7
According
to Tigernach.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v9
' In the "
Menologium Scoticum" is the following entry for this
date: " Monasterio di. vini ruris Batheni he would be inclined to identify it with "
a " A Magno Maculone excriptum. " It ""
s See his Civil and Ecclesiastical His-
tory of Scotland," p. 189.
6 See "New Statistical Account of
makes. We know not where the present p. 544.
must be remarked, that in the Menologium Scoticum," Dempster neither gives chapter
nor of a writer or his work, to page
verify
the generally questionable references he Scotland," vol. . vii. , part ii. Argyle,
Fordun's " Scotichronicon," vol. i. , lib. ii. , cap. x. , p. 43. William F. Skene's edition, Edinburgh, 1871, 8vo.
September ii. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 275
rated on the 8th of March, 7 according to Adam King's Kalendar, 8 and that the Miracle of his Arm takes place on the xi. of September. 9
1
Article IV. —Reputed Festival of a St. Batheneus.
Henry Fitzsimon,inhisCatalogusaliquorumSanctorumIberniae, citestheLifeof St. Columba 2 and the English Martyrology, for placing the Festival of St.
Batheneus, at the nth of September. There are many forms of this saint's name, such as Baithan, Boetan, Baoton, Buadan, Boedan, Da Buedoc,3 Baotan, Baothan, Baothin, Baoitin, Baoithin,* Baitan—, Bathan, Baithon, and
ifBeoanandBean thenamesofsaintsin Ireland and Scotland be not other forms of it. In like manner, there
Bothan. s It be —
may questioned,
are various festivals for saints so distinguished: thus, at January 9th/ 12th,
7
14th, 23rd ;*3
14at
26th;'-' and at December
jsand 16atOctober 17 18 18th; 6th, 12th,
8 and
9 at
February 5th
10 and 11 at March1st12 and 19th;
29th; May 22nd;
16th. 21 Among all these saints and feasts, there is no such name on record at the nth of September; but, this entry most probably refers to the festival for the Transfer of St. Bathen's
Relics.
at 12th, 19 and
June 9th
ArticleV. —St. Daniel,BishopofBangor,CountyofDown. In 1
the Martyrology of Tallagh, we find the name of Daniel, Bishop of Benn- chair,entered,ashavingbeenvenerated,atthenthofSeptember. Weare informed, that according to the custom of the time when he lived, several bishops exercised their office in the Church of Ireland, while discharging the
2
functions of Abbots. These belonging to Bangor were usually styled
successors of 3 In the of 4 at this same Comgall. Martyrology Donegal,
date, is the entry, Daniel, Bishop, of Bennchor. The time when he lived is not
7 See an account of him, at that date, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. iii.
8 1 do not find this Translation of Relics noted, in any of the published Scottish Kalendars, at the nth of September; nor is the town of Thana mentioned by Adam King, at the 8th of M^rch.
I0 See in the Second Volume of this work
Baothan, Art. vii.
" See ibid. , Baoithin or Baetin, Art. ii.
'2
See in Jhe Third Volume of this work, Art. iii.
I3 See ibid. , Baetan or Boetan, Art. xiii.
** See in the Fifth Volume of this work,
9 For the foregoing notice, Dempster Baoithin, Art. ii.
quotesBoece. — ARTICLE iv.
l
^ See in the Sixth Volume of this work,
See O'Sullivan Beare's Baithine or Baoethine, Art. iii.
" l6
Histjrice Catholicse Hibernice Compen- See ibid. , Baithin or Baothan, Art. ii.
dium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 52. ^See in the Tenth Volume of this work,
2
It is difficult to find in any of St. Baoithin.
Columba's Lives, where the authority can be found, for placing St. Bathenus and his Festival at this day.
l8
See ibid. , Baoithin.
'» See ibid. , Baoithin, Lesi.
20
See ibid. , Beoah.
2I See in the Twelfth Volume of this
Bean.
Article v. —1 Edited
by
See in his Commentaries on the Life of
3 See
niae," Martii i.
n. 1,
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber- De S. Baitano sive Boetano,
work,
Colgan's
p. 437.
Rev. Dr.
p. xxxiv. In the Book of Leinster copy we
4 See the "Martyrology of Donegal," edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
362 to 365.
s See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of
Scottish Saints," pp. 274, 276.
•See in the First Volume of this work, at
that date, Baithin, Art. viii.
7 See ibid. , Baothin or Baithin, Art. viii. • See ibid. , Baetan or Baoden Mor. , Art. i. 9 See ibid. , Baeithin, Art. vi.
read "Daniel epr* ben.
2
St". Comgall, Fleming's "Collectanea
Sacra," pp. 315, 316, num. 68.
3 See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesias-
tical Antiquities of Down, Connor, and
Dromore," Appendix A. , p. 152.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
244, 245.
Kelly.
276 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [Septemberit.
mentioned. At this date, Marianus O'Gorman notices the good and great Daniel. Under the head of Bennchor, Duald Mac Firbis also enters
6
He moreover, in the Calendar compiled by the Rev. William Reeves. 7
Daniel, Bishop of Bennchor, at the nth of September.
Article VI. —St. Conamhail, Son of Failbhe, Abbot of Iona. —
Set down in the
1
and
and of Marianus O'Gorman, at the nth of September, we find the name of Conamhail or Conomal. He is somewhat differently described, elsewhere,
[Seventh
and an account of his
Martyrologies
Tallagh
Eighth Centuries]
of
him. 2 he is By Tighernach,
family
line
distinguishes
called Conmael. This holy man was the son of Failbhe. He belonged to
the Clann Colla, and therefore he was of the Airghialla or Oriellians. He
descended from the race of Colla Uais,3 monarch of Erin. Conamhail
seems early to have embraced the religious state of life, and to have lived as
a member of the community at Iona, while the celebrated Adamnan* was
Abbot. On the death of this latter, he immediately succeeded, being the
first Abbot of Hy, whose descent is referred to a different house from that of
Conal Gulban. s During the term of his office, Dunchad is stated to have
held the principatus of Hy, in a. d. 706 6 or 707;? by which we may
understand, either that he had been appointed in consequence of the age or
infirmities of Conamhail to administer the affairs of the society as a ianist
8
or that some schism arose in the Monastery, possibly on the Paschal
abbot ;
question, and which led to a rival appointment. 9 This Abbot of Iona died
a. d. IO to the Annals of the Four Masters. 11 The 708, according
Martyrology ofDonegal, atthissamedate,records,Conamhail,sonofFailbhe.
6
According to the Annals of Ulster. See
12
Article VII. —Reputed Festival of a St. Queranus, Abbot of Foilen, in Scotia. Among the Scottish Entries in the Kalendar of David
1 there is a festival at the nth of for a St. Camerarius, September
Queranus, Abbot of Foilen, in Scotia. 2 This statement is given by the Bollandists, on
his authority, at the present date,3 with a reference to the 9th of September. As we have already seen, at the latter day, Father Suyskens* and others have
5 See Archdall's " Monasticon Hiberni- cum," p. 108.
6
See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. , parti. , pp. 88, 89.
7 See " Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down,
Connor, and Dromore," Appendix LL. , p.
380.
Article VI. —'Edited Rev. Dr.
by Kelly,
p. xxxiv. In that copy contained in the Book of I. einster is the entry ConamAil.
e Rev. Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores," tomus ii. Tiger- nachi Annales.
3 He began to reign in a. d. 323, and in 326, he and his brothers were expelled to Scotland. They returned to Ireland the year following, and accepted service under Muircadhach Tireach, the reigning king. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 122, 123.
* See his Life, at the 23rd of this month, in the present volume.
5 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life
of St. Columba. " Additional Notes, O, p.
378.
-OmnAlA nla-oh, edited with translation and notes by William M. Hennessy, vol. i. , pp. 156,157.
7 According to Tigernach.
8 He was a promoter of the Roman observance for Easter.
9 See Rev. Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores," tomus iv. , n. p. 72.
I0 See "Trias Colgan's
Thaumaturga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Columba? , cap.
iii. , sect, v. , p. 501.
" See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , pp.
30S, 309.
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
244, 245. — Article VII.
'
"11 Die. Sanctus Queranus Abbas Foilensis in
Scotia. "
Thus entered
:
3"
See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of
Scottish Saints," p. 240.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii.
Septembris xi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 744.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. Septembrisix. DeS. KieranoseuQuerano, Abbate Cluain-mic-noisensi, Commentaries Hisloricus, sect, i. , num. 3, 4, 5, 6, p. 371.
is noticed,
September ii. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 277
given reasons for supposing him to have been confounded with St. Kiaran of Clonmacnoise. However, Camerarius s and Lubinus,6 who scarcely distinguish between both, make the abbot of Clonmacnoise different from him of Foilen. In a Missal, published by order of Pope Clement XII. , there is a festival prescribed for a St. Kiran, Abbot and Patron of Foilen. 7 It seems difficult to find any place bearing such a name in Ireland, or in any part of Great Britain. Although Father Suyskens adopts the opinion, that through some mistake, this festival had been intended to commemorate St. Kyran of Clonmacnoise, and whose true feast had been fixed for Sepember 9th, where we have already treated about him ; he still allows it might be conjectured, that there had been some one bearing the name of the patron of Clonmacnoise in a monastery which followed his rule, or perhaps the editor of the Missal adopted the authority of Camerarius or Lubinus, notwithstanding the unknown
sources from which their statements had been derived. At the 5th of March, 8
when treating the Life of St. Kyran of Saigar, Colgan takes exception to Camerarius placing a St. Kieran or Queran, abbot, at the nth of September, and at the end of October. 9
Article VIII. —St. Colman, Bishop. It is a necessity of our nature
to love something; but it is a duty to discover the right objects to which
1
our souls should cling with affection. The Martyrology of Tallagh registers
a festival, at the nth of September, in honour of Colman, Eps. Ailbi, is found appended to this notice ; but, we are under the impression it has been misplaced, and refers to the next day, owing to some inadvertence on the
2
part of the scribe. At the same date, the Martyrology of Donegal simply
enters the name, Colman, Bishop. Marianus O'Gorman only enters Colman. His see or the time when he flourished has not been recorded.
Article IX. —St. Mosinu or Moshinu. Veneration was given to Mosinu at the nth of September, as we find entered in the Martyrology of
z and in that of Marianus O'Gorman and of 2 the name is Donegal,
Tallagh ;
writtenMoshinu. Further,hedoesnotseemtobeknown.
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Columbanus, Abbot of Luxeu.
1
In a Florarian Manuscript of the Saints' Lives, according to the Bollandists, a Commemoration of St. Columbanus, Abbot of Luxeu, took place on the
nth of September. However, in the Roman Martyrology, his feast is on the 2 1 st of November; and, at the latter date, his Life may be found in the
present work.
2
5 In "De Scotorum Pietate," lib. iii.
" Erat abbas Foilensis in
the Book of Leinster we read ColttiAin epf <MLbi.
6 He writes
Scotia," in Tabulis geographicis ad Mar-
:
tyrologium Romanum, at the nth of Sep- tember.
7 In it is the announcement, "In Festo Sancti Kirani, Abbatis Foilensis et Patroni. "
8
See his Life at that date, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
9 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae, v. Martii. Vita S. Kierani, Appendix, cap. i. , p. 470.
1
Article VIII. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxxiv. In that copy contained in
244, 245.
Article ix. —• Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
p.
xxxiv. In like
manner,
in that in copy
2
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
the Book of Leinster, the name is written
mopnu.
2
Edited by Drs- Todd and Reeves, pp.
244,245. — "
Article x ' See Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus iii. , Septembris x. Among the pre-
termitted feasts, p. 746. 3
IntheEleventhvolume,atNovember2ist.
278 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September \i
ArticleXL—FestivalofSt. Eata,BishopofLindisfarne. Ina
Calendar of
Bishop of Lindisfarne, was venerated. However, they refer his chief feast to the 26th day of October.
Ctoelfti) JBap of September.
ARTICLE I. —ST. ALBEUS OR AILBE, PATRON AND BISHOP OF EMLY.
[FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES. ]
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED ACCOUNTS OF ST. AILBE—HIS DESCENT AND PARENTAGE—PROBABLE DATE OF BIRTH—LEGENDS REGARDING HIS INFANCY —SAID TO HAVE VISITED ROME, AND TO HAVE BEEN SENT BY THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFF TO PREACH THE GOSPEL IN IRELAND—HIS ARRIVAL THERE AND SUCCESS OF HIS MISSION.
acceptance of ancient traditions, which are uncritical and incredible,
Manuscript
Antwerp, according
to the
Bollandists,
1 St.
Eata,
THE
to arrive at some true indirectly
is for the
purpose admissible,
historical criticism. In the present instance, it is extremely difficult to
rectify the errors caused by popular superstitions, which have displaced in our records the knowledge of facts. However ineffective the attempt, con- jecture and doubts must obtrude on our efforts to shape a rational biography for the present saint, and excuse some misconceptions which are probably unavoidable in the process.
Manuscript Acts of St. Ailbe are extant, and to some of these we shall
here allude. In the Codex Kilkenniensis, we meet St. Albeus' Life at fol.
x 35 t0 J 39- However, fol. 137 is wanting. A manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin, classed E. 3. 11. , contains Vita S. Albei, S. Patricii suc-
1
cessors, fol. 132, and also another Vita S. Albei Archiepiscopi et Confessoris. There is an Irish Life transcribed by Michael O'Clery from an older copy.
2
There is a Latin Life of St. Albeus, Episcopus, in the Franciscan Convent, Dublin,? and another among the Manuscripts of the Burgundian Library, at Bruxelles. 4
8
St. Aileran the 5 6 the and Stanihurst, when
only
It is among the Burgundian Manuscripts in the Bruxelles Library.
Wise, Jocelyn, Tripartite Life,? treating about St. Patrick,? make allusion to Bishop Albeus.
Also, the Acts
of St. Kiearn of
Saigir
10 and of St. I 11 have notices bar,
regarding
him.
Article xi—• tomus iii. , Septembris x. termitted Feasts, p. 745.
"
6
Ibid. , Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap, lxxxiii. , p. 84, and n. 90, p. 112.
1 Ibid. , Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. iii. ,
and n. 66, 186. cap. xxxiii. , p. 156, p.
"In "Vita S. Patricii. "
9 See his Life, at the 17th of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
10 See his Life, at the 5th of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
" See notices of him at the 23rd of s See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," April, in the Fourth -Volume of this work,
See
Acta Sanctorum, Among the pre-
Article i—Chapter i. —' See a Manu-
script at Trinity College, Dublin, at p. 53. "Classed vol. iv. , part ii.
3 In the
Sanctorum," ex Cod. Inisensi, pp. in to 123.
Manuscript, intituled,
4 Vol. xxii. , at fol. 91.
Quarta Vita S. Patricii, cap. lxxviii. , p. 45. Art. i.
" Vitse
September 12. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
Menologium Scoticum" is the following entry for this
date: " Monasterio di. vini ruris Batheni he would be inclined to identify it with "
a " A Magno Maculone excriptum. " It ""
s See his Civil and Ecclesiastical His-
tory of Scotland," p. 189.
6 See "New Statistical Account of
makes. We know not where the present p. 544.
must be remarked, that in the Menologium Scoticum," Dempster neither gives chapter
nor of a writer or his work, to page
verify
the generally questionable references he Scotland," vol. . vii. , part ii. Argyle,
Fordun's " Scotichronicon," vol. i. , lib. ii. , cap. x. , p. 43. William F. Skene's edition, Edinburgh, 1871, 8vo.
September ii. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 275
rated on the 8th of March, 7 according to Adam King's Kalendar, 8 and that the Miracle of his Arm takes place on the xi. of September. 9
1
Article IV. —Reputed Festival of a St. Batheneus.
Henry Fitzsimon,inhisCatalogusaliquorumSanctorumIberniae, citestheLifeof St. Columba 2 and the English Martyrology, for placing the Festival of St.
Batheneus, at the nth of September. There are many forms of this saint's name, such as Baithan, Boetan, Baoton, Buadan, Boedan, Da Buedoc,3 Baotan, Baothan, Baothin, Baoitin, Baoithin,* Baitan—, Bathan, Baithon, and
ifBeoanandBean thenamesofsaintsin Ireland and Scotland be not other forms of it. In like manner, there
Bothan. s It be —
may questioned,
are various festivals for saints so distinguished: thus, at January 9th/ 12th,
7
14th, 23rd ;*3
14at
26th;'-' and at December
jsand 16atOctober 17 18 18th; 6th, 12th,
8 and
9 at
February 5th
10 and 11 at March1st12 and 19th;
29th; May 22nd;
16th. 21 Among all these saints and feasts, there is no such name on record at the nth of September; but, this entry most probably refers to the festival for the Transfer of St. Bathen's
Relics.
at 12th, 19 and
June 9th
ArticleV. —St. Daniel,BishopofBangor,CountyofDown. In 1
the Martyrology of Tallagh, we find the name of Daniel, Bishop of Benn- chair,entered,ashavingbeenvenerated,atthenthofSeptember. Weare informed, that according to the custom of the time when he lived, several bishops exercised their office in the Church of Ireland, while discharging the
2
functions of Abbots. These belonging to Bangor were usually styled
successors of 3 In the of 4 at this same Comgall. Martyrology Donegal,
date, is the entry, Daniel, Bishop, of Bennchor. The time when he lived is not
7 See an account of him, at that date, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. iii.
8 1 do not find this Translation of Relics noted, in any of the published Scottish Kalendars, at the nth of September; nor is the town of Thana mentioned by Adam King, at the 8th of M^rch.
I0 See in the Second Volume of this work
Baothan, Art. vii.
" See ibid. , Baoithin or Baetin, Art. ii.
'2
See in Jhe Third Volume of this work, Art. iii.
I3 See ibid. , Baetan or Boetan, Art. xiii.
** See in the Fifth Volume of this work,
9 For the foregoing notice, Dempster Baoithin, Art. ii.
quotesBoece. — ARTICLE iv.
l
^ See in the Sixth Volume of this work,
See O'Sullivan Beare's Baithine or Baoethine, Art. iii.
" l6
Histjrice Catholicse Hibernice Compen- See ibid. , Baithin or Baothan, Art. ii.
dium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 52. ^See in the Tenth Volume of this work,
2
It is difficult to find in any of St. Baoithin.
Columba's Lives, where the authority can be found, for placing St. Bathenus and his Festival at this day.
l8
See ibid. , Baoithin.
'» See ibid. , Baoithin, Lesi.
20
See ibid. , Beoah.
2I See in the Twelfth Volume of this
Bean.
Article v. —1 Edited
by
See in his Commentaries on the Life of
3 See
niae," Martii i.
n. 1,
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber- De S. Baitano sive Boetano,
work,
Colgan's
p. 437.
Rev. Dr.
p. xxxiv. In the Book of Leinster copy we
4 See the "Martyrology of Donegal," edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
362 to 365.
s See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of
Scottish Saints," pp. 274, 276.
•See in the First Volume of this work, at
that date, Baithin, Art. viii.
7 See ibid. , Baothin or Baithin, Art. viii. • See ibid. , Baetan or Baoden Mor. , Art. i. 9 See ibid. , Baeithin, Art. vi.
read "Daniel epr* ben.
2
St". Comgall, Fleming's "Collectanea
Sacra," pp. 315, 316, num. 68.
3 See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesias-
tical Antiquities of Down, Connor, and
Dromore," Appendix A. , p. 152.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
244, 245.
Kelly.
276 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [Septemberit.
mentioned. At this date, Marianus O'Gorman notices the good and great Daniel. Under the head of Bennchor, Duald Mac Firbis also enters
6
He moreover, in the Calendar compiled by the Rev. William Reeves. 7
Daniel, Bishop of Bennchor, at the nth of September.
Article VI. —St. Conamhail, Son of Failbhe, Abbot of Iona. —
Set down in the
1
and
and of Marianus O'Gorman, at the nth of September, we find the name of Conamhail or Conomal. He is somewhat differently described, elsewhere,
[Seventh
and an account of his
Martyrologies
Tallagh
Eighth Centuries]
of
him. 2 he is By Tighernach,
family
line
distinguishes
called Conmael. This holy man was the son of Failbhe. He belonged to
the Clann Colla, and therefore he was of the Airghialla or Oriellians. He
descended from the race of Colla Uais,3 monarch of Erin. Conamhail
seems early to have embraced the religious state of life, and to have lived as
a member of the community at Iona, while the celebrated Adamnan* was
Abbot. On the death of this latter, he immediately succeeded, being the
first Abbot of Hy, whose descent is referred to a different house from that of
Conal Gulban. s During the term of his office, Dunchad is stated to have
held the principatus of Hy, in a. d. 706 6 or 707;? by which we may
understand, either that he had been appointed in consequence of the age or
infirmities of Conamhail to administer the affairs of the society as a ianist
8
or that some schism arose in the Monastery, possibly on the Paschal
abbot ;
question, and which led to a rival appointment. 9 This Abbot of Iona died
a. d. IO to the Annals of the Four Masters. 11 The 708, according
Martyrology ofDonegal, atthissamedate,records,Conamhail,sonofFailbhe.
6
According to the Annals of Ulster. See
12
Article VII. —Reputed Festival of a St. Queranus, Abbot of Foilen, in Scotia. Among the Scottish Entries in the Kalendar of David
1 there is a festival at the nth of for a St. Camerarius, September
Queranus, Abbot of Foilen, in Scotia. 2 This statement is given by the Bollandists, on
his authority, at the present date,3 with a reference to the 9th of September. As we have already seen, at the latter day, Father Suyskens* and others have
5 See Archdall's " Monasticon Hiberni- cum," p. 108.
6
See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. , parti. , pp. 88, 89.
7 See " Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down,
Connor, and Dromore," Appendix LL. , p.
380.
Article VI. —'Edited Rev. Dr.
by Kelly,
p. xxxiv. In that copy contained in the Book of I. einster is the entry ConamAil.
e Rev. Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores," tomus ii. Tiger- nachi Annales.
3 He began to reign in a. d. 323, and in 326, he and his brothers were expelled to Scotland. They returned to Ireland the year following, and accepted service under Muircadhach Tireach, the reigning king. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 122, 123.
* See his Life, at the 23rd of this month, in the present volume.
5 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life
of St. Columba. " Additional Notes, O, p.
378.
-OmnAlA nla-oh, edited with translation and notes by William M. Hennessy, vol. i. , pp. 156,157.
7 According to Tigernach.
8 He was a promoter of the Roman observance for Easter.
9 See Rev. Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores," tomus iv. , n. p. 72.
I0 See "Trias Colgan's
Thaumaturga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Columba? , cap.
iii. , sect, v. , p. 501.
" See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , pp.
30S, 309.
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
244, 245. — Article VII.
'
"11 Die. Sanctus Queranus Abbas Foilensis in
Scotia. "
Thus entered
:
3"
See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of
Scottish Saints," p. 240.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii.
Septembris xi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 744.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. Septembrisix. DeS. KieranoseuQuerano, Abbate Cluain-mic-noisensi, Commentaries Hisloricus, sect, i. , num. 3, 4, 5, 6, p. 371.
is noticed,
September ii. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 277
given reasons for supposing him to have been confounded with St. Kiaran of Clonmacnoise. However, Camerarius s and Lubinus,6 who scarcely distinguish between both, make the abbot of Clonmacnoise different from him of Foilen. In a Missal, published by order of Pope Clement XII. , there is a festival prescribed for a St. Kiran, Abbot and Patron of Foilen. 7 It seems difficult to find any place bearing such a name in Ireland, or in any part of Great Britain. Although Father Suyskens adopts the opinion, that through some mistake, this festival had been intended to commemorate St. Kyran of Clonmacnoise, and whose true feast had been fixed for Sepember 9th, where we have already treated about him ; he still allows it might be conjectured, that there had been some one bearing the name of the patron of Clonmacnoise in a monastery which followed his rule, or perhaps the editor of the Missal adopted the authority of Camerarius or Lubinus, notwithstanding the unknown
sources from which their statements had been derived. At the 5th of March, 8
when treating the Life of St. Kyran of Saigar, Colgan takes exception to Camerarius placing a St. Kieran or Queran, abbot, at the nth of September, and at the end of October. 9
Article VIII. —St. Colman, Bishop. It is a necessity of our nature
to love something; but it is a duty to discover the right objects to which
1
our souls should cling with affection. The Martyrology of Tallagh registers
a festival, at the nth of September, in honour of Colman, Eps. Ailbi, is found appended to this notice ; but, we are under the impression it has been misplaced, and refers to the next day, owing to some inadvertence on the
2
part of the scribe. At the same date, the Martyrology of Donegal simply
enters the name, Colman, Bishop. Marianus O'Gorman only enters Colman. His see or the time when he flourished has not been recorded.
Article IX. —St. Mosinu or Moshinu. Veneration was given to Mosinu at the nth of September, as we find entered in the Martyrology of
z and in that of Marianus O'Gorman and of 2 the name is Donegal,
Tallagh ;
writtenMoshinu. Further,hedoesnotseemtobeknown.
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Columbanus, Abbot of Luxeu.
1
In a Florarian Manuscript of the Saints' Lives, according to the Bollandists, a Commemoration of St. Columbanus, Abbot of Luxeu, took place on the
nth of September. However, in the Roman Martyrology, his feast is on the 2 1 st of November; and, at the latter date, his Life may be found in the
present work.
2
5 In "De Scotorum Pietate," lib. iii.
" Erat abbas Foilensis in
the Book of Leinster we read ColttiAin epf <MLbi.
6 He writes
Scotia," in Tabulis geographicis ad Mar-
:
tyrologium Romanum, at the nth of Sep- tember.
7 In it is the announcement, "In Festo Sancti Kirani, Abbatis Foilensis et Patroni. "
8
See his Life at that date, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
9 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae, v. Martii. Vita S. Kierani, Appendix, cap. i. , p. 470.
1
Article VIII. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxxiv. In that copy contained in
244, 245.
Article ix. —• Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
p.
xxxiv. In like
manner,
in that in copy
2
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
the Book of Leinster, the name is written
mopnu.
2
Edited by Drs- Todd and Reeves, pp.
244,245. — "
Article x ' See Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus iii. , Septembris x. Among the pre-
termitted feasts, p. 746. 3
IntheEleventhvolume,atNovember2ist.
278 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September \i
ArticleXL—FestivalofSt. Eata,BishopofLindisfarne. Ina
Calendar of
Bishop of Lindisfarne, was venerated. However, they refer his chief feast to the 26th day of October.
Ctoelfti) JBap of September.
ARTICLE I. —ST. ALBEUS OR AILBE, PATRON AND BISHOP OF EMLY.
[FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES. ]
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED ACCOUNTS OF ST. AILBE—HIS DESCENT AND PARENTAGE—PROBABLE DATE OF BIRTH—LEGENDS REGARDING HIS INFANCY —SAID TO HAVE VISITED ROME, AND TO HAVE BEEN SENT BY THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFF TO PREACH THE GOSPEL IN IRELAND—HIS ARRIVAL THERE AND SUCCESS OF HIS MISSION.
acceptance of ancient traditions, which are uncritical and incredible,
Manuscript
Antwerp, according
to the
Bollandists,
1 St.
Eata,
THE
to arrive at some true indirectly
is for the
purpose admissible,
historical criticism. In the present instance, it is extremely difficult to
rectify the errors caused by popular superstitions, which have displaced in our records the knowledge of facts. However ineffective the attempt, con- jecture and doubts must obtrude on our efforts to shape a rational biography for the present saint, and excuse some misconceptions which are probably unavoidable in the process.
Manuscript Acts of St. Ailbe are extant, and to some of these we shall
here allude. In the Codex Kilkenniensis, we meet St. Albeus' Life at fol.
x 35 t0 J 39- However, fol. 137 is wanting. A manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin, classed E. 3. 11. , contains Vita S. Albei, S. Patricii suc-
1
cessors, fol. 132, and also another Vita S. Albei Archiepiscopi et Confessoris. There is an Irish Life transcribed by Michael O'Clery from an older copy.
2
There is a Latin Life of St. Albeus, Episcopus, in the Franciscan Convent, Dublin,? and another among the Manuscripts of the Burgundian Library, at Bruxelles. 4
8
St. Aileran the 5 6 the and Stanihurst, when
only
It is among the Burgundian Manuscripts in the Bruxelles Library.
Wise, Jocelyn, Tripartite Life,? treating about St. Patrick,? make allusion to Bishop Albeus.
Also, the Acts
of St. Kiearn of
Saigir
10 and of St. I 11 have notices bar,
regarding
him.
Article xi—• tomus iii. , Septembris x. termitted Feasts, p. 745.
"
6
Ibid. , Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap, lxxxiii. , p. 84, and n. 90, p. 112.
1 Ibid. , Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. iii. ,
and n. 66, 186. cap. xxxiii. , p. 156, p.
"In "Vita S. Patricii. "
9 See his Life, at the 17th of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
10 See his Life, at the 5th of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
" See notices of him at the 23rd of s See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," April, in the Fourth -Volume of this work,
See
Acta Sanctorum, Among the pre-
Article i—Chapter i. —' See a Manu-
script at Trinity College, Dublin, at p. 53. "Classed vol. iv. , part ii.
3 In the
Sanctorum," ex Cod. Inisensi, pp. in to 123.
Manuscript, intituled,
4 Vol. xxii. , at fol. 91.
Quarta Vita S. Patricii, cap. lxxviii. , p. 45. Art. i.
" Vitse
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