He was a
different
person from St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v5
D.
962.
See I'Abb^
Fleury's " Histoire Ecclesiastique,"- tome xii. , liv. Ivi. , sect. iv.
''" See Les Petiis Bollandistes' " Vies des Saints," tome v. , xviii«. , Jour de Mai, p. 625.
=" See " Martyrologiuni Gallicanum. "
added "' i)ra. 'cipiens ut illud con-
France dcpuis les Temps les plus recules
'5
tinuo adnotaret in area, qua; lecto ipsius ad- jusq'eii 17S9," tome ii. , Deuxieme Partie,
It is :
hserebat.
'* The narrative then continues : " et ita
in crastinum hoc nonien adscriptum inven- tuni est : ut testaretur idem Presbyter : quod vigilando per diem tarn bene scribere nequi- visset. "
' It was sought topromote him by ordina- tion, for the Archbishopric of Rheims, so
that he bore the title of elect, from A. D. 925, when he was scarcely five years old. But. in the year 947, a synodal decree annulled his ordination. In the name of his infant son, Herbert appropriated the revenues of this church for six years, even living with his wife in the Archbishop's palace. However, the King Raoul heard ihe complaints of the
= Thus, bl^A1n bic o diboeriAT).
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Martyr, and not a Bishop. His festival is found inscribed, at this date, in the Martyrologies of Saussay,^' of Ferrarius,^^ and of Camerarius. Little more do we find on record, regarding that sainted Irish pilgrim and martyr.
Article III. St. Bran Beg, of Clane, County of Kildare. {Sixth or Seventh Century. ^ In the published Martyrology of Tallagh/ at the18thofMay,thenameofBranbice,ofChlaonadh,occurs and,theentry
;
is nearly alike, in the Franciscan copy. ^ He is commemorated, likewise, in the " Feilire " of St. ^ngus, at this date. 3 He is noticed, also, by the Bollandists. 4 This holy man is said to have been the son of Degill, and a nephew of the great St. Columkille,^ by his s'ster Cumenia,^ also called Cuimne. HisbrotherswereMernoc,^Cascene,andMeldalfalthoughthat Tract, on tlie Mothers of the Irish Saints, makes Cuman only to be the mother of the two sons of Degil, i. e. ^ Mernoc and Caisene. 9 However, there was a place in Tyrconnell, called the cell of the seven sons of Degill. ^° The Martyrology of Donegal " mentions, that a festival was celebrated on this day, in honour of Bran Beg, of Claenadh, in Ui Faelain, in Magh Laighin. ThismayberenderedintoEnglish,"theplainofLeinster. " ThepresentClane, in the county of Kildare, lies in this plain. '^ We do not know, whether the present holy man was founder of a religious establishment there; but, as he flourished at an early date, it seems altogether probable, he may be regarded as the founder and patron of Clane. '3 in the eighth century, there was an abbey, at Clane; for, we read of the death in 777, ''^ or 782, of its Abbot
Banbhan. Asynod,consistingoftwenty-sixbishopsandagreatnumberof abbots, was held there, a. d. 1162. In the thirteenth century, a Franciscan abbey was founded, in the place—it is thought by Gerald Fitz-Maurice, Lord Offaley ; but, this account is not confirmed. '^ It was suppressed, in the reign of King Henry VIII. '^ The ruins yet remain, in an open field, beside the present town of Clane. ^7 It was situated within the territory, formerly styled Hui-Faelan, in Mag-Laigen. '^ A strange error has been allowed, by Arch-
"See " Catalogus Generalis Sanctorum. "
Article hi. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
" See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters/' vol. ii. , n. (n), p. 946.
'^ It has been stated, tliat St. Ailbe founded a priory here in 584. See Thomas 3 See " Transactions of the Royal Irish James Rawson's " Statistical Survey of the
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. . part i. , p. Ixxx.
"^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Mali xviii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 135.
5 See his Life, of the 9th of June.
* See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbse, cap. X. , num. 12, p. 488.
7 His feast occurs, at the 23rd of Decem- ber.
^ See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life of St. Columba," Additional Notes A, pp. 246, 247.
9 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Secunda Appendix ad Acta S. Columbse, Calendar of Oengus. See "Transactions of
pars, ii. , num. xxcv. (85), p. 469.
'° See ibid. , Quarta Appendix ad Acta S.
Columbas, cap. ii. , num. 3, p. 478.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
132, 133.
County of Kildare," Introduction, p. xviii. This is an error, borrowed/ from Arch-
dall.
"* See Dr. O'Donovan's 7 Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 3S2, 3S3, and n. (1), ibid.
'S See Archdall's "Monasticon Hiberni- cum," p. 313.
'* In the 24th year of his reign, June 15th.
''' Theaccompanyingviewwassketched on the spot by tlie writer, in April, 1874. It has been drawn, by William F. Wakeman, on the wood, engraved by Mrs. Millard.
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , p. Ixxxviii.
'9 See " Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 312.
°° Quoting Colgan's authority, although
'^ This is noted, by the scholiast on the
'
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504 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 1 8.
dall, to creep into his work,'9 when he states,'" that St. Ailbe founded a monastery at Clane—while the place was altogether different, viz. , Cluain- Damh,'' near the banks of the Liffey. From the term of Little applied to the present saint, it seems probable, he was of small stature. St. Bran is said by Adamnan, or by his scholiast, to have been interred at Londonderry," although venerated, on this day, at the church of Claonadh—the ancient
Abbey Ruins at Clane. County of Kildare.
name of Clane—in Lagenia. '3 With two other Irish saints, Bran is named, at the 1 8th of May—or xv. of the June Kalends—in the Kalendarium Drum- mondiense. '*
Article IV. St. Mo-Maedoc, of Fidown, County of Kilkenny. That the present holy man flourished at an early date has been ascertained. IntheFeilire^ ofSt. . ^ngus,atthei8thofMay,wefindMaedocmentioned
no such matter is related by him.
" See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
hiae," Martii xxvi. Do S. Scnchello Abbale et Episcopo de Kill-Achuid, cap. iii. , p. 748.
" See " Memoirs of the City and North- western Liberties of Londonderry," part ii. , sect. 2, p. 27.
^^ See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columba:, cap. ii. , num. i. , p. 477, and cap. x. , num. 12, p. 488.
"* Thus : " XV. Kalend. Apud Iliberniam Natale Sanctorum Confessorum Ikain Medoc Domnoc. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalen- dars of Scottish Saints," p. 1 3.
Article iv. — ' In the " Leabhar Breac" copy we read: —
^'eil,tiiAH\e iiuMch ^wimjat) 111onioex)oc nioi\ iriAinech 111oT)otunoc iiiint) buA-oAch Veil b)\Ain bic o ClAonAX).
Thus translated by Dr. Whilley Stokes :
" The feast of good Mark who was crowned : my Maedoc great, tvcasurous : my Uomnoc, a victot ious diadem : the feast of Hran the Little from Claenad. "—On the Calendar of Oengus. "TransactionsoftheRoyalIrish Academy," Irisii Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , p. Ixxx.
May 1 8. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
505
—
with praise. ^ However, there is much doubt regarding his identity. The Franciscan copy,3 and the pubHshed version,* of the Tallagh Martyrology haveanentryofthissaint,attheiSthofMay. TheBollandistssalsocom- memorate him, and they state, that by some authorities, he is styled a Bishop, but more truly speaking he was an Abbot. He was descended from the race of Labhraidh Lore, son to Ugaine Mor, according to the O'Clerys. ^ The scholiast on the Calendar of Oengus, thus weaves his pedigree : Momoedoc was son of Midgnae, son to Nindid, son ofNazar, son to Crimthann, son of Eochaid, son to Oengus, son of Crimthann, son of Cathair Mor,7 and Colam, son of Nindid, son of Nazar, son of Crimthan, son to Eochaid, son of Oengus, sonofCiimthannan,sonofCathairMdr. Byanotherconjecture,thisholy man has been confounded with St. Maidoc, or Momhaeddg, whose festival has been assigned to the 23rd of March,^ where notices regarding him may be seen. Both Colgan and the Bollandists mark his feast, likewise, at the same date. The place of our present saint is said to have been situated on the River Suir, in the southern part of Ossory territory. 9 Fiddown is now a parisli church, in the Diocese of Ossory. This saint is called Maidoc, in the Calendar of Cash el.
He was a different person from St. Maidoc, Bishop of Ferns ;^° yet, it seems difficult to discriminate him, from other saints, bearing thesamename. " Weread,intheMartyrologyofDonegal,"^^ thatveneration was given on this day to St. Momhaedhog, Bishop, of Fiodh-duin, in Osraighe. Likewise, under the head of Fiodh-Duin, Duald Mac Firbis enters, Momhaedog, bishop of Fidh-Duin, at May i8th. '3
ArticleV. St. Modomnoc,ofTipratFachtna. Thepresentholy man is to be distinguished from him, about whom we have previously treated. St. ^ngus calls him " a victorious diadem,"^ and my Domnoc is stated by his scholiast to have been specially venerated, at Tipra Fachtnai in Ossory. ^ InthepublishedMartyrologyofTallagh,3 hisnameappearsasModomnoc, TipratFachtnat,attheiSthofMay. IntheFranciscancopyj-^theentryis slightly different, but the contraction may have the like signification. The Bollandistss quotethesameauthorityfortheirentryModomnocusdeTiprad- Fathna, at this date. He is commemorated with great praise in the " Feilire " ofSt. ^-Engus,onthe18thofMay. ^ AccordingtoseveralofourIrishMar- tyrologists, a festival of St. Dominick, or Modomnoc, occurs, on the 18th of
"^ The scholiast identifies him with Fid nise," xxiii. Martii. Vita S. Maidoci, p.
Duin in Ossory. See ibid. , p. Ixxxviii.
3 Thus : tnometJoc-pe'DA "ouin.
t Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Mail xviii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 134.
* See Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves' edition of the " Martyrology of Donegal," pp. 132, 133.
1 See " Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , p. Ixxxviii. The latter part of this pedigree seems to have been introduced, as an alternative conjecture.
^Seevol. iii. ofthiswork,Art. i.
5 See Archdall's "Monasticon Hiberni- cum," p. 351.
" See his Life, at the 31st day of January, in vol. i. of this work. Art. i.
" See Colgan"s " Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
727.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp. 132, 133.
'3 gee " Proceedings of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. no, III.
Article v. — ' See "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. Ixxx.
^ See ibid. , p. Ixxxviii.
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv. ''Thus: lllo'ooniiioc C1pl^AC jTaa.
s See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Mali xviii. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 134.
^ See "Transactions of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , p. Ixxx.
' See vol. ii. of this work. Art. i.
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5o6 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May i8.
May. His Acts will be found, at the i3tli of February,? the date for his principal festival. This saint, likewise, bore the name of Domhnog. The commentator of ^ngus especially remarks, that the 13th of February was his Natalis day. Various authorities accord with a narrative already given, that St. jNIodomnocus or Dominic first brought bees to Ireland. However, this can only be understood of a particular species of bees, as Colgan observes
; for, it is certain, that before St. Modomnoc's birth, there were bees in Ireland. ^
Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguire have a commemoration of St. Modomnoc of Tiprad Fachtna, at this date. Colgan concludes, that the i8th of May must have corresponded with some translation of his relics, or his commemoration, or some other festival regarding him, differing from that of his Natalis. 9 We find entered, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^" that venera- tion was given on this day to Domhnog, son to Saran, of Tiprat Fachtna. " He belonged to the race of Eoghan, son of Niall. Quoting the authority of PeterCanisius,ThomasDemjister'^ hasMottomagusConfessor,inIreland, at the 1 8th of May. '3 This appears to be only a mis-spelling of the present saint's name.
Article VI. Feast of St. Mark, Bishop and Martyr. In the "Feilire" of St. ^ngus,' and in the Martyrology of Tallagh, a feast is assigned toSt. Mark,atthe18thofMay. HeisconsideredtobetheEvangelist,^in the Augustan, Labboean and Tallagh Martyrologies, whose chief festival is on the 25th of April. In the additions to Greven, he is styled Bishop and Martyr. The Bollandists 3 insert his feast, among the pretermitted ones, at the 18th of May,4
Article VII. St. Bresal, of Derthach, thought to have been Abbot of Iona. We meet with an entry of this saint, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the i8th of May. In the Franciscan copy, it is nearly similar. ^ The Bollandists 3 also enter Bressalius de Durthach, at this date. Various places are compounded with the word Derthach, which means an Oratory. Thus, Dearthach-Aedhain * was struck with lightning, a. d. 804,5 and this place was called Oratorium Nodan, in the Annals of Ulster. This Oratory was probably at Disert-Nuudhain, now Flastersnow, near Elphin, in the county of Roscommon. Derthech-Chianain was plundered and destroyed,
* So that learned writer shows, in notes to this saint's Life, at the I3lh of Feliruary. See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xx. Januarii, n. 25, p. 150, and xiii. Februarii, nn. 7> 8, p. 328.
* See " Acta Sanctorum Ilibernirc," xiii. Februarii, n. 19, p. 328.
'° Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. '32. 133-
^ See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xviii. , p. 134.
They state " hujus omnino peculiaris alitjuis cultus videtur hocdie fuisseinAng'. ia: nam Kalendarium Melricum tomo 10 Spici- Icgii Acheriani, quatuor sohmi festa in Maio noians, sic finit mensem :
' Ter quinis Marcus meruit pulsare Kakndis. "
" It is placed in the west of Osraighe.
" In his "Menologium . Scoiorum," thus " In Hibernia Mottomagi Confessoris. "
:
— '
Article Vll. '^ See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Kelly, p. xxiv.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Scottish Saints," p. 200.
Article vl — ' See " Transactions of
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscri|)t Series, vol. i. , parti. , p. lx. \x.
' The commentary on the " Feilire " states this ; and, it is added, tliat the honour of an apostle was paid to him in his tribes, after parting with I'elcr. See ibid. , p. Ixxxviii.
-' Thus :
bi\e]'ALo T5u]\c1k\c1i.
3 yee "Acta Sanctorum,' tomus iv. ,
. Maii Xviii. p. 135.
Among the pretermitted saints,
< See Dr. O'Donovan's " . Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 414, 415, and n. (f), ibid.
s Qr rccte, A. D. 809.
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by the foreigners, a. d. 878. ^ Derthach-Mochua was burned by the foreigners, A. D, 919. 7 Derthech Maehsa Ua Brolchain was burned, a. d. 1116. ^ It is not certain, however, that the present Saint's Oratory can be identical with any of the foregoing Derthechs. According to the Martyrology of Done- gal,9Bresal,ofDethach,wasveneratedonthisday. AccordingtoColgan, this saint would seem to have been the son of Segen, and Abbot of Iona. '° If so, he died a. d.
Fleury's " Histoire Ecclesiastique,"- tome xii. , liv. Ivi. , sect. iv.
''" See Les Petiis Bollandistes' " Vies des Saints," tome v. , xviii«. , Jour de Mai, p. 625.
=" See " Martyrologiuni Gallicanum. "
added "' i)ra. 'cipiens ut illud con-
France dcpuis les Temps les plus recules
'5
tinuo adnotaret in area, qua; lecto ipsius ad- jusq'eii 17S9," tome ii. , Deuxieme Partie,
It is :
hserebat.
'* The narrative then continues : " et ita
in crastinum hoc nonien adscriptum inven- tuni est : ut testaretur idem Presbyter : quod vigilando per diem tarn bene scribere nequi- visset. "
' It was sought topromote him by ordina- tion, for the Archbishopric of Rheims, so
that he bore the title of elect, from A. D. 925, when he was scarcely five years old. But. in the year 947, a synodal decree annulled his ordination. In the name of his infant son, Herbert appropriated the revenues of this church for six years, even living with his wife in the Archbishop's palace. However, the King Raoul heard ihe complaints of the
= Thus, bl^A1n bic o diboeriAT).
—
May i8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
Martyr, and not a Bishop. His festival is found inscribed, at this date, in the Martyrologies of Saussay,^' of Ferrarius,^^ and of Camerarius. Little more do we find on record, regarding that sainted Irish pilgrim and martyr.
Article III. St. Bran Beg, of Clane, County of Kildare. {Sixth or Seventh Century. ^ In the published Martyrology of Tallagh/ at the18thofMay,thenameofBranbice,ofChlaonadh,occurs and,theentry
;
is nearly alike, in the Franciscan copy. ^ He is commemorated, likewise, in the " Feilire " of St. ^ngus, at this date. 3 He is noticed, also, by the Bollandists. 4 This holy man is said to have been the son of Degill, and a nephew of the great St. Columkille,^ by his s'ster Cumenia,^ also called Cuimne. HisbrotherswereMernoc,^Cascene,andMeldalfalthoughthat Tract, on tlie Mothers of the Irish Saints, makes Cuman only to be the mother of the two sons of Degil, i. e. ^ Mernoc and Caisene. 9 However, there was a place in Tyrconnell, called the cell of the seven sons of Degill. ^° The Martyrology of Donegal " mentions, that a festival was celebrated on this day, in honour of Bran Beg, of Claenadh, in Ui Faelain, in Magh Laighin. ThismayberenderedintoEnglish,"theplainofLeinster. " ThepresentClane, in the county of Kildare, lies in this plain. '^ We do not know, whether the present holy man was founder of a religious establishment there; but, as he flourished at an early date, it seems altogether probable, he may be regarded as the founder and patron of Clane. '3 in the eighth century, there was an abbey, at Clane; for, we read of the death in 777, ''^ or 782, of its Abbot
Banbhan. Asynod,consistingoftwenty-sixbishopsandagreatnumberof abbots, was held there, a. d. 1162. In the thirteenth century, a Franciscan abbey was founded, in the place—it is thought by Gerald Fitz-Maurice, Lord Offaley ; but, this account is not confirmed. '^ It was suppressed, in the reign of King Henry VIII. '^ The ruins yet remain, in an open field, beside the present town of Clane. ^7 It was situated within the territory, formerly styled Hui-Faelan, in Mag-Laigen. '^ A strange error has been allowed, by Arch-
"See " Catalogus Generalis Sanctorum. "
Article hi. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
" See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters/' vol. ii. , n. (n), p. 946.
'^ It has been stated, tliat St. Ailbe founded a priory here in 584. See Thomas 3 See " Transactions of the Royal Irish James Rawson's " Statistical Survey of the
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. . part i. , p. Ixxx.
"^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Mali xviii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 135.
5 See his Life, of the 9th of June.
* See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbse, cap. X. , num. 12, p. 488.
7 His feast occurs, at the 23rd of Decem- ber.
^ See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life of St. Columba," Additional Notes A, pp. 246, 247.
9 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Secunda Appendix ad Acta S. Columbse, Calendar of Oengus. See "Transactions of
pars, ii. , num. xxcv. (85), p. 469.
'° See ibid. , Quarta Appendix ad Acta S.
Columbas, cap. ii. , num. 3, p. 478.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
132, 133.
County of Kildare," Introduction, p. xviii. This is an error, borrowed/ from Arch-
dall.
"* See Dr. O'Donovan's 7 Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 3S2, 3S3, and n. (1), ibid.
'S See Archdall's "Monasticon Hiberni- cum," p. 313.
'* In the 24th year of his reign, June 15th.
''' Theaccompanyingviewwassketched on the spot by tlie writer, in April, 1874. It has been drawn, by William F. Wakeman, on the wood, engraved by Mrs. Millard.
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , p. Ixxxviii.
'9 See " Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 312.
°° Quoting Colgan's authority, although
'^ This is noted, by the scholiast on the
'
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504 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 1 8.
dall, to creep into his work,'9 when he states,'" that St. Ailbe founded a monastery at Clane—while the place was altogether different, viz. , Cluain- Damh,'' near the banks of the Liffey. From the term of Little applied to the present saint, it seems probable, he was of small stature. St. Bran is said by Adamnan, or by his scholiast, to have been interred at Londonderry," although venerated, on this day, at the church of Claonadh—the ancient
Abbey Ruins at Clane. County of Kildare.
name of Clane—in Lagenia. '3 With two other Irish saints, Bran is named, at the 1 8th of May—or xv. of the June Kalends—in the Kalendarium Drum- mondiense. '*
Article IV. St. Mo-Maedoc, of Fidown, County of Kilkenny. That the present holy man flourished at an early date has been ascertained. IntheFeilire^ ofSt. . ^ngus,atthei8thofMay,wefindMaedocmentioned
no such matter is related by him.
" See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
hiae," Martii xxvi. Do S. Scnchello Abbale et Episcopo de Kill-Achuid, cap. iii. , p. 748.
" See " Memoirs of the City and North- western Liberties of Londonderry," part ii. , sect. 2, p. 27.
^^ See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columba:, cap. ii. , num. i. , p. 477, and cap. x. , num. 12, p. 488.
"* Thus : " XV. Kalend. Apud Iliberniam Natale Sanctorum Confessorum Ikain Medoc Domnoc. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalen- dars of Scottish Saints," p. 1 3.
Article iv. — ' In the " Leabhar Breac" copy we read: —
^'eil,tiiAH\e iiuMch ^wimjat) 111onioex)oc nioi\ iriAinech 111oT)otunoc iiiint) buA-oAch Veil b)\Ain bic o ClAonAX).
Thus translated by Dr. Whilley Stokes :
" The feast of good Mark who was crowned : my Maedoc great, tvcasurous : my Uomnoc, a victot ious diadem : the feast of Hran the Little from Claenad. "—On the Calendar of Oengus. "TransactionsoftheRoyalIrish Academy," Irisii Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , p. Ixxx.
May 1 8. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
505
—
with praise. ^ However, there is much doubt regarding his identity. The Franciscan copy,3 and the pubHshed version,* of the Tallagh Martyrology haveanentryofthissaint,attheiSthofMay. TheBollandistssalsocom- memorate him, and they state, that by some authorities, he is styled a Bishop, but more truly speaking he was an Abbot. He was descended from the race of Labhraidh Lore, son to Ugaine Mor, according to the O'Clerys. ^ The scholiast on the Calendar of Oengus, thus weaves his pedigree : Momoedoc was son of Midgnae, son to Nindid, son ofNazar, son to Crimthann, son of Eochaid, son to Oengus, son of Crimthann, son of Cathair Mor,7 and Colam, son of Nindid, son of Nazar, son of Crimthan, son to Eochaid, son of Oengus, sonofCiimthannan,sonofCathairMdr. Byanotherconjecture,thisholy man has been confounded with St. Maidoc, or Momhaeddg, whose festival has been assigned to the 23rd of March,^ where notices regarding him may be seen. Both Colgan and the Bollandists mark his feast, likewise, at the same date. The place of our present saint is said to have been situated on the River Suir, in the southern part of Ossory territory. 9 Fiddown is now a parisli church, in the Diocese of Ossory. This saint is called Maidoc, in the Calendar of Cash el.
He was a different person from St. Maidoc, Bishop of Ferns ;^° yet, it seems difficult to discriminate him, from other saints, bearing thesamename. " Weread,intheMartyrologyofDonegal,"^^ thatveneration was given on this day to St. Momhaedhog, Bishop, of Fiodh-duin, in Osraighe. Likewise, under the head of Fiodh-Duin, Duald Mac Firbis enters, Momhaedog, bishop of Fidh-Duin, at May i8th. '3
ArticleV. St. Modomnoc,ofTipratFachtna. Thepresentholy man is to be distinguished from him, about whom we have previously treated. St. ^ngus calls him " a victorious diadem,"^ and my Domnoc is stated by his scholiast to have been specially venerated, at Tipra Fachtnai in Ossory. ^ InthepublishedMartyrologyofTallagh,3 hisnameappearsasModomnoc, TipratFachtnat,attheiSthofMay. IntheFranciscancopyj-^theentryis slightly different, but the contraction may have the like signification. The Bollandistss quotethesameauthorityfortheirentryModomnocusdeTiprad- Fathna, at this date. He is commemorated with great praise in the " Feilire " ofSt. ^-Engus,onthe18thofMay. ^ AccordingtoseveralofourIrishMar- tyrologists, a festival of St. Dominick, or Modomnoc, occurs, on the 18th of
"^ The scholiast identifies him with Fid nise," xxiii. Martii. Vita S. Maidoci, p.
Duin in Ossory. See ibid. , p. Ixxxviii.
3 Thus : tnometJoc-pe'DA "ouin.
t Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Mail xviii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 134.
* See Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves' edition of the " Martyrology of Donegal," pp. 132, 133.
1 See " Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , p. Ixxxviii. The latter part of this pedigree seems to have been introduced, as an alternative conjecture.
^Seevol. iii. ofthiswork,Art. i.
5 See Archdall's "Monasticon Hiberni- cum," p. 351.
" See his Life, at the 31st day of January, in vol. i. of this work. Art. i.
" See Colgan"s " Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
727.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp. 132, 133.
'3 gee " Proceedings of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. no, III.
Article v. — ' See "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. Ixxx.
^ See ibid. , p. Ixxxviii.
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv. ''Thus: lllo'ooniiioc C1pl^AC jTaa.
s See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Mali xviii. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 134.
^ See "Transactions of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , p. Ixxx.
' See vol. ii. of this work. Art. i.
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May. His Acts will be found, at the i3tli of February,? the date for his principal festival. This saint, likewise, bore the name of Domhnog. The commentator of ^ngus especially remarks, that the 13th of February was his Natalis day. Various authorities accord with a narrative already given, that St. jNIodomnocus or Dominic first brought bees to Ireland. However, this can only be understood of a particular species of bees, as Colgan observes
; for, it is certain, that before St. Modomnoc's birth, there were bees in Ireland. ^
Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguire have a commemoration of St. Modomnoc of Tiprad Fachtna, at this date. Colgan concludes, that the i8th of May must have corresponded with some translation of his relics, or his commemoration, or some other festival regarding him, differing from that of his Natalis. 9 We find entered, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^" that venera- tion was given on this day to Domhnog, son to Saran, of Tiprat Fachtna. " He belonged to the race of Eoghan, son of Niall. Quoting the authority of PeterCanisius,ThomasDemjister'^ hasMottomagusConfessor,inIreland, at the 1 8th of May. '3 This appears to be only a mis-spelling of the present saint's name.
Article VI. Feast of St. Mark, Bishop and Martyr. In the "Feilire" of St. ^ngus,' and in the Martyrology of Tallagh, a feast is assigned toSt. Mark,atthe18thofMay. HeisconsideredtobetheEvangelist,^in the Augustan, Labboean and Tallagh Martyrologies, whose chief festival is on the 25th of April. In the additions to Greven, he is styled Bishop and Martyr. The Bollandists 3 insert his feast, among the pretermitted ones, at the 18th of May,4
Article VII. St. Bresal, of Derthach, thought to have been Abbot of Iona. We meet with an entry of this saint, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the i8th of May. In the Franciscan copy, it is nearly similar. ^ The Bollandists 3 also enter Bressalius de Durthach, at this date. Various places are compounded with the word Derthach, which means an Oratory. Thus, Dearthach-Aedhain * was struck with lightning, a. d. 804,5 and this place was called Oratorium Nodan, in the Annals of Ulster. This Oratory was probably at Disert-Nuudhain, now Flastersnow, near Elphin, in the county of Roscommon. Derthech-Chianain was plundered and destroyed,
* So that learned writer shows, in notes to this saint's Life, at the I3lh of Feliruary. See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xx. Januarii, n. 25, p. 150, and xiii. Februarii, nn. 7> 8, p. 328.
* See " Acta Sanctorum Ilibernirc," xiii. Februarii, n. 19, p. 328.
'° Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. '32. 133-
^ See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xviii. , p. 134.
They state " hujus omnino peculiaris alitjuis cultus videtur hocdie fuisseinAng'. ia: nam Kalendarium Melricum tomo 10 Spici- Icgii Acheriani, quatuor sohmi festa in Maio noians, sic finit mensem :
' Ter quinis Marcus meruit pulsare Kakndis. "
" It is placed in the west of Osraighe.
" In his "Menologium . Scoiorum," thus " In Hibernia Mottomagi Confessoris. "
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Article Vll. '^ See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Kelly, p. xxiv.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Scottish Saints," p. 200.
Article vl — ' See " Transactions of
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscri|)t Series, vol. i. , parti. , p. lx. \x.
' The commentary on the " Feilire " states this ; and, it is added, tliat the honour of an apostle was paid to him in his tribes, after parting with I'elcr. See ibid. , p. Ixxxviii.
-' Thus :
bi\e]'ALo T5u]\c1k\c1i.
3 yee "Acta Sanctorum,' tomus iv. ,
. Maii Xviii. p. 135.
Among the pretermitted saints,
< See Dr. O'Donovan's " . Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 414, 415, and n. (f), ibid.
s Qr rccte, A. D. 809.
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by the foreigners, a. d. 878. ^ Derthach-Mochua was burned by the foreigners, A. D, 919. 7 Derthech Maehsa Ua Brolchain was burned, a. d. 1116. ^ It is not certain, however, that the present Saint's Oratory can be identical with any of the foregoing Derthechs. According to the Martyrology of Done- gal,9Bresal,ofDethach,wasveneratedonthisday. AccordingtoColgan, this saint would seem to have been the son of Segen, and Abbot of Iona. '° If so, he died a. d.
