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Colgan, has been supplied from the Book of Lecan. Hischurch,notyetidentified,was situated, near the River Faughan, in the countyofLondonderry. TheIrishTripar- tite Life calls him, Cruimther Mesean, from Domhnach-Mescan, at Fochan, his brewer.
:
'3' The Irish Brehon.
Life calls him a
Fortchernus de Rath-aidne duo fabri ferra- rii. " However, Dr. O'Donovan thus corrects the text, on the of the
Tripartite
authority
Book of Lecan, inserting these words within brackets after Maccectus [—de Domnach- Arnoin et Sanctus Leobanus] qui, &c. He concludes: "et Sanctus Fortchernus de Rath-Semni, tres fabri ferrarii. " The Irish
^^^ Already alluded to, as Bishop of
Clogher. The Irish Tripartite Life calls him " St. Patrick's strong man. "
'33 Already alluded to as St. Benignus.
'^•^ His identity has not been discovered. In the Irish Tripartite Life, he is called Caemhan of Cill-Ruada, and St. Patrick's youth.
Tripartite Life has it : his three smiths,
Mac Cecht, Laeban from Domhnach-Laeb-
han (who made the Findfaithnech), and Fortchern in Rath-Adine.
'35 The Latin Life calls Tripartite
"1° The Irish Life has it, the Tripartite
it,
'3* In the Latin we read Tripartite Life,
him,
" Senellus de Killdareis, Campanarius. " smiths making the bells, i. e. , Mac Cecht,
The Irish Tripartite corresponds. In the
prose list, preserved in the Book of Lecan,
he is called, SinehL chiLli Aipf a Aifci|\e,
i. e. " Sinell of Killairis, his Ostiarius. " Eguis was venerated, on the 1st of June; and Perhaps, he is the same as the Senellus
Senior, or Sineal, said to have been vene- rated, at the 1 2th of January, or at the 12th
the other, on the 9th of August. Domhnach- Loebain was called Cill-Loebain, in Colgan's time, and it was a parish church, in the
of September. in our Calendars.
( ). ''. er saints, so called, are '
diocese of Clonfert.
Dr. O'Donovan iden-
"
'3* The Latin
"Athgenius de Li Ji-doninaich, coquus. " The Irish Tripartite corresponds. He is the patron saint of Badoney church, near Strabane, county of Tyrone.
'37 The Latin Tripartite Life calls him, ""
The Latin
'i
artite Life calls
him,
Tripartite
has
Sanctus Meschanus de Domnach [Mes-
cain] rius. "
"
tanctus Essa, Sanctus Biteus ac
"
juxta Fochmuine fluvium, Cervicia- The word in brackets, omitted by
"
dala, Sacellanus. " The church, called Domhnach-Dula, in the prose list of the Book of Lecan, was in the plain of Magh- dula, through which the Moyola river, in the county of Londonderry, flows. The Irish Tripartite Life has it, Cruimther Bescna, from Domhnach-Dala, his Mass-priest.
"
'39 The Latin Tripartite Life states,
Sanctus Maccectus de Domnach-leobain,
Sanctus Beschna prsesbyter de Domnach-
qui reliquiarium illud famosum Frim-faid-
heach nuncupatum fabricavit, et Sanctus
and Cuana, and Mac Fail.
'•' Two saints, called Leaban, are noted in
our Calendars. One St. Loeban of Ath-
tifies '"^
it,
as Killian.
Sanctus Fortchernus de Rath-aidne, faber ferrarius," but the Book of Lecan, in the prose list, has him of Rath Semhni. His festival was cele- brated, on the I ith of October, at Cill-Fort- chern, in Idrone, county of Carlow, and at
Trim, in the county of Meath.
'••3 Thus are they named, in the Latin Tri-
partite :
762
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
His three artificers/*^ of great endowment, Aesbuite,'^ Tairill/'^s and Tasach. '*^
His three embroiderers/*? not despicable, Lupaid, Erca, and Cruim- thiris. '*^
Odhran,'49 his charioteer, without blemish, Rodan,'5o son of Braga, his shepherd.
Ippis,'5i Tigris, and Erca, and Liamhain, with Eibeachta :
For them Patrick excelled in wonders, for them he was truly miraculous. Carniuch»52^^sthepriestthatbaptizedhim; German'53histutor,with-
out blemish.
The priest Manach,'54 of great endowment, was his man for supplying wood.
His sister's son'ss was Banban, of fame ; Martin'^^ his mother's brother.
Sanctus Tassa, tres fabri serarii, vasorumque
"
are called Aifpmice, Cai|m11, Ca^ac.
•** Colgan thinks this Essa a corruption for Ossa, or Ossan, as St. Patrick had a
disciple so called, at Trim.
'*5 This name is found only in Flann's
poem.
'* This was not Bishop Tassach of Ra-
holp, near Downpatrick, who administered the Viaticum to St. Patrick, but Assagh,
Bishop of Elphin, according to the Book of Armagh, in Sir William Betham's trans-
published by Colgan.
'50 Dr. O'Conor prints this Rochan. The
Latin Tripartite Life calls him, " Sanctus
Rodanus, Armentarius. " The Irish Tripar- that list is Flann's poem ; yet, here, they tite Life corresponds. In the prose list, in
In the prose list of the Book of Lecan, these are called efpiti, 131 ce, and Ca^An. The authority given for
sacrorum fabricatores.
:
lation. In the Irish Tripartite Life, we find says in a note " Omnes vita vetustiores
an account of the artificers making the dishes and reliquaries, and the altar chalices, viz. , Tassach, and Essa, and Bitiu.
eum appellant Gorniam. " In the copy of Flann's poem, preserved in the Book of
"
Lecan, the reading is :
'« " Sancta Lupita, Tigrida, et Cram- ]^o bAifc, i. e. Gornias the priest who bap-
theris textrices et sacrorum linteorum erant
confectrices, tite Life.
tized him. "
'53 All the Lives of Patrick agree, that St.
Germanus was his tutor. Colgan attempts
to show, that Patrick had been under his tui-
tion so early as the year 396 ; but, the acute
Dr. Lanigan clearly proves, that Patrick
could not have been under the direction of
St. German, before the year 418. See
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, iv. , sect, x. , p. 161.
'54 The Latin Tripartite Life calls him :
" Sanctus Monachus prassbyter focaris lig-
norumque provisor. " In the prose list, in
"
In the prose list in the Book of
according to the Latin Tripar-
are named thus
TiechA . 1. iupAi-o, 7 ei\c, ingen Xha^a, 7
C|\tnmche|\if, ie. Lupaid, and Ere, daughter of Dairi, and Crumtheris. " The Lupaid here mentioned was Lupita, Patrick's own sister. Ere, the daughter of Dairi, was no other than Ergnata, the daughter of Dairi, King of Oirther, who granted Armagh to Saint Patrick. Cmm- theris was a lady of royal birth, who lived in solitude, on the hill of Kenngobha, to the east of Armagh.
Lecan, they
:
-A c|M 0]\ui -
"
C]\uiin6eA]\ niAnAd A |:eA]\t)enihA connAig, i. e. Crumh- '<* The Irish Tripartite Life mentions ther Manach, his provider of wood. " The somewhat differently, those nuns, making Irish Tripartite Life has him, as Craimther Manach, his wood-man. 11 1^ ideuuiy does
the altar-cloths, viz. , Cochmass, and Tigris, and Lupait, and Darerca. And, again, it states, that St. Patrick's three embroiderers were Lupait, and Ere, daughter of Daire, and Cruimthiris, in Cenn-Gobha.
not seem to be clearly established.
'55 In the copy of Flann's poem, in the
'« Life calls him The Latin Tripartite
brother " " of fame. " [or cousin]
" Sanctus Odranus de Disert-Odrain in Hi- falgia, auriga," and the Irish Tripartite cor- responds. These perfectly agree with the
their existence to the errors of transcribers.
'5* In the Tripartite Life, it is stated, that Conchessa, St. Patrick's mother, was the sister or relative of St. Martin; "Con-
"
prose list, in the Book of Lecan : 0'0|\An
6 'OifeiAC Ot)|\Ain & §iIIa a]\a'6. " He is mentioned, in the Lives of St. Patrick, as
:
Neither name has been identified with true history ; and, it is more than probable, that both owe
the Book of Lecan, he is called " TlO'OAn a buACAlL"
'5' These are said to have been the five sisters
of St. Patrick ; but, Dr. Lanigan has attempted
to show, that St. Patrick had no real sisters
in Ireland ; and, he thinks, that these were
religious women, who were called his sisters,
in a spiritual, and not in a carnal, sense.
"
See his
vol. i. , chap, iii. , sect, xviii. , pp. 125, 126.
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland. "
'5* It is so printed, by Dr. O'Conor, who
the Book ofLecan, he is called "
"
biAA^Ai^x CO mblATi, i. e. Seannan was his
Book of Lecan, the reading is,
SeAnnAn a
Jo^miiaj' in t^aca^nc
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 763
Most sapient was the youth Mochonnoc,^s7 his hospitaller.
Cribri and Lasra,'58 Qf mantles, beautiful daughters of Gleaghrann.
Doorway of Temple-Patrick old Church, Inchagoill, County of Galway. Macraith the wise, and Erc,'S9—he prophesied in his three wills.
— the scribe of his school; the
Brogan,'^° priest Logha,'^!
his helms-
man,
chessa Ecbatii filia ex Francis oriur. da, et S. Martini sorer, seu cognata, ejus mater fuit. "—Lib. i. , cap. i. , p. 117.
'57 The Latin Tripartite Life has noticed :
" Sanctus Catanus prassbyter, et Ocanotus
prsesbyter duo hospitalarii, sive hospitum ministri. " The Irish Tripartite has it : Cruimther Catan, and Cruimther Ocan, his two waiters. In the prose list, in the Book of
"
CT\iiimceT\ CATxsn ^^'ooa, 7 C|\uiiTnce|\ TnbixogAii A t)A ^opnep ; i. e. Priest Cadan
of Tamlnghtard, and Priest Brogan, his two waiters. " The memory of St. Cadan, or Catanus, is still hekl in great veneration, in the parish of Tamlaghtard, or Ardm^gilli- gan, in the barony of Keenaght, and county of Londonderry. Colgan gives the Acts of Mochonnoc, at ilth February, and states, that he flourished, about A. D. 492 ; but. Dr. Lanigan shows, that he lived at a much later period. See his " Ecclesiastical His- tory of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, viii. , sect. XV. ,p. 425. TheBroganoftheproselist, in the Book of Lecan, is evidently intended for Brocan, or Brocanus. one of the nephews of St. Patrick, mentioned in the Latin Tri- partite Life. See pars, ii. , cap. ii. , lii. , pp. 129, 136.
'58 These are called Crebrea and Lassera, in the Tripartite Life, where it is stated,
that they were the daughters of Glerannus, son of Cumineus, and that they lived, at tlie church of Kill-Forclann, near Killala. See pars, ii. , cap. Ixxxvi. , p. 141. Dr. O'Conor,
with this evidence before him, translates Glea- "
ghrann,by candidse,"asifitwereanepithet of the virgins, and not their father's name.
'59 The text is
the copy in the Book of Lecan affords no clue to the correction of it.
'*° He was the of St. Brocanus, nephew
Patrick, mentioned by Jocelyn, in his Life of St. Patrick, chap. 50, and said to have been venerated, at the 8th of July, and at the 17th of . September,
'*'
In the copy of Flann's poem, in the Book of Lecan, he is called Ci\uiTnie]\ tugriA, which is more correct. His tomb-
stone is still preserved near Templepatrick, or Patrick's church, on the island of Insi-
Goili, in Lough Corrib, with the following
inscription: "tie lu5nAex)on mACc iine-
r>tieh, i. e. the stone of Lugna Don, son of
Lemenueh. " This inscription was discovered
by Dr. Petrie, who published z. facsimile of
"
it, in his
Round Towers of Ireland," part ii. , sect, iii. , subs, i. , p. 165. It is the oldest literal monument yet discovered in Ireland. It establishes the existence of Lughna, and Lemenueh, beyond dispute ; but, nothing of
Lecan, the reading is :
6 CAmtAccAin
clearly corrupt here,
and
Ecclesiastical Architecture and
764
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
It is not a thing unsung—and Machui'^' his true fosterson.
Good the man whose great family they were, to whom God gave a
crozier without sorrow
Chiefs with whom the bells are heard, a good family was the family of
Patrick.
May the Trinity,^^3 which is powerful over all, distribute to us the boon
of great love ;
The king who, moved by soft Latin, redeemed by Patrick's prayer. "'^
A list of St. Patrick's successors,^^5 in the See of Armagh, is extant,'^^ among ourIrishManuscripts. Thesenames,wehavealreadygiven,inapreviousnote.
Besides those disciples, enumerated in the foregoing lists, the following
are in St. Patrick's various Lives The Senior Kienan ^^7 persons noticed, : ;
Dichuo,''^^ Ross'^9 or Rus, Durtract'7° or Durthact, Niell,'? ! Eugenius,^^^ and Ailill,'73 brothers ; Loarn,'74 Bishop of Inreattan or Brettan ; Nessan,'73 Deacon of Mungarett ; Trian,'76 Bishop of Croebheach ; Winnoc,'77 Bishop ofRath-espuic; MaguilorMacaldus,'78BishopofMan; Albeus,'79Bishop
a similar antiquity has been discovered, to prove their relationship to the Irish Apostle.
The accompanying illustration of Temple- patrick was drawn on the spot, by William F. Wakeman, and transferred to the wood. It was engraved, by Mrs. Millard.
'*' He was St. Mochai, of Endrom, in
Loch Cuan, one of St. Patrick's earliest
converts, to whom he gave a copy of the Gospels, and what was called a Ministeir, or
at the 23rd of June.
**3 In the Book of Lecan, the poem of
—on St. Patrick's household, concludes Flann,
Setna, the pious, son of Corcran, &c. , &c.
"
Ussher quotes this poem, in
cap. xvii. , p. 89s, as written in very ancient Irish verses, giving a catalogue of St. Patrick's domestics, and as authority for the existence of a Senex Patricius, ceAn'o a
portable reliquary :
totond—it, et dedit ei Evangelium et Minis- teir. " Vita Sec. cap. 32. His feast occurs,
thus
:
" A. nimpit)! •pin le Vl^An-o, co \\^A pooh- ^A1C CAII inipAli,
Co mine ice]\ I'bAiiib niifie, &c niAichib r>A muinci|\e. "
* These " " are [saints]
Manuscript
of the Irish Royal
" eum ac Baptizavit
'^* After enumerating the four-and-twenty,
that were in orders with St. Patrick, the
Irish Life this is the number Tripartite says,
that were in the company of Joseph ; and, it was the number that had been allowed, at the table of the King of Cashel, down from the time of Fedhlimidh, son of Crimthann, i. e.
by Flann, that he may obtain reward without
doubt.
With meekness amongst the nobles of
implored
29th
heaven through the chiefs of this April.
family. "
Dr. O'Conor says, that he does not know whence the Four Masters copied this poem, It is not contained, in either of the Dublin copies, and Dr. O' Conor's printed copy of it is corrupted, to agree with his own idea of the meaning. The copy of Flann's poem, preserved in the Book of Lecan, fol. 44, b. , IS much better and more copious, and it contains the names of several officers of Patrick's household, not mentioned in Evin's list, or even in the prose list, prefixed to the
'7° Said to be of vfilndruim.
*? ' Said to have been of Kill-clethe.
'7' Said to be of Kill-clethe.
'73 Said to have been Archbishop of
Armagh, and venerated, on the 13th of
January.
'" A feast is assigned him at the nth of
September,
'« Venerated the 25th of July.
'7* Said to have been venerated, at the
23rd of March.
'77 Said to have been Uindic, of Tuigh*
netha, venerated on the 29th of August.
'7* His feast has been to the assigned,
25th of April.
'79 His feast is kept, on the 12th of Sep-
tember.
in the Book of such as Lecan,
poem itself,
Cromdumhan, his mucAnie, or swineherd ; his three builders, Caemhan, Cruithnech, and Luchraidh ; his three physicians, Sech- nan, Ogma, and Aitheraail ; his librarian,
;
who to died, according
|T\uichi i^enojXAch,
the Annals of Connaught. in the year 454.
the of the two King
'^5
See the
Academy, which is classed, 23. P. 16. fol. 99, b. See also the MS. , classed H. 2. 16. ,
belonging to Trinity College, Dublin.
'** See the " Leabhar Breac," at fol. no,
(now 99), b. b.
"7 Bishop of Duleek, venerated at the
of November.
''* Son of Trichem, and monk at Saul,
venerated at the 29th of April.
'*» Or Ruisen. Venerated at the 7th of
provinces
of Munster.
Primordia,"
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 765
of Emly; Setna or Sedonius,*^° Bishop; Coindrius or Conderius,'^^ and Romulus/^2 Bishops in Man; Dunnius or Modunius,'^3 Abbot of Saul; Loman/^+ Bishop of Trim ; Brochad'^s of Imleacheach ; Mogenoc,'^^ Bishop of Kill-dumha-gluin ; Munis,^^7 Bishop of Kill-teidil ; Mel/^^ Bishop of Ardagh ; Melchuo/^^ Bishop of Ardagh ; Munis/90 Bishop of Forgney ; Rioch,'9' Abbot of Inis-bofinde ; Nectan,'? ^ Bishop of Kill-unche, and of Kill-fionnauair ; Beoana or Dabonna/93 Bishop of Cluain-namanach ; Mogor- nan'94 or Mogerman, Bishop ; Darioc/95 Bishop of Inis-ualaing ; Lugnat/96 a priest ; Carantoc or Carnech/97 Bishop of Tulen, in Meath ; Crumman,'98 Bishop of Lecan, in Meath ; Maccalleus/99 Bishop of Cruachan-Brigh-Ele ; Migdna,=^°° Bishop of Disert-Patruic ; Diermitius,°°' Bishop of Drumensis ; Comitius or Connetus,^°^ Bishop of Ckiain-Senmoil ; Fortchern,^°3 Bishop of Trim ; Cathlaidus or Cathaldus,^°< Bishop of Trim ; Manchen/°3 surnamed the Master, Bishop of Tyrawley ; Connedus,^°^ 'a Priest of Domnach-airthir ; Germanus,^°7BishopofMan; Lugacius,^°^BishopofKill-airthir; Columbaor Cohmibus,=^°9 of Kill-eanain ; Meldan,^'" Bishop of Ckiain-creamha ; Liiga- dius,^" Bishop of Fordhruim ; Cessan,^" Bishop of Domnach-mor ; Ceran or Kieran,='3 Bishop of Saighir ; Corbniac,^''* Bishop of Trim ; Ailveus or Ailbeus,"5 Priest, of Sen-Chua ; Mac Erca,''^ Priest of Kill-roa ; Dovengard
'*° Supposed to have had a festival, at the 1 6th of June.
'*' His feast has been assigned, to the I >th of November.
'*^ His festival was held, as supposed, on the 1 8th of November.
'^3 His feast has been placed, at the 29th
of May.
'^ His feast has been assigned, to the
17th of February.
*^'
'98 His festival is referred, to the 28th of
June.
'99 His feast has been assigned, to the 25th
of April.
^°° The son of Darerca, said to have had
a feast, at the 4th of August, or at the i8th of November, in the church of KiUucan.
''s He is
of
9th July.
to have had a feast, at the 15th of January, or at the 12th of December.
°°' thinks, he have been the Colgan may
Connatus or Condatus, venerated at the 15th of November.
'°3 His feast has been assigned, to the 17th of February.
*°* Colgan supposes, he may have been a Cathbath, venerated on the 1st of July, or at the 1 6th of September.
^°5 Among the many saints of this name, he, who is denominated the Master, has not been ascertained,
"^ A doubt exists, regarding his identifica« tion, in our Calendars.
TM7 Colgan says, he was venerated, at the
3rd of July.
'°* his to the 2nd of Colgan assigns feast,
March, or to the i6th of June.
^°9 He is said to have been venerated, at
the 4th of June.
^'^ His festival has been placed, at the
1 8th of January, or at the 26th of October. =" His feast has been assigned, to the
17th of April.
='^ The 4th of June is said to have been
his feast day.
=='3 His feast is held, on the of March. 5th
"'His festival occurs, on the 17th of February.
^'5 He is venerated, on the 30th of Ja. nuary.
at the
His feast is assigned, to the 26th of
venerated,
December.
'*' His feast was held, on the 6th of Feb-
ruary, and on the i8th of December.
'^ His feast is at the 6th of February.
''^ His feast is at the 6th of February.
'5° He is said to have been venerated, on
the 6th of February.
'9' His festival is at the 6th of February. '9^ His feast is at the 2nd of May.
'93 Supposed, by Colgan, to rest at Glas-
tonbury, in England.
'9'« He is said to have been a brother to
St. Sechnall.
•95 He was a brother to the
'9^ A brother to the preceding.
'97 Said to have had a feast, at the 1 6th of
May. He is thought to have been a British prince, who had been selected to succeed his father in a principality. But, St. Caran- toc was impelled by Divine inspiration to follow another course. He crossed over into Ireland, being attracted by the fame of St. Patrick, who was then labouring there. He became a zealous of the
coadjutor great Irish Apostle, and for many years, he ful- filled all the duties of his ministry, convert-
ing innumerable souls, by his preaching and miracles, to the Faith of Christ. Therefore, he is classed, among the Irish Apostle's faithful servants.
='*
1 8th of November.
foregoing.
^°'
Said to have been Darerca's son, and
Said to have been venerated, on the
766 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS'. [March 17.
or Domangart,'^7 Bishop of Rath-murbuilg ; Senach,^'^ Bishop of Achadh- fouair ; Lonan,'^9 Priest, of Kill-uaillech ; Colman or Colmanellus,^^° Bishop
andAbbotofLann-ela Patrick '^^^ the ; Junior,
great
St. Patrick's
nephew ;
the Leper,^^^ with name unknown ; Cathaseus,^^3 Priest, of Domnach Pat-
ruic ; Cathur or Catharr,=^'4 and Cathneus,'^25 brothers-german to Cathaseus ;
Mokianus the Pilgrim or Daluan,^^^ probably of Croebhach and of Druim-
inescluinn ; Lugad,'^^ Bishop of Druim-inescluinn ; Lugad,'^^ Priest, of Tegh-
Laisren ; Moluan,'^^ the Briton, of Tegh-bretan, and of Imlech-inis-cluainn ;
Mac-Dichuill,^3o Priest, of Cluain-chaoin ; Domnalis or Domnaldus,'3i Bishop of Ailech-mor ; Buadmaelus^s^ of Kill-Buadhmoel ; Maneus,^33
Bishop ; Briteus,^34 Bishop of Cassel-irra ; Fulartus,'35 Bishop of Domnach- mor; Macetus,^36 Priest of Sencheall ; Cethenus or Cethecus;*37 01can,'38 Priest of Kill-mor ; Carell,^39 Bishop ; Coeman,^4o Deacon of Seanndomnah ;
Cethecus,'*" Bishop of Kill-garadh; Comgellanus,^'*^ Abbot; Justus,'^ Deacon in Fidhard ; Bernicius,^-''* a Gaul ; Hibernicus,='t5 and Ernicius'^'*^ brothers of Bernicius ; Nine of their brothers,^^? who were Francks ; Sacel- lus,='»^ Bishop of Baisleac ; Benignus,^'^? brother of St. Cethach ; Brochad ;'5°
"7 His feast occurs, on the 24th of March.
known.
="33 His feast occurs, at the 2nd of Sep-
tember.
'^^ He was venerated, Colgan states, at
the 22nd of July, as Biteus, i. e. Mobiu, or at the 30th of September, as Mobi. B«t, the latter vi^as a nun, of Domhnach, pro- bably Donnybrook.
'^^ His feast is not known.
"3* His festival has not been discovered. *37 His feast is not known.
^3^ He is said, to have been venerated, on
the 4th of June, but, most probably, on the 20th of February.
"39 Colgan says, he was venerated, on the 13th of July.
'*° His feast has not been fixed, except by
Colgan, who erroneously assigns it to the 3rd of November.
'•*'
His festival was kept, on the i6th of June.
°*'
Many saints, bearing this name, are found in our Calendars ; but, the present holy man has not been identified.
"•*3 has not been able to determine Colgan
who he was, but suspects, he may have been venerated, either at the loth of January, or at the 29th of July, as Justan Lene.
''^^ His identity has not been traced, in our Calendars.
'^s Not known, in our Calendars.
*** Not known, in our Calendars.
'7 Colgan conjectures, these and the fore- going may have been among the Francks or Gauls, invoiced by St. ^ngus, in his Book of Litanies, num. 48, 49, 50.
"*^ Unless he was a Sacellus, or Socellus, named in St. Berach's Acts, at the 15th of February, Colgan could not discover who he had been.
°*9 Colgan distinguishes him, from the Archbishop of Armagh, and calls him, Abbot of Druimlias. It is supposed, he
may be identical, M'ith a St. Benatius, vene-
"'^
His festival has been assigned, to the
loth of September,
''9 His feast is held, on the 12th of No-
vember.
"° His festival is at the 26th of Septem-
ber.
"' Some of our Calendarists have his
feast, at the 24th of August ; but, according to the " Felire " of St. . ^ngus, this is the festival of Sen- Patrick, the preceptor of the great St. Patrick.
"' He is mentioned, in the Latin Tripar- tite Life, lib. i. , cap. xl, p. 123, and lib. ii. , cap. xxiv. , p. 132.
*'3 Colgan has not been able, clearly to identify him.
''* Colgan has not been able, clearly to identify him.
''5 Perhaps, says Colgan, he may be the Cota or Cotana, venerated, on the 4th of Febmary. See the Latin Tripartite Life, lib. ii. , cap. vi. , p. 130, and n. 22, p. 173.
^** His feast is held, on the 7th of
Ja-
nuary.
"'' His festival is at the 2nd of Novem-
ber.
"' His feast-day has not been noted,
although Colgan thinks it was at the 17th
of
="9 Venerated at the 7th of January, and
probably not distinct from the former Da- luan.
"3° Colgan thinks, he was the same as St. Aedhan, the son of Deigill, venerated on
April.
the 1st of
"3' Colgan has a long dissertation, to dis-
cover his identity, but without any very successful result, in the Latin Tripartite Life, pars, ii. , cap. xviii. , cxxiv. , pp. 131, 146, nn. 55, 184, pp. 175, 181.
°3» He is mentioned, in the Life of St. Benignus, chap. xi. His feast-day is not
January.
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 7^7
Bronach,'si a Priest ; Coeman,=32 Qf Airdne Coemain ; Canna,2S3 a Monk ; Loam,==54 Priest of Achadh-mor ; Conan,^5s a Priest ; Senach,^56 a Bishop of Achadh-Fobuir ; yEngus''" of Kill-mor ; Cannech,^58 a Priest ; Mucna or Muckinus,^59 a Bishop ; Teloc,^^° a Priest ; Domnald,^^' a Bishop ; Mure- dach,2^2 Bishop of Killala ; Mac Rimius,^^3 Bishop of Corca-raoidhe ; the seven sons^^* of Drogen ; Gemthenn^^s of Each-enach ; Dubduban,^^^ of Uomnach Mor; ^ngus,^^? Bishop of Domnach-Bile, or Magbile ; Maccar- thenn,^^^ Bishop of Domnach-mor Muige-tochuir; Three Deacons,'^^^ nephewsofSt. Patrick,inInnishowen; -^ngus,^7osonofAihld,ofDmim- berta ; Domnald,^7i son of Crimthann, Bishop of Ailech-mor ; Domnald,^? ^ son to Colgna, Bishop of Tulach-hag ; Domnaid,^73 Bishop of Cuil-chonalta ; Beoadus,^74 Bishop of Dun-cruithen ; Macnessius,^75 Bishop of Connor ; Cathbad,^76 Priest, of Foth-rath ; Diraan,^77 a Monk ; ErclaciuSj^^s Priest of Kill-muadhain ; Nehemias,279 Bishop of Tulach ; Enan,^^° of Druim-indich \
^'
TwoCennansf Fiachrius,^^'BishopofCuil-echtrann
ofKill-
; Glassius,^^3
glais ; Liberius,^^4 Priest, of Kill-glais ; Daniel,^^5 surnamed the Angel, of Lettir-Padruic ; Molasrius,^^^ of Glaire; Coeman,^^^ of Imleach-cluana ; Brugacius,"^^^ Bishop of Rath-muighe ; Coirbreus,^^9 Bishop of Colerain ; Columban,"9o Priest, of Domnach Mdr ; Conedus,^9^ Priest, of Domnach
rated at Kill-chuile, in the deanery of Sil- muiredhaidh, and diocese of Elphin, on the 3rd of April.
550 Of Imlech-each, and brother of St.
Loman. His church was in the deanery of
Siol-Muiredhaigh, and diocese of Elphin. His festival is not known.
*5' His festival is not known.
*5» His feast was held, on the I2th of
June.