—Reputed
Festival
of St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v9
See Dr.
O'Dono- ture had been well and solidly built.
23 The writer was told, at the time of his
visit, that English invaders crossed over this
lake in tin boats, and despoiled Monahincha
of its former treasures. . The monks there
were killed by Cromwell's soldiers, it was
stated; bub we find no such accc unt in any in piety and devotion, died on his pil- authentic record.
24 Known as Inchenabo, in Irish, and in Latin, " Insula Viventium. " Probably be- cause the celebrities, who lived there, were removed to the other island to die. when overtaken by a mortal illness.
25 See Giraldi Cambrensis' " Opera," vol.
v. , edited by James F. Dimock, M. A. , volume of this work.
Topographia Hibernica, dist. ii. , cap. iv. , pp. 80, 81.
•6
It should still be possible for antiquaries to discover some traces of the minor island,
34 The Rev. Philip Meagher, formerly parish priest of Birr, found it among the books of an uncle, who had been a clergy- man in Roscrea, and gave it to a Dr. Har-
in a portion of the lake or morass adjoining rison of Nenagh, who sold it to Henry Monahincha. Joseph Monck Mason, esq. , Librarian to
27 See Dr. O'Donovan's vol. edition,
i. ,
pp. 412,413, and n. (t), ibid.
28 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
238, 239.
* 9 See ibid,, pp. 426, 427.
3° In A. D. 921, Flaithbheartach, son of
Inmainen, was taken by the foreigners, and
van's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol.
ii. , pp. 610, 611, and n. (b), ibid.
3I On the 2nd of January, A. D. 1 1 38,
Maelpadraig Ua Duigain, paragon of the wisdom of the Irish, chief lector of Ard- Macha, head of council of the West of Europe
grimage at the Island of Loch Cre. See
ibid. , pp. 1058, 1059, and nn. (o, p), ibid. 32 In a. d. 1 143, Macraith Ua Fidan, head of the Island of Loch-Cre, died. See
ibid. , pp. 1070, 1071.
33 His festival is held on the nth of Octo-
ber, where his life is given in the succeeding
190 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September7.
a scribe, the son of i£ngus, the son of Carthin. Another work, known as the
Annals of Roscrea, was probably composed in the monastery there estab-
lished^5
A succession of Roscrea Abbots, sometimes styled Bishops, in our Annals, is recorded from a. d. 800 to 1174, when the parent insti- tution seems to have gradually declined, and little account is had re- garding it, when its an- cient bishopric merged into that of Killaloe. King John built a castle in the town, a. d. 1213. 36 A Franciscan Friary37 was founded there a. d.
Franciscan Church Ruins, Roscrea.
Friary contained two
acres, in which was a
house where the friars dwelt, with a dormitory, hall, the prior's chamber, a
chapel, a cemetery, a garden and two orchards, besides reprises, and in the lands ot Roscrea thirty acres of arable and pasture land. The whole was granted to Thomas, Earl of Ormond. 41 The Franciscan Friary was situated on the small stream which passes through Roscrea. The remains are still in a good state of preservation.
the King's Inns Society. In turn he parted with it to Sir William Betham. It had been
long preserved in Roscrea in a most curiously
wrought and ornamented box. An account
of it may be found in the "Transactions of
the Royal Irish Academy," by Henry Joseph
Monck Mason, as also in Sir William
"
36 See Archdall's Monasticon Hiberni-
cum," pp. 672 to 674.
37 The ruins of this building, taken from a
photograph, have been drawn on the wood and engraved, as here presented, by Gregor Grey.
38 According to the Ware Manuscripts, vol. 34, p. 160, as quoted by Archdall.
39 According to an Inquisition, taken on the 27th of December, in this year.
40 According to a document in the Chief Remembrancer's Office.
41 Here he built a large square castle, ad- joining the military barracks of Roscrea,
Betham's
"
Irish Antiquarian Researches. "
35 Among the Burgundian Library Manu- scripts,. Bruxelles, vol. xviii. , No. 5304, there isa verylong alphabetical Index of the Annals of Roscrea, made by " Frater Brendanus
Conorus," and accompanied by marginal references to the Annals of Donegal.
1490, by Mulruany na Feasoige O'Carrol, who was married to Bibiana,
the daughter of
Accord- ing to other accounts, she was the foundress, when she had become awidow. 38 Thechurch
was parochial, in 1 568,39 when to it was attached a third part of the rec- tory of Rosscuro and the alterages thereof, with the tithes of above thirty acres belonging to it. *
O'Dempsey.
The precincts of the Franciscan
September 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 191
Article III. —St. Sillan or Siollan, Bishop. In the published of 1 at the of we find a festival entered
2
7th September,
In that copy contained in the Book of Leinster,
Martyrology Tallagh,
in honour of Sillan, Bishop.
at the ii. day or before the Nones of this month, we find a similar record. 3
The Martyrology of Donegal/ also, at the 7th of September, simply registers thenameSiollan,Bishop. 5 IntheIrishCalendar,belongingtotheOrdnance Survey Records,6 we find a like notice.
Article IV. —Reputed Feast of St. Toit, of Church Island,
Lough Beg, County of Londonderry. The published Martyrology of
Toit of Loch
of holy men ; yet in such a manner, as apparently to connect the name with that of Sillan, Bishop. In that copy contained in the Book of Leinster, at the ii. Nones of this month, a like arrangement seems to be intended. 2 This Saint's place is now denominated Church Island, Lough beg, County of Londonderry. 3 We read in the Martyrology of Donegal/ also, that venera- tion was given at the 7th of September, to Toit, of Inis Toite, in Loch Bee, in Ui Tuitre.
ArticleV. —ReputedFeastofSiott. Wefindthename,Siott,set
1
down in the Martyrology of Donegal, as having been venerated at the 7th of
September. Indeed, we may doubt, if this be not some false insertion for the name Toit, already entered at this date.
ArticleVI. —St. Molaissi. AccordingtothepublishedMartyrologyof
1 Tallaght places
Eachach,
at the
7th
of in its list September,
that Molasi2 had a
1 we find it
ber. In that copy, contained in the Book of Leinster, this entry is at ii. of the Nones for this month. 3 It is thought, he may have been the same as St. Lasreus, or Lazarus/ the son of Ronan, son of Loam, son to Fergus, son to Conal Gulban, venerated at the 7th of September, or at the 16th of
Tallagh,
stated,
festival,
at the of
7th Septem-
December. 5 In the
6 there
of Molaissi, at the 7th of September.
a
nal," vol. ii. , No. —86, p. 269. »
Article hi. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
2 To this we find added ". i. Toitre for
and — Reeves, pp. 238, 239.
Martyrology
Donegal,
appears
simple entry,
Article VII. —St. Ultan. At the 7th of September, we find the name of Ultan, without any further designation, registered in the published Mar-
and in latter times, it served as a store-house for the soldiers' use. An engraving of it may be seen, in the "Dublin Penny Jour-
" Inis Church Island, in Lough beg, Derry,
(Ui Tuiitre). "
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
238, 239.
Article v. —' Edited by Drs. Todd
:
Loch Eachach. " From such an entry, his
place should be near Lough Neagh.
3 Thus : SiLLain epi . 1. Coicae pop Loch
ecrtAch.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
238, 239.
s See also Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum
Hibernise," xv. Februarii, n. 6, p. 348.
6 Common Place Book, F. , p. 75.
Article 1v. —'Edited by the Rev. Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbae,
Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
2 Thus : Sillam epi . 1.
cap iii. , num. 26, p. 481, and cap. x. , num. Coicae pop 70, p. 491.
6
Loch echach.
3 William M. Hennessey's note. In 238, 239.
another he place,
writes,
toide,
Article vi. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
'Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
2 " S. vel hie Mac Culind," appears to be added through some mistake of the copyist. ' Thus : nioLarfi pa uel hie mac
Cubnt).
4 See notices of him, at the 26th of
December, in the present work.
sSee Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Edited by Drs, Todd and Reeves, pp.
192 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September7.
1
In that copy, contained in the Book of Leinster, at
2 A like notice is in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 at the 7th of this month.
Article VIII. —St. Boetius. In the anonymous Calendar of Irish
1
Saints, published by O'Sullevan Beare, a St. Boetius is named, at the 7th of
September.
Article IX.
—Reputed Festival of St. Modocus. It is stated by
Ferarius, that on the 7th of September in Scotia, the Bishop, St. Modocus, who lived about the year 534, had been venerated. ' He is supposed by the Bollandists to have been identical with St. Aidanus, Bishop of 2 and whose festival is held on the of 3
Article X. - St. Grellan of Craobh-Grellain. Under the head
tyrology of Tallagh.
the ii. of the Nones, there is a similar
entry.
Ferns, 31st January.
ofCraebhGrellain,DualdMacFirbisrecords,
Greallan,1 atthe
Bishop
that this
place GreUain, may be probably Creeve, in the Barony of Ballymoe, County Roscommon. There are two Cill Greallans, in Tir Fichra of the Moy. 4
This territory is comprised within the present barony of Tireragh, in the County of Sligo.
Article XI. —Reputed Feast of St. Adamnan, or Eunan, Abbot
of Iona. Sir Harris Nicholas places the festival of St. Eunan, whom he
makes of at the of 1 He was identical with Bishop Raphoe, 7th September.
St. Adamnan, Abbot of Iona. At the 23rd of this month, the date for his chief festival, his acts may be seen, in the present volume.
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of St. Queranus, Abbot. On the
authority of Floratius and the English Martyrology, the name of St. Queranus, Abbot, is entered at the 7th of September, in the Calendar of Henry
Kieranus
place,
is entered, and by Henry Fitzsimon, he is thought to be the same as Queranus. His proper festival is at the 9th of this month, where his Acts
of 2 Mr. William M. September.
Hennessy conjectures, 3
7th Craobh
Fitzsimon. 1 He was Abbot of Clonmacnoise. In another
may be found in the present volume.
Article vii. —"Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
2 See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. , part i. .
pp. 102, 103.
3 It is in the of Oran, and de- parish
scribed on the "Ordnance Survey Town-
land for the of Roscommon " Maps County
2
Thus: UlcAti.
3 Edited
by
Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp.
238,239.
Article viii. - ' See u Historise Catho-
licae Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. ,
Sheet 34.
* See
i. , — part pp. 96, 97.
Article xi. 'See "Chronology
Irish Article ix. 'See the Bollandists' Academy," Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. ,
lib. iv. ,
xi. , — cap. p. 51.
''Proceedings
Royal
"
Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , xxxi.
arii. Vita S- Aidani. Prcemium, sect. 4,
of
p. IIII.
2
Janu-
History. " Alphabetical Calendar of Saints, See ibid. , tomus iii. , vii. Septembris. and other Festival—s, etc. , p. 147.
Among the pretermitted saints, p. 2. Article XII. See O'Sullevan Beare's 3 See his Life, at that date, in the First " Historise Catholicae Ibernise Compen-
Volume of this work, Art. i.
Article x. —'" St. Greallan's festival is 2 Allusion is made to Jocelyn's Vita S.
dium," tomus i. , Iii). iv. , cap. xii. , p. 56.
set down in the Martyrology of Donegal, Patricii, cap. cxiii. , p- 55. See Colgan's
at Nov. 10th. " note.
—William M. "Trias Sexta Vita S. Hennessey's Thaumaturga,"
Patricii, cap. cxiii, pp. 90, 91.
of the
September 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. '93
Article XIII. —Festival of St. Summiva or Sunni fa, Patroness of Bergen, Norway. Already at the 8th day of July, 1 we have recorded what has been told regarding this holy Irish Virgin and Martyr, who is said to
2
have lived in the time of the Emperor Otho I. ,
and with other virgins
devoted to her, in the Island of Selja or Selia, Norway. She there suffered
martyrdom^ and probably before the period when Harold VI. * reigned in
Denmark. The translation of her body from the Island of Selja to the
Cathedral of Bergen took place, on the 7th of September, a. d. ii/o. s At the same day, the Bollandists enter her festival. 6
Article XIV. —Festival of St. Sinotus, Martyr.
the of there is a festival for Sinotus. 1 7th September,
In the Feiire, at To this, the
2 He
4
See an account of his reign in Joannis
has added a
which has a dubious
comment,
Article XV. —Festival of St. Anastasius, at Salona, Dalmatia, Martyr. In the Irish Church, at this day, the martyrdom of St. Anastasius
glossographer
is thought to have been Bishop of Capua, in Campania, Italy. Little is knownabouthim,orthetimewhenhesufferedmartyrdom; but,atthisdate, some entries from ancient calendars, and notices regarding him, are to be found in the Bollandist collection. 3
was
commemorated,
as we learn from the Feilire of St. 1 The iEngus.
Article xiii. —'See at that date, in the Seventh Volume of this work, Art. iv.
2 Called the Great. He was the eldest son of Henry the Fowler. He was born a. d. 912, and he was crowned at Aix-la- Chapelle in 936. He engaged in several wars, and when victorious over the neigh- bouring barbarian states, he took every means to spread Christianity among the pagans. Especially the Danes were sub- jected to his laws, and he conquered the Bohemians in 950, after their obstinate re- sistance. He also established his authority in Italy, and marching to Rome, he was crowned Emperor by Pope John XXII. in 962. He died a. d. 973. See " Encyclo- pedic Catholique," par M. L'Abbe Glaire et de M. Le Vtc Walsh, tome xv. , pp.
194, 195-
3 The Acts and Office of this Virgin and
Martyr are to be found in the work of
Thormodus Torfaeus, " Historia Norvegica,'
pars ii. , lib. ix. , cap. 2 and 3.
to light, after Father Soller had briefly written about her at the 8th of July, their
:
in aliquo Supplemento ad diem Vlll Julii. "— "ActaSanctorum"tomusiii. , Septembris.
vii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 2.
"
47 to 50. Amstelodami cId Iccxxxvm. a Thus: "
Historise Danicse," lib. Hi. , pp.
Mevrsi,
fol. nece
senotii . i. senad Niceae vel zenoti martir . i. in
5 The Bollandists notice this translation festival at September 7th, and advert to a statement found in a comment on a tract, " De Profectione Danorum in Terram Sanctum," edited by Joannes Kirchmann, of
toto corpore in ecclesia cathedrali exaltata
quiescit. "
'As the Acts and Office of this saint came
[leg. erusalem. "
— ? ] ibid, p-
the of City
Article xr. — ' See "
from a
Lubeck. It states: "Ibi Sancta Sunnif Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
Bergen,
manuscript
of
Transactions of the
Vol. IX —No. 4.
N
notice thus concludes
u Poterunt Acta dari
[i]
cxliii.
'See "Acta Sanctorum. " tonuis iii. , Sep-
Article xiv. "
— 'In
the '*
Leabhar
Breac copywefind
— :
'
SLanchepvo Senocn -Acdruillre rlechcAi SLU415 Anachapf or\CA Comlun AfervcAi.
Thus rendered into English by Whitley
Stokes, LL. D. "Sinotus' pure suffering,
whose tracks are shining. Anastasius'
hosts wer—e slain with the multitude of their
"
virtues. " Transactionsofthe RoyalIrfsh
Academy. " Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
On the Calendar of Oengus, p. exxxvi. Dr. Stokes adds a note: "The scholiast regards senotii as = synodi and slehtai as a verb meaning occisi sunt. "— ibid.
part i
glanchesad
tembris vii. De S.
23 The writer was told, at the time of his
visit, that English invaders crossed over this
lake in tin boats, and despoiled Monahincha
of its former treasures. . The monks there
were killed by Cromwell's soldiers, it was
stated; bub we find no such accc unt in any in piety and devotion, died on his pil- authentic record.
24 Known as Inchenabo, in Irish, and in Latin, " Insula Viventium. " Probably be- cause the celebrities, who lived there, were removed to the other island to die. when overtaken by a mortal illness.
25 See Giraldi Cambrensis' " Opera," vol.
v. , edited by James F. Dimock, M. A. , volume of this work.
Topographia Hibernica, dist. ii. , cap. iv. , pp. 80, 81.
•6
It should still be possible for antiquaries to discover some traces of the minor island,
34 The Rev. Philip Meagher, formerly parish priest of Birr, found it among the books of an uncle, who had been a clergy- man in Roscrea, and gave it to a Dr. Har-
in a portion of the lake or morass adjoining rison of Nenagh, who sold it to Henry Monahincha. Joseph Monck Mason, esq. , Librarian to
27 See Dr. O'Donovan's vol. edition,
i. ,
pp. 412,413, and n. (t), ibid.
28 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
238, 239.
* 9 See ibid,, pp. 426, 427.
3° In A. D. 921, Flaithbheartach, son of
Inmainen, was taken by the foreigners, and
van's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol.
ii. , pp. 610, 611, and n. (b), ibid.
3I On the 2nd of January, A. D. 1 1 38,
Maelpadraig Ua Duigain, paragon of the wisdom of the Irish, chief lector of Ard- Macha, head of council of the West of Europe
grimage at the Island of Loch Cre. See
ibid. , pp. 1058, 1059, and nn. (o, p), ibid. 32 In a. d. 1 143, Macraith Ua Fidan, head of the Island of Loch-Cre, died. See
ibid. , pp. 1070, 1071.
33 His festival is held on the nth of Octo-
ber, where his life is given in the succeeding
190 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September7.
a scribe, the son of i£ngus, the son of Carthin. Another work, known as the
Annals of Roscrea, was probably composed in the monastery there estab-
lished^5
A succession of Roscrea Abbots, sometimes styled Bishops, in our Annals, is recorded from a. d. 800 to 1174, when the parent insti- tution seems to have gradually declined, and little account is had re- garding it, when its an- cient bishopric merged into that of Killaloe. King John built a castle in the town, a. d. 1213. 36 A Franciscan Friary37 was founded there a. d.
Franciscan Church Ruins, Roscrea.
Friary contained two
acres, in which was a
house where the friars dwelt, with a dormitory, hall, the prior's chamber, a
chapel, a cemetery, a garden and two orchards, besides reprises, and in the lands ot Roscrea thirty acres of arable and pasture land. The whole was granted to Thomas, Earl of Ormond. 41 The Franciscan Friary was situated on the small stream which passes through Roscrea. The remains are still in a good state of preservation.
the King's Inns Society. In turn he parted with it to Sir William Betham. It had been
long preserved in Roscrea in a most curiously
wrought and ornamented box. An account
of it may be found in the "Transactions of
the Royal Irish Academy," by Henry Joseph
Monck Mason, as also in Sir William
"
36 See Archdall's Monasticon Hiberni-
cum," pp. 672 to 674.
37 The ruins of this building, taken from a
photograph, have been drawn on the wood and engraved, as here presented, by Gregor Grey.
38 According to the Ware Manuscripts, vol. 34, p. 160, as quoted by Archdall.
39 According to an Inquisition, taken on the 27th of December, in this year.
40 According to a document in the Chief Remembrancer's Office.
41 Here he built a large square castle, ad- joining the military barracks of Roscrea,
Betham's
"
Irish Antiquarian Researches. "
35 Among the Burgundian Library Manu- scripts,. Bruxelles, vol. xviii. , No. 5304, there isa verylong alphabetical Index of the Annals of Roscrea, made by " Frater Brendanus
Conorus," and accompanied by marginal references to the Annals of Donegal.
1490, by Mulruany na Feasoige O'Carrol, who was married to Bibiana,
the daughter of
Accord- ing to other accounts, she was the foundress, when she had become awidow. 38 Thechurch
was parochial, in 1 568,39 when to it was attached a third part of the rec- tory of Rosscuro and the alterages thereof, with the tithes of above thirty acres belonging to it. *
O'Dempsey.
The precincts of the Franciscan
September 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 191
Article III. —St. Sillan or Siollan, Bishop. In the published of 1 at the of we find a festival entered
2
7th September,
In that copy contained in the Book of Leinster,
Martyrology Tallagh,
in honour of Sillan, Bishop.
at the ii. day or before the Nones of this month, we find a similar record. 3
The Martyrology of Donegal/ also, at the 7th of September, simply registers thenameSiollan,Bishop. 5 IntheIrishCalendar,belongingtotheOrdnance Survey Records,6 we find a like notice.
Article IV. —Reputed Feast of St. Toit, of Church Island,
Lough Beg, County of Londonderry. The published Martyrology of
Toit of Loch
of holy men ; yet in such a manner, as apparently to connect the name with that of Sillan, Bishop. In that copy contained in the Book of Leinster, at the ii. Nones of this month, a like arrangement seems to be intended. 2 This Saint's place is now denominated Church Island, Lough beg, County of Londonderry. 3 We read in the Martyrology of Donegal/ also, that venera- tion was given at the 7th of September, to Toit, of Inis Toite, in Loch Bee, in Ui Tuitre.
ArticleV. —ReputedFeastofSiott. Wefindthename,Siott,set
1
down in the Martyrology of Donegal, as having been venerated at the 7th of
September. Indeed, we may doubt, if this be not some false insertion for the name Toit, already entered at this date.
ArticleVI. —St. Molaissi. AccordingtothepublishedMartyrologyof
1 Tallaght places
Eachach,
at the
7th
of in its list September,
that Molasi2 had a
1 we find it
ber. In that copy, contained in the Book of Leinster, this entry is at ii. of the Nones for this month. 3 It is thought, he may have been the same as St. Lasreus, or Lazarus/ the son of Ronan, son of Loam, son to Fergus, son to Conal Gulban, venerated at the 7th of September, or at the 16th of
Tallagh,
stated,
festival,
at the of
7th Septem-
December. 5 In the
6 there
of Molaissi, at the 7th of September.
a
nal," vol. ii. , No. —86, p. 269. »
Article hi. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
2 To this we find added ". i. Toitre for
and — Reeves, pp. 238, 239.
Martyrology
Donegal,
appears
simple entry,
Article VII. —St. Ultan. At the 7th of September, we find the name of Ultan, without any further designation, registered in the published Mar-
and in latter times, it served as a store-house for the soldiers' use. An engraving of it may be seen, in the "Dublin Penny Jour-
" Inis Church Island, in Lough beg, Derry,
(Ui Tuiitre). "
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
238, 239.
Article v. —' Edited by Drs. Todd
:
Loch Eachach. " From such an entry, his
place should be near Lough Neagh.
3 Thus : SiLLain epi . 1. Coicae pop Loch
ecrtAch.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
238, 239.
s See also Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum
Hibernise," xv. Februarii, n. 6, p. 348.
6 Common Place Book, F. , p. 75.
Article 1v. —'Edited by the Rev. Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbae,
Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
2 Thus : Sillam epi . 1.
cap iii. , num. 26, p. 481, and cap. x. , num. Coicae pop 70, p. 491.
6
Loch echach.
3 William M. Hennessey's note. In 238, 239.
another he place,
writes,
toide,
Article vi. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
'Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
2 " S. vel hie Mac Culind," appears to be added through some mistake of the copyist. ' Thus : nioLarfi pa uel hie mac
Cubnt).
4 See notices of him, at the 26th of
December, in the present work.
sSee Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Edited by Drs, Todd and Reeves, pp.
192 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September7.
1
In that copy, contained in the Book of Leinster, at
2 A like notice is in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 at the 7th of this month.
Article VIII. —St. Boetius. In the anonymous Calendar of Irish
1
Saints, published by O'Sullevan Beare, a St. Boetius is named, at the 7th of
September.
Article IX.
—Reputed Festival of St. Modocus. It is stated by
Ferarius, that on the 7th of September in Scotia, the Bishop, St. Modocus, who lived about the year 534, had been venerated. ' He is supposed by the Bollandists to have been identical with St. Aidanus, Bishop of 2 and whose festival is held on the of 3
Article X. - St. Grellan of Craobh-Grellain. Under the head
tyrology of Tallagh.
the ii. of the Nones, there is a similar
entry.
Ferns, 31st January.
ofCraebhGrellain,DualdMacFirbisrecords,
Greallan,1 atthe
Bishop
that this
place GreUain, may be probably Creeve, in the Barony of Ballymoe, County Roscommon. There are two Cill Greallans, in Tir Fichra of the Moy. 4
This territory is comprised within the present barony of Tireragh, in the County of Sligo.
Article XI. —Reputed Feast of St. Adamnan, or Eunan, Abbot
of Iona. Sir Harris Nicholas places the festival of St. Eunan, whom he
makes of at the of 1 He was identical with Bishop Raphoe, 7th September.
St. Adamnan, Abbot of Iona. At the 23rd of this month, the date for his chief festival, his acts may be seen, in the present volume.
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of St. Queranus, Abbot. On the
authority of Floratius and the English Martyrology, the name of St. Queranus, Abbot, is entered at the 7th of September, in the Calendar of Henry
Kieranus
place,
is entered, and by Henry Fitzsimon, he is thought to be the same as Queranus. His proper festival is at the 9th of this month, where his Acts
of 2 Mr. William M. September.
Hennessy conjectures, 3
7th Craobh
Fitzsimon. 1 He was Abbot of Clonmacnoise. In another
may be found in the present volume.
Article vii. —"Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiii.
2 See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. , part i. .
pp. 102, 103.
3 It is in the of Oran, and de- parish
scribed on the "Ordnance Survey Town-
land for the of Roscommon " Maps County
2
Thus: UlcAti.
3 Edited
by
Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp.
238,239.
Article viii. - ' See u Historise Catho-
licae Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. ,
Sheet 34.
* See
i. , — part pp. 96, 97.
Article xi. 'See "Chronology
Irish Article ix. 'See the Bollandists' Academy," Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. ,
lib. iv. ,
xi. , — cap. p. 51.
''Proceedings
Royal
"
Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , xxxi.
arii. Vita S- Aidani. Prcemium, sect. 4,
of
p. IIII.
2
Janu-
History. " Alphabetical Calendar of Saints, See ibid. , tomus iii. , vii. Septembris. and other Festival—s, etc. , p. 147.
Among the pretermitted saints, p. 2. Article XII. See O'Sullevan Beare's 3 See his Life, at that date, in the First " Historise Catholicae Ibernise Compen-
Volume of this work, Art. i.
Article x. —'" St. Greallan's festival is 2 Allusion is made to Jocelyn's Vita S.
dium," tomus i. , Iii). iv. , cap. xii. , p. 56.
set down in the Martyrology of Donegal, Patricii, cap. cxiii. , p- 55. See Colgan's
at Nov. 10th. " note.
—William M. "Trias Sexta Vita S. Hennessey's Thaumaturga,"
Patricii, cap. cxiii, pp. 90, 91.
of the
September 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. '93
Article XIII. —Festival of St. Summiva or Sunni fa, Patroness of Bergen, Norway. Already at the 8th day of July, 1 we have recorded what has been told regarding this holy Irish Virgin and Martyr, who is said to
2
have lived in the time of the Emperor Otho I. ,
and with other virgins
devoted to her, in the Island of Selja or Selia, Norway. She there suffered
martyrdom^ and probably before the period when Harold VI. * reigned in
Denmark. The translation of her body from the Island of Selja to the
Cathedral of Bergen took place, on the 7th of September, a. d. ii/o. s At the same day, the Bollandists enter her festival. 6
Article XIV. —Festival of St. Sinotus, Martyr.
the of there is a festival for Sinotus. 1 7th September,
In the Feiire, at To this, the
2 He
4
See an account of his reign in Joannis
has added a
which has a dubious
comment,
Article XV. —Festival of St. Anastasius, at Salona, Dalmatia, Martyr. In the Irish Church, at this day, the martyrdom of St. Anastasius
glossographer
is thought to have been Bishop of Capua, in Campania, Italy. Little is knownabouthim,orthetimewhenhesufferedmartyrdom; but,atthisdate, some entries from ancient calendars, and notices regarding him, are to be found in the Bollandist collection. 3
was
commemorated,
as we learn from the Feilire of St. 1 The iEngus.
Article xiii. —'See at that date, in the Seventh Volume of this work, Art. iv.
2 Called the Great. He was the eldest son of Henry the Fowler. He was born a. d. 912, and he was crowned at Aix-la- Chapelle in 936. He engaged in several wars, and when victorious over the neigh- bouring barbarian states, he took every means to spread Christianity among the pagans. Especially the Danes were sub- jected to his laws, and he conquered the Bohemians in 950, after their obstinate re- sistance. He also established his authority in Italy, and marching to Rome, he was crowned Emperor by Pope John XXII. in 962. He died a. d. 973. See " Encyclo- pedic Catholique," par M. L'Abbe Glaire et de M. Le Vtc Walsh, tome xv. , pp.
194, 195-
3 The Acts and Office of this Virgin and
Martyr are to be found in the work of
Thormodus Torfaeus, " Historia Norvegica,'
pars ii. , lib. ix. , cap. 2 and 3.
to light, after Father Soller had briefly written about her at the 8th of July, their
:
in aliquo Supplemento ad diem Vlll Julii. "— "ActaSanctorum"tomusiii. , Septembris.
vii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 2.
"
47 to 50. Amstelodami cId Iccxxxvm. a Thus: "
Historise Danicse," lib. Hi. , pp.
Mevrsi,
fol. nece
senotii . i. senad Niceae vel zenoti martir . i. in
5 The Bollandists notice this translation festival at September 7th, and advert to a statement found in a comment on a tract, " De Profectione Danorum in Terram Sanctum," edited by Joannes Kirchmann, of
toto corpore in ecclesia cathedrali exaltata
quiescit. "
'As the Acts and Office of this saint came
[leg. erusalem. "
— ? ] ibid, p-
the of City
Article xr. — ' See "
from a
Lubeck. It states: "Ibi Sancta Sunnif Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
Bergen,
manuscript
of
Transactions of the
Vol. IX —No. 4.
N
notice thus concludes
u Poterunt Acta dari
[i]
cxliii.
'See "Acta Sanctorum. " tonuis iii. , Sep-
Article xiv. "
— 'In
the '*
Leabhar
Breac copywefind
— :
'
SLanchepvo Senocn -Acdruillre rlechcAi SLU415 Anachapf or\CA Comlun AfervcAi.
Thus rendered into English by Whitley
Stokes, LL. D. "Sinotus' pure suffering,
whose tracks are shining. Anastasius'
hosts wer—e slain with the multitude of their
"
virtues. " Transactionsofthe RoyalIrfsh
Academy. " Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
On the Calendar of Oengus, p. exxxvi. Dr. Stokes adds a note: "The scholiast regards senotii as = synodi and slehtai as a verb meaning occisi sunt. "— ibid.
part i
glanchesad
tembris vii. De S.
