Hoefer's "
Nouvelle
Bio-
' See his Life, at the 9th day of June, in this volume, Art.
' See his Life, at the 9th day of June, in this volume, Art.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
, p.
497.
44 The accompanying illustration, from an etching kindly furnished by Very Rev. William M'Cartan, P. P. , of Dromore, has been drawn on the wood by William F.
Capella
Colmoci,"
s° See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
i38 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [June 7. Article II. —St. Coemhan, or Caomhan, of Airdne Coemhan, or
Haven. 2 The Martyrology of Donegal,3 at this day, simply registers a festi- val,inhonourofCaomhan. Hisplaceisnottherenoticed.
(the smith), at this day.
2 as we find recorded, likewise, in the
Martyrology
of
Donegal,3
County of Wexford. In the of 1 we Martyrology Tallagh,
Ardcavan,
read Coemhan, of Airdne Coemhan, at the 7th of June. This locality has the English signification of St. Coemhan's or Cavan's hill or height. It is now called Ardcavan, in the barony of Shelmalier, and in the county of Wex- ford. The ruins of its ancient church lie close to the margin of Wexford
Article III. —St. Mochonne, or Mochonna. An entry is found, 1
in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 7th of June, regarding a St. Mochonne, simply so registered. He is probably identical with a St. Connan, mentioned
been venerated in our
he is not different from the saint Coemhan, previously noticed on this day.
We find Mochonna recorded, also, in the Martyrology of Donegal, 3 as having a festival at the same date. We find two simple entries, 4 with the names of different saints,5 but resembling the name of St. Connan.
ArticleIV. —St. ColumGobha,ortheSmith. Anentryappears, 1
by Colgan,
as
having
Calendars,
on this
day.
Perhaps,
in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 7th of June, regarding Colum, Gobba. From the term employed in designating him, we may probably conclude, that he was an artificer, or a worker in metals. About him, little more seems to be known. Thishandicraftoftenengagedtheattentionevenofeminenteccle- siastics in Ireland. A festival was celebrated, in honour of Colum, Gobha
Article V. —St. Colum, Monk. We find his name, in the Martyrology
1
of Tallagh, at the 7th of June, but entered as Columba, Mon, meaning
2 Monachus, or "a monk," According to the Martyrology of Donegal, like-
wise, Colum had veneration paid him on this day.
Article VI. —St. Lunecharia, of Kill-Lunechair. In the Cata- logue of Churches, belonging to the Diocese of Elphin, there is a chapel called
Article ii. — x Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
Place Book F, I am inclined to think, p. 52.
the latter was identical with our saint, the
"
Article iv. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvi.
3
Dr. Todd says in a note, Gobha, the smith.
3 Edited by Dr>. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Kelly, p. xxvi.
2 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (f), p. 868.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
mo to his having being prefixed
148, 149. Article hi.
Kelly, p. xxvi.
—
Edited by Rev. Dr.
3
See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernue," xiii.
Januarii. De S. Connano Episcopo, Man- niae, n. 2, p. 60.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
148, 149.
4 In the Irish Calendar, at the vii. of the
Ides of June, corresponding with June 7th. 5 They are " C&oman " and "mo conn a. "
See Ordnance Survey Office Copy, now pre- served in the Royal Irish Academy, Common
148, 149, and i—bid. , pp. 37S, 379. '
endearing
proper name. In the
Tallagh," at the same day, the former name is written, "Coemhan Airdne Coemhan. *' See Rev. Dr. Kelly's "Calendar of Irish Saints," &c, p. x—xvi.
Article v. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, pp. xxvi.
3
Edited by Dr Todd and Reeves, pp. 14S, 149,
1
Martyrology of
June 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 239
1
Kill-Lunechair, and it has been supposed, that a St. Lunecharia, venerated
2
at the 7th of June, had been the Patron.
person may have been identical with one Lukencharia, whose birth took place, owing to the prayers of St. Mochua,3 or St. Cronan, of Balla/
Article VII. —Festival of St. Paul, Bishop of Constantinople,
and Martyr. {Fourth Century. '] In the Irish Church, the Feast of this
illustrious Martyr St. Paul, Bishop of Constantinople, was formerly held, as we find, by reference to the " Feilire *" of St. ^Engus, where a eulogy occurs
Prelate was a native of and after- Thessalonica,
on his 2 This triumph.
holy
wards he was deacon at Constantinople, in the year 340. 3 Then, the Arch-
bishop on his death-bed recommended him as successor, and he was accord-
ingly elected. However, he was bitterly persecuted by the Arians, and having been banished from his See by the Emperor Constantius, who favoured the
Arian heresy, he was transported to Cucusus, a small town in Cappadocia, wherehisenemiesconspiredagainsthislife. Meantime,Macedoniushadbeen obtruded on the citizens of Constantinople as their bishop, with great popular tumult,andmuchbloodshed. * HavingbeencapturedbytheEusebians,St. Paul washangedorstrangled,5aboutthemiddleofthefourthcentury. Hisdeath
has been at placed,
a. d.
6 The of St. Paul was afterwards body
8 to which a Dissertation 9 is Preliminary
June 7th,
brought by the Emperor Theodosius to Constantinople, with every demonstra-
344-
tionofhonourandreverence. ? TheBollandistFatherFrancisBaert,hasan
account of in Four him,
Chapters, prefixed,whiletwodistinctAppendicesIO follow. 11 TheremainsofSt. Paul,
repose at Constantinople, in a church so called and on the fall of that 12 ; city,
they were removed to Venice, a. d. 1226, where they are kept with great re- spect, in the Church of St. Lorenzo. ^
Article VIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Bathenus, Abbot and Disciple of St. Columkille, in Switzerland. In his " Menologium Scotorum," Dempster has the Festival of a St. Bathenus, Abbot, 1 and a dis-
2
ciple of St. Columba, at the 7th. day of June. It is said, this Feast was kept
Articlevi. —• ByFatherJohnColgan. graphieGenerate,"tomexxxix. ,col. 371.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xxx. 7 See " Martyrologium Romanum," Sep- Martii, n. i6, p. 792. timo Idusjunii, p 81.
38 See idid. Vita S. Mochuae sive Cronani
Abb. Ballensis, cap. x. , p. 790.
4 His festival occurs, at the 30th of
March.
Article vii. — See the "Leabhar "See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
Breac
"
Junii vii. De Sancto Paulo Episcopo Con-
stantinopololitano, Martyre, pp. 13 to 24.
" See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of
the Saints," vol. vi. , June 7, p. 70.
9 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the
Father, Martyrs and other principal Saints,"
3
copy.
See "Transactions of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i.
On the Calendar of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. xciii.
3 Butler's
4
Batheni abbatis et S. Columbae discipuli
commemoratio, puto importatis eo reliquiis
Scot-
See an account of him, in Rev. Alban
"
other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June vii.
Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and
See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. , June 7, p. 70.
5
vol. vi. , June vii. — Thus " Article VIII. •.
In Helvetiis
— "Kalendars of St. Athanasius, in his Epistle to the N. " Bishop Forbes'
Solitaries, after pronouncing the eulogy of tish Saints, p. 202.
this devout Martyr, slates, that he was strangled with a rope, by the Eusebians.
* See M. Le Dr.
Hoefer's " Nouvelle Bio-
' See his Life, at the 9th day of June, in this volume, Art. i.
3 In his work " Helvetia Sacra. "
Colgan thinks, moreover, that this
Containing 37 distinct paragraphs. 'Containing 6 paragraphs.
IO These are contained in 8 paragraphs, by
Father Conrad Janning, S. J.
240
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 7.
among the Helvetians or Swiss; but, neither Henricus Murerus,3 Henricus Canisius,4 or any other writer, known to the Bollandists, has such an account. These writers refer to what they had already stated, at the 5th of June;>while they promise to give his Acts,6 with those of his great master, at the 9th of June. 7 Dempster professes to believe, that some transference of St. Bathens' Relics to Switzerland must be here understood. He does not attempt to state the exact place, where this Feast had been kept ; and therefore, we may fairly consider it as one of his own figments.
Article IX. —Reputed Ffast of St. Colman, Bishop of Lindis- farne. [Seventh Centujy. ~] At the 7th of June, Thomas Dempster enters a Feast ' for St. Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne, and the Apostle of Northum-
bria, who was celebrated for his miracles. The Bollandists refer to what they 2
had already stated regarding him, at the 18th of February; while thus they dismiss such notice by Dempster, at the 7th of June. 3 However, a different
saint, bearing the name of Colman, was venerated, at the 18th of February. 4 The celebration of St. Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne, more properly belongs to the 8th of August. 5
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Columba. The Bollandists
that in a Manuscript, belonging to the Church of St. Martin, at Treves, there isaFeasttoSt. Columba,confessor,atthe7thofJune, Itwouldseem,that they regard it as referring to the illustrious Abbot and Founder of Iona,2 as they promise to present his Acts, at the 9th of this month. In that sequestered Island, after leaving his relatives in Ireland, Columba enjoyed a kind of spiritual monarchy, collaterally with the secular dominion of his family and connexions, being sufficiently distant in Iona to avoid collision, yet, near enough to exercise an authority, made up of patriarchal and monastic influ- ences. 3
Article XI. —Reputed Feast of St. Moling, Bishop of Ferns.
At the of the Bollandists 1 refer to a Life of St. Molin- 7th June, Manuscript
gus, Bishop of Ferns, in Ireland, and which states, that he died on this day ;
however, they justly consider it an error, preferring to trust the Martyroiogies, which commemorate his departure at the 17th of June.
* In "
4 See vol. ii. , Art. i of this work, for no- tices of St. Colman, Bishop of Ard-ho, county of Tyrone.
See an account of him at that date, in
Lectiones. "
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Junii
Antiquse
Among the pretermitted saints, p. 418. 6s
v.
the pretermitted saints, p. 3.
1 See idid. , Junii ix. De S. Baitheno Ab-
See ibib. , tomus
ii. , Junii vii.
Among
bate, &c, pp. 236 to 238.
Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Junii vii. Among the pretermitted
saints, p. 3.
2
See his Life, in" this volume, at 9th of June, Art. i.
3 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnnn's " Life of St. Columba," Secunda Pnfefsdo, n. (u),
: —l Thus •'
Lindisfamae
Article ix.
Colmani Archiepiscopi, Nor—thumbrise Apos- toli, miraculis inclyti. ML. " Bishop Forbes' " Kalenders of Scottish Saints," p. 202.
a See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Feb-
ruarii xviii. De S. Colmano, pp. 82 p. 8.
to 88. Article xi. — • See **. Acta Sanctorum. "
3 See ibid. , tomus ii. , Junii vii. Among tomus ii. , Junii vii. Among the pretermitted the pretermitted saints, p. 2. saints, p. 4.
the present wor—k, volume viii.
•
Article x.
See "Acta
1 notice,
June 8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 241 <£tgfotf) 23ap of Stme*
ARTICLE I. —ST. BRON, BISHOP OF CASSEL-IRRA, COUNTY OF SLIGO. [FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES. }
having close relations, with the great Apostle of Ireland ;
little seems to be the of this ALTHOUGH known, regarding personal history
ye
In the published edition of the Martyrology of Tallagh, we find mention of " Broin Esp. Caisil," at the vi. of the Ides (8th) of June 2 The Bollandists3 notice the Irish Bishop Bron, at this same date, and refer to Colgan's pub-
lished work ; while, they remark, that he had promised to give more regard- ing him, at the 8th of June, and the fulfilment of which promise was to be expected at the hands of succeeding Franciscans.
Although of obscure origin, it is said, that St. Bron was the son of Icnus. In the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick,* Bron or Bronius is called " Alius ignis,"*
t,
primitive and holy bishop. It was the intention of Father John Colgan, had
1
he lived, to have published the Acts of St. Bron, at the 8th day of June.
" filius Icnus. "6 he is at a loss to
but more
know, why this saint was called namehadbeenAodh,orOedh,whichsignifiesfire. 7 Thisholymanismentioned
8
correctly perhaps,
Colgan says,
filius ignis," unless it were that his father's
"
on more than one occasion, in the Acts of the Irish Apostle.
Thus, while he
was in the region called Dumha-graidh,9 beyond the Shannon, St. Patrick had
the monk
Macerca, wereontheirwaytovisithim,butthattheywereafraidtocross
12
an internal that St. revelation,
Bron,
Olcan,
disciple
11
Through the miraculous agency of Ireland's Apostle, however, they were freed from all danger. St. Bron was a disciple of St. Patrick, '3 and probably, at that time, when the Irish Apostle first journeyed toConnaught. He was elevated to the episcopal dignity, also, by the Irish Apostle. 14 St. Bron is said to have ordained St. 1 * who was St. Patrick.
at Traigh-eothuile;
Maneus, baptized by
With the holy man and one named Bitseus, St. Bron assisted at the con-
secration of
Bishop Carellus,
16 who was set over the Church of Tanmach. 17
Article I. — x See "
Catalogus aliquo-
9 While it is so written in the Second
rum Sanctorum Hibernian, quse MS. haben-
Part, and Thirty-fifth Chapter, in the Tripartite Life of the saint, it is written Dumhacha-
gridh, in the succeeding Forty-second Chap- ter.
His feast has been assigned, to the 20th
of February.
" His festival is not known with cer«
tainty.
I2
This estuary lies on the northern coast of Sligo County.
I3 See " Trias Colgan's
tur. "
2" See Rev. Dr. Kelly's
Calendar of Irish
Saints," &c. , p. xxvi.
3 I0
See ''Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Junii viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 51.
4 See his Life in the Third Volume of this work, at March 17th, Art. i.
5 See " Trias Thaumaturga," Septima
Vita S.
Patricii,
Pars
ii. , cap. xxxv. , p.
Thaumaturga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap.
'34- 6"
By Dr. O'Donovan, he—is called Bishop
xxiii. , p. 267. I4 See ibid.
Bronus, the son of Icnus. "
Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (g), p. 167.
7 See " Trias Colgan's
Septima Pars ii. , cap. xxxv. , p. 134.
Vita S.
Patricii,
»S Septima Vita S. Patricii, Pars ii. , cap. ber.
xxxv. , n. 72, p. 176.
•See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Septima Vita S. Patricii, Pars ii. , chap. xxxv. , xln. , xliii. , lii. , xcvi. , xcvii. , pp. 134, x35» ! 3"i J42-
" Annals of the
Thaumaturga,"
10 and his
His feast occurs, at the 2nd of Septem-
l6 His feast has been assigned to the 13th
of July.
1 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Septima Vita S. Patricii, Pars ii. , cap. xliii. , p. 135,
Q
242 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 8.
" St. PatrickpassedfromForrach-mac-nAmhalgaidh,or theAssemblyPlace
18 to Ros Filiorum Caitni, where he built a church. Cross- ing the Muaidh or Moy, at Bertriga or Bartragh, he raised a cross there, and he proceeded thence to the mound of Riabart, near which he built a church for
of the Sons of
Awley,"
1? Anotherstructure20 is
connectedwithSt.
his
while in this
speck of land, which rises over Cummeen Strand, is known as Doonan Patrick, achurchinruinsbeingseentothesouth-west. 22 Thepeninsulaherealluded to lies south-west of Sligo town. In St. Patrick's Tripartite Life, this was called the Church of Cassel 23 the foundations of which were laid Bron. We
disciple.
44 The accompanying illustration, from an etching kindly furnished by Very Rev. William M'Cartan, P. P. , of Dromore, has been drawn on the wood by William F.
Capella
Colmoci,"
s° See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
i38 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [June 7. Article II. —St. Coemhan, or Caomhan, of Airdne Coemhan, or
Haven. 2 The Martyrology of Donegal,3 at this day, simply registers a festi- val,inhonourofCaomhan. Hisplaceisnottherenoticed.
(the smith), at this day.
2 as we find recorded, likewise, in the
Martyrology
of
Donegal,3
County of Wexford. In the of 1 we Martyrology Tallagh,
Ardcavan,
read Coemhan, of Airdne Coemhan, at the 7th of June. This locality has the English signification of St. Coemhan's or Cavan's hill or height. It is now called Ardcavan, in the barony of Shelmalier, and in the county of Wex- ford. The ruins of its ancient church lie close to the margin of Wexford
Article III. —St. Mochonne, or Mochonna. An entry is found, 1
in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 7th of June, regarding a St. Mochonne, simply so registered. He is probably identical with a St. Connan, mentioned
been venerated in our
he is not different from the saint Coemhan, previously noticed on this day.
We find Mochonna recorded, also, in the Martyrology of Donegal, 3 as having a festival at the same date. We find two simple entries, 4 with the names of different saints,5 but resembling the name of St. Connan.
ArticleIV. —St. ColumGobha,ortheSmith. Anentryappears, 1
by Colgan,
as
having
Calendars,
on this
day.
Perhaps,
in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 7th of June, regarding Colum, Gobba. From the term employed in designating him, we may probably conclude, that he was an artificer, or a worker in metals. About him, little more seems to be known. Thishandicraftoftenengagedtheattentionevenofeminenteccle- siastics in Ireland. A festival was celebrated, in honour of Colum, Gobha
Article V. —St. Colum, Monk. We find his name, in the Martyrology
1
of Tallagh, at the 7th of June, but entered as Columba, Mon, meaning
2 Monachus, or "a monk," According to the Martyrology of Donegal, like-
wise, Colum had veneration paid him on this day.
Article VI. —St. Lunecharia, of Kill-Lunechair. In the Cata- logue of Churches, belonging to the Diocese of Elphin, there is a chapel called
Article ii. — x Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
Place Book F, I am inclined to think, p. 52.
the latter was identical with our saint, the
"
Article iv. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvi.
3
Dr. Todd says in a note, Gobha, the smith.
3 Edited by Dr>. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Kelly, p. xxvi.
2 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (f), p. 868.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
mo to his having being prefixed
148, 149. Article hi.
Kelly, p. xxvi.
—
Edited by Rev. Dr.
3
See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernue," xiii.
Januarii. De S. Connano Episcopo, Man- niae, n. 2, p. 60.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
148, 149.
4 In the Irish Calendar, at the vii. of the
Ides of June, corresponding with June 7th. 5 They are " C&oman " and "mo conn a. "
See Ordnance Survey Office Copy, now pre- served in the Royal Irish Academy, Common
148, 149, and i—bid. , pp. 37S, 379. '
endearing
proper name. In the
Tallagh," at the same day, the former name is written, "Coemhan Airdne Coemhan. *' See Rev. Dr. Kelly's "Calendar of Irish Saints," &c, p. x—xvi.
Article v. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, pp. xxvi.
3
Edited by Dr Todd and Reeves, pp. 14S, 149,
1
Martyrology of
June 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 239
1
Kill-Lunechair, and it has been supposed, that a St. Lunecharia, venerated
2
at the 7th of June, had been the Patron.
person may have been identical with one Lukencharia, whose birth took place, owing to the prayers of St. Mochua,3 or St. Cronan, of Balla/
Article VII. —Festival of St. Paul, Bishop of Constantinople,
and Martyr. {Fourth Century. '] In the Irish Church, the Feast of this
illustrious Martyr St. Paul, Bishop of Constantinople, was formerly held, as we find, by reference to the " Feilire *" of St. ^Engus, where a eulogy occurs
Prelate was a native of and after- Thessalonica,
on his 2 This triumph.
holy
wards he was deacon at Constantinople, in the year 340. 3 Then, the Arch-
bishop on his death-bed recommended him as successor, and he was accord-
ingly elected. However, he was bitterly persecuted by the Arians, and having been banished from his See by the Emperor Constantius, who favoured the
Arian heresy, he was transported to Cucusus, a small town in Cappadocia, wherehisenemiesconspiredagainsthislife. Meantime,Macedoniushadbeen obtruded on the citizens of Constantinople as their bishop, with great popular tumult,andmuchbloodshed. * HavingbeencapturedbytheEusebians,St. Paul washangedorstrangled,5aboutthemiddleofthefourthcentury. Hisdeath
has been at placed,
a. d.
6 The of St. Paul was afterwards body
8 to which a Dissertation 9 is Preliminary
June 7th,
brought by the Emperor Theodosius to Constantinople, with every demonstra-
344-
tionofhonourandreverence. ? TheBollandistFatherFrancisBaert,hasan
account of in Four him,
Chapters, prefixed,whiletwodistinctAppendicesIO follow. 11 TheremainsofSt. Paul,
repose at Constantinople, in a church so called and on the fall of that 12 ; city,
they were removed to Venice, a. d. 1226, where they are kept with great re- spect, in the Church of St. Lorenzo. ^
Article VIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Bathenus, Abbot and Disciple of St. Columkille, in Switzerland. In his " Menologium Scotorum," Dempster has the Festival of a St. Bathenus, Abbot, 1 and a dis-
2
ciple of St. Columba, at the 7th. day of June. It is said, this Feast was kept
Articlevi. —• ByFatherJohnColgan. graphieGenerate,"tomexxxix. ,col. 371.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xxx. 7 See " Martyrologium Romanum," Sep- Martii, n. i6, p. 792. timo Idusjunii, p 81.
38 See idid. Vita S. Mochuae sive Cronani
Abb. Ballensis, cap. x. , p. 790.
4 His festival occurs, at the 30th of
March.
Article vii. — See the "Leabhar "See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
Breac
"
Junii vii. De Sancto Paulo Episcopo Con-
stantinopololitano, Martyre, pp. 13 to 24.
" See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of
the Saints," vol. vi. , June 7, p. 70.
9 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the
Father, Martyrs and other principal Saints,"
3
copy.
See "Transactions of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i.
On the Calendar of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. xciii.
3 Butler's
4
Batheni abbatis et S. Columbae discipuli
commemoratio, puto importatis eo reliquiis
Scot-
See an account of him, in Rev. Alban
"
other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June vii.
Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and
See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. , June 7, p. 70.
5
vol. vi. , June vii. — Thus " Article VIII. •.
In Helvetiis
— "Kalendars of St. Athanasius, in his Epistle to the N. " Bishop Forbes'
Solitaries, after pronouncing the eulogy of tish Saints, p. 202.
this devout Martyr, slates, that he was strangled with a rope, by the Eusebians.
* See M. Le Dr.
Hoefer's " Nouvelle Bio-
' See his Life, at the 9th day of June, in this volume, Art. i.
3 In his work " Helvetia Sacra. "
Colgan thinks, moreover, that this
Containing 37 distinct paragraphs. 'Containing 6 paragraphs.
IO These are contained in 8 paragraphs, by
Father Conrad Janning, S. J.
240
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 7.
among the Helvetians or Swiss; but, neither Henricus Murerus,3 Henricus Canisius,4 or any other writer, known to the Bollandists, has such an account. These writers refer to what they had already stated, at the 5th of June;>while they promise to give his Acts,6 with those of his great master, at the 9th of June. 7 Dempster professes to believe, that some transference of St. Bathens' Relics to Switzerland must be here understood. He does not attempt to state the exact place, where this Feast had been kept ; and therefore, we may fairly consider it as one of his own figments.
Article IX. —Reputed Ffast of St. Colman, Bishop of Lindis- farne. [Seventh Centujy. ~] At the 7th of June, Thomas Dempster enters a Feast ' for St. Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne, and the Apostle of Northum-
bria, who was celebrated for his miracles. The Bollandists refer to what they 2
had already stated regarding him, at the 18th of February; while thus they dismiss such notice by Dempster, at the 7th of June. 3 However, a different
saint, bearing the name of Colman, was venerated, at the 18th of February. 4 The celebration of St. Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne, more properly belongs to the 8th of August. 5
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Columba. The Bollandists
that in a Manuscript, belonging to the Church of St. Martin, at Treves, there isaFeasttoSt. Columba,confessor,atthe7thofJune, Itwouldseem,that they regard it as referring to the illustrious Abbot and Founder of Iona,2 as they promise to present his Acts, at the 9th of this month. In that sequestered Island, after leaving his relatives in Ireland, Columba enjoyed a kind of spiritual monarchy, collaterally with the secular dominion of his family and connexions, being sufficiently distant in Iona to avoid collision, yet, near enough to exercise an authority, made up of patriarchal and monastic influ- ences. 3
Article XI. —Reputed Feast of St. Moling, Bishop of Ferns.
At the of the Bollandists 1 refer to a Life of St. Molin- 7th June, Manuscript
gus, Bishop of Ferns, in Ireland, and which states, that he died on this day ;
however, they justly consider it an error, preferring to trust the Martyroiogies, which commemorate his departure at the 17th of June.
* In "
4 See vol. ii. , Art. i of this work, for no- tices of St. Colman, Bishop of Ard-ho, county of Tyrone.
See an account of him at that date, in
Lectiones. "
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Junii
Antiquse
Among the pretermitted saints, p. 418. 6s
v.
the pretermitted saints, p. 3.
1 See idid. , Junii ix. De S. Baitheno Ab-
See ibib. , tomus
ii. , Junii vii.
Among
bate, &c, pp. 236 to 238.
Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Junii vii. Among the pretermitted
saints, p. 3.
2
See his Life, in" this volume, at 9th of June, Art. i.
3 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnnn's " Life of St. Columba," Secunda Pnfefsdo, n. (u),
: —l Thus •'
Lindisfamae
Article ix.
Colmani Archiepiscopi, Nor—thumbrise Apos- toli, miraculis inclyti. ML. " Bishop Forbes' " Kalenders of Scottish Saints," p. 202.
a See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Feb-
ruarii xviii. De S. Colmano, pp. 82 p. 8.
to 88. Article xi. — • See **. Acta Sanctorum. "
3 See ibid. , tomus ii. , Junii vii. Among tomus ii. , Junii vii. Among the pretermitted the pretermitted saints, p. 2. saints, p. 4.
the present wor—k, volume viii.
•
Article x.
See "Acta
1 notice,
June 8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 241 <£tgfotf) 23ap of Stme*
ARTICLE I. —ST. BRON, BISHOP OF CASSEL-IRRA, COUNTY OF SLIGO. [FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES. }
having close relations, with the great Apostle of Ireland ;
little seems to be the of this ALTHOUGH known, regarding personal history
ye
In the published edition of the Martyrology of Tallagh, we find mention of " Broin Esp. Caisil," at the vi. of the Ides (8th) of June 2 The Bollandists3 notice the Irish Bishop Bron, at this same date, and refer to Colgan's pub-
lished work ; while, they remark, that he had promised to give more regard- ing him, at the 8th of June, and the fulfilment of which promise was to be expected at the hands of succeeding Franciscans.
Although of obscure origin, it is said, that St. Bron was the son of Icnus. In the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick,* Bron or Bronius is called " Alius ignis,"*
t,
primitive and holy bishop. It was the intention of Father John Colgan, had
1
he lived, to have published the Acts of St. Bron, at the 8th day of June.
" filius Icnus. "6 he is at a loss to
but more
know, why this saint was called namehadbeenAodh,orOedh,whichsignifiesfire. 7 Thisholymanismentioned
8
correctly perhaps,
Colgan says,
filius ignis," unless it were that his father's
"
on more than one occasion, in the Acts of the Irish Apostle.
Thus, while he
was in the region called Dumha-graidh,9 beyond the Shannon, St. Patrick had
the monk
Macerca, wereontheirwaytovisithim,butthattheywereafraidtocross
12
an internal that St. revelation,
Bron,
Olcan,
disciple
11
Through the miraculous agency of Ireland's Apostle, however, they were freed from all danger. St. Bron was a disciple of St. Patrick, '3 and probably, at that time, when the Irish Apostle first journeyed toConnaught. He was elevated to the episcopal dignity, also, by the Irish Apostle. 14 St. Bron is said to have ordained St. 1 * who was St. Patrick.
at Traigh-eothuile;
Maneus, baptized by
With the holy man and one named Bitseus, St. Bron assisted at the con-
secration of
Bishop Carellus,
16 who was set over the Church of Tanmach. 17
Article I. — x See "
Catalogus aliquo-
9 While it is so written in the Second
rum Sanctorum Hibernian, quse MS. haben-
Part, and Thirty-fifth Chapter, in the Tripartite Life of the saint, it is written Dumhacha-
gridh, in the succeeding Forty-second Chap- ter.
His feast has been assigned, to the 20th
of February.
" His festival is not known with cer«
tainty.
I2
This estuary lies on the northern coast of Sligo County.
I3 See " Trias Colgan's
tur. "
2" See Rev. Dr. Kelly's
Calendar of Irish
Saints," &c. , p. xxvi.
3 I0
See ''Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Junii viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 51.
4 See his Life in the Third Volume of this work, at March 17th, Art. i.
5 See " Trias Thaumaturga," Septima
Vita S.
Patricii,
Pars
ii. , cap. xxxv. , p.
Thaumaturga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap.
'34- 6"
By Dr. O'Donovan, he—is called Bishop
xxiii. , p. 267. I4 See ibid.
Bronus, the son of Icnus. "
Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (g), p. 167.
7 See " Trias Colgan's
Septima Pars ii. , cap. xxxv. , p. 134.
Vita S.
Patricii,
»S Septima Vita S. Patricii, Pars ii. , cap. ber.
xxxv. , n. 72, p. 176.
•See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Septima Vita S. Patricii, Pars ii. , chap. xxxv. , xln. , xliii. , lii. , xcvi. , xcvii. , pp. 134, x35» ! 3"i J42-
" Annals of the
Thaumaturga,"
10 and his
His feast occurs, at the 2nd of Septem-
l6 His feast has been assigned to the 13th
of July.
1 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Septima Vita S. Patricii, Pars ii. , cap. xliii. , p. 135,
Q
242 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 8.
" St. PatrickpassedfromForrach-mac-nAmhalgaidh,or theAssemblyPlace
18 to Ros Filiorum Caitni, where he built a church. Cross- ing the Muaidh or Moy, at Bertriga or Bartragh, he raised a cross there, and he proceeded thence to the mound of Riabart, near which he built a church for
of the Sons of
Awley,"
1? Anotherstructure20 is
connectedwithSt.
his
while in this
speck of land, which rises over Cummeen Strand, is known as Doonan Patrick, achurchinruinsbeingseentothesouth-west. 22 Thepeninsulaherealluded to lies south-west of Sligo town. In St. Patrick's Tripartite Life, this was called the Church of Cassel 23 the foundations of which were laid Bron. We
disciple.
