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O'SuIlevan Beared commemorate Nine Hundred Martyrs of Bangor, at the 26th of June.
O'SuIlevan Beared commemorate Nine Hundred Martyrs of Bangor, at the 26th of June.
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they commemorate St. Papolenus,3 Bishop and Abbot, first at Malmundarium, and afterwards atStabuletum, in Belgium. It seems, that Babolen, Bapolenand'
Papolen are synonymous, and were they
contemporaneous ; therefore, much confusion has been admitted by writers/ in confounding persons that are dis-
tinct with one another.
order,atBobbio,calledBabolenus. s Tohim,andtoSt. Waldebert,orWal-
le 11 Cointe,
There was a third holy Abbot, and the fourth in
6 Abbotof
and of Eustasius. 9 St. Babolen of Fosse is commemorated in a Life written
s during the eleventh century j but, this seems to be a congeries of mistakes and confusion. Our saint is mentioned by Andreas Du Chesne,10 by Charles
bert,
Luxeu, Jonas
inscribedhis 8 Lives of St. Columban,? of Attala
12 and
Baring-Gould/sand other hagiologists, have notices of St. Babolen, at the 26th
by Mabillon,
by many other writers.
Baillet,^ Butler,
1 * S.
16 at this
Babolene, first Abbot of St. Maur, at Fossey, and also venerated in the diocese
of Paris; while, they make him a disciple of St. Columban and of St. Remade, confounding him also with St. Bobolen, Abbot of Staveleot, in Bel- gium. However, in the very next page, they give, at this same date, St. Papolein,17 asbishopandabbotofStavelotl8 andofMalmedy-en-Ardennes,1' in Belgium, while they take care to remark, that he is not to be confounded with St. Babolin, venerated the same day. The title of Bishop is given in a Diploma of Clovis III. , King of France, to the Abbot of Stabu- letum. 20 This was situated in the diocese of Liege, in the Forest of Ardennes. ItbelongedtotheOrderofSt. Benedict,asdidalsothatofMal- medy, likewise situated in the Forest of Ardennes. 31 At first, St. Babolin of Fosse seems to have been a Columban monk, at Luxeuil, and then Abbot of St. Pierre. 22 About the year 638, the monastery of St. Maur-des- Fosses had been founded by Blidegisl, Archdeacon of Paris, in a peninsula formed by the Marne, about two leagues from Paris. There Babolen is said
of The Petits June.
Bollandistes,
date, have notices of St. Babolein or
Miracles related of this saint, in a Manu- script Codex of St. Germanus, Paris, collected
with another Fossey Manuscript, edited by Chifflet. Notes are appended, by Fathers Henschenn and Papebroke.
3 See ibid. De S. Papoleno Epis. et Abb. Stabulensi et Malmundariensi in Belgio, pp.
and also, A. D. 640, num. 33 to 42.
"In " Acta Sanctorum Ordinis S. Bene-
dicti," Sseculum secundum Benedictinum.
I3 See "Les Vies des Saints," tome ii. , pp.
3 1 6, 3 1 7.
" 4 See " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and
other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xxvi. '5 See "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. ,
June 26, p. 373.
l6 See "Les Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
xxvie Jour de Juin, p. 364.
x? See ibid. , p. 365.
l8 This has been Latinized Stabulum, Sta-
Father Godefrid Henschenn has compiled this notice, likewise, and it forms a sylloge of notices regarding him, with some of his Acts and a Royal Diploma. It
is in five sections.
* See Les Petits Bollandistes, " Vies des
195, 196.
Saints," tome vii. , xxvie Jour de Juin, bulaus, and Stabuletum. It was founded
p. 364.
s See Ughelli, "Italia Sacra," tomus iv.
Preface to the account of the Bishops of Bob-
bio col. 128. '
6 His festival is celebrated on the 2nd of Ma„
7 His feast occurs, at the 21st of Novem- ber#"
about the year 651, by Sigebert II. , King of Austrasie, and by St. Bernard, Bishop of Maestricht.
I? It is Latinized Malmundarium, and it was a Benedictine monastery, under the in- vocation of St. Peter and St. Paul. It was only one league distant from Fosse ; and both
were considered to be as twin sisters, 8 His festival was held, on the 10th of under the government of the same Abbot.
March. There is a brief notice of him, at that date, in the Third Volume of this work, Art xviii
9 See his Acts, at the 29th of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art v.
places
Malmedy was 37 kilometres from Aix-Ia-
» " In
Scriptorum Historic Francorum,"
metres, south-east from Liege.
2I From it, the small village so called had
**£ Cise, tomus hi. , A. D. 638, num. 98 to. 125,
^Tn'-^nnatn/lcdesiasticarum Fran-
Rev. S. Baring-Gould's
Lives of
Chapelle.
s° It was dedicated to St. Peter and to St.
c. t>» a . c. Remade, and it was situated about 36 kilo-
" the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26, p. 373.
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[June 26.
to have ruled over a He large community.
22-
at
St.
Babolin rendered great services to the diocese of Paris, by founding in it many
churches and 2* About the St. Babolen is said to have hospitals. year 640,
began his rule over Fosse, where he laboured with great diligence and zeal. There,too,hebuiltachurch,inhonouroftheBlessedMotherofGod. St. Babolin, having attained a very advanced age, resigned his charge to Ambrose
26
his successor. ^ Afterwards he retired to a
he departed this life, on the vi. day of the July Kalends June 26th. His body was buried in a stone sarcophagus, on the northern side of the church he had built and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. There for many years it lay, while frequent miracles were wrought at his tomb. At length, his remains were translated to another church, which had been built by the religious Abbot Benedict,2? on the vii. of the December Ides ; but, in what year has not been recorded. Various miracles have been ascribed to his merits, and in many places churches and altars were erected in his honour. "8 The body
3 ofSt. Baboleinispreservedinashrine,overthehighaltaratFosse. ' Inthe
Paris Breviary, his memory has been honoured with a proper Lesson on the 26th of June.
Article III. —St. Colman, Son to Roi of the Refectory, and over
Lambav Island Church, County Dublin. The name of Colman Partraighi 1
appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 26th of June. This appears to be the St. Colman, son of Roi, belonging to Reachrainn, according to Marianus O'Gorman, who enters him in the Calendar at this date. He is said to have been that deacon, placed by St Columkille, over the church founded by him in Reachrann, now Lambay Island, off the County Dublin coast 8 He flourished, about the middle of the sixth
At the same date, in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 his name occurs as Colman Proinntighe, or of the refectory. In a Manuscript Calendar of Professor Eugene O'Curry,
at this same date, he is entered simply, St. Colman.
ArticleIV. —St. SoadbairorSoadbar,Bishop. TheMartyrologies
of • and of 3 a festival at the 26th of in honour Tallagh Donegal register June
of Soadbair or Soadbar, Bishop. His place is not mentioned.
Article V. —The Nine Hundred Martyrs of Bangor. The English
1 2 and the Calendar
Martyrology, Henry Fitzsimon,
33 See his Life, in the First Volume of this work, at 16th of January, Art. i.
34 In these good works, he was ably assisted, by the zeal and liberality of Bishop Andebert and of St. La ndri, his successor.
anonymous
*» See Rev. Alban Butler's
"
Lives of the
Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xxvi.
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Vita Quinta S. Columbae, lib. i. , cap. lxv. , p. 400, and n. 66, p. 450, ibid.
*• Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves. See by
Appendix to the Introduction, p. xlvii. , and
181. —
p. See, likewise, ibid. , pp. 382, 383.
26 " See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's
the Saints," vol. vi. , 26, June p.
Lives of
373.
=7 He is alluded to as Abbot of Fosse, in
"
D'Achery's Spicilegium,"tomus
nicon Fontanellense, p. 234.
38 " See the Bollandists'
iii. Chro-
Acta Sancto- De Sancto
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. Baboleno Abbate Fossatensi in Gallia, 180, 181.
rum," tomus v. , Junii xxvi.
joined
Fursey,
Lagny.
St.
hermitage.
year 671,
Ab—out the
century.
published by
Miracula, pp. 181 to 184.
*» See Les Petits Bollandistes, " Vies des
Saints," tome vii. , xxvie Jour de Juin,
p. 364. —
Article hi.
Kelly, p. xxviii.
3
* Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
Article iv. p. xxviii.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
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O'SuIlevan Beared commemorate Nine Hundred Martyrs of Bangor, at the 26th of June. They are noticed, likewise, by Trithemius,* Wion, Menard,*
that several of these martyrs were Irish by birth.
Article VI. —Reputed Festival or St. Corbican, Confessor. {Eighth Century. '] Few traditions of any importance relate to this saint. InhisMenologiumScotorum,ThomasDempster1 hasentered3 afestivalat the 26th of June for a St. Corbicanus, whom he makes a companion of St.
and the 6at Ferranus, by Bollandists,
the same date. The Bangor in North Wales appears to have been the scene for the martyrdom, and it is probable,
Adalgisus,3ApostleinBelgium. HeisbelievedtohavebeenanIrishman, who came to the Low Countries, and who lived as a solitary/ Ferrarius citing a Scottish Martyrology, it is supposed from a suggestion furnished Came-
——
by
rarius who passes over Corbicanus has a feast for him at this date. The
Bollandists note this entry,* but they state, that Corbican was unknown to the
Article VII. —Festivals of St. John and St. Paul, Martyrs and Brothers, Rome. In the Irish Church, as we learn from the u Feilire "l of St. ^)ngus, there was a Festival, at the 26th day of June, to commemorate the Martyrdom of St. John and St. Paul, at Rome. These holy brothers are said to have suffered death under Julianus Caesar. 3 The Bollandists 3 have inserted their Acts/ at this date, and they are taken from an ancient Manuscript,
Belgians, as also to the writers of the Life of St.
landistes? notice St. Corbican, an Irishman, at the 26th of June, and they state, that he flourished in the Low Countries, during the eighth century. He is said to have lived on roots and herbs, while instructing the rude peasantry inthewordofGod. Hewasafflictedwithcrampsandaguesuntilhedied. 8
Article v. —* See "
Anglicanum," at this date. 3"
Martyrologium
xxvie deJuin, p. 364. Jour
*
See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26, p. 373.
Article vii. —' From the "Leabhar Breac" copy, the following stanza and its English translati—on are furnished by Whitley
See Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum Hibernise. "
3 See " Historiae Catholicae IberniseCom-
pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. ,
pp. 50, 52.
* See "De Viris Illustribus Ordinis
S. Benedicti,"lib. iii. , cap. 33.
s Appendix ad Martyrologium Benedic-
tinum.
6 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. ,
Stokes, LL. D.
Junii xxvi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. It5>
"
Vast is their suffering, their passion, for I
—
tanea Gilberti Brunni, Henrici Sinclari, &c.
have searched into it, Gallicanus, a fair sun, "
*
Belgio
Apostolus S. Adalgiso comes haeserat. "
Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 204.
Article VI
For
this he cites Collec-
2
Thus
In
— the Corbicani, qui gentis
Irish Irish Manu- Academy,"
On the Ca-
_ See the Scholion, ibid. , p. cvii.
:
Royal script Series,
"
Johannes and Paulus— Transactions of
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii * See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's Lives of xxvi. De Sanctis Fratribus Martyribus
3
His feast occurs,
at the 2nd of "
the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26th p. 373.
s See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii xxvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
j--
« See an account of him at the 2nd of
JTune, in the present volume of this work, Art j
7 See "Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
Joanne et Paulo, Romx in propru Domo nunc Ecclesia, item Terentiuno et F1I10 ejus ibidem.
« Edited Father Daniel Papebroke, by
S. J. These are in six chapters.
5
6 In eight paragraphs.
In ten paragraphs.
'
Article viii. — See Bisho
June.
Adalgisus.
6 The Petits Bol-
:
Ipvobut Achervvo Apiif ol r\orcuir\iur- CAin JjMdn s&llicanur- loAnnif Aguf pauUip
vol.
lendar of Oengus, pp. xcv. , xcvi.
a
i. , part
i.
8io LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 27.
belonging to Corbie. These are preceded by a commentary,s to which an Appendix6 hasbeenadded.
ArticleVIII. —St. Duthac. IntheScottishKalendarofHyrdmanis-
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Giswald, Companion of St. Disibod. IntheScottishMenologyofDavidCamerarius,thereisafestival for St. Giswaldus, a companion of St. Disibod. The Bollandists x note this entry, likewise, at the present date, but they defer further observations regard- ing him, until the 8th of July, St. Disibod's feast
ArticleX. —FeastofGallicanus,Martyr, IntheancientChurch, we find the name of Gallicanus, a Martyr, inscribed in the " Feilire " of St.
1 In the to the " Leabhar commentary appended
1 and in that of Nova Farina, 3 we have a festival at the 26th of entered,
town,
June, for St. Duthac, a Bishop and Confessor. We know not whether by birth he belonged to Ireland or to Scotland ; however, in this, as in many similar cases, we desire to include his name among our Celtic saints.
at the 26th of
Breac"copy, he is stated, to have been a Legate of the King of the Romans,
Mngus,
June.
and to have come into the land of the Franks. mention of this saint and martyr, at the present date.
Ctoentp--$ebentlj Sap of 3mte. »
ARTICLE I. —ST. DIMMAN OR DIOMAN.
Donegal,* at June 27th, he is noticed as Dioman, a Priest.
Article II. —St. Brocan. In the of 1 there is an Martyrology Tallagh,
entry of Drochan, at this day ; but, probably, it is a copyist's mistake for
"
this the of • enters the name date, Martyrology Tallagh
as AThaving been venerated. The Calendarist O'Clery states he was a Priest. One of St. Patrick's churches, in the territory of Dalriadia, was called Fothrath. 3 This he committed to the care of two disciples, viz. : Cathbad,3 a priest, and Diman, a monk. * Colgan thinks the latter may possibly be identified with the present St. Dimman or Dioman. In the Martyrology of
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 41. Kelly, p. xxviii.
'a
See ibid. , p. —72. l
"
Among the preter-
This place, however, has not been iden- tified, although it seems to have been in the northern part of Antrim County,
3
Article ix. See tomus v. ,Junii xxvi.
Acta Sanctorum,"
mitted feast, — p. 156.
in the Fourth Transactions this work notices of St. Cathur or
Article x.
'
See
of Volumeof
the Royal Irish Academy," vol. i. , part i. , Irish Manuscript series. On the Calendar
of Oengus. By Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , pp. xcv. , xcvi.
2 See ibid. , p. —cvii.
Cathub, Bishop of Achauhcinn, Art. iv. 4"
Article i.
•
Edited by Rev. Dr.
s Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 180, 181.
"
April,
2
Elsewhere, we do not find
See at the 6th of
See Colgan's Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. exxx. , p. 146, andn. 196, p. 182.
Dimman,
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Brocan. As this saint seems not
bearing a like name in our Calendars ; it may be well to observe, there is mentioned aCruimthirBrogan,oneofSt. Patrick's"fixed"or"permanent chaplains ;"3 but, of course, it is not pretended, that the present holy man mustbeidenticalwithhim. AfestivalinhonourofBrocanwascelebrated this day, as we find set down in the Martyrology of Donegal/
Article III. —St. Scandal, in Cluain. At the 27th of June,
in the of 1 and of Marianus we find Martyrologies Tallagh, O'Gorman,
Scandal i Cluain, entered as having had a festival at that date. 2 It is thought, he may have been identical with a saint of the same name, venerated at the 3rd of May. 3 Colgan has offered an opinion, that the present saint may possibly be identical with a St. Caechscuile, a |scribe of Doire-Chalgaich, who died a. d. 720/ Yet, elsewhere,* he seems to identify this saint with Scannalius, Bishop of Kildare, who died a. d. 88 i. 6 There seems to have been a later prelate bearing this name, and who died early in the tenth century.
Firbis
Under the head of Tamlacht,? Duald Mac and abbot of who died a. d. 8
enters, Sgandlan, bishop
Tamlacht,
10 the name is
There is a Kilscanlan parish, in
particularly distinguished, among many
913, simply entered,
Article IV. —Veneration of St. David, Ardnurche—r, County of
Westmeath. —Itisthought,thatintheprimitiveIrishtimes froma. d.