Accord- ing to the Martyrology of Donegal," veneration was given on this day to Leccan, a Bishop, who
faithfully
fultilled his varied duties.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v4
122, p.
114.
5 An account of John Alan, or Allen, who
ruled as Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, from A. D. 152810 1534. will be found in Harris Wave, vol. i. , Archbishops of Dublin, pp. 346 to 348. Besides the " Repertorium Viride," he compiled the "Liber Niger seu Registrum Johaunis Alani," to which some additions seem to have been made, A fur- ther account of these Records will be seen, in the Introduclion to this work, sect, vii. , nn. 215, 216.
* There is a folio paper Manuscript, in the Royal Irish Academy, which is a copy of Repertorium Viride Johannis Septimi Archi- episcopi Duljliniensis agnomine Alanus. This transcript is traced, it is said, in Gene- ral Vallancey's handwriting.
5 See ibid. p. ig,
'We are informed, that Gilcolm was the owner of Ratheny, previously to the Anglo- Norman invasion, and that, probably, he be- longed to the Irish family 01 Mac Gilla Col- mac. See Right Rev. Patrick F. Moran's new edition of Archdall's " Monasticon Hibernicum," vol. i. , p. 307, n. 15.
' By a grant from the Earl of Strongbow, Vivian De Cursun acquired the lands of
Ratheny, and in I2I0, John De Coursun, Lord of Ratheny and Kilbarrack, was slain by the sons of Hugh De Lasci and Walter, LordofMeath. ' Seeibid.
"
*
See John D'Alton's "History of Dro-
gheda," &c. , vol. i. Introductory Memoir, p. Ixxv.
April 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. S13
was St. Ossan's well, reputed holy, but it is now covered up in the field; how- ever, an ash tree and a depression there mark its site. The writer of a note, in Right Rev. Patrick F. Moran's edition of Archdall's work,9 states, that a Bishop Ossan, connected witli the monastery of St. Fintan Munnu, son of Tulcan,wasthePatronSaintofRatheny. '° Hediedintheyear683,"but we have great doubt, that he had been the Ossen associated with Ratheny. In the year 1859, the first movement took place for the erection of a new CatholicChurchatRaheny,inthecountyofDublin. Sincethetimesofreli- gious persecution commenced, no building to supply a local want, which had been long felt, was in existence. Within a i^^ years, however, a convenient and handsome rural church was erected, to the honour of St. Assan, for that
St. . Asian's Catholic Church, Raheny.
suburbanvillage,withintheCatholicunionofClontarfParish. " ThePro- testant church there stands on a rising ground,'3 and it had been rebuilt in I722. '* ItwasoriginallydedicatedtoSt. Assan. 's Alocaltraditionhaspre- vailed, and the origin for which cannot now be traced, that he had been a saint, venerated in the neighbourhood ; and, to preserve his memory, it was resolved to place the new Catholic church under his patronage. The Very Rev. Canon Rooney, V. F. , and P. P. , of Clontarf, aided by the zealous exer- tions of his worthy curate,'* erected this neat and picturesque Gothic struc-
' . See "Monasticon Hibemicum. " vol. i. ,
p. 307, n. 15.
'° " In the ' Neamshencus Lebhar Breac '
there is a reference to St. Ossan ; Beoan and Oisan, i. e. , the sons of Athracht at Rath Ossain, and at Rath—Athracht, besides Ath Truitntothewest. " Ihid.
photograph taken in May, 1883, by Mr. Joseph Dollard, jun. , Raheny Park, has been drawn on the wood, by William F. Wakeman, and it was engraved, by Mrs. Millard.
'3 A churchyard, bordered by several very ancient trees, surrounds it. An ancient rath
" See William M.
cum Scotoruni," pp. lo8, 109.
" Chroni-
opposite.
'• This a stone inserted in the wall indi-
Hennessy's
"The accompanying illustration, from a Vol. IV. —No. 9.
is
cates.
'5 See John D'Alton's " History of the
K I
5'4 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 27.
tare. '' In July, 1864, the new building was dedicated, by the Most Rev. Paul Cullen, Arch. bisliop of Dublin, and afterwards Cardinal. The Lord Mayor
of Dublin for that year,'' with several distinguished persons, lay and clerical, assistedatthesacredceremony. ThenameofAssanoccursintheMartyr-
ology of Donegal,'9 as having been venerated, on this day. In the Table or Appendix to this Martyrology, the name has been rendered into the Latin
Aazanus. =° equivalent, Also,
in the Irish
to be found in the — Calendar, Library
oftheRoyalIrishAcademy,wemeet,atthev. oftheMayKalends April
='
27th—thesimpleentryofAssan, butnoplaceforhispatronageisassigned.
We have not been able to glean any further relative particulars.
Article III. —St. Lugadius. Lugad. us is called the son of Ercus, in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick. ' He is classed among the disciples of the latter holy m;in. ^ He is said to have been one of the disciples and clerics of our national Apostle, according to tlie Life written by Jocelyn. 3 He became bishop over Fordhriim, now Fardrum,* parish of Kilcleagh,5 in the county of Westmeath. The BoUandists^ notice iiim, at this date, as if it were his festival. '
Article IV. — Festival of St. Florentin, Confessor. {Twelfth or Thirteaitlt Ceiilii? -y. '\ Already some notices of this holy man are set down, at the i8th of this month, which is regarded as his chief feast day, according to Camerarius, who also marks it at the present date. " We find other accounts
ofhim,intheworkofThomasDempster. ' TheBollandistshadhopesof procuring some information about him, from the village of Bonnet, in the diocese of Toul, where his relics had been preserved ; but, not succeeding to the full extent of their wishes, they preferred placing him in the supplement to their work, lor the month of January. While Dempster has it, that iiis feast was kept at Langres, in Champagne, on the 14th or i6th of January, the Bol- landists enter one for the 2;th of April. 3
Article V. —St. Ultan, said to have been Brother of Fursa. The simple entry, Ultan, appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 27th
County of Dublin," pp. loS, io6.
" Tlie present Very Rev. Michael J.
Canon Bi. idy, P. P. , of Ballytore. In a letter fiom him, and dated from that place, M:irch I2th, the writer has obtained the de- tails here furni. ilied.
' Mr. Patrick Byrne was the architect, and Mr. Jolm Martin, ol Coolock, was the con- tractor. The building cost ^£'1. 400.
^ The Right Hon. Peter P. iui M'Swiney.
•' Edited by IJrs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 112, 113.
'« ^eeiiid. , pp. 354. 355-
" Thus, AffAfl. See "Common Place
his feast is assigned to April 17—probably a misprint for 27.
P- 475- "'"
Book F. p. 41, belonging to the Irish Ord-
nance Survt-y col—lection.
They also remark
Martyrologii Tamlachtensis ecgrapho lauda-
Mayuir Martylologiis, ho. de dcscriptus. " Article iv. — ' In his work, "De Sco-
toram Pietale," lib. iii.
'
Article in. Colgan's
tus a Annot. Colgano,
See "Trias
"
Thaumaturga. Stptinia Vita S. Patricii,
pars, ii. , cap. ix. , p. 130.
'. Ste lihi. Qiiinia Appendix ad Acta . S.
Patricii, cap. x. \i. i. , p. 266. There, however,
104
Jocelinum, ut
3
See idid. Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap.
xciii. , p. 86, and n. 104, p, 113.
< See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , p. 1107, and n. (o). 5 It is shown, in the barony of Clonlonan,
"
on the
for the County ol Westmeath," sheets 29, 30, 35, 36. Fariirum townland is on sheets 29. 35-
Ordnance Survey 'I'ownland Maps
"" bee "Acta tomus Sanctorum,"
iii. , Aprilis XX vii. Among the pretermitted saints,
ad
in illo, vel saltern in Marimi Gormani ac
:
abest a nostro
April 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 515
of April. About his time and place, we are uninformed. However, on this
day was celebrated a festival, in honour of Ultan, brother of Fursa, as we find
recorded, in the Martyrology of Donegal. " At the ist of May, and at the
31st of October, there are more particular notices of St. Fursey's^ martyred brother St. Ultan.
Article VI. —St. Leccax, Bishop. To bishops are specially recom-
mendedthedutyandpracticeofpreachingGod'sholyword. Thescriptural recommendations come with ten-fold force from those, who put the most diffi- cult of them into a daily exercise, and who acquire them by habit.
Accord- ing to the Martyrology of Donegal," veneration was given on this day to Leccan, a Bishop, who faithfully fultilled his varied duties.
Article VII. —St. Baain. Veneration was paid to Baain, at this date,
as we find recorded, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh. ' A similar entry is in the Franciscan copy. "
ArticleVIII. —St. Furudrain. Afestival,inhonourofFurudrain,is
set down, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 27th of April. In the Franciscan copy, we have a similar reading. "
Article IX —St. Fergusa. The name F'ergusa, without any further designation, appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 27th ot April.
Article X. —Feast of St. Trudpert, Martyr, and Hermit, in Brisgau, Germany. \ Sixth and Sei'entli Centuries. ^ Owing to the occur- rence of the Festival of St. Cletus and of St. Marcellinus, PontifTs, in the Church of Constance, by prescription of the Roman Breviary, the Office of St. Trudpert, with full Lessons from his Life for the Second Nocturn, is recited there, on the 27th of April. ' His Acts may be seen, at the previous day.
Article XI. —Festival of Alexander, Abbot of Rome. In the ""
'"' See HistoriaEcclesiasticiGentisSco-
Feilire of St. . ^ngus,' the noble and pious Alexander, Abbot of Rome,
torum," lomusii. , lilj. vi. , num. 509.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Aprilisxxvii. Among the pretermiited saints,
p. 474.
Article v. — Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
p. xxii. The Franciscan copy enters uLcAn, at the v. of the May K:ilends.
Article ix. — Kditeii by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxii. Tlie Franciscan copy, likewise, has the entry of fep^ufd.
' Edited
112, 113.
liy
Dts. Todd and Reeves,
pp.
5 — the See his Life, at
of
l6th January.
Whitley Stokes, LL. U. ,
is found
:
'
. \RTICLE VI. E'iited by and
Reeves, pp. 112, —113.
Article vii. 'Edited by
Kelly, p. xxii.
' Thus noted b^—ain.
Article viii. Edited by
Kelly, p. xxii.
Rev. Dr.
Rev. Dr.
himocuipcif AinpL hicd)\ci\Atb cij,cliei)-eo <iLe3C4ti-Dii\ u. \f<\l,
<ibb Uom<ie inc|vefeTi.
Dr<. Todd
Thus,itisgiven,pu]\UT>i\<iiri. '
—
goia, Proloyus, sect. 2, p. 425.
Article xi. —' In the " Leabhar Breac"
version, the followinj; stanza, iran—slated by
Article x.
"Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Aprilis xxvi. De . S. Tru Iperto Martyre, Eremita in Bris-
"
Angels used to carry him out, though be
'
See the Bollandists'
5i6 LIVES OF THE IRIS. H SAINTS. [April 28.
has a festival assigned him, at the 27th of April. He is not mentioned, by the Bollandists, at tliis date ; nor elsewhere, do I find him, except in the Franciscan copy of the Tallagh Martyrology. '
Article XII. —Feast of Eusebius, Companion of St. Regulus, Scotland. In the Scottish entries of theKalendar of David Camerarius,'at the 27th of April,'' there is a notice of St. Eusebius, one of the companions of St.
How far he can be claimed as a Scottish saint does not seem to be very clear.
Cluenti|). 'eigl)tl) I3au of SlpiiU
ARTICLE I. —ST. CRONAN, ABBOT AND PATRON OF ROSCRE. A, COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.
[SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTUJiZES. ]
CHAPTER I .
INTRODUCTION—LIVES OF ST. CRONAN—HIS I'ARENTAGE, BIRTH AND NATAL PLACE—HE EMBRACES A RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. AND HE PROCEEDS TO CONNAUGHT—MANY DIS- CIPLES LIVE THERE UNDER HIM—HE BUILDS SEVERAL RELIGIOUS HOUSES, AND THEN TAKES UP HIS ABODE AT LUSMAGH—THE SCRIBE DIMA—VARIOUS MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ST. CRONAN.
impression, which the personal excellence of man makes over
tradition preserves the fame of our many local saints.
There is Vita S. Cronani ' still preserved, and among those Manuscripts,
belonging to Trinity College, Dublin. Again, in the Codex Kiikenniensis,' belonging to Marsh's Library, Dublin, his Life is to be found,3 in that Manu-
script, assigned to tlie thirteenth century. Besides, there is a Vita S. Cronani,'*
in a Manuscript,5 belonging to the Library of the Duke of Burgundy, at Bruxelles. Father John Coigan intended to give his Acts, which he had ready
Regulus. 3
THAT is often
man, very wonderful; but,
the influence of a saint over his fellow mortals is sure to bring many to the practice of a virtuous life. Thou- sands approach him, in his time, witli feelings of deep reverence. Tliese happily experienced on leaving him, that they found religious consolation, which so many seek, and which still greater numbers unfortunately neglect obtaining. A saint's influence lives on, and among our Celtic ancestors, the mementoes of his virtues were recorded. Even when records have perished,
went in dungeons, noble Alexander, Abbot
with the
March. Article
—Chapter —
' Itis
ofRome,the '
one. "
At the vth of the May Kalends, we meet
1.
E. 3. II. , and it commences at fol. 55.
pious
entry, <Xle. \<),ti-o)M.
i.
' Under the heading St. Cronanus, fol. 89 to 91.
* This is found, in a. Salamancan Manu-
script.
s Vol. xxii. , at fol. 147.
Article xii. —' Thus " 27 Die. Sane-
' A vellum folio.
tus Eusebius Sancti Reguli socius. "
° See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot-
tish Saints," p. 237.
3 See an account of him, at the 30th of
:
classed,
i
Rev. Dr.
King's County. "— Lanigan's
April 28. ] Z/yJSS OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 517
for publication, at this date. ^ The Bollandists ^ have presented a Vita S. Cronani, in their great collection. ^ This Life, in the opinion of Father Pape-
broke,9 was written by a monk or cleric, belonging to Roscrea, and some four or five centuries after our saint's death, for the use and edification of the brethren connected with that monastery. The author of this composition is unknown, but he appears to have indulged in exaggerated statements, or somewhat doubtful traditionary accounts, concerning the subject of his bio- graphy. '" A previous commentary is added ; and, the Acts of St. Cronan are divided into three chapters, comprising eighteen distinct paragraphs, with notes. A more perfect copy was procured, by Father Thomas Sirinus, as the Salamancan Manuscript, used by the Bollandists, was mutilated. " The Protestant Archbishop Ussher of Armagh quotes a Life of St. Cronan, and he gives some extracts from it ;" while this seems to have been in no manner different from the Acts, to which allusion has been made, and which are still preserved in Marsh's Library. Bishop Challoner '3 has inserted a few short notices regarding this saint, and these are chiefly extracted from Ussher. At the 28th of April, we find biographical particulars of St. Cronan, Abbot of Roscrea, in Rev. Alban Butler's, '< Rev. Dr. Lanigan's. 's and Rev. S. Baring- Gould's'*works. Amerenoticeofhimoccurs,in"LesPetitsBollaudistes Vies des Saints. '"?
His father, who was called Hodran,'' belonged to the district of Hely
0'Carroll,'9 which was in the eastern part of Munster, and on the western
boundary of Leinster, adjoining the territory of Ossory. *° His mother," named Coemri, was from the Corcobaschin district, in the western part of the present County Clare. " We are told,^3 that the mother of our saint, the mother of St. Mobai,'* and the mother of St. Mochonna,*' were three sisters. '*
'"
See Catalogus Actuum Sanctorum
quae MS. habentur, ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Ap- ribs xxviii. De Sancto Cronano, Abbate
p. 8.
' He is the editor of this Tract.
'" The two last sections of the Third
Chapter were supplied, by Fatlier Thomas Sheeran, of the Irish Franciscan house, at I. ouvain.
". See "Acta Sanctorum," tom. iii. ,
indeed, this is a correction made by Arch- bishop Ussher.
'» " That district, or at least a part of it,
is, as often observed, now comprised in the
Koscreensi in to Hibernia, pp. 579
"
Ecclesiastical of
History Ireland,"
vol. iii. ,
583.
' The Rev. Dr. Lanigan calls it " a re- spectable and very circumstantial docu- ment. "—"Ecclesiastical History of . Ire- land," vol. iii. , chap, xvii. , sect, ii. , n. 20,
chap, xvii. , sect, ii.
5 An account of John Alan, or Allen, who
ruled as Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, from A. D. 152810 1534. will be found in Harris Wave, vol. i. , Archbishops of Dublin, pp. 346 to 348. Besides the " Repertorium Viride," he compiled the "Liber Niger seu Registrum Johaunis Alani," to which some additions seem to have been made, A fur- ther account of these Records will be seen, in the Introduclion to this work, sect, vii. , nn. 215, 216.
* There is a folio paper Manuscript, in the Royal Irish Academy, which is a copy of Repertorium Viride Johannis Septimi Archi- episcopi Duljliniensis agnomine Alanus. This transcript is traced, it is said, in Gene- ral Vallancey's handwriting.
5 See ibid. p. ig,
'We are informed, that Gilcolm was the owner of Ratheny, previously to the Anglo- Norman invasion, and that, probably, he be- longed to the Irish family 01 Mac Gilla Col- mac. See Right Rev. Patrick F. Moran's new edition of Archdall's " Monasticon Hibernicum," vol. i. , p. 307, n. 15.
' By a grant from the Earl of Strongbow, Vivian De Cursun acquired the lands of
Ratheny, and in I2I0, John De Coursun, Lord of Ratheny and Kilbarrack, was slain by the sons of Hugh De Lasci and Walter, LordofMeath. ' Seeibid.
"
*
See John D'Alton's "History of Dro-
gheda," &c. , vol. i. Introductory Memoir, p. Ixxv.
April 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. S13
was St. Ossan's well, reputed holy, but it is now covered up in the field; how- ever, an ash tree and a depression there mark its site. The writer of a note, in Right Rev. Patrick F. Moran's edition of Archdall's work,9 states, that a Bishop Ossan, connected witli the monastery of St. Fintan Munnu, son of Tulcan,wasthePatronSaintofRatheny. '° Hediedintheyear683,"but we have great doubt, that he had been the Ossen associated with Ratheny. In the year 1859, the first movement took place for the erection of a new CatholicChurchatRaheny,inthecountyofDublin. Sincethetimesofreli- gious persecution commenced, no building to supply a local want, which had been long felt, was in existence. Within a i^^ years, however, a convenient and handsome rural church was erected, to the honour of St. Assan, for that
St. . Asian's Catholic Church, Raheny.
suburbanvillage,withintheCatholicunionofClontarfParish. " ThePro- testant church there stands on a rising ground,'3 and it had been rebuilt in I722. '* ItwasoriginallydedicatedtoSt. Assan. 's Alocaltraditionhaspre- vailed, and the origin for which cannot now be traced, that he had been a saint, venerated in the neighbourhood ; and, to preserve his memory, it was resolved to place the new Catholic church under his patronage. The Very Rev. Canon Rooney, V. F. , and P. P. , of Clontarf, aided by the zealous exer- tions of his worthy curate,'* erected this neat and picturesque Gothic struc-
' . See "Monasticon Hibemicum. " vol. i. ,
p. 307, n. 15.
'° " In the ' Neamshencus Lebhar Breac '
there is a reference to St. Ossan ; Beoan and Oisan, i. e. , the sons of Athracht at Rath Ossain, and at Rath—Athracht, besides Ath Truitntothewest. " Ihid.
photograph taken in May, 1883, by Mr. Joseph Dollard, jun. , Raheny Park, has been drawn on the wood, by William F. Wakeman, and it was engraved, by Mrs. Millard.
'3 A churchyard, bordered by several very ancient trees, surrounds it. An ancient rath
" See William M.
cum Scotoruni," pp. lo8, 109.
" Chroni-
opposite.
'• This a stone inserted in the wall indi-
Hennessy's
"The accompanying illustration, from a Vol. IV. —No. 9.
is
cates.
'5 See John D'Alton's " History of the
K I
5'4 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 27.
tare. '' In July, 1864, the new building was dedicated, by the Most Rev. Paul Cullen, Arch. bisliop of Dublin, and afterwards Cardinal. The Lord Mayor
of Dublin for that year,'' with several distinguished persons, lay and clerical, assistedatthesacredceremony. ThenameofAssanoccursintheMartyr-
ology of Donegal,'9 as having been venerated, on this day. In the Table or Appendix to this Martyrology, the name has been rendered into the Latin
Aazanus. =° equivalent, Also,
in the Irish
to be found in the — Calendar, Library
oftheRoyalIrishAcademy,wemeet,atthev. oftheMayKalends April
='
27th—thesimpleentryofAssan, butnoplaceforhispatronageisassigned.
We have not been able to glean any further relative particulars.
Article III. —St. Lugadius. Lugad. us is called the son of Ercus, in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick. ' He is classed among the disciples of the latter holy m;in. ^ He is said to have been one of the disciples and clerics of our national Apostle, according to tlie Life written by Jocelyn. 3 He became bishop over Fordhriim, now Fardrum,* parish of Kilcleagh,5 in the county of Westmeath. The BoUandists^ notice iiim, at this date, as if it were his festival. '
Article IV. — Festival of St. Florentin, Confessor. {Twelfth or Thirteaitlt Ceiilii? -y. '\ Already some notices of this holy man are set down, at the i8th of this month, which is regarded as his chief feast day, according to Camerarius, who also marks it at the present date. " We find other accounts
ofhim,intheworkofThomasDempster. ' TheBollandistshadhopesof procuring some information about him, from the village of Bonnet, in the diocese of Toul, where his relics had been preserved ; but, not succeeding to the full extent of their wishes, they preferred placing him in the supplement to their work, lor the month of January. While Dempster has it, that iiis feast was kept at Langres, in Champagne, on the 14th or i6th of January, the Bol- landists enter one for the 2;th of April. 3
Article V. —St. Ultan, said to have been Brother of Fursa. The simple entry, Ultan, appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 27th
County of Dublin," pp. loS, io6.
" Tlie present Very Rev. Michael J.
Canon Bi. idy, P. P. , of Ballytore. In a letter fiom him, and dated from that place, M:irch I2th, the writer has obtained the de- tails here furni. ilied.
' Mr. Patrick Byrne was the architect, and Mr. Jolm Martin, ol Coolock, was the con- tractor. The building cost ^£'1. 400.
^ The Right Hon. Peter P. iui M'Swiney.
•' Edited by IJrs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 112, 113.
'« ^eeiiid. , pp. 354. 355-
" Thus, AffAfl. See "Common Place
his feast is assigned to April 17—probably a misprint for 27.
P- 475- "'"
Book F. p. 41, belonging to the Irish Ord-
nance Survt-y col—lection.
They also remark
Martyrologii Tamlachtensis ecgrapho lauda-
Mayuir Martylologiis, ho. de dcscriptus. " Article iv. — ' In his work, "De Sco-
toram Pietale," lib. iii.
'
Article in. Colgan's
tus a Annot. Colgano,
See "Trias
"
Thaumaturga. Stptinia Vita S. Patricii,
pars, ii. , cap. ix. , p. 130.
'. Ste lihi. Qiiinia Appendix ad Acta . S.
Patricii, cap. x. \i. i. , p. 266. There, however,
104
Jocelinum, ut
3
See idid. Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap.
xciii. , p. 86, and n. 104, p, 113.
< See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , p. 1107, and n. (o). 5 It is shown, in the barony of Clonlonan,
"
on the
for the County ol Westmeath," sheets 29, 30, 35, 36. Fariirum townland is on sheets 29. 35-
Ordnance Survey 'I'ownland Maps
"" bee "Acta tomus Sanctorum,"
iii. , Aprilis XX vii. Among the pretermitted saints,
ad
in illo, vel saltern in Marimi Gormani ac
:
abest a nostro
April 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 515
of April. About his time and place, we are uninformed. However, on this
day was celebrated a festival, in honour of Ultan, brother of Fursa, as we find
recorded, in the Martyrology of Donegal. " At the ist of May, and at the
31st of October, there are more particular notices of St. Fursey's^ martyred brother St. Ultan.
Article VI. —St. Leccax, Bishop. To bishops are specially recom-
mendedthedutyandpracticeofpreachingGod'sholyword. Thescriptural recommendations come with ten-fold force from those, who put the most diffi- cult of them into a daily exercise, and who acquire them by habit.
Accord- ing to the Martyrology of Donegal," veneration was given on this day to Leccan, a Bishop, who faithfully fultilled his varied duties.
Article VII. —St. Baain. Veneration was paid to Baain, at this date,
as we find recorded, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh. ' A similar entry is in the Franciscan copy. "
ArticleVIII. —St. Furudrain. Afestival,inhonourofFurudrain,is
set down, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 27th of April. In the Franciscan copy, we have a similar reading. "
Article IX —St. Fergusa. The name F'ergusa, without any further designation, appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 27th ot April.
Article X. —Feast of St. Trudpert, Martyr, and Hermit, in Brisgau, Germany. \ Sixth and Sei'entli Centuries. ^ Owing to the occur- rence of the Festival of St. Cletus and of St. Marcellinus, PontifTs, in the Church of Constance, by prescription of the Roman Breviary, the Office of St. Trudpert, with full Lessons from his Life for the Second Nocturn, is recited there, on the 27th of April. ' His Acts may be seen, at the previous day.
Article XI. —Festival of Alexander, Abbot of Rome. In the ""
'"' See HistoriaEcclesiasticiGentisSco-
Feilire of St. . ^ngus,' the noble and pious Alexander, Abbot of Rome,
torum," lomusii. , lilj. vi. , num. 509.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Aprilisxxvii. Among the pretermiited saints,
p. 474.
Article v. — Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
p. xxii. The Franciscan copy enters uLcAn, at the v. of the May K:ilends.
Article ix. — Kditeii by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxii. Tlie Franciscan copy, likewise, has the entry of fep^ufd.
' Edited
112, 113.
liy
Dts. Todd and Reeves,
pp.
5 — the See his Life, at
of
l6th January.
Whitley Stokes, LL. U. ,
is found
:
'
. \RTICLE VI. E'iited by and
Reeves, pp. 112, —113.
Article vii. 'Edited by
Kelly, p. xxii.
' Thus noted b^—ain.
Article viii. Edited by
Kelly, p. xxii.
Rev. Dr.
Rev. Dr.
himocuipcif AinpL hicd)\ci\Atb cij,cliei)-eo <iLe3C4ti-Dii\ u. \f<\l,
<ibb Uom<ie inc|vefeTi.
Dr<. Todd
Thus,itisgiven,pu]\UT>i\<iiri. '
—
goia, Proloyus, sect. 2, p. 425.
Article xi. —' In the " Leabhar Breac"
version, the followinj; stanza, iran—slated by
Article x.
"Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Aprilis xxvi. De . S. Tru Iperto Martyre, Eremita in Bris-
"
Angels used to carry him out, though be
'
See the Bollandists'
5i6 LIVES OF THE IRIS. H SAINTS. [April 28.
has a festival assigned him, at the 27th of April. He is not mentioned, by the Bollandists, at tliis date ; nor elsewhere, do I find him, except in the Franciscan copy of the Tallagh Martyrology. '
Article XII. —Feast of Eusebius, Companion of St. Regulus, Scotland. In the Scottish entries of theKalendar of David Camerarius,'at the 27th of April,'' there is a notice of St. Eusebius, one of the companions of St.
How far he can be claimed as a Scottish saint does not seem to be very clear.
Cluenti|). 'eigl)tl) I3au of SlpiiU
ARTICLE I. —ST. CRONAN, ABBOT AND PATRON OF ROSCRE. A, COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.
[SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTUJiZES. ]
CHAPTER I .
INTRODUCTION—LIVES OF ST. CRONAN—HIS I'ARENTAGE, BIRTH AND NATAL PLACE—HE EMBRACES A RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. AND HE PROCEEDS TO CONNAUGHT—MANY DIS- CIPLES LIVE THERE UNDER HIM—HE BUILDS SEVERAL RELIGIOUS HOUSES, AND THEN TAKES UP HIS ABODE AT LUSMAGH—THE SCRIBE DIMA—VARIOUS MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ST. CRONAN.
impression, which the personal excellence of man makes over
tradition preserves the fame of our many local saints.
There is Vita S. Cronani ' still preserved, and among those Manuscripts,
belonging to Trinity College, Dublin. Again, in the Codex Kiikenniensis,' belonging to Marsh's Library, Dublin, his Life is to be found,3 in that Manu-
script, assigned to tlie thirteenth century. Besides, there is a Vita S. Cronani,'*
in a Manuscript,5 belonging to the Library of the Duke of Burgundy, at Bruxelles. Father John Coigan intended to give his Acts, which he had ready
Regulus. 3
THAT is often
man, very wonderful; but,
the influence of a saint over his fellow mortals is sure to bring many to the practice of a virtuous life. Thou- sands approach him, in his time, witli feelings of deep reverence. Tliese happily experienced on leaving him, that they found religious consolation, which so many seek, and which still greater numbers unfortunately neglect obtaining. A saint's influence lives on, and among our Celtic ancestors, the mementoes of his virtues were recorded. Even when records have perished,
went in dungeons, noble Alexander, Abbot
with the
March. Article
—Chapter —
' Itis
ofRome,the '
one. "
At the vth of the May Kalends, we meet
1.
E. 3. II. , and it commences at fol. 55.
pious
entry, <Xle. \<),ti-o)M.
i.
' Under the heading St. Cronanus, fol. 89 to 91.
* This is found, in a. Salamancan Manu-
script.
s Vol. xxii. , at fol. 147.
Article xii. —' Thus " 27 Die. Sane-
' A vellum folio.
tus Eusebius Sancti Reguli socius. "
° See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot-
tish Saints," p. 237.
3 See an account of him, at the 30th of
:
classed,
i
Rev. Dr.
King's County. "— Lanigan's
April 28. ] Z/yJSS OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 517
for publication, at this date. ^ The Bollandists ^ have presented a Vita S. Cronani, in their great collection. ^ This Life, in the opinion of Father Pape-
broke,9 was written by a monk or cleric, belonging to Roscrea, and some four or five centuries after our saint's death, for the use and edification of the brethren connected with that monastery. The author of this composition is unknown, but he appears to have indulged in exaggerated statements, or somewhat doubtful traditionary accounts, concerning the subject of his bio- graphy. '" A previous commentary is added ; and, the Acts of St. Cronan are divided into three chapters, comprising eighteen distinct paragraphs, with notes. A more perfect copy was procured, by Father Thomas Sirinus, as the Salamancan Manuscript, used by the Bollandists, was mutilated. " The Protestant Archbishop Ussher of Armagh quotes a Life of St. Cronan, and he gives some extracts from it ;" while this seems to have been in no manner different from the Acts, to which allusion has been made, and which are still preserved in Marsh's Library. Bishop Challoner '3 has inserted a few short notices regarding this saint, and these are chiefly extracted from Ussher. At the 28th of April, we find biographical particulars of St. Cronan, Abbot of Roscrea, in Rev. Alban Butler's, '< Rev. Dr. Lanigan's. 's and Rev. S. Baring- Gould's'*works. Amerenoticeofhimoccurs,in"LesPetitsBollaudistes Vies des Saints. '"?
His father, who was called Hodran,'' belonged to the district of Hely
0'Carroll,'9 which was in the eastern part of Munster, and on the western
boundary of Leinster, adjoining the territory of Ossory. *° His mother," named Coemri, was from the Corcobaschin district, in the western part of the present County Clare. " We are told,^3 that the mother of our saint, the mother of St. Mobai,'* and the mother of St. Mochonna,*' were three sisters. '*
'"
See Catalogus Actuum Sanctorum
quae MS. habentur, ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Ap- ribs xxviii. De Sancto Cronano, Abbate
p. 8.
' He is the editor of this Tract.
'" The two last sections of the Third
Chapter were supplied, by Fatlier Thomas Sheeran, of the Irish Franciscan house, at I. ouvain.
". See "Acta Sanctorum," tom. iii. ,
indeed, this is a correction made by Arch- bishop Ussher.
'» " That district, or at least a part of it,
is, as often observed, now comprised in the
Koscreensi in to Hibernia, pp. 579
"
Ecclesiastical of
History Ireland,"
vol. iii. ,
583.
' The Rev. Dr. Lanigan calls it " a re- spectable and very circumstantial docu- ment. "—"Ecclesiastical History of . Ire- land," vol. iii. , chap, xvii. , sect, ii. , n. 20,
chap, xvii. , sect, ii.
