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who had been cafterwards resuscitated, through the miraculous agency of his venerable superior. This miracle was wrought, at a place called Rath-ond, which has not been identified. In the sixth or seventh century, St. Sillan flourished, if the identification in question be admitted. This Natalis occurs, also, in the Kalendar of Drummond,^ as Sillan, Deacon, a holy confessor, at the 4th of the May Nones.
Article III. St. Aedh, Son of Brec, or Bricc. This day was venerated Aedh, or Aedo, son of Brec, as we read in the Martyrologies of Tallagh' andofDonegal. ' Anoteappendedtothelatterrecord,byamore recent hand, quotes the authority of Marianus O'Gorman, for this festival, at the 3rd of May. 3 Colgan merely says, that a bt. Aldus is to be found, in the Irish Calendars, at the 4th of May. * No other information is furnished, regarding him. The Bollandists,5 who quote the IMartyrology of Tallagh for this festival, remark, likewise, that other authorities regard St. Aldus, son of Brek, or Brecc, as the Bishop of Kill-air, in Meath, and founder of the monas- tic establishment of Enach-midbrenin, whose death has been assigned to A. D. 588. They promised to give his Life, at the loth of November. Thus, we may doubt, if the present holy man be distinct from St. Aedh, Mac Bricc, whose festivals occur, also, on the 28th of February,^ and on the loth of November. 7
Article IV. Festival of the Blessed Alexander, Cistercian Monk, at Foigni, in France. ^Thirteenth Century. '] At the 4th of May, theBollandists' enterthisFeast,ontheauthorityofChrysostomHenriquez, Saussay, and Bucelin. More will be found^ concerning him, at the 6th of August,
Article V. St. Colmoc, Bishop of Banff, Scotland. [Tenth and Eleventh Centuries. '] We receive this saint, on the authority of Demp- ster, who has entered a feast for St. Colmoc, Bishop of Banff, in his " Meno- logium Scoticum," ' at the 4th of May. ^ Whether the birth of St. Colmoc be referable to Ireland, or to Scotland, is a matter to be questioned. The name was doubtless a very common appellation formerly, in our own Island.
However, we do not find this entry, in the Irish Calendars ; and, Dempster's tissue of statements—which are here given—cannot be regarded as free from
Articleiv. —' See"ActaSanctorum,"
^ SeeBishopForbes'"KalendarsofScot- tish Saints," p. 12.
Among the pretermitted
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moci episcopi, miri concionaioris B. B. T. "
= See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot- tish Saints," p. 198.
^ This was probably Malcolm II. , son to Kenneth III. , and who is said to have ruled over Scotland for twenty-nine ye. rrs. How- ever, a judicious and critical writer, John Mill Burton, states, that there is much of a
oiunts of this period. See " The Histoiy of ' See notices of him, at this date. Scotland from . Agncola's Invasion to the ' See his Life, at the loth of November. Revolution of 1688," vol. i. ,chap. x. , pp. 364
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiii. The Franciscan copy enters
saints, p. 436. Article v.
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"
Thus: Bamfise Col-
<Xet)o 111 AC bjMcc.
= Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
120, 121.
'According to the Rev. Dr. Todd.
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nia;," xxxi. Januarii. Appendix ad Acta S. Maedoci, cap. i. , p. 221.
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Maii
iv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. questionable character admitted into ac-
438.
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the suspicion of fiction. The bishop St. Colmoc is said to have been man of exemplary Hfe, who reproved the vices of his people with achiiirable freedom of speech. While civil war raged between King Constantine and jMalcolm,3 the son of Kenneth, he issued grave fulminations against those, who would not attend to his admonitions, and repent of their errors. -* Banff was the chief city, and a royal burgh, in the old Scottish district, known as Buchan. s In reference to this saint, Dempster has not only the most absurd, but even the most contradictory, accounts. Thus, in one passage, while the saint's festival is set down at the 4th of May, it is there added, that he was trans- lated, on the 5th of February, a. d. 760. ^ Then, a few lines lower down, ac- cordingtothesamewriter,St. Colmocdied,a. d. ioio. ? ThereisaColmoc entered, among the early ecclesiastical celebrities of Scotland, by the Rev. Dr.
F. S. Gordon in his learned and valuable work,^ evincing so much care J.
and research, both in plan and treatment ; but, we find no further^account of his i)lace or period. There is also a St. Colraach invoked, among the Scot- tish Bishops. 9 If we are to credit Dempster, his ? t. Colmoc wrote, Monita Salutaria, lib. i. ; Ecclesise Scoticse Successio, lib. i. ;^° and, also, Ad Regem pro pace stabilienda, lib. i. In Dempster's History of the Scottish Church," it is stated, that this Bishop was enrolled among the saints, and that churches were erected in his honour. '^ This account has been followed, by Ferrari, quoting a Breviary ; but, the Bollandists '^—who have certain remarks on Colmocus at the 3rd of May—state, that the Breviary of Aberdeen has nothing on the subject, while they prefer waiting for more authentic acts or memorials of this Colmoc's veneration, than had been within their know- ledge.
Article VI. —Festival assigned for a reputed St. Haymarus, Bishop and Martyr, at Toul, in France. \_Eightli Century^ The Bollandists ^ remark, that Camerarius has a festival to a St. Haymarus, a Bishop and Martyr, who succeeded St. Maunsey,^ a Scot, in the See of 'i'oul. However, the Samma. rthani, and other writers, treating on the antiquities of this See, have no account of a Bishop Haymarus, as having presided over it. However, by Cameranus, he is said to have been the twenty-seventh Bishop of Toul, in the order of succession ; and Haymarus is related, to have been pierced with lances, in the year 760.
to 368.
* See Dempster's " Historia Ecclesiastica
Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. , Hb. iii. , Num. 255, p. 152.
5 This district of Aberdeenshire extends along the coast, from the Ythan, nearly to the Devron, a distance of over forty miles. . See "Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. i. , p. 204.
enlarged ; with Reeves' and Goodall's Trea- tises on the Culdees," vol. i. , p. 68.
« In the Processional Litany of the Monas- teryofDunkeld. Seeidid.
'° To this Dempster adds : "Citatjoan- nes Fordunus, quod opus utinam hodie ex- taret ; certe Scotia- ornamenta sua, quibus nulli genti videretur inferior haberet. "
" Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. iii. , Num. 255, p. 153.
" See idi'd.
* Then, as if to crown the absurdity, this
translation was the work of a St. Comus,
Abbot or Prior of the Royal Cloisters in the
Island of May, whose feast occurs on the 9th
of June, while his death took place in a. d,
710. To this Dempster adds '' transtulitque
. S. Colmoci reliquias die v. Febr. anno lau- 437,
dato, ut in actis loci. " See " Historia Ec- Article vi. clesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. , lib.
iii. , Num. 247, p. 149.
7 See zditl, Num. 255, p. 153.
^ See " Scotichronicon : compi ising Bis-
hop Keith's Catalogue of Scottish Bishops,
saints, p. 437.
" His festival is set down, at the 3rd of
September, and he is regarded as an Irish saint.
" For this statement, Dempster cites the Scotichronicon.
'3 gee "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Maii iv. Among the pretermitted saints, p.
—'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Maii iv. Among the pretermitted
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io8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 5.
Article VII. Feast of St. Antherius. In the Irish Church, accord- ing to the Martyrology of Tallagh ' and the Feihre of St. ^ngus,^ the feast of a St. Antlierius is presented, as having been kept, on this day. The Bol- landists 3 refer to it, as probably a festival of St. Anterius, Pope and Martyr, who, also, is commemorated, at the 3rd day of January.
jfifti) ©ap of iHay*
ARTICLE I. —ST. FAELAN FINN, OF KILCOLUMB, COUNTY OF KILKENNY.
The name of St. Feilan, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at this date, as also in that of IMarianus O'Gorman, with the adjunct Finn, "fair" or "white," has Kill-Colma attached, as if this were his place. ^ The locality has been identifiedwithKillcolumb,^baronyofIda,countyofKilkenny. ^ TheBol- landists5 refertotheMartyrologyofTallagh,forthefeastofFoelanusCan- didusdeKill-Colma,atthe5thofMay. Heiscommemorated,likewise,in the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman.
It is mentioned in the Martyr- ology of Donegal,^ that Faelnn Finn, of Cill Cholmai, was venerated on this day.
Aritcle II. St. Scandal/Eus, or Scandalus. In the Life of St. Columba, allusion is made to Scandalus, confessor, as Henry Fitzsimon states, on authority of the English Martyrology, written by John Wilson. ' It is doubtful, however, if the present saint is at all distinguishable from one similarly named, and already noticed, at the 3rd of jNIay ; for, Scandal is said to have been the son of Bressal, son to Enna, son to Niall of the Nine Hostages, according to Ussher, relying on tlie authority of a Cottonian Book. ^ The Bollandists notice him at this date; but, not discovering any antique vestiges of his veneration, they preferred adjourning to the 9th of
June,3 any account that might well be included in their Acts of his illustrious
Article vii. —' In the Franciscan copy, we find this entry : AncVie^Mi pApe Agti]'
* The Scholiast adds : " hi pais antei-ini . i. papa (e) et martiris.
iv.
* By William M. Hennessy.
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Mail
Among the pretermitted saints, p. 3.
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
iv.
Among the pretermitted saints, p. 436 Sanctorum Hiberniaj," xvii. Februarii. Vita
120, 121. —
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Mali Article h. ' See Colgan's "Acta
Article
Kelly, p. xxiii. The Franciscan copy h. is pAelAn pint) C1LI1 Col,m<M.
Edited by Rev. Dr. S. Cormaci, Appendix, cap. ii. , recti p. 361.
' . See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Ilibcr- nise," xvi. Januarii, Appendix, cap. i. , \k 104.
3 This parish is described, on the " Ordnance Survey Townlaiid Maps for the County of Kilkenny," sheets 40, 41, 43. 44-
^ See " Primordia," cap. xv. , p. 694.
3 The Festival Day for St. Columkille.
* Sec " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Mali
Among the pretermitted saints, p. 3.
5 The accompanying illu>tration of lona has been drawn on tiie wood by William F. Wakeman, and it has been engraved by
Mrs. Millard.
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Abbot St. Columba. 4 He is represented, as one of those twelve companions, who sailed with St. Columba from Ireland, when about to found his great missionary establishment at Iona,5 and when Christianity had not been pre- sented to the Alban Scots or Picts, in alliance with the impressive aspects of Roman civilization. Nor had the tramp of Roman legions been heard in the Highland glens, nor had their clans ever seen with awe the majesty and power of Roman government. In the days of Columba, and of his mission- aries, whatever tidings^ may have reached the natives of Argyle, or
Mediaeval Church at lona.
of Inverness, must have been tidings of Christian disaster and defeat. All the more we ought be ready to believe, that the man, who planted Christianity successfully among them, at that period, must have been one of powerful character and of splendid gifts. There is no arguing against that great monument to Columba, which shows the place he has secured, in the memory of mankind. ? In a minor degree, his labours were shared, espe- cially by the earlier companions of his voyage. The Bollandists cite Demp- ster ^ and Ferarius, for a Festival to Scandalus or Scandalius, at the 5th of May. Among the holy persons venerated in Scotland, Camerarius has entered him, at this date. 9 The anonymous list of Irish Saints, published by O'Sullevan Beare,'° places him, likewise, at the 5th of May, but naming him
* See " lona," by the Duke of Argyle, chap, i. , p. 52.
" See "Historic Catholicse Ibernise Com- pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. ,
^ Se&il>id. , p. 53.
^ Said to be "in Menologio Scotico. "
9 Tlius : "5 Die. Sanctus Scandalus Quarta ad Acta S. Columbse, cap. x. , num.
Confessor. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 237. Scottish En- tries in the Calendar of Camerarius.
102, p. 492.
'^ See " Kalendars of Scottish Saints,"
P- 443-
pp. 50, 56.
" See " Trias Thaumaturga," Appendix
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Scandaljeus, Colgan " has a notice of liiui, as also Bisho]) Forbes. '^ Yet, in a copy of the Irish Calendar, formerly belonging to the Ordnance Survey Office,'3 PhoenixPark,wefindnomentionwhateverofthissaint'snameoccur- ring, at the Third of the Nones (or the 5th) of May.
Article III. St. Senan. The simple entry of Senan's name is in the published Martyrology of Tallagh/ at this date ; and, a similar record is found in the Franciscan copy. ^ The Bollandists,^ who enter his feast, on the same authority, and at the 5th of May, have remarked, that Colgan sets him down as an Abbot / although, when or where he exercised such an office, and his acts, are not recorded. The Festilogy of St. yEngus, jSIarianus and Maguire are also quoted. 5 On this day was celebrated a festival in honour of Senan, as we find entered in the Martyrology of Donegal. ^
Article IV. Reputed Feast of St. Maura and of St. Brigid, Virgins and IMartyrj. The festival of a Translation ' of these holy Vir- gins is given by Saussay,^ at the 5 th of May ;3 while, according to other authorities, their feasts are held on the 4th and 14th s and 15th ^ of January, and on the 13th of July. The Bollandists 7 have a notice of them, at the 5th of May ; but, they refer the reader to the 13th of July, when they hoped to have further illustrations of their Acts. To this arrangement, we also prefer adhering.
Article V. Reputed Feast of St. Ectbrict, or Eadbert, the Saxon, or of Saxonland, Bishop of Lindisfarne, England. On the 5th of May, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh ' appears the name of Euchbricht, Saxon, or in the country of the Saxons. A nearly similar entry is in the Franciscan copy. ^ The BoUandists^ quoting this authority, likewise, have inserted a festival for Euchbritus Saxo, at this same date, with a notifica- tion, that elsewhere they read of nothing relating to him. Marianus O'Gorman has noticed Ectbrict. We find it set down in the Martyrology of Donegal,* that veneration was given to Ectbrict,5 simply, on this day. This was, no doubt, St. Eadbert, bishop of Lindisfarne,^ who is commemorated on the 6th of May, in the Roman Martyrology.
'3 Now kept in the Royal Irish Aca- demy. —
Article hi. ' Edited by Rev. Matthew Kelly, p. xxiii.
= The notice here is SenAni.
^ The Bollandists remark, "et post euni Artiuus in Gynreceo Sacro. "
• See notices of them, at the date, in the First Volume of this work, Art. v.
s See, at this date, ibid. ^ Art. iii.
* See, at this date, //vV/. , Art. iii.
^ See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Maii
v. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 3. Article v. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
p. xxiii.
' Here we read : CuchbiMCfAX.
3 gee " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Maii
iii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 3.
*• Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
120, 121.
^ Dr. Todd in a note says, at Ectbrict,
" Tlie more recent hand adds, 'Saxo, Mart.
3 See " ActaSanctoruni," tonius ii. ,
INIaii V. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 3.
* See " Acta Sanctorum Ilibernia:," Martii
viii. Appendix ad Acta S. Senani, cap. i. , p.
541, rede 537.
s See ibid.
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
120,121. —
Article iv. ' On Sunday after the
Feast of the Ascension their Feast was kept, with s]>ecial solemnity, in the country about Beauvais, in France.
' In his Gallic Martyrology.
Taml. et Marian. '
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Article VI. Festival of the Deacon Justinus. In the Feilire of St. yEngus,^ at the 5th of May, is entered the festival of Justinus, Deacon. TheSchoUastaddsacomment,^thathewaspossiblytheDeaconJust3 of Fidarta, now Fuerty,+ in Mag Aei,s who baptized St. Ciaran ^ of Cluain
;
while, according to others, he was St. Eustinus, the Deacon. ?
Article VII. Reputed Feast of St. Tigernach, in Scotland. At the 5th of May, Dempster has inserted the Invention ^ or Discovery of a Tigernach, Abbot, in Scotland ;- but, we know not on what authority.
Article VIII. Festival of St. Hilary, Bishop and Martyr, in Gaul. In the Feilire of St. ^Engus, at the 5th of May, there is an entry of St. Hilary's Feast. The Scholiast remarks, that he was St. Hilary, Bishop and Martyr, in Gaul.