghent. He seems to have confounded Livinus with Lebuinus, whose Translation is noted at the present date, by Arnold Wion, Dorgan, Menard and Bucelin. The Bollandists have both entries at this
* chose to defer further comments to the 12th of but, they
November,
day
the date for the chief festival of St. Livinus, Martyr.
2
man on the wood, engraved by Mrs. Mil- lard.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
202, 203. —' Article xii.
the Fifth Volume of this work, at that date, Art. ii.
3
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. Julii xxv* Among the pretermitted saints
Article xv. *
p. 2. — See n Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus vi. , Julii xxv. Among the pretermitted saints, pp. 2, 4.
"
tomus v. , Julii xxiv. Acta S. Dcclani. Com-
mentarius Proevius—, sect. 3, p. 591 '
Article xiii. See "Trias
See
Acta Sanctorum,"
Thauma-
turga," Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Co-
lumboe, cap. x. , num. 13, p. 488. Also, also what has been rioted in the Sixth Vo-
p. 501. lume of this work, at the 25th of June,
x
Article xiv. — The 8th of May. See Art. x.
2
See our Life of him for the same date, as
July 26. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
V)S
Ctoentj>-sJijrtb Dap of 3ulj>.
ARTICLE I. —ST. FURADIIRAN, BISHOP.
Afestival, which seems referable to a very early date, has been noted by
our in honour of It is set down in Calendarists, Furadhran, Bishop.
1
the Martyrology of Tallagh, at this date. His time or place is not known.
The name is entered in like manner, by Professor Eugene O'Curry, in a Manuscript Calendar of his own compilation. Also, in the Martyrology
of 2 is tobefound,atthe26thof Donegal, Furadhran, Bishop,
July.
Article II. —St. Thoman, or Toman, of Mungret, County of
Limerick. ThenameofThoman,withoutfurtherdesignation,appearsin
1
the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 26th of July. At the same date, in the
of 2 the name is entered as Toman, of We Martyrology Donegal, Mungairit.
have already seen, this place is situated, about three miles south-west from Limerick City, and within the county of Limerick.
Article III. —St. Nessan of Mungret, County of Limerick. It is
stated, that at the 26th of July, veneration was given to Nessan of Mungairit,
1
and we find it recorded in the Martyrology ofTallaght. There can hardly be
any doubt of the present saint's identity with Deacon Nessan, commemorated on the preceding day. We are inclined to attribute the introduction of his name here to some error of a copyist.
Article IV. —Festival of Christ's Transfiguration on Mount
1
Tabor. According to the "Feilire" of St. ^Engus, at the 26th of July, the
Feast of the Transfiguration of our Divine Lord on Mount Tabor was com- memorated in the ancient Irish Church. To this a comment is found affixed. 2 In the Bruxelles copy of Usuard this Feast is also set down,3 and while the
Bollandists 4
give
Article i. — *
the of the source whence it had text, they express ignorance
l
Edited
Rev. Dr-.
Irish Series, vol. i. , Manuscript
On the Calendar of Oengus, p. cxii.
Thus : ". i. isleib galile . i. treb nepta-
lim. transformatio christi in monte tabor
Edited by Rev. Dr.
"On the passion of Jovianus, with his train
of pure gold (was) the transfiguration, at daybreak, of Jesus, on Mount Tabor. "—
Kelly, p. xxx.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
"
202, 203. Article 11.
—
Transactions of the Royal Irish Aca-
Kelly, p. xxx. 22
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 202, 203.
Article hi.
—
"
coram . u. moysi —
Kelly, p. xxx. — Article iv.
etiohannietiacopo. " Ibid. ,p.
T
From the "LeabharBreac"
petro
3 Thus
Transfiguratio Domini,
by
demy,"
Edited by Rev. Dr.
testibus scilicet et helice
copy the following stanza, with its transla-
monte Thabor, a tribus discipulis, qui inter-
Dr. —
by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. ,
has erant,
ascentionem Domini, suis coapos-
tion
been taken
post publicatur. "
:
tilis
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. ,
Julii xxvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
p. 232.
Articlev. — See"Transactionsofthe
Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
Vhp<Mf 1ouiAm
ConAclein CAin glAngboip CAnmchr>uchu'oiAt\tToex)oit Ih. u 1 Sleib C<xboin.
1
part i.
:
cxxi.
facta in
396 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [July 26.
been drawn, but they refer to the 6th of August as the chief Festival held in the Universal Church.
Article V. —Festival of St. Jovian, and of his Companions, Martyrs. In the ancient Irish Church, the Feast of St. Jovian and of his companions,
"
who suffered martyrdom with him, was held, according to the
Feilire" of
1 The scene of their passion was Laodicea, in Phrygia, and from
St.
ancient Martyrologies, the Bollandists give brief Acts,3 at the 26th of
^Engus. July.
2
Article VI. —Festival of St. Eoban, Bishop and Martyr, Assistant
Bishop of Utrecht, Holland. {Eighth Century]. At the 5th of June,
we have already treated about this holy Chorepiscopus of Utrecht and
Martyr, who is claimed as being an Irish Scotus, the companion of St.
Boniface. 1 It is that he had another Festival, on the 26th of At said, July.
2
this date, the Bollandists have some notices of him, and chiefly on the
authority of Greven, who is said to have drawn his statement from the
Breviary of Erfurt, in which there is a prayer to St. Eoban, Bishop and Martyr. From this account, Molanus and Canisius have inserted a com- memoration. AsnothingintheshapeofseparateActshadcomedownto the Bollandists, in reference to St. Eoban, they refer to the 5th of June for particulars regarding him, in the Acts of St. Boniface,3 Apostle of Germany.
Article VII. —Festival of St. Fllchklmus, at Rurimonde, Belgium. Besides the chief Feast of St. Plechelmus, celebrated on the 15th
of gium,
1 anotherwasinstitutedtohonourhismemory,atRurimonde,inBel- 2 on the 26th of the same month.
July,
Article VIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Colmolcus, or Colmocus, Confessor and Bishop, in Scotland. In his list of the Scottish Saints,
Scries, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of
spondence, in the German language, toge- ther with [copy of the notice of MSS. referred to by theforegoing Extracts}, pp. 89 to 1 16.
2 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Julii xxvi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 229. 3 <,ec also the Sixth Volume of this work,
at that date, for his Life, Art. i.
Article VII. —1 See an account of St.
Plechclm, at that day, in the present volume, Art. i.
*
The reason for this was not obvious to Father John Boland, who, in a Disquisition prefixed to the Acts of St. Plechelmus on the
Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. cxii. "
There is a comment appended a cleir . i.
ctcc. "—Ibid. , p. exxi. -"
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Julii xxvi. " De Sanctus Martyribus Laodicen- sis Joviano, Juliano, Emilio, Felice, Mar- ciano, Maxima, Saturnina, Gloriosa ct altero Emilio. " Ex IJieronymianis, pp. 304, 305.
'» Edited by Father John Baptist Soller,
S. J. — Article VI.
*
the
Among
belonging to Wurtzburg—whose fust bishop
was the Martyr St. Kilian, venerated at the
8th of this month—there is one containing a
Treatise, the contents of which are thus de-
"
scribed: Bonifacius Strachanus Scotus,
Germania Christiana, sive de plantata et pro- pagata Christiana Religione in Germania per Sanctos et Monachos Scotica nationis,
forte quod in Ecclesia Leodiensi, cui ante
novos in Belgio institutos Episcopatus
suberat Ruraemunda, monsque S. Odilke,
Idibus Julii Divisio Apostolorum ab antiquo
celebrari solet, Officio ix. Lectionum. "—
"
Manuscripts
ActaSanctorum,"tomusiv. ,Juliixv. De S. Plechelmo Episcopo Oldensalue ct Rurc- pp. 84 to 86.
ArticleVII. —St. Colan,crCaolan. WefindenteredintheMartyr-
quam S. Jacobus erexisse traditur. 4 A drawing, with a description, of the 10 In the Menologium Scotorum of Thomas ruin, and intituled, Notice of the Ancient
"
Jacobi Majoris Scotorum patroni. F. F. "
Dempster,
it is thus entered:
— Church of the Protestant Herbipoli Ballagh-a-Neir, by
Forbes'
" Kalendars
l
of Scottish
" read before the Down, Connor, and Papers
Dromore Church Architecture Society,"
during the year 1844, pp. 17, 18, 19. 5SeeVeryRev. JamesO'Laverty's His-
torical Account of the Diocese of Down and
Bishop
Saints," p. 206. —
Article vi.
this work, at the 24th of March, Art. i.
an
See B. J.
Doyle's
2 These are said to be
the of worthy study
antiquary. Ulster," p. 69.
According to the Terrier of 1615,
is an
Donard's natural scenery.
Capella
de Ballotheneirry, or part of
See the Third Volume of
"
"Toursin In this elegant work, there
Connor, Ancientand Modern," vol. i. , p. 28. 6""
interesting description
3 See Philip Dixon Hardy's "Northern
paid to the bishop in proxy, 2s. ; in refec-
nevertheless, the 25th of July was his
Archdeacon
of be seen in the Down, may
of Slieve "
Morne, nearly by ye sea from Newcastle,"
Tourist, or Strangers' Guide to the North tions, 2s. ; and in synodals, 2s.
l
and North- West of Ireland," pp. 63, 64. Article vii. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
392
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 25.
1
ology of Tallagh, that veneration was given to a St. Colan at the 25th of
July. Most probably, the name should have been written Caolan. On the western shore of Lough Mask, and near the lake, there is a single tree stand- ing. It is a remarkable object, and at its roots, an ancient well—held in
greatvenerationbytheneighbouringpeasantry—maybeseen. OntheOrd- nance Survey Map, it is called Toberkeelagh, " the well of St. Keelagh," or
—
as states an antiquarian writer 3
it—more probably perhaps Keelan. A stone seat, and a bush covered with votive offerings are near this spring. A mile south from the well, there is a ruined church, probably dedicated to the same saint. This church is a rec- tangular building, measuring externally 42 feet in length, by 22 feet 8 inches in width. The walls are 2 feet 6 inches in thickness. Most of the eastern gible is standing; it is about 24 feet high. Some 12 or 15 feet of the western g ible, and about the same height allowed for a few feet of the other portions of the building, are the sole remaining traces. The doorway was probably in the southern wall. From the style of a window 3 remaining in the eastern wall, this building has been assigned to about the middle of the fourteenth cen- tury. Althoughapparentlycorrespondingwiththenameofthepresentsaint —whiletherearemanyotherCaolans,andCeallans,inourCalendars—it is not easy to determine the patron of Toberkeelagh well and church. Intelli- gent people in the neighbourhood say, however, the proper name should be Toberkeelaw. * The Martyrology of Donegal, s at the 25th of July, has Caolan simply entered, without further designation.
who has visited the spot, and who describes
Article VIII. —St. Fiachra Cael, of Cluain Caichtne, or Cluana
1
Cain. According to the Martyrology of Tallagh, St. Fiachra coel Cluana
Cain had a festival on this That of 3 veneration was day. Donegal states,
given at the 25th of July, to Fiachra Cael, of Cluain Caichtne. It is probable,
the latter word is an incorrection, and that C Cain,
orClonkeen—
name many places in Ireland have received
term " Cael" means "thin ,; or "slender/' and probably it has reference to the personal appearance of this holy man.
Article IX. —St. Fiachra, or Fiahrach. At the 25th of July, the
1
Martyrology of Tallagh
has the separate name of Fiahrach. That of Done-
3 records the name of another Fiachrach or Fiachra. We are
gal
that there is a Fiachra, son of Colman, son to Eoghan, and belonging to the race of Colla-da-chrioch. At Kilfera, about two or three miles south of the city of Kilkenny, and not far from the River Nore, an old and a ruined oratory
or hermitage is to be seen within a graveyard. The sculptured figure of an
xxx.
See an interesting communication of
Joseph Nolan, E. R. G. S. I. , in the "Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Associa- tion of Ireland," vol. i. , part ii. , Fourth
Series, January, 1871, pp. 349, 350.
3 The peculiarities of which are described
by Mr. Nolan.
* See ibid. , p. 350.
5 Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp. 202, 203.
Articleviii. —x Edited Kelly, p. xxx.
Kelly, p.
by Rev. Dr. Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
—luana
which
is the correct The rendering.
202, 203. — Article ix.
Edited
by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxx.
a Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
202, 203.
3 The foregoing particulars were stated to
the writer, by Miss Mary Shearman of Kil- kenny, in September, 1872.
informed,
July 25. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 393
ecclesiastic—said to have been St. Fiacra—was there shown, but it has been brokenandremovedduringpastyears. * Inthegraveyard,anancienttreeof vast dimensions grew, but having been uprooted, some human remains of persons, who had been buried for centuries, were exposed. 3 This manifests
the great antiquity of the burial-ground. It may be a ——
if the St. Fiacre connected with this place were the present, or some one of the other Fiacras elsewhere mentioned in our Calendars. Perhaps, he may be identical with St. Fiachra, Abbot of Ullard—a place not far distant—and
whose feast occurs on the 2nd day of May.
Article X. —St. Findbairr, or Fionnbharr, Priest. — In the
of 1 we find entered the name Findbairr Sac Martyr—ology Tallagh,
meaning Priest at the 25th of July. There was a disciple of St. Columkille bearing the name of Fionnbhar, and he became Abbot of Druimcholuim, in Con-
3 It is nowa
in the diocese of
in the
parish church,
of Tirerrill, county of Sligo. 3 The Martyrology of Donegal *> has Fionnbharr,
at the 25th of July. s
naught.
Elphin,
barony
ArticleXI. —St. CriotanorCrestainOteni. IntheMartyrologyof 1
Tallagh, at the 25th of July, Crestain Oteni is registered, as having had a
Kilcrittan, near Tullamore, King's County.
festival. This seems an incorrect insertion. Nor can we doubt, that he was identical with a saint, but somewhat differently named, in the later Calendar
Article x. — x Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxx.
"
s A note by Dr. Todd says at Fionnbhar :
2 See
Colgan's
"Trias Thaumaturga,"
In the margin is written opposite to this name, tic, i. e. , nota" The comment, how- ever, does not appear to have been after- wards appended.
Article xi. — l Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxx.
Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbce,
cap. x. , p. 490.
3 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life of St. Columba," Additional Notes G, num. 20, p. 282.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 202, 203.
2
The accompanying sketch, taken from
question,
within this cemetery by the writer, August, 1888, has been drawn by William F. Wake-
394 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 25.
of the O'Clerys, as Criotan. In the immediate neighbourhood of Tullamore,
in the there is a 2—but now without trace even King's County, — graveyard any
of a ruined church within it and that cemetery is called Kilcrittan. It has
been greatly frequented as a place for interments, and it is held in much veneration by the people. Whether it derived its name from the present St. CriotanorCrittancannotbedetermined. Atthisdate,theMartyrologyof Donegal 3 enters simply the name Criotan, without further allusion to his time or place.
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of St. Declan, Bishop and Patron of the Decies, County of Waterford. In his Martyrology, Castellan says, that the Natalis of St. Declan occurs, on the 25th of July. Yet, in this statement, he differs from all other writers, whose works were examined by the Bollandists. 1 Nor does he assign any authority for his assertion. St. Declan's Acts have been already given, on the previous day.
ArticleXIII. —St. Cailten. Theidentityofthisholypersoncannot be determined, with any degree of certainty ; but, we are informed, that St. Cailten was a monk in Iona, and a prefect in the Cell of Drina. Wherefore,
Colgan thinks his feast may possibly be assigned to this the 25th day of
July,
1 and that he
may
be classed as one of St. Columba's
disciples.
Article XIV. —Reputed Feast of St. Abranus or Abramus. According to Camerarius, St. Abranus or Abramus was the brother of St.
Gibrian, and he was celebrated in Champagne, France. At the feast-day of
2
1 we have already remarked, that the festivals of his brothers, Abranus and Petranus do not seem to have been known. The Bollandists
St.
Gibrian,
record what Camerarius states, at this date.
Article XV. —Reputed Feast for the Translation of St. Livinus Relics. At the 25th of July, Dempster has a feast for the Translation of St. Livinus' Relics at. Ghent. He seems to have confounded Livinus with Lebuinus, whose Translation is noted at the present date, by Arnold Wion, Dorgan, Menard and Bucelin. The Bollandists have both entries at this
* chose to defer further comments to the 12th of but, they
November,
day
the date for the chief festival of St. Livinus, Martyr.
2
man on the wood, engraved by Mrs. Mil- lard.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
202, 203. —' Article xii.
the Fifth Volume of this work, at that date, Art. ii.
3
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. Julii xxv* Among the pretermitted saints
Article xv. *
p. 2. — See n Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus vi. , Julii xxv. Among the pretermitted saints, pp. 2, 4.
"
tomus v. , Julii xxiv. Acta S. Dcclani. Com-
mentarius Proevius—, sect. 3, p. 591 '
Article xiii. See "Trias
See
Acta Sanctorum,"
Thauma-
turga," Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Co-
lumboe, cap. x. , num. 13, p. 488. Also, also what has been rioted in the Sixth Vo-
p. 501. lume of this work, at the 25th of June,
x
Article xiv. — The 8th of May. See Art. x.
2
See our Life of him for the same date, as
July 26. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
V)S
Ctoentj>-sJijrtb Dap of 3ulj>.
ARTICLE I. —ST. FURADIIRAN, BISHOP.
Afestival, which seems referable to a very early date, has been noted by
our in honour of It is set down in Calendarists, Furadhran, Bishop.
1
the Martyrology of Tallagh, at this date. His time or place is not known.
The name is entered in like manner, by Professor Eugene O'Curry, in a Manuscript Calendar of his own compilation. Also, in the Martyrology
of 2 is tobefound,atthe26thof Donegal, Furadhran, Bishop,
July.
Article II. —St. Thoman, or Toman, of Mungret, County of
Limerick. ThenameofThoman,withoutfurtherdesignation,appearsin
1
the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 26th of July. At the same date, in the
of 2 the name is entered as Toman, of We Martyrology Donegal, Mungairit.
have already seen, this place is situated, about three miles south-west from Limerick City, and within the county of Limerick.
Article III. —St. Nessan of Mungret, County of Limerick. It is
stated, that at the 26th of July, veneration was given to Nessan of Mungairit,
1
and we find it recorded in the Martyrology ofTallaght. There can hardly be
any doubt of the present saint's identity with Deacon Nessan, commemorated on the preceding day. We are inclined to attribute the introduction of his name here to some error of a copyist.
Article IV. —Festival of Christ's Transfiguration on Mount
1
Tabor. According to the "Feilire" of St. ^Engus, at the 26th of July, the
Feast of the Transfiguration of our Divine Lord on Mount Tabor was com- memorated in the ancient Irish Church. To this a comment is found affixed. 2 In the Bruxelles copy of Usuard this Feast is also set down,3 and while the
Bollandists 4
give
Article i. — *
the of the source whence it had text, they express ignorance
l
Edited
Rev. Dr-.
Irish Series, vol. i. , Manuscript
On the Calendar of Oengus, p. cxii.
Thus : ". i. isleib galile . i. treb nepta-
lim. transformatio christi in monte tabor
Edited by Rev. Dr.
"On the passion of Jovianus, with his train
of pure gold (was) the transfiguration, at daybreak, of Jesus, on Mount Tabor. "—
Kelly, p. xxx.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
"
202, 203. Article 11.
—
Transactions of the Royal Irish Aca-
Kelly, p. xxx. 22
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 202, 203.
Article hi.
—
"
coram . u. moysi —
Kelly, p. xxx. — Article iv.
etiohannietiacopo. " Ibid. ,p.
T
From the "LeabharBreac"
petro
3 Thus
Transfiguratio Domini,
by
demy,"
Edited by Rev. Dr.
testibus scilicet et helice
copy the following stanza, with its transla-
monte Thabor, a tribus discipulis, qui inter-
Dr. —
by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. ,
has erant,
ascentionem Domini, suis coapos-
tion
been taken
post publicatur. "
:
tilis
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. ,
Julii xxvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
p. 232.
Articlev. — See"Transactionsofthe
Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
Vhp<Mf 1ouiAm
ConAclein CAin glAngboip CAnmchr>uchu'oiAt\tToex)oit Ih. u 1 Sleib C<xboin.
1
part i.
:
cxxi.
facta in
396 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [July 26.
been drawn, but they refer to the 6th of August as the chief Festival held in the Universal Church.
Article V. —Festival of St. Jovian, and of his Companions, Martyrs. In the ancient Irish Church, the Feast of St. Jovian and of his companions,
"
who suffered martyrdom with him, was held, according to the
Feilire" of
1 The scene of their passion was Laodicea, in Phrygia, and from
St.
ancient Martyrologies, the Bollandists give brief Acts,3 at the 26th of
^Engus. July.
2
Article VI. —Festival of St. Eoban, Bishop and Martyr, Assistant
Bishop of Utrecht, Holland. {Eighth Century]. At the 5th of June,
we have already treated about this holy Chorepiscopus of Utrecht and
Martyr, who is claimed as being an Irish Scotus, the companion of St.
Boniface. 1 It is that he had another Festival, on the 26th of At said, July.
2
this date, the Bollandists have some notices of him, and chiefly on the
authority of Greven, who is said to have drawn his statement from the
Breviary of Erfurt, in which there is a prayer to St. Eoban, Bishop and Martyr. From this account, Molanus and Canisius have inserted a com- memoration. AsnothingintheshapeofseparateActshadcomedownto the Bollandists, in reference to St. Eoban, they refer to the 5th of June for particulars regarding him, in the Acts of St. Boniface,3 Apostle of Germany.
Article VII. —Festival of St. Fllchklmus, at Rurimonde, Belgium. Besides the chief Feast of St. Plechelmus, celebrated on the 15th
of gium,
1 anotherwasinstitutedtohonourhismemory,atRurimonde,inBel- 2 on the 26th of the same month.
July,
Article VIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Colmolcus, or Colmocus, Confessor and Bishop, in Scotland. In his list of the Scottish Saints,
Scries, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of
spondence, in the German language, toge- ther with [copy of the notice of MSS. referred to by theforegoing Extracts}, pp. 89 to 1 16.
2 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Julii xxvi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 229. 3 <,ec also the Sixth Volume of this work,
at that date, for his Life, Art. i.
Article VII. —1 See an account of St.
Plechclm, at that day, in the present volume, Art. i.
*
The reason for this was not obvious to Father John Boland, who, in a Disquisition prefixed to the Acts of St. Plechelmus on the
Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. cxii. "
There is a comment appended a cleir . i.
ctcc. "—Ibid. , p. exxi. -"
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Julii xxvi. " De Sanctus Martyribus Laodicen- sis Joviano, Juliano, Emilio, Felice, Mar- ciano, Maxima, Saturnina, Gloriosa ct altero Emilio. " Ex IJieronymianis, pp. 304, 305.
'» Edited by Father John Baptist Soller,
S. J. — Article VI.
*
the
Among
belonging to Wurtzburg—whose fust bishop
was the Martyr St. Kilian, venerated at the
8th of this month—there is one containing a
Treatise, the contents of which are thus de-
"
scribed: Bonifacius Strachanus Scotus,
Germania Christiana, sive de plantata et pro- pagata Christiana Religione in Germania per Sanctos et Monachos Scotica nationis,
forte quod in Ecclesia Leodiensi, cui ante
novos in Belgio institutos Episcopatus
suberat Ruraemunda, monsque S. Odilke,
Idibus Julii Divisio Apostolorum ab antiquo
celebrari solet, Officio ix. Lectionum. "—
"
Manuscripts
ActaSanctorum,"tomusiv. ,Juliixv. De S. Plechelmo Episcopo Oldensalue ct Rurc- pp. 84 to 86.
