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received
the and servants of the 2 it does not among companions Apostle.
received
the and servants of the 2 it does not among companions Apostle.
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] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
823
peasantry call the grave of the nine saints. 1 * We are also told, that on each
festival of our Lord's Nativity, after the people had received Holy Com-
munion from St. Kieran's own hands, in the monastery of Saigir, he was
accustomed to proceed to the monastery of St. Cocca, at Ros-bennchuir, that
he might again offer up the Holy Sacrifice there, and on the same morning.
After St. Cocca and others had received communion from him, he returned
again to Saigir, before the dawn of daylight. Relating these circumstances,
the ancient writer of St. Kieran's Life remarks, that he and others knew not
by what means this saint went and returned, as he concealed such matters
from them *5—meaning his monks. We are informed, that there was a large
stone on the sea-shore, which had been surrounded with water, near the
monasteryofRos-bennchuir. TothistheAbbessoftenretired,anditwas
of 1? as ofRos-Bennchair. 20 Martyrology Donegal, Cocha,
Article II. —St. Conuan, Bishop, of Tigh Collain, or Tigh Con-
" 16
called, the stone of St. Cocca, because on it she
1 ? As an old legend has it, St. Ciaran went one day on that Rock, and it floated over the waters with him, and returned to its own place again, it being Ciaran's wish it should so happen. The Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman and of Cathal Maguire state, that the Natalis of this saint had been celebrated, on the 29th of July, in the church of Ros-bennchuir. 18 We do not find her name occurring on this day, in the copy of the Irish Calendar, belonging to theOrdnanceSurveyOffice,PhoenixPark. Sheisentered,however,inthe
nain,inCremhthanna,nowStackallan,CountyofMeath. Inthe 1
Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival occurs, at the 29th of June, in honour ot Conuan, Bishop, of Tigh Collain. The land of Ui-Crimhthainn comprises thepresentbaronies ofUpperandLowerSlane,in thecountyofMeath. 2 It is thought to be highly probable, 3 that the Four Masters are wrong, when they write the name of this place Teach Collain,'* as it is locally pronounced by the
natives; and, itis supposed, the true form of the name had bee—n Teach-Conain,s
" *. «,,
6 deredintoStaorSti,asinthepresentinstance. Stackallenisasmallvillage,
—n's house. " This house of Collan or Connan now known as Stackallen was situated nearly midway between Navan and Slane, in the county of Meath. It is curious to remark, that in some of those districts colonized by the Danes and English, the Teach or Tigh of the Irish was ren-
Cona
is not a cut or chiselled stone in the whole.
Kilkenniensi, cap. xxvi. , p. 461.
l8 See " Acta Sanctorum Hiber- Colgan's
nise," v. Martii, n. 29, p. 465.
I9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
182, 183.
14 This measured grave
feet in
from north to south, 7 feet 9 inches in breadth, and it was 2 feet in height. The sides were built up of loose stones, after the
" 20 ordinary manner of graves. See Letters
33
length,
containing Information relative to the Anti- quities of the County of Clare, collected
during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839," vol. ii. Mr. Eugene Curry's letter, dated Kildisart, I Ith November, 1839, pp. 70, 71.
XS
See Colgan's
nise," v. Martii. Vita S. Kierani ex codice n. 9, p. 184. See, also, O'Flaherty's
Kilkenniensi, cap. xxv. , p. 461.
16
Life of St. Ciaran of
According
English Manuscript
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
Colgan's
"Trias " Thaumaturga,
to the Saighir,
called "
11 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
Carrig Conchy. "
nia? ," Martii" v. Vita S. Kierani ex Codice
Annals of the Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (u), p. 851.
this
place
was
frequently prayed.
In the Table subjoined to the Martyr- ology of Donegal, as edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, a query is put, as to whether this saint had been the nurse of Ciaran of Saighir? Seeibid. ,pp. 378,379.
"
Article ii. —'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Ogygia," pars, iii. , cap. Ixxvi. , p. 364.
3 Dr. John O'Donovan. By
4 In the Irish character Ceac ColtAin. 5 In the Irish character Ceac Conain.
6 " See Dr. O'Donovan's
Kelly, p. 2 See
xxviii.
824 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [June 29.
in the barony of Upper Slane, and county of Meath. After the Anglo- Norman Invasion, Stackallen became a parish church,? and it formed a small
8 in the diocese of Meath. 9 Under the head of 10 Teach-Connain,
parish,
Duald Mac Firbis enters Connan, bishop, from Tech Connain, in Crim-
11
of at the same Donegal,"
in the
date, he is registered as Cenuan, Bishop, of Tigh Conuain, in Cremhthanna.
Article III. —St. Foelduarius, or Faeldobhair, Bishop of Clogher, County of Tyrone. {Seventh and Eighth Centuries. '] The
without other any
thann,
at
June 29th.
Again,
Martyrology
of r setsdownthenameof Martyrology Tallagh
Fealdobor,
notice, at this date. He is called Foelduarius,2 and he is classed among the bish—ops of this See of Clogher. The Bollandists 3 —who, on Colgan's autho- rity give a feast to St. Foeldavarius, Bishop of Clogher, in Ireland, at the 29th of June, tell us, th—at in a certain Benedictine Kalendar, also, they find a Foderoldus mentioned but it cannot be asserted, that the latter should be resolvedintotheformername. Theimmediatepredecessorofthepresent holy man in the See of Clogher is called Air-meadach or Ermedus, who is said to have written a Life of St. Patrick,* but the date for his accession or death does not appear on record. Foelduarius is said to have succeeded Airme- dach, and to have died on the 29th of June, a. d. 701, according to the Annals
of Ulster,s and those of the Four Masters. 6 In Harris Ware, we find his
death assigned, also, in two different places to a. d. 731. 7 According to the
8
Martyrology of Donegal, a festival was celebrated at the 29th of June, in
honour of Faeldobhair, of Clochar.
Article IV. —St. Cain Comrac or Caenchomhrac, of Disert
Chinnchlair. ThenameofCainComrac,Chinnclair,wasveneratedatthe 1
29th of June, according to the Martyrologies of Tallagh, of Marianus O'Gorman and of Maguire. In the Acts of St. Patrick occurs a Coen- chomrachus, who is called a literate and a learned man, from the northern part of Ireland. Although, at first, he had been found stealing some horses belonging to the saint, he was pardoned this offence. Afterwards, he was
" Diocese of Its area contains 2,351a. 3op.
"
7 See Rev. A.
Cogan's
xxix. the Among
pretermitted saints, p.
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. hi. , chap.
396.
* See Archdeacon Henry Cotton's " Fasti
Ecclesiae Hibernicae," vol. iii. , p. 72.
s By these he is called Fealdobor Clochar.
"
Reran Hibernicarum Scriptores," tomus iv. , An- thought to be uncertain ; but it was pro- nales Ultonienses, p. 68. In the Cod. bably situated in Crimthann, county of Clarend, the name is written Foodovan. See
lxxiii. n. , p. 550.
8
9 See an account of it, in the
tary Gazetteer of Ireland," vol. iii. , p. 275.
10 The locality of Teach Connain is
Meath. See William M. Hennessy's note.
11 See " of the Irish Proceedings Royal
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 128, 129.
ibid. , n. 2.
6 See Dr. O'Donovan's vol. Edition,
i. ,
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
pp. 302, 303.
7 See vol. i. , Bishops of Clogher, pp. 177,
179.
182, 183. — Article iii.
8
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
dix, cap. iv. , p. 742. 3"
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxviii.
3 See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
niae,"xxiv. Martii, S. Maccarthenni, Appen-
182, 183.
Article iv. —* Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxviii.
"See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. iii. , cap. xxxv. , p. 156.
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii
Parliamen-
See Rev. Dr. Charles O' Conor's
June 29. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
825
received
the and servants of the 2 it does not among companions Apostle. But,
appear,thathewasidenticalwiththepresentsaint. UndertheheadofDaimh-
laig, Duald Mac Firbis enters, Caencomhrac, bishop of Daimhlaig. 3 His
period was towards the middle of the tenth century. * Again, we find in the
Martyrology of Donegal,* he is registered at the same date, as Caenchomhrac, of Disert Chinn Chlair. This place has not been identified.
Article V. —St. Maeldoid, Son of Derbhdara. We find entered
1
in the Martyrology of Tallagh, that veneration was given at the 29th of
June, to Moeldoid i Failbhe, mac Daire. Little seems to be known regard-
him. At the same the of 2 the name date, Martyrology Donegal registers
ing
of Maeldoid, son of Derbhdara.
ArticleVI. —St. Stellan. Atthe of Thomas 29th June,
l
Dempster enters a feast 8 for St. Stellan, who is stated to have been honoured in
Buchan. Again,heissaidtohavebroughthispeopleovertothecelebration
of the Roman rite, in reference to the Pashal time, 3 and to have lived in the
year 666. According to Dempster's customary statement, he is said to have
TheBollandistss notethecommemorationofthis
Article VII. —Festival of St. Suitbert, Bishop of Verden. At
*
is the chief feast of this saint ; but, in the Martyrology, printed at Cologne and Lubeck in the year 1490, in the Additions of Greven to Usuard, and in Canisius, a festival referring to the Translation of his Relics is set down at the 29th of June. The Bollandists 2 have such a notice,
on this day.
Article VIII. —Festival of St. Vincent Ferrer. Already at the
leftsome
but only on Dempster's authority, at the 29th of June.
the 30th of April
writings. *
saint,
1 who
on missionary work in Ireland, with great spiritual advantage to her people.
we have inserted the Life of this illustrious
of
3 See " of the Irish Proceedings Royal
Academy, Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 104, 105.
* A. D. 941, according to Dr. O'Donovan's
"Annals of Four Masters. " vol. ii. , pp. 646,
647.
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
engaged
5th
April,
saint,
182, 183. Article v.
—
*
Edited by Rev. Dr.
xxviii.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
xxix.
Article vii.
Kelly, p.
182, 183. Article vi.
—
See the Fourth Volume of this work, at the 30th of April, for some
Scotorum. " 2"
:
viii.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii
Thus
In Buchania Stellani
the— feasts, Among pretermitted p.
x
In his "Menologium
notices of St. Suitbert, Art. 2
suos ad Romanum — observandi pascatis
*
See the Fourth
qui
ritum deduxit, B. BT. "
Art. ii.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii xxix. Among the pretermitted saints,
"KalendarsofScottish
3 See Thomas Dempster's " Historia Ec-
clesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , num. 1049, P- 584-
p. 396. Article ix.
—
*
In the "Leabhar
Breac"
presbyteri,
xxix.
Article viii.
396. Volume
Bishop Forbes' Saints," p. 204.
of this work, at the 5th of April,
4 "
lib. i.
reliquos, lib. i. He is said to be named in
the Epistle of Hilarius, Archpresbyter to the Scottish Churches, and written under the name of Honorius. For such statement Dempster cites tcmus iii. , Conciliorum, cap. xix. , p. lxiii.
s tomus
See "Acta Sanctorum," v. , Junii
*
De Paschate celebrando,
Scripsit
Epistolas ad Joannem, Hilarium et
the— saints, p. 396. Among pretermitted
826 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 30.
In a Manuscript Florarius, the 29th of June is set apart for the feast of his canonization, and at this date the Bollandists a also commemorate him.
Article IX. —Festival of St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles.
In the early Irish Church, the great Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, were held in the highest veneration, and their festival was celebrated on the 29th of June, as we find it entered in the "Feilire " x of St. ^Engus. A commen-
is 2 in which St. Paul is described, as of the tribe of Ben- tary attached, being
jamin, that he was born at Tarsus, in Cilicia, that he was taught at the feet of Gamalel, that he was converted to the faith on the way to Damascus, and that he thrice suffered shipwreck ; while Simon Peter was the son of Jona, of the province of Gallia (Galilea), ot the city Bestatta (Bethsaida), brother of AndrewtheApostle,andhewasalsocalledCephas. Itisadded,moreover, that both suffered martyrdom under the truly infamous Nero. The most learned and critical investigation regarding the Acts of St. Peter and St. Paul —those two great Apostolic luminaries of the Christian Church—has been entered upon by the Bollandists,^ at this date, their chief solemnity. A Pre- vious Commentary « introduces certain ancient Acts, in the Greek s and
Latin 6 and these language,
to of their Lives and give particulars
profess
Martyrdom. 7 Analectafollowintwentysectionsandtwohundredandtwenty-
six paragraphs, written by Father Daniel Papebroke, S. J. , with copper-plate illustrations of interesting objects, connected with the memory of both
As their Lives are found written in all saint collections, we shall not dwell longer on the introduction of the great solemnity, which the Univer- sal Church celebrates annually on the 29th day of June.
Cbirtietb Sap of June,
ARTICLE I. —ST. ERENTRUDIS, OR ERENTRUDE, VIRGIN ABBESS OF NUNBERG, BAVARIA.
[SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES.
holy virgins in our ancient Church were very mindful of the counsel
Apostles.
tofastandabstainas THE
ofDivineGrace and, ;
the rigid discipline of penitential times, their abstemiousness was rewarded with abundant manifestations of strength from above, and with perseverance in con-
copy, the following stanza is found. The
*
English —translation is
by Dr. Whitley
Stokes
:
xxix.
Pctro et Paulo, pp. 398 to 475.
£eit, poil a^uf pec*i{\ CotiAi'oble angrxccliA tlircAr»CA •ocilm cacha peiL jror» bjuniTOib bechA.
*
"The feast of Paul and Peter with the vast- ness of crying unto them : the noise of battle which—is on the world's breasts surpasseth it
of of
not. " "Transactions the Royal Irish See Rome.
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by
Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p.
xcvi.
Notes appended have been added, by Article I. — ' See Le Livredu Chevalier
preservative
during
See Hid. , p. cviii.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii
This was written, by Father Godefrid Ilenschen, S. J. , and by Father Conrad Janning, S. J. , in five sections and fifty-four
paragraphs.
5 This was taken from the Vatican Li-
brary, with a Latin version by Jacobus Sirlet.
6
This has been attributed to St. Linus, disciple and successor of St Peter, in the
De Sanctis
1
Father Godefrid Ilenschen.
Principibus Apostolorum,
June 30. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 827
tinency. A French noble advised his daughters so long as they were single, to fast three days in the week, the better to mortify the flesh, and to live
1
chastely and holily for the service of God.
wished them to fast, at least on Friday, in memory of the precious blood and passion of Jesus Christ, who suffered on that day for us. This, he remarks, is a marvellous propitiation, and for it, God will have us in his keeping and
2
repay us in the double.
At the 30th of June, Colgan intended to insert the Acts 3 of St. Erentrudis,
virgin, as would appear from his list of Irish Saints, published by Charles MacDonnell, Esq. 4 Henry Fitzsimon s has classed her among the Saints of Ireland, but without assigning the date for her festival. In their Legendary for the month of June, the Canons Regular of Bodensee Monastery in West- phalia appear to have had special Lessons in an office for St. Erendrude. 6 The Bollandists have published a previous commentary, and Acts of St. Erentrude, at this date. ? The Third Volume of the " Acta Sanctorum
8
OrdinisS. Benedicti," contains the Life of St. Erendrude, Abbess.
This holy virgin, from an early age consecrated to God in the religious state, is said by some writers to have been a sister to St. Rupert, bishop of Saltzburg, whose festival was celebrated on the 27th March. In Colgan's work, at the same day, there are a few brief notices ; but, in the Bollandist collection, there is no special feast assigned for her, at that particular date. Already there are some particulars concerning her recorded in the Life of her 10 Init,wefindhercalledarelationtohim while
12
brotherSt. some writers state,
Rupert. 11
reputed
;
that she was his niece, according to Rev. Dr. Lanigan.
He does not consider, however, that she had anything to do with Ireland,
although such an opinion has long prevailed in Germany. ^ She seems to have been born, towards the middle of the sixth century.
In St. Rupert's Life, it is stated, that from Ireland she travelled to Rome
with both her brothers, St. Trudbert l * and St. Rupert. They returned in
company together from Italy to Germany; when, at Prysgangia or Brisgangia near the Hyrcinian forest, St. Trudbert parted from them, and soon after- wards he obtained the martyr's crown. Thence, Rupert and Erentrude journeyed along the Rhine, until they reached Bormatia. 's now known as Worms. 16 Over this city, Rupert presided as Bishop, but he was driven from it with violence about the year 580. Afterwards, he visited Rome, and then he returned once more to Bavaria, Austria and Pannonia. At last, he became
de La Tour Landry.
2 See Alexander Vance's "Romantic
Episodes of Chivalric and Mediaeval
France," p. 280.
3 As we find from the "
Miracles, in fourteen paragraphs, pp. 34810355.
9 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xxvii. Martii. De S. Erentrude Abbatissa
Actuum Sanctorum quae MS. habentur, ordine Men-
770.
I0 See the Third Volume of this work, at
sium et Dierum. "
* See " Academy. "
of the
Royal
Irish
March 27th, Art. ii.
" See Rader's " Bavaria
Sancta,"
tomus
6 Thus
'3
—Rader states
to her call into "
Proceedings
5 In "Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum "
tomus i. , p. 42.
" See "Ecclesiastical History of Ire-
Catalogus
Nunbergensi, p.
Hiberniae.
823
peasantry call the grave of the nine saints. 1 * We are also told, that on each
festival of our Lord's Nativity, after the people had received Holy Com-
munion from St. Kieran's own hands, in the monastery of Saigir, he was
accustomed to proceed to the monastery of St. Cocca, at Ros-bennchuir, that
he might again offer up the Holy Sacrifice there, and on the same morning.
After St. Cocca and others had received communion from him, he returned
again to Saigir, before the dawn of daylight. Relating these circumstances,
the ancient writer of St. Kieran's Life remarks, that he and others knew not
by what means this saint went and returned, as he concealed such matters
from them *5—meaning his monks. We are informed, that there was a large
stone on the sea-shore, which had been surrounded with water, near the
monasteryofRos-bennchuir. TothistheAbbessoftenretired,anditwas
of 1? as ofRos-Bennchair. 20 Martyrology Donegal, Cocha,
Article II. —St. Conuan, Bishop, of Tigh Collain, or Tigh Con-
" 16
called, the stone of St. Cocca, because on it she
1 ? As an old legend has it, St. Ciaran went one day on that Rock, and it floated over the waters with him, and returned to its own place again, it being Ciaran's wish it should so happen. The Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman and of Cathal Maguire state, that the Natalis of this saint had been celebrated, on the 29th of July, in the church of Ros-bennchuir. 18 We do not find her name occurring on this day, in the copy of the Irish Calendar, belonging to theOrdnanceSurveyOffice,PhoenixPark. Sheisentered,however,inthe
nain,inCremhthanna,nowStackallan,CountyofMeath. Inthe 1
Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival occurs, at the 29th of June, in honour ot Conuan, Bishop, of Tigh Collain. The land of Ui-Crimhthainn comprises thepresentbaronies ofUpperandLowerSlane,in thecountyofMeath. 2 It is thought to be highly probable, 3 that the Four Masters are wrong, when they write the name of this place Teach Collain,'* as it is locally pronounced by the
natives; and, itis supposed, the true form of the name had bee—n Teach-Conain,s
" *. «,,
6 deredintoStaorSti,asinthepresentinstance. Stackallenisasmallvillage,
—n's house. " This house of Collan or Connan now known as Stackallen was situated nearly midway between Navan and Slane, in the county of Meath. It is curious to remark, that in some of those districts colonized by the Danes and English, the Teach or Tigh of the Irish was ren-
Cona
is not a cut or chiselled stone in the whole.
Kilkenniensi, cap. xxvi. , p. 461.
l8 See " Acta Sanctorum Hiber- Colgan's
nise," v. Martii, n. 29, p. 465.
I9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
182, 183.
14 This measured grave
feet in
from north to south, 7 feet 9 inches in breadth, and it was 2 feet in height. The sides were built up of loose stones, after the
" 20 ordinary manner of graves. See Letters
33
length,
containing Information relative to the Anti- quities of the County of Clare, collected
during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839," vol. ii. Mr. Eugene Curry's letter, dated Kildisart, I Ith November, 1839, pp. 70, 71.
XS
See Colgan's
nise," v. Martii. Vita S. Kierani ex codice n. 9, p. 184. See, also, O'Flaherty's
Kilkenniensi, cap. xxv. , p. 461.
16
Life of St. Ciaran of
According
English Manuscript
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
Colgan's
"Trias " Thaumaturga,
to the Saighir,
called "
11 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
Carrig Conchy. "
nia? ," Martii" v. Vita S. Kierani ex Codice
Annals of the Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (u), p. 851.
this
place
was
frequently prayed.
In the Table subjoined to the Martyr- ology of Donegal, as edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, a query is put, as to whether this saint had been the nurse of Ciaran of Saighir? Seeibid. ,pp. 378,379.
"
Article ii. —'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Ogygia," pars, iii. , cap. Ixxvi. , p. 364.
3 Dr. John O'Donovan. By
4 In the Irish character Ceac ColtAin. 5 In the Irish character Ceac Conain.
6 " See Dr. O'Donovan's
Kelly, p. 2 See
xxviii.
824 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [June 29.
in the barony of Upper Slane, and county of Meath. After the Anglo- Norman Invasion, Stackallen became a parish church,? and it formed a small
8 in the diocese of Meath. 9 Under the head of 10 Teach-Connain,
parish,
Duald Mac Firbis enters Connan, bishop, from Tech Connain, in Crim-
11
of at the same Donegal,"
in the
date, he is registered as Cenuan, Bishop, of Tigh Conuain, in Cremhthanna.
Article III. —St. Foelduarius, or Faeldobhair, Bishop of Clogher, County of Tyrone. {Seventh and Eighth Centuries. '] The
without other any
thann,
at
June 29th.
Again,
Martyrology
of r setsdownthenameof Martyrology Tallagh
Fealdobor,
notice, at this date. He is called Foelduarius,2 and he is classed among the bish—ops of this See of Clogher. The Bollandists 3 —who, on Colgan's autho- rity give a feast to St. Foeldavarius, Bishop of Clogher, in Ireland, at the 29th of June, tell us, th—at in a certain Benedictine Kalendar, also, they find a Foderoldus mentioned but it cannot be asserted, that the latter should be resolvedintotheformername. Theimmediatepredecessorofthepresent holy man in the See of Clogher is called Air-meadach or Ermedus, who is said to have written a Life of St. Patrick,* but the date for his accession or death does not appear on record. Foelduarius is said to have succeeded Airme- dach, and to have died on the 29th of June, a. d. 701, according to the Annals
of Ulster,s and those of the Four Masters. 6 In Harris Ware, we find his
death assigned, also, in two different places to a. d. 731. 7 According to the
8
Martyrology of Donegal, a festival was celebrated at the 29th of June, in
honour of Faeldobhair, of Clochar.
Article IV. —St. Cain Comrac or Caenchomhrac, of Disert
Chinnchlair. ThenameofCainComrac,Chinnclair,wasveneratedatthe 1
29th of June, according to the Martyrologies of Tallagh, of Marianus O'Gorman and of Maguire. In the Acts of St. Patrick occurs a Coen- chomrachus, who is called a literate and a learned man, from the northern part of Ireland. Although, at first, he had been found stealing some horses belonging to the saint, he was pardoned this offence. Afterwards, he was
" Diocese of Its area contains 2,351a. 3op.
"
7 See Rev. A.
Cogan's
xxix. the Among
pretermitted saints, p.
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. hi. , chap.
396.
* See Archdeacon Henry Cotton's " Fasti
Ecclesiae Hibernicae," vol. iii. , p. 72.
s By these he is called Fealdobor Clochar.
"
Reran Hibernicarum Scriptores," tomus iv. , An- thought to be uncertain ; but it was pro- nales Ultonienses, p. 68. In the Cod. bably situated in Crimthann, county of Clarend, the name is written Foodovan. See
lxxiii. n. , p. 550.
8
9 See an account of it, in the
tary Gazetteer of Ireland," vol. iii. , p. 275.
10 The locality of Teach Connain is
Meath. See William M. Hennessy's note.
11 See " of the Irish Proceedings Royal
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 128, 129.
ibid. , n. 2.
6 See Dr. O'Donovan's vol. Edition,
i. ,
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
pp. 302, 303.
7 See vol. i. , Bishops of Clogher, pp. 177,
179.
182, 183. — Article iii.
8
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
dix, cap. iv. , p. 742. 3"
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxviii.
3 See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
niae,"xxiv. Martii, S. Maccarthenni, Appen-
182, 183.
Article iv. —* Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxviii.
"See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. iii. , cap. xxxv. , p. 156.
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii
Parliamen-
See Rev. Dr. Charles O' Conor's
June 29. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
825
received
the and servants of the 2 it does not among companions Apostle. But,
appear,thathewasidenticalwiththepresentsaint. UndertheheadofDaimh-
laig, Duald Mac Firbis enters, Caencomhrac, bishop of Daimhlaig. 3 His
period was towards the middle of the tenth century. * Again, we find in the
Martyrology of Donegal,* he is registered at the same date, as Caenchomhrac, of Disert Chinn Chlair. This place has not been identified.
Article V. —St. Maeldoid, Son of Derbhdara. We find entered
1
in the Martyrology of Tallagh, that veneration was given at the 29th of
June, to Moeldoid i Failbhe, mac Daire. Little seems to be known regard-
him. At the same the of 2 the name date, Martyrology Donegal registers
ing
of Maeldoid, son of Derbhdara.
ArticleVI. —St. Stellan. Atthe of Thomas 29th June,
l
Dempster enters a feast 8 for St. Stellan, who is stated to have been honoured in
Buchan. Again,heissaidtohavebroughthispeopleovertothecelebration
of the Roman rite, in reference to the Pashal time, 3 and to have lived in the
year 666. According to Dempster's customary statement, he is said to have
TheBollandistss notethecommemorationofthis
Article VII. —Festival of St. Suitbert, Bishop of Verden. At
*
is the chief feast of this saint ; but, in the Martyrology, printed at Cologne and Lubeck in the year 1490, in the Additions of Greven to Usuard, and in Canisius, a festival referring to the Translation of his Relics is set down at the 29th of June. The Bollandists 2 have such a notice,
on this day.
Article VIII. —Festival of St. Vincent Ferrer. Already at the
leftsome
but only on Dempster's authority, at the 29th of June.
the 30th of April
writings. *
saint,
1 who
on missionary work in Ireland, with great spiritual advantage to her people.
we have inserted the Life of this illustrious
of
3 See " of the Irish Proceedings Royal
Academy, Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 104, 105.
* A. D. 941, according to Dr. O'Donovan's
"Annals of Four Masters. " vol. ii. , pp. 646,
647.
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
engaged
5th
April,
saint,
182, 183. Article v.
—
*
Edited by Rev. Dr.
xxviii.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
xxix.
Article vii.
Kelly, p.
182, 183. Article vi.
—
See the Fourth Volume of this work, at the 30th of April, for some
Scotorum. " 2"
:
viii.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii
Thus
In Buchania Stellani
the— feasts, Among pretermitted p.
x
In his "Menologium
notices of St. Suitbert, Art. 2
suos ad Romanum — observandi pascatis
*
See the Fourth
qui
ritum deduxit, B. BT. "
Art. ii.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii xxix. Among the pretermitted saints,
"KalendarsofScottish
3 See Thomas Dempster's " Historia Ec-
clesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , num. 1049, P- 584-
p. 396. Article ix.
—
*
In the "Leabhar
Breac"
presbyteri,
xxix.
Article viii.
396. Volume
Bishop Forbes' Saints," p. 204.
of this work, at the 5th of April,
4 "
lib. i.
reliquos, lib. i. He is said to be named in
the Epistle of Hilarius, Archpresbyter to the Scottish Churches, and written under the name of Honorius. For such statement Dempster cites tcmus iii. , Conciliorum, cap. xix. , p. lxiii.
s tomus
See "Acta Sanctorum," v. , Junii
*
De Paschate celebrando,
Scripsit
Epistolas ad Joannem, Hilarium et
the— saints, p. 396. Among pretermitted
826 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 30.
In a Manuscript Florarius, the 29th of June is set apart for the feast of his canonization, and at this date the Bollandists a also commemorate him.
Article IX. —Festival of St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles.
In the early Irish Church, the great Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, were held in the highest veneration, and their festival was celebrated on the 29th of June, as we find it entered in the "Feilire " x of St. ^Engus. A commen-
is 2 in which St. Paul is described, as of the tribe of Ben- tary attached, being
jamin, that he was born at Tarsus, in Cilicia, that he was taught at the feet of Gamalel, that he was converted to the faith on the way to Damascus, and that he thrice suffered shipwreck ; while Simon Peter was the son of Jona, of the province of Gallia (Galilea), ot the city Bestatta (Bethsaida), brother of AndrewtheApostle,andhewasalsocalledCephas. Itisadded,moreover, that both suffered martyrdom under the truly infamous Nero. The most learned and critical investigation regarding the Acts of St. Peter and St. Paul —those two great Apostolic luminaries of the Christian Church—has been entered upon by the Bollandists,^ at this date, their chief solemnity. A Pre- vious Commentary « introduces certain ancient Acts, in the Greek s and
Latin 6 and these language,
to of their Lives and give particulars
profess
Martyrdom. 7 Analectafollowintwentysectionsandtwohundredandtwenty-
six paragraphs, written by Father Daniel Papebroke, S. J. , with copper-plate illustrations of interesting objects, connected with the memory of both
As their Lives are found written in all saint collections, we shall not dwell longer on the introduction of the great solemnity, which the Univer- sal Church celebrates annually on the 29th day of June.
Cbirtietb Sap of June,
ARTICLE I. —ST. ERENTRUDIS, OR ERENTRUDE, VIRGIN ABBESS OF NUNBERG, BAVARIA.
[SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES.
holy virgins in our ancient Church were very mindful of the counsel
Apostles.
tofastandabstainas THE
ofDivineGrace and, ;
the rigid discipline of penitential times, their abstemiousness was rewarded with abundant manifestations of strength from above, and with perseverance in con-
copy, the following stanza is found. The
*
English —translation is
by Dr. Whitley
Stokes
:
xxix.
Pctro et Paulo, pp. 398 to 475.
£eit, poil a^uf pec*i{\ CotiAi'oble angrxccliA tlircAr»CA •ocilm cacha peiL jror» bjuniTOib bechA.
*
"The feast of Paul and Peter with the vast- ness of crying unto them : the noise of battle which—is on the world's breasts surpasseth it
of of
not. " "Transactions the Royal Irish See Rome.
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by
Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p.
xcvi.
Notes appended have been added, by Article I. — ' See Le Livredu Chevalier
preservative
during
See Hid. , p. cviii.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii
This was written, by Father Godefrid Ilenschen, S. J. , and by Father Conrad Janning, S. J. , in five sections and fifty-four
paragraphs.
5 This was taken from the Vatican Li-
brary, with a Latin version by Jacobus Sirlet.
6
This has been attributed to St. Linus, disciple and successor of St Peter, in the
De Sanctis
1
Father Godefrid Ilenschen.
Principibus Apostolorum,
June 30. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 827
tinency. A French noble advised his daughters so long as they were single, to fast three days in the week, the better to mortify the flesh, and to live
1
chastely and holily for the service of God.
wished them to fast, at least on Friday, in memory of the precious blood and passion of Jesus Christ, who suffered on that day for us. This, he remarks, is a marvellous propitiation, and for it, God will have us in his keeping and
2
repay us in the double.
At the 30th of June, Colgan intended to insert the Acts 3 of St. Erentrudis,
virgin, as would appear from his list of Irish Saints, published by Charles MacDonnell, Esq. 4 Henry Fitzsimon s has classed her among the Saints of Ireland, but without assigning the date for her festival. In their Legendary for the month of June, the Canons Regular of Bodensee Monastery in West- phalia appear to have had special Lessons in an office for St. Erendrude. 6 The Bollandists have published a previous commentary, and Acts of St. Erentrude, at this date. ? The Third Volume of the " Acta Sanctorum
8
OrdinisS. Benedicti," contains the Life of St. Erendrude, Abbess.
This holy virgin, from an early age consecrated to God in the religious state, is said by some writers to have been a sister to St. Rupert, bishop of Saltzburg, whose festival was celebrated on the 27th March. In Colgan's work, at the same day, there are a few brief notices ; but, in the Bollandist collection, there is no special feast assigned for her, at that particular date. Already there are some particulars concerning her recorded in the Life of her 10 Init,wefindhercalledarelationtohim while
12
brotherSt. some writers state,
Rupert. 11
reputed
;
that she was his niece, according to Rev. Dr. Lanigan.
He does not consider, however, that she had anything to do with Ireland,
although such an opinion has long prevailed in Germany. ^ She seems to have been born, towards the middle of the sixth century.
In St. Rupert's Life, it is stated, that from Ireland she travelled to Rome
with both her brothers, St. Trudbert l * and St. Rupert. They returned in
company together from Italy to Germany; when, at Prysgangia or Brisgangia near the Hyrcinian forest, St. Trudbert parted from them, and soon after- wards he obtained the martyr's crown. Thence, Rupert and Erentrude journeyed along the Rhine, until they reached Bormatia. 's now known as Worms. 16 Over this city, Rupert presided as Bishop, but he was driven from it with violence about the year 580. Afterwards, he visited Rome, and then he returned once more to Bavaria, Austria and Pannonia. At last, he became
de La Tour Landry.
2 See Alexander Vance's "Romantic
Episodes of Chivalric and Mediaeval
France," p. 280.
3 As we find from the "
Miracles, in fourteen paragraphs, pp. 34810355.
9 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xxvii. Martii. De S. Erentrude Abbatissa
Actuum Sanctorum quae MS. habentur, ordine Men-
770.
I0 See the Third Volume of this work, at
sium et Dierum. "
* See " Academy. "
of the
Royal
Irish
March 27th, Art. ii.
" See Rader's " Bavaria
Sancta,"
tomus
6 Thus
'3
—Rader states
to her call into "
Proceedings
5 In "Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum "
tomus i. , p. 42.
" See "Ecclesiastical History of Ire-
Catalogus
Nunbergensi, p.
Hiberniae.
