Heaven,
cover any other reference to them in the general Calendars of the Church.
cover any other reference to them in the general Calendars of the Church.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v9
3,780*.
of portions.
religious
45o LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 18. i 8th of September. In the beginning of the present century, his patron day
12
Article IV. —Feast of St. Richarde or Richardis, Empress and Virgin. Thissaintlyandnobleladyisreferredto,atthe18thofSeptember, by Platius,1 Henry Fitzsimon, and the anonymous list of Irish Saints,
a
published by O'Sullivan Beare, have her classed among the Irish Saints.
The Bollandists have inserted such accounts as could be collected regarding this holy woman, at this date,3 in a historic sylloge. * They tell us, that by some recent writers, St. Richardis is said to have been born in Scotia, and to have been the daughter of a Scottish king. However, this account has been
6 rejectedandrefutedbyMatthewRader. s Otherwriters thinkshewasborn
in Alsace, and that she was daughter to the Count Erchangier, of Nordgau. ? She was renowned for her virtues, and married the Emperor Charles le Gros. 8 Withhimshewascrownedandconsecrated,a. d. 88i,bytheSovereign PontiffJohnVIII. 9 Notwithstandingthatshelivedwithherhusbandina state of virginity, she was accused of incontinency ; but, by a public trial her innocence was fully proved. With consent of the Emperor she quitted the Court and retired to Andlau10 on the Lower Rhine, where they had founded and endowed a monastery. " There she lived for many years. After death various miracles attested her sanctity. When Pope St. Leo IX. ia passed through Alsace a. d. 1049, ne na(* tne body of St. Richardis raised and placed in a grand monument behind the high altar. The parish church of Etival,'3 in the diocese of St. Die, still preserves some relics of St. Richardis, but the rich shrine which once contained them perished during the excesses of the French Revolution. 1* It seems to have been Colgan's desire to publish her Acts, at this same date, as we find Richardis Impe- ratricis mentioned on the posthumous list of his MSS. 15
was held at a well, near the place called Tober-Enain.
12 "
See Letters containing Information re-
lative to the Antiquities of the County of Westmeath, collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1837," vol. i. , p. 64.
Charles III. , dit le Gros, [An. 885. ] col. 1206. CEuvres Completes de Bossuet, tome x.
9 This pontiff reigned from A. D. 872 to ""
Article iv. —x In De Bono Statu Reli-
gionis. "
2 See "Historic Catholic* Hibernia?
Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 51, 56.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep-
tembris xviii. De S. Richarde Imp. Virg.
Andlaviae in Alsatia, pp. 793 to 798.
882. See Sir Harris Nicolas' Chronology
of History," p. 210.
,0 This small town lies 18 m. SSW. of
Strasburg, and near the source of the River Andlau, which takes its rise in the Vosges. It falls into the 111, after a N. E. course of 24
4
s Chiefly because no ancient writer had vent bore the title Princess of the Roman
Comprising twenty-two paragraphs.
been found to support it. See " Bavaria
Sacra," tomus Hi. , p. 73.
6 Such as Franciscus Guillemann, in
Empire, had a seat among the Rhenish prelates, and held her authority direct from the Pope. The barons of Andlau held as a
Episcopis Argentinensibus, p. 125, and fief under the abbess, and their ancient
Laguille, in Historia Alsatiae, p. 138.
7 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des Saints,"tomexi. , xviii*JourdeSeptembre,
p. 238.
8 This worthless prince— the grandson of
Charlemagne—lived from A. D. 832 to the month of January, 888, when he died of
grief and in great poverty. See Bossuet's •'Abregede l'Histoire de France," liv. iii. ,
baronial castle still exists.
" He reigned from 1048101054.
'3Ithadbeenformerlytheabbatialchurch of the Order of Premonstratensians.
I4 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des
Saints," tome xi. , xviii* Jour de Septembre,
p. 238.
'« See "Catalogus Actuum Sanctorum quae
MS. habentur ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
miles. See
"
Gazetteer of the World," vol.
i. , pp. 257, 258.
" In after the abbess of that con- times,
September 18. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 451
Article V. —St. Foendelach or Faoindelach. In the Book of
Leinster copy of the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, is
2 the name is Marianus O'Gorman records him as Foendelach, " who was found a help in his Martyrology at this same date. 3 The Martyrology of Donegal* mentions, that Foendelach or Faoindelach was venerated at the
1 8th of September.
entered a feast for 1 In the Foindelaig.
published copy,
printed
Foendelach.
"
ArticleVI. —St. Gema,Virgin,ofRiaccInnse. Wefindafestival 1
registered in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, in
3
honour of Gema, Virgin, of Riacc Innse.
O'Gorman,3 at the same date, the entry of Gemma is found. Her place and period seem to be unknown.
Article VII. —St. Greallan Lainne. We find entered in the pub-
1
lished Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, the name Griallan
2
Lainne, without any particular designation.
Donegal^ however, his name appears as Greallan Lainne ; and this seems to follow that entry in the metrical Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman,* at the present date. Where Laine—rendered Land by Dr. Whitley Stokes—is to be found has not been mentioned.
Article VIII. —St. Maelcanaigh, of Rusgach, in the County of
Louth. In the Book of Leinster of the copy
Martyrology
name Maelcanaigh is mentioned as having been venerated, at the 18th of
of Rusgach, in Cuailgne. This ancient district lay between Carlingford LoughandDundalkBay,intheCountyofLouth. Thepresentequivalent of Rusgach can easily be determined within that peninsula.
ArticleIX. —St. Meno,aDeaconandMartyr. InFatherStephen
1
White's work, this holy ecclesiastic is classed at this day among the Irish
Martyrs of Belgium.
Article X. —One Hundred and Seven Thousand. In the early Irish Church, at the 18th of September, was celebrated the Festival of one
Article v. —'Thus written, Voimjelai5.
2
Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179, and n. (1). ibid. —
Article viii. 'Thus entered, mael- CAnAig.
2 In that edited Reeves, pp. copy
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv. "
3 See the Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr. Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179.
* Edited
by
Article vi. — In that copy of the See p. xxxiv.
252, 253.
Drs. Todd and
Rev. Dr.
at this same date, the entry is Mcelcanaigh.
x
Martyrology found in the Book of Leinster we only have JeniAe uin.
2
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
3 See the "Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
Whitley Stokes, —pp 178, 179.
'
Article vii. In the Book of Leinster
copy is found, 5ILA111 lami.
2
252, 253. — Article ix.
Hibernia," —iv. , cap.
'
See "
Edited
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
252, 253.
4 See the " Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
by
Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p.
xxxiv.
p. 42.
Article x. 'See "Transactions of the
In the Martyrology of Marianus
2 He is also recorded at same date in the of Martyrology
September.
Marianus O'Gormans as " the Just ;" and in that of Donegal* as Maelcanaigh,
In the Martyrology of
by
3 See the " Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179. A commen- tator adds that he was Maol Canaigh from
Ruscaigh.
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
Series, vol. i. , part i. ^Engus, p. cxxxviii.
On the Calendar of
of 1 the Tallagh,
Apologia pro
Kelly,
452 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September18. hundred and seven thousand champions of Christ, who earned their crown in
as we find recorded in the Felire of St. 1 We cannot dis- yEngus.
Heaven,
cover any other reference to them in the general Calendars of the Church.
Article XI—Dedication of a Basilica. —In the early Irish Church,
— determined—is found as a Festival in the copy of the Martyrology of
at the 1 8th of September, the Dedication of a Basilica
not to be easily
contained in the Book of Leinster. 1 This is not entered, in that Martyrology of Tallagh, published by Rev. Dr. Kelly.
however,
Tallagh,
ArticleXII. —ReputedFestivalofColumban,Bishop. TheBol- landists enter a festival for Columbanus, a Bishop, but without any other circumstances mentioned, as they find it in the Florarian Manuscript, at the 1 8th of September. For the day succeeding, Ferrarius places a Bishop
Columbanus in Scotia. further allusion to him.
The Bollandists reserve for the 19th of September
same 1 have we treated about day. Already
him,
at the 16th of 2 September.
at the 1 8th of September.
name of Eutroip or Eutropius, at this day.
1
Article XIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Ninian of Candida Casa.
At the 1 8th of September, Camerarius has entered the feast of St. Ninian,
Bishop of Candida Casa in Scotland. This the Bollandists state at the
Article XIV. —Festival for Saints Piala and Hia, Virgins and
Martyrs. to the 1 who record a festival for these According Bollandists,
holy virgins at the 18th of September, Saints Piala and Hia are said to have suffered martyrdom in Britain, with St. Finghar or Guignar. At this date,
Lahier pronounces their eulogy in his work, Menologium Virginum. Already
have we treated on this at the of 2 as at the subject, 23rd February, also,
23rd of March. 3
Article XV. —Festival of St. Eutroip or Eutropius. In the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman, there is a feast for Eutroip or Eutropius,
1
Elsewhere we cannot find in any Calendar the
Article XVI. —Feast of St. Meiteit or Medetus. A festival for St. Me'iteit—rendered Medetus—is found in the Martyrology of Marianus
Article xi. —l Thus bAr-iUcae mar-cn.
entered,
'OetucAcio
Article xiv —* See " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus v. , Septembris xviii. Among the
pretermitted saints, p. 755.
'See the Second Volume of this work, at
that date, Art. i.
» See the Third Volume of this work, at
that date, Art. xiv. —
Article xv. See Dr. Whitley
Stokes' "Felire Hui Gormain," pp. 178, 179,
Article xil—' See "Acta
Sanctorum," tomus v. , Septembris xviii. Among the pre-
termitted Saints, p. 759.
Article xiil—* See " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus v. , Septembris xviii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 756.
'See Art. i. , in the present volume, at that date.
September 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 453
1
It seems likely he is to be identified with Medecius or Medacus of Nicomedia, as found in the ancient Martyrologies of Richenau and Corbie. In those of Epternac and Milan, the name is written
Medetheus. The forms Mediteus and Medileus are also applied to him. The Bollandists simply notice him at this date. 2
Article XVII. —Festival of St. Methoit or Methodius. In the
1
Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman at the 18th of September is entered
Methoit, with the observation " better is he than a mighty birth. 2 This must have been intended to commemorate the holy bishop and martyr, St. Methodius of Chalcis in Greece, whose Acts are noticed by the Bollandists,3 at the present day/
#fnetttntb ^aP f September,
ARTICLE I. —ST. FIONUTAIN, ABBOT, THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THE SON OF AEDH FINNLIATH.
O'Gorman, at the present date.
[SIXTH CENTURY. ']
uncertainty prevails regarding the identity, place, and period of
the MUCH
ranks
Already
Mochteus, Bishop and Patron ol Louth,2 we have seen, that he wrought a
wonderful miracle in bringing to life one Fintan, a disciple of St. Patrick, who had been torn into pieces by some enemies. 3 Colgan thinks it likely he may be identified with St. Fintan, the son of Ferguss, son to Endeus Niadh;4 but, he has alternate conjectures, that he may also be the St. Fionntain, venerated at the 19th of September, or another bearing the same name,whosefeastoccursonthe1stofOctobers However,fromthestate- ment of Fintan being the son of Ferguss, it is clear he cannot be identified with the present saint, who has been called the son of Aedh Finnliath, by
6
the O'Clerys. In the Book of Leinster copy of the Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival is entered in honour of Fintan, Abbot, at the 16th of the October Kalends. This is a mistake for the 13th or the 19th of September ; and, it isperpetuatedinthepublishedversion. ? Noristhereanyfurtherdesignation of him in the Manuscript copy of the Irish Calendar, at the 13th of the
8
present holy religious.
St.
called abbot
Fintan, simply by Colgan,
our at this date. 1 among saints,
in the Acts of St. Mochta or
October Kalends, as preserved among the Irish Ordnance Survey Records.
Articlexvi. —1 SeeDr. -
Article l—' See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xvii. Februani. Vita S. Fintani Abbatis de Cluain-Ednech, Appendix, cap.
i«, p. 355- 3
Stokes' Felire Hui Gormain,' pp. 178, 179.
" 2
tembris xviii. Among the pretermitted
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep-
feasts, p. 759. Article xvii.
— See his Acts at the 19th of August, in the x" i.
See Felire Hui Gor- main," by Dr. Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179.
Eighth Volume of this work, Art. 3 See ibid. , chap. iii.
a The
he ol[d]us rogein. " Ibid.
"
4 " See Colgan's
Acta Sanctorum
original
I—rish is thus
given :
ferr
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep- tembris, xviii. De S. Methodio Episc. Mart.
Mochtei, Episcopi Lugmadensis, cap. xii. , p. 730.
5 See ibid, n. 12, p. 732.
6 Thus Abb. pticani
7 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
8"
See, Common Place JBook, F," p. 79.
Chalcide in Graecia, to pp. 768
773.
4 In a Historic Sylloge of two sections,
containing twenty-four paragraphs.
Whitley
Hibernise," Martii
xxiv.
Vita S.
454 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 19.
The O'Clery Calendarist states, that he was son of Aedh Finnliath, who descended from the race of Eoghan, son to Niall. Fintan, the son of Aedh, is reckoned among St. Columkille's disciples. 9 He seems to have been born in Ireland, and when very young to have accompanied the Apostle of Caledonia to Britain, to have joined the community in Hy, and to have been a companion, when Columba passed beyond the Grampian Mountains. 10 HishistorybelongschieflytothatoftheNorth-BritishChurch. Heissaid
11
to have been the founder of a church, called Abinde.
conjectures this to have been Kill-Aibhne Church, in the diocese of Clonfert. This we must presume to be the present Killane, Killian, or Killiane, a
small 12 parish,
partly
in the
barony
of
Loughrea,
x3 but in that of chiefly
Kilconnel,
1 * and about four miles south-west of Kilconnell in the village,
of
County Galway. Fintan,
the son of
Aedh,
is mentioned in Adamnan's1 *
Life of St. Columba, as one who fell grievously sick on a missionary tour
over the Grampian Mountains. His companions prayed their Apostle to
restore his health. Stretching his hands to Heaven, Columba blessed him, and predicted for the sick youth a long life, which was to continue after all present had died. This prophecy was fulfilled. In after years, he founded a monastery called Kailli-au inde, which Colgan supposed to have been in Ireland, straining the denomination to correspond with Kill-aibhne, in the diocese of Clonfert. 16 However, its situation must be sought for in Scotland ;
1
and a conjecture has been offered ? that it was identical with a place called
Cally, in the parish of Bendothy, in Perthshire, where there was a chapel and burial-ground dedicated to St. Fink. 18 At Kailli-an-inde, Fintan, the son of Aedh, having obtained a good old age, terminated his career. ^ At the 19th of September, Marianus O'Gorman20 enters a feast for Fintan, called
21
ArticleII. —ReputedFeastofSt. SaranMacTrenaich. Atthe
1 6th of the October Kalends, 1 there is an
probable, however, that this is a misplaced festival of St. Saran Mac Tiagharnaigh,whoisveneratedonthe21stofthismonth. FromtheBook of Leinster copy of the Martyrology we miss such an insertion at this date.
l6
Quoting Colgan, Archdall fixes Cail- Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbse. , leavinde in the County of Sligo. See
afairnobleandararegem. Thecommentatoradds,thathewasanabbot. The published Martyrology of Donegal22 records him, at this same date.
entry,
Tallagh Martyrology, as published by the Rev. Matthew Kelly, D. D. 2 It is
9 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
cap. x. , p. 490.
19 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life
"Monasticon Hibeinicum," p. 629. ' 7 By Mr. Skene,
of St. Columba," lib. ii. , cap. 31, p. 144. 11 "
,8
See "Old Statistical Survey of Scot-
See Colgan's Trias Thaumaturga. " Quarta Vita S. Columbse, lib. ii. , cap. xxxi. , p. 357, and nn. 27, 28, p. 384.
land," vol. xix. , pp. 357, 359.
'» See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
" Life of St.
of portions.
religious
45o LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 18. i 8th of September. In the beginning of the present century, his patron day
12
Article IV. —Feast of St. Richarde or Richardis, Empress and Virgin. Thissaintlyandnobleladyisreferredto,atthe18thofSeptember, by Platius,1 Henry Fitzsimon, and the anonymous list of Irish Saints,
a
published by O'Sullivan Beare, have her classed among the Irish Saints.
The Bollandists have inserted such accounts as could be collected regarding this holy woman, at this date,3 in a historic sylloge. * They tell us, that by some recent writers, St. Richardis is said to have been born in Scotia, and to have been the daughter of a Scottish king. However, this account has been
6 rejectedandrefutedbyMatthewRader. s Otherwriters thinkshewasborn
in Alsace, and that she was daughter to the Count Erchangier, of Nordgau. ? She was renowned for her virtues, and married the Emperor Charles le Gros. 8 Withhimshewascrownedandconsecrated,a. d. 88i,bytheSovereign PontiffJohnVIII. 9 Notwithstandingthatshelivedwithherhusbandina state of virginity, she was accused of incontinency ; but, by a public trial her innocence was fully proved. With consent of the Emperor she quitted the Court and retired to Andlau10 on the Lower Rhine, where they had founded and endowed a monastery. " There she lived for many years. After death various miracles attested her sanctity. When Pope St. Leo IX. ia passed through Alsace a. d. 1049, ne na(* tne body of St. Richardis raised and placed in a grand monument behind the high altar. The parish church of Etival,'3 in the diocese of St. Die, still preserves some relics of St. Richardis, but the rich shrine which once contained them perished during the excesses of the French Revolution. 1* It seems to have been Colgan's desire to publish her Acts, at this same date, as we find Richardis Impe- ratricis mentioned on the posthumous list of his MSS. 15
was held at a well, near the place called Tober-Enain.
12 "
See Letters containing Information re-
lative to the Antiquities of the County of Westmeath, collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1837," vol. i. , p. 64.
Charles III. , dit le Gros, [An. 885. ] col. 1206. CEuvres Completes de Bossuet, tome x.
9 This pontiff reigned from A. D. 872 to ""
Article iv. —x In De Bono Statu Reli-
gionis. "
2 See "Historic Catholic* Hibernia?
Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 51, 56.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep-
tembris xviii. De S. Richarde Imp. Virg.
Andlaviae in Alsatia, pp. 793 to 798.
882. See Sir Harris Nicolas' Chronology
of History," p. 210.
,0 This small town lies 18 m. SSW. of
Strasburg, and near the source of the River Andlau, which takes its rise in the Vosges. It falls into the 111, after a N. E. course of 24
4
s Chiefly because no ancient writer had vent bore the title Princess of the Roman
Comprising twenty-two paragraphs.
been found to support it. See " Bavaria
Sacra," tomus Hi. , p. 73.
6 Such as Franciscus Guillemann, in
Empire, had a seat among the Rhenish prelates, and held her authority direct from the Pope. The barons of Andlau held as a
Episcopis Argentinensibus, p. 125, and fief under the abbess, and their ancient
Laguille, in Historia Alsatiae, p. 138.
7 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des Saints,"tomexi. , xviii*JourdeSeptembre,
p. 238.
8 This worthless prince— the grandson of
Charlemagne—lived from A. D. 832 to the month of January, 888, when he died of
grief and in great poverty. See Bossuet's •'Abregede l'Histoire de France," liv. iii. ,
baronial castle still exists.
" He reigned from 1048101054.
'3Ithadbeenformerlytheabbatialchurch of the Order of Premonstratensians.
I4 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des
Saints," tome xi. , xviii* Jour de Septembre,
p. 238.
'« See "Catalogus Actuum Sanctorum quae
MS. habentur ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
miles. See
"
Gazetteer of the World," vol.
i. , pp. 257, 258.
" In after the abbess of that con- times,
September 18. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 451
Article V. —St. Foendelach or Faoindelach. In the Book of
Leinster copy of the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, is
2 the name is Marianus O'Gorman records him as Foendelach, " who was found a help in his Martyrology at this same date. 3 The Martyrology of Donegal* mentions, that Foendelach or Faoindelach was venerated at the
1 8th of September.
entered a feast for 1 In the Foindelaig.
published copy,
printed
Foendelach.
"
ArticleVI. —St. Gema,Virgin,ofRiaccInnse. Wefindafestival 1
registered in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, in
3
honour of Gema, Virgin, of Riacc Innse.
O'Gorman,3 at the same date, the entry of Gemma is found. Her place and period seem to be unknown.
Article VII. —St. Greallan Lainne. We find entered in the pub-
1
lished Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 18th of September, the name Griallan
2
Lainne, without any particular designation.
Donegal^ however, his name appears as Greallan Lainne ; and this seems to follow that entry in the metrical Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman,* at the present date. Where Laine—rendered Land by Dr. Whitley Stokes—is to be found has not been mentioned.
Article VIII. —St. Maelcanaigh, of Rusgach, in the County of
Louth. In the Book of Leinster of the copy
Martyrology
name Maelcanaigh is mentioned as having been venerated, at the 18th of
of Rusgach, in Cuailgne. This ancient district lay between Carlingford LoughandDundalkBay,intheCountyofLouth. Thepresentequivalent of Rusgach can easily be determined within that peninsula.
ArticleIX. —St. Meno,aDeaconandMartyr. InFatherStephen
1
White's work, this holy ecclesiastic is classed at this day among the Irish
Martyrs of Belgium.
Article X. —One Hundred and Seven Thousand. In the early Irish Church, at the 18th of September, was celebrated the Festival of one
Article v. —'Thus written, Voimjelai5.
2
Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179, and n. (1). ibid. —
Article viii. 'Thus entered, mael- CAnAig.
2 In that edited Reeves, pp. copy
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv. "
3 See the Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr. Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179.
* Edited
by
Article vi. — In that copy of the See p. xxxiv.
252, 253.
Drs. Todd and
Rev. Dr.
at this same date, the entry is Mcelcanaigh.
x
Martyrology found in the Book of Leinster we only have JeniAe uin.
2
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
3 See the "Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
Whitley Stokes, —pp 178, 179.
'
Article vii. In the Book of Leinster
copy is found, 5ILA111 lami.
2
252, 253. — Article ix.
Hibernia," —iv. , cap.
'
See "
Edited
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
252, 253.
4 See the " Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
by
Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p.
xxxiv.
p. 42.
Article x. 'See "Transactions of the
In the Martyrology of Marianus
2 He is also recorded at same date in the of Martyrology
September.
Marianus O'Gormans as " the Just ;" and in that of Donegal* as Maelcanaigh,
In the Martyrology of
by
3 See the " Felire Hui Gormain," by Dr.
Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179. A commen- tator adds that he was Maol Canaigh from
Ruscaigh.
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
Series, vol. i. , part i. ^Engus, p. cxxxviii.
On the Calendar of
of 1 the Tallagh,
Apologia pro
Kelly,
452 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September18. hundred and seven thousand champions of Christ, who earned their crown in
as we find recorded in the Felire of St. 1 We cannot dis- yEngus.
Heaven,
cover any other reference to them in the general Calendars of the Church.
Article XI—Dedication of a Basilica. —In the early Irish Church,
— determined—is found as a Festival in the copy of the Martyrology of
at the 1 8th of September, the Dedication of a Basilica
not to be easily
contained in the Book of Leinster. 1 This is not entered, in that Martyrology of Tallagh, published by Rev. Dr. Kelly.
however,
Tallagh,
ArticleXII. —ReputedFestivalofColumban,Bishop. TheBol- landists enter a festival for Columbanus, a Bishop, but without any other circumstances mentioned, as they find it in the Florarian Manuscript, at the 1 8th of September. For the day succeeding, Ferrarius places a Bishop
Columbanus in Scotia. further allusion to him.
The Bollandists reserve for the 19th of September
same 1 have we treated about day. Already
him,
at the 16th of 2 September.
at the 1 8th of September.
name of Eutroip or Eutropius, at this day.
1
Article XIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Ninian of Candida Casa.
At the 1 8th of September, Camerarius has entered the feast of St. Ninian,
Bishop of Candida Casa in Scotland. This the Bollandists state at the
Article XIV. —Festival for Saints Piala and Hia, Virgins and
Martyrs. to the 1 who record a festival for these According Bollandists,
holy virgins at the 18th of September, Saints Piala and Hia are said to have suffered martyrdom in Britain, with St. Finghar or Guignar. At this date,
Lahier pronounces their eulogy in his work, Menologium Virginum. Already
have we treated on this at the of 2 as at the subject, 23rd February, also,
23rd of March. 3
Article XV. —Festival of St. Eutroip or Eutropius. In the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman, there is a feast for Eutroip or Eutropius,
1
Elsewhere we cannot find in any Calendar the
Article XVI. —Feast of St. Meiteit or Medetus. A festival for St. Me'iteit—rendered Medetus—is found in the Martyrology of Marianus
Article xi. —l Thus bAr-iUcae mar-cn.
entered,
'OetucAcio
Article xiv —* See " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus v. , Septembris xviii. Among the
pretermitted saints, p. 755.
'See the Second Volume of this work, at
that date, Art. i.
» See the Third Volume of this work, at
that date, Art. xiv. —
Article xv. See Dr. Whitley
Stokes' "Felire Hui Gormain," pp. 178, 179,
Article xil—' See "Acta
Sanctorum," tomus v. , Septembris xviii. Among the pre-
termitted Saints, p. 759.
Article xiil—* See " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus v. , Septembris xviii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 756.
'See Art. i. , in the present volume, at that date.
September 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 453
1
It seems likely he is to be identified with Medecius or Medacus of Nicomedia, as found in the ancient Martyrologies of Richenau and Corbie. In those of Epternac and Milan, the name is written
Medetheus. The forms Mediteus and Medileus are also applied to him. The Bollandists simply notice him at this date. 2
Article XVII. —Festival of St. Methoit or Methodius. In the
1
Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman at the 18th of September is entered
Methoit, with the observation " better is he than a mighty birth. 2 This must have been intended to commemorate the holy bishop and martyr, St. Methodius of Chalcis in Greece, whose Acts are noticed by the Bollandists,3 at the present day/
#fnetttntb ^aP f September,
ARTICLE I. —ST. FIONUTAIN, ABBOT, THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THE SON OF AEDH FINNLIATH.
O'Gorman, at the present date.
[SIXTH CENTURY. ']
uncertainty prevails regarding the identity, place, and period of
the MUCH
ranks
Already
Mochteus, Bishop and Patron ol Louth,2 we have seen, that he wrought a
wonderful miracle in bringing to life one Fintan, a disciple of St. Patrick, who had been torn into pieces by some enemies. 3 Colgan thinks it likely he may be identified with St. Fintan, the son of Ferguss, son to Endeus Niadh;4 but, he has alternate conjectures, that he may also be the St. Fionntain, venerated at the 19th of September, or another bearing the same name,whosefeastoccursonthe1stofOctobers However,fromthestate- ment of Fintan being the son of Ferguss, it is clear he cannot be identified with the present saint, who has been called the son of Aedh Finnliath, by
6
the O'Clerys. In the Book of Leinster copy of the Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival is entered in honour of Fintan, Abbot, at the 16th of the October Kalends. This is a mistake for the 13th or the 19th of September ; and, it isperpetuatedinthepublishedversion. ? Noristhereanyfurtherdesignation of him in the Manuscript copy of the Irish Calendar, at the 13th of the
8
present holy religious.
St.
called abbot
Fintan, simply by Colgan,
our at this date. 1 among saints,
in the Acts of St. Mochta or
October Kalends, as preserved among the Irish Ordnance Survey Records.
Articlexvi. —1 SeeDr. -
Article l—' See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xvii. Februani. Vita S. Fintani Abbatis de Cluain-Ednech, Appendix, cap.
i«, p. 355- 3
Stokes' Felire Hui Gormain,' pp. 178, 179.
" 2
tembris xviii. Among the pretermitted
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep-
feasts, p. 759. Article xvii.
— See his Acts at the 19th of August, in the x" i.
See Felire Hui Gor- main," by Dr. Whitley Stokes, pp. 178, 179.
Eighth Volume of this work, Art. 3 See ibid. , chap. iii.
a The
he ol[d]us rogein. " Ibid.
"
4 " See Colgan's
Acta Sanctorum
original
I—rish is thus
given :
ferr
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Sep- tembris, xviii. De S. Methodio Episc. Mart.
Mochtei, Episcopi Lugmadensis, cap. xii. , p. 730.
5 See ibid, n. 12, p. 732.
6 Thus Abb. pticani
7 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
8"
See, Common Place JBook, F," p. 79.
Chalcide in Graecia, to pp. 768
773.
4 In a Historic Sylloge of two sections,
containing twenty-four paragraphs.
Whitley
Hibernise," Martii
xxiv.
Vita S.
454 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 19.
The O'Clery Calendarist states, that he was son of Aedh Finnliath, who descended from the race of Eoghan, son to Niall. Fintan, the son of Aedh, is reckoned among St. Columkille's disciples. 9 He seems to have been born in Ireland, and when very young to have accompanied the Apostle of Caledonia to Britain, to have joined the community in Hy, and to have been a companion, when Columba passed beyond the Grampian Mountains. 10 HishistorybelongschieflytothatoftheNorth-BritishChurch. Heissaid
11
to have been the founder of a church, called Abinde.
conjectures this to have been Kill-Aibhne Church, in the diocese of Clonfert. This we must presume to be the present Killane, Killian, or Killiane, a
small 12 parish,
partly
in the
barony
of
Loughrea,
x3 but in that of chiefly
Kilconnel,
1 * and about four miles south-west of Kilconnell in the village,
of
County Galway. Fintan,
the son of
Aedh,
is mentioned in Adamnan's1 *
Life of St. Columba, as one who fell grievously sick on a missionary tour
over the Grampian Mountains. His companions prayed their Apostle to
restore his health. Stretching his hands to Heaven, Columba blessed him, and predicted for the sick youth a long life, which was to continue after all present had died. This prophecy was fulfilled. In after years, he founded a monastery called Kailli-au inde, which Colgan supposed to have been in Ireland, straining the denomination to correspond with Kill-aibhne, in the diocese of Clonfert. 16 However, its situation must be sought for in Scotland ;
1
and a conjecture has been offered ? that it was identical with a place called
Cally, in the parish of Bendothy, in Perthshire, where there was a chapel and burial-ground dedicated to St. Fink. 18 At Kailli-an-inde, Fintan, the son of Aedh, having obtained a good old age, terminated his career. ^ At the 19th of September, Marianus O'Gorman20 enters a feast for Fintan, called
21
ArticleII. —ReputedFeastofSt. SaranMacTrenaich. Atthe
1 6th of the October Kalends, 1 there is an
probable, however, that this is a misplaced festival of St. Saran Mac Tiagharnaigh,whoisveneratedonthe21stofthismonth. FromtheBook of Leinster copy of the Martyrology we miss such an insertion at this date.
l6
Quoting Colgan, Archdall fixes Cail- Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbse. , leavinde in the County of Sligo. See
afairnobleandararegem. Thecommentatoradds,thathewasanabbot. The published Martyrology of Donegal22 records him, at this same date.
entry,
Tallagh Martyrology, as published by the Rev. Matthew Kelly, D. D. 2 It is
9 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
cap. x. , p. 490.
19 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life
"Monasticon Hibeinicum," p. 629. ' 7 By Mr. Skene,
of St. Columba," lib. ii. , cap. 31, p. 144. 11 "
,8
See "Old Statistical Survey of Scot-
See Colgan's Trias Thaumaturga. " Quarta Vita S. Columbse, lib. ii. , cap. xxxi. , p. 357, and nn. 27, 28, p. 384.
land," vol. xix. , pp. 357, 359.
'» See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
" Life of St.
