Mittan, of Kilmadock,
Scotland
.
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.
.
513 Article VI.
—St.
Cruimther-Ailbhe, or Elbhe, Patron of Shancoe Parish, County
— ofSligo. [Fifth and Sixth Centuries. ] . , . . . 515 Article VII. St. Ailbhe, Son of Ronan, Monk at lona. [Sixth or Seventh Cen-
tury. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Articlr VIII. —St. Cronan, a Priest . . . . . . . . . 516 Article IX. - St. Bairrfhinn, probably of Inch, County of Wexford . . . 517
Article X. —St. Temog or Temoc, probably of Uaran or Oran, County of Ros-
common
Article XI. — Reputed Festival of Blessed Marianus Scotus, the Chronographer,
. . . . . . . . . . . .
517 at Ratisbon, Bavaria. [Eleventh Century. ] . . . . . . 518
C&utg-ftirsit I3ap of Sfanuarp*
. \rtici. e I. —St. Aedan or Maidoc, Patron and Bishop of Ferns, County OFWexford. [SixthandSeventhCenturies. ]
ChapI. —Introduction—VariousActsofSt. Aedanor Maidoc— His family Genealogy—Portent before his Birth—
Period assigned for that Event—
born— The Variations of his Name—
time of his Birth—Holy Dispositions of his Youth. . . 521
Chap. II. — — Difficulties Chronological regarding
this Saint Maidoc
Detained as a Hostage by King Ainmire, and afterwards released — Miracles during the Youth of Maidoc—His Intimacy with St. Laserianof Devenish —He rescues three Boys from Drowning—He is allowed by King Aedus, the Fair, to depart from Breffney—St. Maidoc then goes over to Wales— His Discipleship under St. David, Bishop of Mene—- via—His Miraculous Works among the Britons He obtains, through Prayer, a Victory for them over the Saxons . . . . . . . . . .
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Chap, III. —St. Maidoc goes back to Ireland—A Miracle— Dymma presents Lands and Services to the Saint
Place where he was Miracles at the
CONTENTS.
—— Heavenly Admonitions Miracles recorded Mai-
Page
540
doc's Sojourn in the County of Waterford—Difficul- ties of Identification— Brandubh, KingofLeinster—
He grants the Site of Ferns for Mogue's Religious Establishment—The Saint's Manner of Life—Mira- culous Occurrences . . . . . .
Chap. IV. —Mount Leinster and Templeshanbo—Maidoc ap- peases a hungry Wolf—The Invasions of Leinster by Cumuscagh and the Monarch Aedh—Account of Maidoc's Intervention—The Saint's Sojourn atCluain Dicholla Gairbir—King Brandubh's Charity and his remarkable Vision—His Largesses bestowed on St. Maidoc—A Synod convoked at Ferns—Memoranda of this City—Maidoc's Visit to the Monastery of St. Fintan Munnu—Our Saint's return to St. David— Maidoc's Fast of Forty Days, and his Petitions
— offered to the Almighty . . . . . . 546
Chap. V. St. Maidoc'sAdventurewiththeSchool-boys—Miracles
wrought by him in the Territory of Hy-Connail Gabhra—He blesses Clbncagh Parish, and returns to Ferns—King Brandubh visits him there—Journey of Maidoc to Munster and Connaught—He restores Health to KingGuaire atKilmacduagh—His Friend- ship for St. Colman—St. Molua—Miracles—Legend regarding the Death of King Brandubh and his Re- suscitation by St. Maidoc—Burial in Ferns Cemetery
—of that King . . . . . . . . . 556 Chap. VI. TheholyBishopMaidocearnestlydesirestojointhe Heavenly Choir—He releases a poor Bondsman—
He blesses the ingenious Architect Gobhan—The
latter builds a Church for him—Maidoc raises a Nun
to Life, at St. Ita's MonasteryofCluainCredhail—A Thief's Guilt manifested—The Saint procures Liberty
for a Captive—A Miraculous Vision of the World— Maidoc's Miracle wrought on behalf of St. Colman Fiacre—The holy Bishop a Horticulturalist . . . 564
Chap. VII. —St. Finian Lobhar's reputed Vision regarding the Departure of St. Maidoc—The Death of this holy Patron of Ferns—Year of his Decease—Miracles afterwards attributed to his Intercession—Writings ascribed to this Saint—Memorials—Feast Day and Offices of St. Maidoc—Veneration for his Memory in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland— His Character—
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . Article II. —St. Mochumma or Documma, Bishop of Inis Mahee, County of
568
— Down. [Probably in the Fifth, or Sixth, or Seventh Century^ . . . 580
of in
Article III. St. Adamnan, Coldingham, Scotland. [Seventh Century. ] . . . 586
Article IV. St. Sillan of Cill-Deilge, or Kildalkey, County of Meath . . . 593 —
Article V. Reputed Festival of St. Eusebius, Monk, at St. Gall, Switzerland.
596
— County of Waterford. [Sixth Century. ] . . . . . . 597 ArticleIX. St. Dathaedhog,SonofColga,orTaedaMacColgan,ofAchadh-
Article VI. ——
[Ninth Century. '] . . . . . . . . . 595 St. Oebhnat, Eabhnait, or Eabnait, of Ros-Enche, or Ros na Seanchae 596
Article VII.
Article VIII. St. Molanfide, or Maolanfaidh, Abbot of Dairinis or Molana,
Article X. —
. . . Docaem, Bishop
598 599
Article XIII.
601
St.
Mittan, of Kilmadock, Scotland . . . . . .
dumha
. . . . . . . . .
St.
Article XL St. Caoman or Caiman, of Cill-Chaomain, or Kilcoman, County
—ofGalway. [PossiblyintheSixthandSeventhCenturies. ] . . . 599 Article XII. Reputed Festival of St. Brigid, Patroness of Ireland. [Fifth and
—Sixth Centuries. ]
. . .
and Son of Ua Chil.
. . . . . . 600
— St.
Article XIV. St. Gildas, Confessor, of Blavet, in Britany, France. [Seventh
Cainneach, Priest,
[Eighth Century. ]. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 602 Article XV. —St. Lug, or Lughaedh, Son to Eochaidh, of Tir-da-Chraobh, now Teemacreeve, Parish of Castletown Kindalen, County of West-
meath. [Sixth Century. ] . . . . . . . . . 607
Century. ]
Names of Original Subscbibers . . . . . . . . .
609
. . . . . . . . .
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Artici, Artici Artici
Artici
Artici
Artici
Artici
Artici
Artici
Artici
Names
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
Sit^t IBap of Sanuarp^
ARTICLE I. —ST. FANCHEA, VIRGIN, ABBESS OF ROSS OIRTHER, OR ROSSORY, COUNTY OF FERMANAGH, AND OF KILLANY, COUNTY OF LOUTH.
[FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES. ^
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—SOURCES FOR ST. FANCHEA's BIOGRAPHY—HER PARENTAGE AND RACE— HER BIRTH^-HER HOLY DISPOSITIONS—SHE EMBRACES A RELIGIOUS LIFE.
and beautiful as may appear the fixed or isolated star in a
clear sky, yet brighter still and more magnificent shines that constella- BRILLIANT
tion which expands its rays over a larger surface, and which sheds a mellowed
yet more powerful light through the firmament. Our saints are worthy of
admiration, where they exist singly, among members of the same family ; but
when, as in the present instance, a group of saintly children seems to include all the dwellers in a particular household, we are taught to revere the merciful
and mysterious dispensations of grace, so abimdantly poured forth, and to exalt in our estimation those glorious creatures of light. As we advance, whole families and religious communities shall we find, in the early Irish Church, reflecting radiance even through the shadows of her later history.
Numerous have been the females of Ireland renowned for their naturally
moral and religious dispositions. Purity in thought and feeling is woman's chiefestornament. Thereforeweshouldnotfeelsurprisedthatsomanyhave beenrankedinasisterhoodofsanctity. Fanchea,thesubjectofthismemoir, obtained special heavenly favours. That the acts of this noble and illustrious virginwerenotgivenatgreaterlengthhasbeenlamentedbyColgan. ^ Doubt- less her eventful life was not devoid of great interest. From various sources, he has endeavoured to compile her biography f but it must be admitted that some of the legends therein related ought to be rejected as unworthy of credence.
'
Art. I. —Chap, i. — With St. Fan- Saints," vol. i. , p. 3.
the "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," I Januarii, VitaS. Fanchese, with notes, pp. I to 6. The Rev. Alban IJutler has some brief notices of St. Fanchea or "Lives of
== The oftheIrish Genealogical Menology
Saints, with the Martyrologies of St. ^ngus and of Marianus O'Gorman, as also the old Acts of St. Endeus, who is venerated at the 2 1st of March, furnished the chief materials.
chea's Acts
begin
Faine, Virgin, at the same date.
the — Fathers, Martyrs,
and other
principal
Vol. I.
No. i.
n
and now the MSS. preserved among
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January i.
Tliis saint's name is found variedly written Fanchea, Fuinchea, Fainc, Fuinche, andFunchea, Fourotherholyvirginsbearingthisnameareinscribedonour IrishCalendars. 3 TothepresentSt. Fanchea'sname,-*thedenominationGarbh, is also found affixed. s She was daughter to Conall Dearg, prince of Oriel territory, in the Ulster province f while her mother was Briga,7 or Aibfinn,^ daughter to Anmiry, of the Dalaradian race. St. Fanchea was bom at a place called Rathmore,9 in the vicinity of Clogher. She was sister to the celebrated St. Endeus, Abbot of Aran,'° as also to Saints Lochina," Carecha," and
Darenia. ^3 When our saint grew up, she was distinguished for extraordinary beauty; butremarkablevirtuesrenderedherstillmoreadmirable.
^ngus, son of Natfraich, King of Munster, is said to have desired Fanchea's
hand in marriage. Notwithstanding all his pressing entreaties, however,
and rejecting those earthly dignities to which she might be advanced by yield- ing to his suit, the holy virgin's mind was intent on a life of celibacy, and on those rewards promised by Christ to his spouses. Even she was obliged to resist parental importunities in refusing this offer of a matrimonial alliance. In order to divert . Angus'-* from his solicitations, she had sufficient address, while declining his advances towards herself, to direct his attentions towards her sister Darenia. To her he was afterwards united in marriage. Darenia was the mother, or, according to another account, the aunt and nurse of St. Colman,'s who was Abbot and Bishop at Daremore or Derr}Tnore Monastery.
In the list of holy virgins, who received the veil from St. Patrick, St Fanchea
3 The Genealogical Menology of the Irish Saints, she is denominated Aibfinnia, chap. Saints thus distinguishes their race and pa- Ixxii. Here we are told she was the daughter ternity. I. Fanchea, daughter to Ronan of Ainmire, son to Ronan, King of Ferard.
Ninnid, &c. , of the Eugenian race. 2. Fan- chea, daughter to Crimthann, son to Guarius, belonging to the race of Leogaire, brother to
The copy in the Book of Lecan reads, ^15 riA hAp'OA, fol. 90. But Aibfinnia, which signifies "the beautiful," appears to have
the same Eugenius. 3. Fanchea, daughter been used as an appellative. The Calendar to Bleden, son to Lugad, &c. , of Cailbad's of Cashel calls her "Briga" or "Aibfinnia. "
race. 4. Fanchea, daughter to ^ngus, son See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hibemiae," to Crimthann, &c. , of the same Cailbad's xxi. Martii. Vita S. Endei, Appendix,
race. Colgan thinks the festival of this last named Fanchea was observed in Munster on the 1 2th of January.
* In the Martyrologyof Tallagh, published by Rev. Matthew Kelly, D. D. , at p. xi. , we find the entry, Finnche Lochari, at the 1st
of January. In the old copy of this Martyro- logy, extracted from the Book of Leinster,
cap. iii. , pp. 712, 713.
9 This was formerly a celebrated fortress
and a chief residence belonging to the
Princes of Oirgiell.
'° See the Life of this celebrated saint at
the 2 1 St of March. From his Acts we learn that Conall was his father, as also the parent of St. Fanchea and of St. Darenia.
" The in the first Menologic Genealogy,
and second chapters, states, likewise, that Conall was St. Lochina's father.
belong- ing to the Franciscan Convent, Merchant's-
quay, Dublin, the corresponding notice at
this date is pn'ochi tochA]\i. The latter
words seem referable to her place, near of March. The Calendar of Cashel makes
Lough Erne.
s In the Martyrology of Donegal, edited
by Dr. Todd and by Dr. Reeves, pp. 2, 3.
There too she is said to be descended from
the race of Eoghan, son of Niall.
*
In the Genealogies of the Irish Saints, Endeus, brother to this holy virgin, is said to be son of Conall the Red, son to Damen, son of Corpre, sumamed Damh-airgid, son to Eochod, son of Crimthann, son to Fieg, son of Deodad, son to Rochad, son of Colla, sumamed Dachrioch, &c. , chap. xiii.
— ofSligo. [Fifth and Sixth Centuries. ] . , . . . 515 Article VII. St. Ailbhe, Son of Ronan, Monk at lona. [Sixth or Seventh Cen-
tury. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Articlr VIII. —St. Cronan, a Priest . . . . . . . . . 516 Article IX. - St. Bairrfhinn, probably of Inch, County of Wexford . . . 517
Article X. —St. Temog or Temoc, probably of Uaran or Oran, County of Ros-
common
Article XI. — Reputed Festival of Blessed Marianus Scotus, the Chronographer,
. . . . . . . . . . . .
517 at Ratisbon, Bavaria. [Eleventh Century. ] . . . . . . 518
C&utg-ftirsit I3ap of Sfanuarp*
. \rtici. e I. —St. Aedan or Maidoc, Patron and Bishop of Ferns, County OFWexford. [SixthandSeventhCenturies. ]
ChapI. —Introduction—VariousActsofSt. Aedanor Maidoc— His family Genealogy—Portent before his Birth—
Period assigned for that Event—
born— The Variations of his Name—
time of his Birth—Holy Dispositions of his Youth. . . 521
Chap. II. — — Difficulties Chronological regarding
this Saint Maidoc
Detained as a Hostage by King Ainmire, and afterwards released — Miracles during the Youth of Maidoc—His Intimacy with St. Laserianof Devenish —He rescues three Boys from Drowning—He is allowed by King Aedus, the Fair, to depart from Breffney—St. Maidoc then goes over to Wales— His Discipleship under St. David, Bishop of Mene—- via—His Miraculous Works among the Britons He obtains, through Prayer, a Victory for them over the Saxons . . . . . . . . . .
^30
Chap, III. —St. Maidoc goes back to Ireland—A Miracle— Dymma presents Lands and Services to the Saint
Place where he was Miracles at the
CONTENTS.
—— Heavenly Admonitions Miracles recorded Mai-
Page
540
doc's Sojourn in the County of Waterford—Difficul- ties of Identification— Brandubh, KingofLeinster—
He grants the Site of Ferns for Mogue's Religious Establishment—The Saint's Manner of Life—Mira- culous Occurrences . . . . . .
Chap. IV. —Mount Leinster and Templeshanbo—Maidoc ap- peases a hungry Wolf—The Invasions of Leinster by Cumuscagh and the Monarch Aedh—Account of Maidoc's Intervention—The Saint's Sojourn atCluain Dicholla Gairbir—King Brandubh's Charity and his remarkable Vision—His Largesses bestowed on St. Maidoc—A Synod convoked at Ferns—Memoranda of this City—Maidoc's Visit to the Monastery of St. Fintan Munnu—Our Saint's return to St. David— Maidoc's Fast of Forty Days, and his Petitions
— offered to the Almighty . . . . . . 546
Chap. V. St. Maidoc'sAdventurewiththeSchool-boys—Miracles
wrought by him in the Territory of Hy-Connail Gabhra—He blesses Clbncagh Parish, and returns to Ferns—King Brandubh visits him there—Journey of Maidoc to Munster and Connaught—He restores Health to KingGuaire atKilmacduagh—His Friend- ship for St. Colman—St. Molua—Miracles—Legend regarding the Death of King Brandubh and his Re- suscitation by St. Maidoc—Burial in Ferns Cemetery
—of that King . . . . . . . . . 556 Chap. VI. TheholyBishopMaidocearnestlydesirestojointhe Heavenly Choir—He releases a poor Bondsman—
He blesses the ingenious Architect Gobhan—The
latter builds a Church for him—Maidoc raises a Nun
to Life, at St. Ita's MonasteryofCluainCredhail—A Thief's Guilt manifested—The Saint procures Liberty
for a Captive—A Miraculous Vision of the World— Maidoc's Miracle wrought on behalf of St. Colman Fiacre—The holy Bishop a Horticulturalist . . . 564
Chap. VII. —St. Finian Lobhar's reputed Vision regarding the Departure of St. Maidoc—The Death of this holy Patron of Ferns—Year of his Decease—Miracles afterwards attributed to his Intercession—Writings ascribed to this Saint—Memorials—Feast Day and Offices of St. Maidoc—Veneration for his Memory in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland— His Character—
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . Article II. —St. Mochumma or Documma, Bishop of Inis Mahee, County of
568
— Down. [Probably in the Fifth, or Sixth, or Seventh Century^ . . . 580
of in
Article III. St. Adamnan, Coldingham, Scotland. [Seventh Century. ] . . . 586
Article IV. St. Sillan of Cill-Deilge, or Kildalkey, County of Meath . . . 593 —
Article V. Reputed Festival of St. Eusebius, Monk, at St. Gall, Switzerland.
596
— County of Waterford. [Sixth Century. ] . . . . . . 597 ArticleIX. St. Dathaedhog,SonofColga,orTaedaMacColgan,ofAchadh-
Article VI. ——
[Ninth Century. '] . . . . . . . . . 595 St. Oebhnat, Eabhnait, or Eabnait, of Ros-Enche, or Ros na Seanchae 596
Article VII.
Article VIII. St. Molanfide, or Maolanfaidh, Abbot of Dairinis or Molana,
Article X. —
. . . Docaem, Bishop
598 599
Article XIII.
601
St.
Mittan, of Kilmadock, Scotland . . . . . .
dumha
. . . . . . . . .
St.
Article XL St. Caoman or Caiman, of Cill-Chaomain, or Kilcoman, County
—ofGalway. [PossiblyintheSixthandSeventhCenturies. ] . . . 599 Article XII. Reputed Festival of St. Brigid, Patroness of Ireland. [Fifth and
—Sixth Centuries. ]
. . .
and Son of Ua Chil.
. . . . . . 600
— St.
Article XIV. St. Gildas, Confessor, of Blavet, in Britany, France. [Seventh
Cainneach, Priest,
[Eighth Century. ]. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 602 Article XV. —St. Lug, or Lughaedh, Son to Eochaidh, of Tir-da-Chraobh, now Teemacreeve, Parish of Castletown Kindalen, County of West-
meath. [Sixth Century. ] . . . . . . . . . 607
Century. ]
Names of Original Subscbibers . . . . . . . . .
609
. . . . . . . . .
^s.
, OR NTY
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• ma tella- owed hy of
but ;lude rciful id to
ance, Irish
irally nan's
have
moir, rious oubt- irces, . that y of
Irish
2ngus ) the ;rated
;
chief
ARTICt- ARTICli Artici^ I I
Artici, Artici Artici
Artici
Artici
Artici
Artici
Artici
Artici
Artici
Names
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
Sit^t IBap of Sanuarp^
ARTICLE I. —ST. FANCHEA, VIRGIN, ABBESS OF ROSS OIRTHER, OR ROSSORY, COUNTY OF FERMANAGH, AND OF KILLANY, COUNTY OF LOUTH.
[FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES. ^
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—SOURCES FOR ST. FANCHEA's BIOGRAPHY—HER PARENTAGE AND RACE— HER BIRTH^-HER HOLY DISPOSITIONS—SHE EMBRACES A RELIGIOUS LIFE.
and beautiful as may appear the fixed or isolated star in a
clear sky, yet brighter still and more magnificent shines that constella- BRILLIANT
tion which expands its rays over a larger surface, and which sheds a mellowed
yet more powerful light through the firmament. Our saints are worthy of
admiration, where they exist singly, among members of the same family ; but
when, as in the present instance, a group of saintly children seems to include all the dwellers in a particular household, we are taught to revere the merciful
and mysterious dispensations of grace, so abimdantly poured forth, and to exalt in our estimation those glorious creatures of light. As we advance, whole families and religious communities shall we find, in the early Irish Church, reflecting radiance even through the shadows of her later history.
Numerous have been the females of Ireland renowned for their naturally
moral and religious dispositions. Purity in thought and feeling is woman's chiefestornament. Thereforeweshouldnotfeelsurprisedthatsomanyhave beenrankedinasisterhoodofsanctity. Fanchea,thesubjectofthismemoir, obtained special heavenly favours. That the acts of this noble and illustrious virginwerenotgivenatgreaterlengthhasbeenlamentedbyColgan. ^ Doubt- less her eventful life was not devoid of great interest. From various sources, he has endeavoured to compile her biography f but it must be admitted that some of the legends therein related ought to be rejected as unworthy of credence.
'
Art. I. —Chap, i. — With St. Fan- Saints," vol. i. , p. 3.
the "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," I Januarii, VitaS. Fanchese, with notes, pp. I to 6. The Rev. Alban IJutler has some brief notices of St. Fanchea or "Lives of
== The oftheIrish Genealogical Menology
Saints, with the Martyrologies of St. ^ngus and of Marianus O'Gorman, as also the old Acts of St. Endeus, who is venerated at the 2 1st of March, furnished the chief materials.
chea's Acts
begin
Faine, Virgin, at the same date.
the — Fathers, Martyrs,
and other
principal
Vol. I.
No. i.
n
and now the MSS. preserved among
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January i.
Tliis saint's name is found variedly written Fanchea, Fuinchea, Fainc, Fuinche, andFunchea, Fourotherholyvirginsbearingthisnameareinscribedonour IrishCalendars. 3 TothepresentSt. Fanchea'sname,-*thedenominationGarbh, is also found affixed. s She was daughter to Conall Dearg, prince of Oriel territory, in the Ulster province f while her mother was Briga,7 or Aibfinn,^ daughter to Anmiry, of the Dalaradian race. St. Fanchea was bom at a place called Rathmore,9 in the vicinity of Clogher. She was sister to the celebrated St. Endeus, Abbot of Aran,'° as also to Saints Lochina," Carecha," and
Darenia. ^3 When our saint grew up, she was distinguished for extraordinary beauty; butremarkablevirtuesrenderedherstillmoreadmirable.
^ngus, son of Natfraich, King of Munster, is said to have desired Fanchea's
hand in marriage. Notwithstanding all his pressing entreaties, however,
and rejecting those earthly dignities to which she might be advanced by yield- ing to his suit, the holy virgin's mind was intent on a life of celibacy, and on those rewards promised by Christ to his spouses. Even she was obliged to resist parental importunities in refusing this offer of a matrimonial alliance. In order to divert . Angus'-* from his solicitations, she had sufficient address, while declining his advances towards herself, to direct his attentions towards her sister Darenia. To her he was afterwards united in marriage. Darenia was the mother, or, according to another account, the aunt and nurse of St. Colman,'s who was Abbot and Bishop at Daremore or Derr}Tnore Monastery.
In the list of holy virgins, who received the veil from St. Patrick, St Fanchea
3 The Genealogical Menology of the Irish Saints, she is denominated Aibfinnia, chap. Saints thus distinguishes their race and pa- Ixxii. Here we are told she was the daughter ternity. I. Fanchea, daughter to Ronan of Ainmire, son to Ronan, King of Ferard.
Ninnid, &c. , of the Eugenian race. 2. Fan- chea, daughter to Crimthann, son to Guarius, belonging to the race of Leogaire, brother to
The copy in the Book of Lecan reads, ^15 riA hAp'OA, fol. 90. But Aibfinnia, which signifies "the beautiful," appears to have
the same Eugenius. 3. Fanchea, daughter been used as an appellative. The Calendar to Bleden, son to Lugad, &c. , of Cailbad's of Cashel calls her "Briga" or "Aibfinnia. "
race. 4. Fanchea, daughter to ^ngus, son See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hibemiae," to Crimthann, &c. , of the same Cailbad's xxi. Martii. Vita S. Endei, Appendix,
race. Colgan thinks the festival of this last named Fanchea was observed in Munster on the 1 2th of January.
* In the Martyrologyof Tallagh, published by Rev. Matthew Kelly, D. D. , at p. xi. , we find the entry, Finnche Lochari, at the 1st
of January. In the old copy of this Martyro- logy, extracted from the Book of Leinster,
cap. iii. , pp. 712, 713.
9 This was formerly a celebrated fortress
and a chief residence belonging to the
Princes of Oirgiell.
'° See the Life of this celebrated saint at
the 2 1 St of March. From his Acts we learn that Conall was his father, as also the parent of St. Fanchea and of St. Darenia.
" The in the first Menologic Genealogy,
and second chapters, states, likewise, that Conall was St. Lochina's father.
belong- ing to the Franciscan Convent, Merchant's-
quay, Dublin, the corresponding notice at
this date is pn'ochi tochA]\i. The latter
words seem referable to her place, near of March. The Calendar of Cashel makes
Lough Erne.
s In the Martyrology of Donegal, edited
by Dr. Todd and by Dr. Reeves, pp. 2, 3.
There too she is said to be descended from
the race of Eoghan, son of Niall.
*
In the Genealogies of the Irish Saints, Endeus, brother to this holy virgin, is said to be son of Conall the Red, son to Damen, son of Corpre, sumamed Damh-airgid, son to Eochod, son of Crimthann, son to Fieg, son of Deodad, son to Rochad, son of Colla, sumamed Dachrioch, &c. , chap. xiii.
