657,^ under the presidency of
Archbishop
Emmon,20 and there he met St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
In
Menologium Scoto-
edition of the English Martyrology, there is "2"
tobefound ColmanusexScotia Thus oriundus,"
:
Brandani abbatis et
episcopi Forbes'
and that he was Abbot there, about 1670. " Citatur Laesleus, lib. 4, ubide S. Colmano Episcopo varia confundit, et de alio agit re-
lato in prima editione ejusdem Martyrol. Anglicani xxvm. Junii. "
—
ait Petrus Cluniacensis," Bishop
xiv. Calend.
Julii.
a See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima
Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, pars, iii. , p.
298, and Index Tertius, p. 679. 3 See, also, Dr. O'Donovan's
"
871.
* See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii
rum," at the 18th of June,
" Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 203.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii xviii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p.
551.
June 19. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
737
3 In the Table
Martyrology is quoted, after the entry of this saint's name and place. 3 The
latter is now known as Drumlease, and there is an old church now in ruins, near the eastern extremity of the beautiful Lough Gill. It is situated in the barony of Dromahaire, and in the county of Leitrim. The monastery at this place was burned, in the year 1360. 4 It lay in West Breifne. There is also a village of Drumlish, in the parish of Killoe, in the barony and county of Longford. s AManuscriptCalendar,whichbelongedtoProfessorEugene O'Curry, enters a festival for St. Colman of Druim Lias, at the 19th of June.
Article II. —St. Coelain or Caolan, of Doire Choelaine. On
Derrycullion
ology, his name has been rendered into the Latinized form, Caelianus. 6
the of Martyrology
Donegal.
appended, the Carthusian
the19thofJune,wereadintheMartyrologyof
1 thatCoelain,of the only Irish townland we find, very nearly resembling the foregoing ancient denomination. It is situated in the parish of Aghalurcher,3 barony of Magherastephana, and county of Fermanagh. The Martyrology of Donegal,* at this same date, merely records Caolin, of Doire. s In the table, subjoined to this Martyr-
Doire wasvenerated. Choelaine,
Tallagh, * is
Article III. —St. Failbe or Failbhe, of Tobucht. The Martyr- 12
ologies of Tallagh, and of Donegal, register a festival, on the 19th of June, in honour of Failbe or Failbhe. The latter Calendar states, he was of
Tobucht ; while the former calls his place Thalincht. Under either form of denomination, it cannot easily be identified.
Article IV. —St. Dima, Monk of Iona. At the 22nd of February,
notices of this saint occur. r
Hugo Menard, places
and at the 8th of
his festival, at the present date.
April,
Article V. —Reputed Festival of St. Moloma, of Domnaigh Imlech. As in the following instance, it is likely the present saint's festival
Articlei. —«Inanote,totheO'Clerys' Calendar, at this passage, which is quoted from Marianus, Dr. Todd states, that the clause within brackets is in the more recent hand. It professes to be added, from the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman. Yet, it does not occur in Mr. O'Curry's copy of
the Brussels Manuscript containing a tran- script of that work.
for 1861, p. 367.
3 This extensive parish is set down, on
the "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Fermanagh," sheets 23, 24.
27,28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 39. A portion of this parish, in the barony of Clogher, is noted, on the "Ordnance Survey Townland
Maps for the County of Tyrone," sheets 64, 68. Derrycullion townland is on sheets 24, 29. 4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
2 Edited
172, 173-
by
Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp.
3 See
ibid. , pp. 382, 383.
4 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. iii. , pp. 616 to 618, and n. (i), ibid.
Doire: "i. e. , Doire Caolain, as in M. Taml. "
6
See pp. 372, 373, ibid.
Article hi. — x Edited by Rev. Dr.
s See Lewis' "
Topographical Dictionary
Dr.
of Ireland," vol. —i. , p. 518. •
Kelly, p. xxvii.
'Edited Drs. Todd and by
Article ii. Edited by Rev.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
2 See " Census of Ireland, General
Reeves, pp.
Al-
phabetical Index to the Townlands and Martyrology.
Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland, Article v. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. 2A
x
74, 175-
s A note by Dr. Todd says at this word,
174. '75-
Article IV. — 'In his Benedictine
738 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19
should have been entered at the following day, as it is thus found in the
MartyrologyofDonegal. ThepublishedCalendar,inwhichitismetwithat this date, is no doubt incorrect, in numerous cases of insertion and of writing.
At the 19th of June, veneration was given to Moloma ofDomnaigh Imlech,
as we find recorded in the of 1 Martyrology Tallagh.
ArticleVI. —ReputedFeastofSt. Cassan,ofCluanaRaitte. It is probable,thepresentsaint'snamehasbeenmisplaced,andthatitsentry should have been carried to the succeeding day. Or this may be regarded as a vigil for his feast.
Martyrology of Tallagh,
1
The name, Cassan of Cluana Raitte appears in the at this date. His place has not been identified.
Article VII. —St. Deodatus, Adeodatus, or Theodatus, Bishop of Nevers, France. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries^ We know not, on what sufficient authority this holy prelate has been classed among the Irish Saints,
except it arose from his having been a disciple and companion of St. Argo- bast and of St. Floratius. 1 At this date, Colgan had intended to publish a
Life of St. as we find from the Deodatus,
posthumous
This is probably the saint, elsewhere called Adeodatus, or Theodatus, bishop
of Nevers, and thought to have been an Irishman by birth. This, too, is stated,byFatherStephenWhite. 3 ALifeofthepresentholymanwascom- posed by a monk of St. Die*, in the ninth or tenth century. This was after- wardsamplifiedbyanAbbotofMayenne,intheeleventhcentury. ThisLife
was approved of by Pope Leo IX. , in the year 1049. 4 Surins 5 has published
his Acts, at the 19th of June. These are said to have become vitiated in
some the carelessness of 6 The Bollandists have passages, through copyists.
published the old Life of St. Deodatus, at the same date ;* and this is sup- posed to have been written from collections, made by the holy man's own disciples, by a learned and pious man, who had been inspired to compose
the memoir of such a distinguished patron. Different copies of this biogra- phy have come down to our times. 8 Before his death, Father Godefrid Henschenn had prepared this Life for publication,' and Father Daniel Pape- broke afterwards edited it for the press. A previous commentary IO accompanies it, and several notes are appended. " This Life had been pre-
Kelly, p. xxvii. — Article VI.
Kelly,p. xxvii. — Article vii.
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
through Joannes Gamansius, taken from the Library of the Capuchin Fathers at Pader- born,andthiswascollatedwithaManuscript parchment copy, belonging to the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, dwelling in the Passional Monastery of Bodensee. In this, however, the fourth chaper was wanting. They also procured a Manuscript Life of St. Deodatus from the library of St. Saviour, Utrecht, but it was defective, at the begin- ning and at the end. Mosander had a similar copy, which Surius edited in a sup- plement, with the style somewhat emended.
9 It is in four divided comprised chapters,
Who were bishops of Strasburgh, and Irishmen.
'
Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum Hi- bernise. "
3 Who speaking of him states "natione
2"
Hibernus. " See
"
Apologia pro Hibernia,"
cap. iv. , p. 42.
4 He allowed its lection in churches, on
the festival of St. Deodatus.
5 See "De Probatis Sanctorum Vitis. "
6 See Father
Stephen
White's "
Apologia
" :e
pro Hibernia," cap. iv. , p. 42.
' See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii
xix. De Sancto Deodato, primum Episcopo Nivernensi, dien Abbate Vallis Galilsese in
Vosago, pp. 869 to 884.
8 The Bollandists procured a paper copy
into twenty-nine paragraphs. This is in ten paragraphs.
" He was secretary to the church and
list of his 2 writings.
" Besides, there is an Appendix ex Chro- nico Senoniensi (Sens) Richerii, and which refers to this saint.
June 19. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
739
viously edited at Nancy, in the year 16 19, and it was afterwards translated
into French, by Jean Ruyr or Ruer,12 in 1624, and printed at Trecis. The Petits Bollandistes J 3 have a Life of this holy man, whom they designate as
St. Die,Didier,Deodat,Adeodat,orDieudonne,BishopofNevers. There
1 * and
Gould. 15 The old Life of St. Deodatus informs us, that he belonged to an
are notices of St. Deodatus Rev. Alban by
Rev. S. illustrious family of Western France. In French, the name has been ren-
deredinto DidorDieudonne. Hewasbornaboutthe
From early youth, he was distinguished for his virtues. While he made pro- gressinlearning,thefearofGodwascontinuallybeforehismind. About his youth and manhood little is found recorded, but that he was dear to the
1 Almighty,andlovedbyallwhoknewhim. AfterthedeathofEucherius,?
hewaselectedbishopofNevers,abouttheyear655- Hefulfilledallthe
18
16 Didier, year 590.
duties of this pastoral charge, but with great fear and trembling,
knowing
theresponsibilityhehadassumed. HeassistedattheCouncilofSens,a. d.
657,^ under the presidency of Archbishop Emmon,20 and there he met St.
21 of St. 23 of St. a3
Ouen, Bishop Rouen, Faro, Bishop Meaux, Eligius, Bishop
of St. 2* of St. 2* of Noyon, Amandus, Bishop Maestricht, Palladius, Bishop
andSt. Leucon,26 theSeeofNeversforthree
recommended a successor to his clergy, lest the ship of Christ's Church should
Auxerre,
Bishop ofTroyes. years,
holy bishop occupied
Butler,
by
Baring-
2? This whenheresolvedonalifeofsolitude. 28 He
be left without a skilful pilot. However, in retiring from the more busy 2
scenes of episcopal life, St. Deodatus found companions in St. Argobast ^
and St. 30 who were the first of 1 The first of Florentius, bishops Strasburgh. 3
these holy companions had his dwelling in the sacred grove, which in the German language is called Heilgestorst, and there he passed an eremitical life, untilhewascalledupontopresideasbishop. 32 Inanotherdesert,andnear a rivulet known as Hasale,33 in Alsace, the second holy man had built an
chapter of St. Deodatus.
13 See "Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
2S His festival falls, on the 10th of
April.
26 His feast occurs, on the 1st of April,
and on the 7th of July.
2? Rev. Gould's "Lives of the See Baring-
Saints," vol. vi. , June 19th, p. 259.
28
John of Trittenheim seems, however, to reverse the order of his life, by making Adeodatus first Abbot of Val de Galilee, be- fore he became Bishop of Nevers. See " De Viris Illustribus Ordinis S. Benedicti, lib. iii-, cap. 304.
29 His festival is kept, on the 21st of
July.
3° His feast occurs, at the 7th of No-
xixe de Jour
Juin, pp. 143, 150
to
155.
14 See " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs
and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June
xix.
'SSee "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. ,
June 19th, pp. 259, 260.
16 See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum,"
tomusiii. , Junii xix. De Sancto Deodato, primum Episcopo Nivernensi dien Abbate Vallis Galibese in Vosago, Commcntarius prsevius,sect,i. , num. 7,p. 871.
** Also called Hecherius.
18 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xix.
19 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des
vember.
3I See Father Stephen White s
"
Apolo-
Saints," 151.
tome
vii. ,
xixc
Jour
de
Juin, p.
gia pro Hibernia," cap. iv. , p. 42.
32 He is said to have ruled over this See
for twenty-seven years, viz. , from a. d. 041 to 668. However, it seems probable enough, he had not been consecrated bishop so early
20 His festival was held, on the 26th of
April.
21 His feast occurs, at the 24th of as at the first of the foregoing dates.
August.
» At' the 28th of October, he is commemo-
33 In treating about the Bishops of Stras-
rated
23 He is venerated, at the 1st of Decern-
* Although some writers have given him an assumed Rothanus of knightly rank, as 2+ His feast belongs to the 6th of Feb- immediate successor in this See ; yet, iirus- chius states, they are totally mistaken, as
ber, and at the 25th of June. ruary
burgh, Gaspar Bruschius adds cul a Bruschio percelebri amne.
"nee pro-
>:>
740 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19.
oratory, and from this he was removed to succeed St. Argobast,34 when the
See of Strasburgh became vacant. 3s Taking with him three companions,
Villigod, Domnole and another Dieudonne, St. Deodatus left Nevers, to seek
a place among the Vosges Mountains, and he went to Romont, and after-
wards to 6 There he to have rested and to have built a Argentelle. 3 thought
monastery. Hehadevenbeguntoraiseitswalls,whenthepeopleofthat
district, conceiving a jealousy towards the saint, excited distrust and perse- cutions. Foremost among his enemies appears to have been the lord of the soil, who would not suffer him to reside on the banks of the Arrentelle. Whereupon, the holy man left that place, and then directed his course through a broken and desert country, until he reached Alsace. At length, he reached the forest of Haguenau,3? among the Vosges Mountains. 38 There, he lived an eremitical life, with St. Argobast, until the latter was elected bishop of Strasburgh. Even here, Deodatus did not escape contradictions and ill- will, manifested by the foresters ; so that, for the sake of peace, he was obliged to look elsewhere for a settlement. Afterwards, Deodatus moved to the Island of Novientum, afterwards known as Ebersheim. 39 it is situated on the 111, about two leagues below Schelestadt, and seven leagues from Strasburgh. In 661, St. Deodatus associated with some solitaries there, and he was elected their superior. His virtues attracted many pious persons to live under his rule. The lord of that territory, Val de Galilee, was Hun, who bestowed it on the saint. It was near the Vosges Mountains. * Such was the origin of the monastery of Ebersmunster, in the diocese of Strasburgh. The King of Austrasia, Childeric II. , aided him to found the Abbey of SS. Peter and Paul, in that place. This he is said to have placed under the rule of St. Columban,whichwassubsequentlychangedtothatofSt. Benedict. There he left some relics of St. Maurice, chief of the Theban Legion, while the con- secration of our holy bishop took place in presence of a great concourse of
1 Deodatus found, that the resort of to his new persons/ However, persons
habitation did not admit of sufficient leisure to indulge in his favourite exer- cise of contemplation, and he resolved once more to select some other place for a life of solitude. He retired from the companionship of his monks, and finding a lonely spot in the diocese of Basle, he built a hermitage at Ongiville. Finding, however, that these solitudes were infested by marauders and dis- turbed by petty warfare, he resolved to leave that part of the country, and return to the Vosges Mountains. He traversed the valley of Kaisersburgh, and for some time, he dwelt in a place, which afterwards took its denomina- tionfromhim,andit wascalledDiedolshofenorDiedolshausen,affixingthe epithetof"goodman"tohisname. Atlength,hesettledinaquietvalley, where he built in 669 the Abbey of Jointures. It was so called, because it was at the junction of the Rothbach and Meurthe Rivers. From him, that
can be clearly proved from old diplomas.
35 See the Bollandists' "Acta Sancto- rum," tomus iii. , Junii xix. De Sancto Deo- dato, primum Episcopo Nivernensi, diem Abbate Vallis Galilseae in Vosago, Vita, cap. i. , num. 4, p. 873, and nn. (g, h),
p. 874.
36 It was so called from the clearness of its
water, but the people corrupted the name to Arrentelle.
37 This lies near a canton and a consider-
able town on the Moder, about sixteen miles
north of Strasburgh.
38 A fine range of mountains, now forming
the eastern boundary between France and
Germany.
39 It was a commune and a village of
France, in the Department of Bas-Rhin. See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. v. , p. 130.
«• See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xix.
4I This monastery was under the patron-
age of Attic or Adalric, Duke of Alsace, and
father of St. Odile. He
with lands, situated in Upper Alsace, while
he bestowed, also, revenues from villages of Lower Alsace and of Brisgau.
richly
endowed it
June 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
741
place was afterwards known as Val S. Didier. King Childeric II. bestowed onoursaintalargepropertynearthisvalley. Hereamostferventfamilyof
religious collected around him ; and, as his example, morals, and dispositions
were so perfect, they deemed it a great happiness to live under his rule. The
vigils of Deodatus were frequent, his prayers were continuous, while religious exercises and singing the Divine praises occupied much of his time. So great
was his reputation for the mastery of a spiritual life, that his disciples daily increased; andafteralittletime,theyhadattainedtosuchperfection,that
they separated into different places through the adjoining forests, where they led contemplative lives. In certain situations through the valley of Galilee, Deodatus constructed cells, in which they dwelt ; he found the people willing to assist their labours in building and in agriculture.
2
which
of Jointures, a town grew in process of time, and from the founder it was called St. Die. It was afterwards converted into a collegiate church. When St. Hildulph « had left his See of Treves and had retired to Moyen- Moutier,4* a holy friendship with our saint was the result. Whenever St. Deodatus visited St. Hildulph, the latter came out to meet him with all his monks, and then taking him by the hand, he was led into the church, where
both prayed together. Afterwards, on entering the monastery, both of them spent the night conversing on heavenly subjects and in singing the Divine praises. The same acts of courtesy and of piety were imitated, whenever St.
Hildulph came to Jointures/5 When he grew very old and feeble, St. Deodatus left his Abbey and retired to a little cell, which was near a chapel he had built and had dedicated to St. Martin/6 Thence he continued to govern his religious with as much care and devotion, as if he had been living among them. At length, having attained nearly the ninetieth year of his age, a mortal illness fell upon St. Deodatus, and his friend St. Hildulph had a heavenly admonition, that the end was drawing near. He was visited in his cell by St. Hildulph during his last illness. From him, Deodatus received the last Sacraments, and by him were his eyes closed in death. During this illness, he recommended the care of his disciples to St. Hildulph, who charged himself with such a duty, and it gave great consolation to the dying saint. The death of this holy man is said to have taken place on the 19th of June, in 679/7 In a Manuscript Florarius, the date for his Deposition is set down at the 2nd of January. Afterwards, his monks carried the sacred remainstotheChurchoftheHolyMotherofGod. Theyshedabundance oftearsforthethelosstheyhadexperienced. St. Hildulphofferedupthe sacrifice of propitiation, according to the rites of the holy Catholic Church, when the body of the venerable defunct Deodatus was committed to the
up,
subsequently
were converted into
parishes/
Around the
Abbey
<J Among these were Bertrimoutier, Pro- vencheres, Colroy, Lusse, Vissembach, La- veline, on which depended St Nicholas de la Croix, Mandray, La Valtin, Anould, Clefey, Saint-Leonard, Sauley, Sainte- Marguerite and St. Martin. These parishes formed the territory of Val de Saint- Die, which was contained within the dioceses of
of Bale and of Toul. " II avait son orient en Alsace, son septentrion du cote de Senones et de Moyen-Moutier, l'occident au ban d'Etival et le midi sur les montagnes de Bruyeres. II comprenait en tout dixhuit eelises, y compris Fraize et Plainfaing. "— "Les Petits Bollandistes, Vies des Saints,"
tome vii. , xixe Jour de Juin, p. 153, n. 1.
« His feast occurs, on the nth of July, ** Here there was a monastery, called St.
Hidulph's, which with St. Vannes, situated in the city of Verdun, gave birth to the famous congregation of Benedictines, which bore their names in Lorraine, also to that of St. Maur in France. _. . ,„-.
the Saints, vol. vi. , June 1 9, p. 200.
*6 Probably St. Martin of Tours
« See Les Petits Bollandistes, Vies des
Saints," tome vn. , xix<= Jour de Juin, pp.
Strasburgh,
, « See Rev. S. Baring-Gould s "Lives of
143, 154-
*«
of these are related
imj. _ Richenus
Some
by
Then, villages sprung
742 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19.
earth. Duringtheyearafterhisdeath,St. Hildulphoftenvisitedthemonas- tery of Galilee, to offer Mass for the repose of his deceased friend. The monks there resumed their ordinary exercises and celebrations ; and recollect- ing the former practices of both saints, they wished to continue the custom of bringingtoSt. HildulphthetunicofSt. Deodatus. Whenowingtohisgreat age, St. Hildulph could no longer leave Moyen-Moutier, the tunic of St.
Menologium Scoto-
edition of the English Martyrology, there is "2"
tobefound ColmanusexScotia Thus oriundus,"
:
Brandani abbatis et
episcopi Forbes'
and that he was Abbot there, about 1670. " Citatur Laesleus, lib. 4, ubide S. Colmano Episcopo varia confundit, et de alio agit re-
lato in prima editione ejusdem Martyrol. Anglicani xxvm. Junii. "
—
ait Petrus Cluniacensis," Bishop
xiv. Calend.
Julii.
a See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima
Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, pars, iii. , p.
298, and Index Tertius, p. 679. 3 See, also, Dr. O'Donovan's
"
871.
* See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii
rum," at the 18th of June,
" Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 203.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii xviii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p.
551.
June 19. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
737
3 In the Table
Martyrology is quoted, after the entry of this saint's name and place. 3 The
latter is now known as Drumlease, and there is an old church now in ruins, near the eastern extremity of the beautiful Lough Gill. It is situated in the barony of Dromahaire, and in the county of Leitrim. The monastery at this place was burned, in the year 1360. 4 It lay in West Breifne. There is also a village of Drumlish, in the parish of Killoe, in the barony and county of Longford. s AManuscriptCalendar,whichbelongedtoProfessorEugene O'Curry, enters a festival for St. Colman of Druim Lias, at the 19th of June.
Article II. —St. Coelain or Caolan, of Doire Choelaine. On
Derrycullion
ology, his name has been rendered into the Latinized form, Caelianus. 6
the of Martyrology
Donegal.
appended, the Carthusian
the19thofJune,wereadintheMartyrologyof
1 thatCoelain,of the only Irish townland we find, very nearly resembling the foregoing ancient denomination. It is situated in the parish of Aghalurcher,3 barony of Magherastephana, and county of Fermanagh. The Martyrology of Donegal,* at this same date, merely records Caolin, of Doire. s In the table, subjoined to this Martyr-
Doire wasvenerated. Choelaine,
Tallagh, * is
Article III. —St. Failbe or Failbhe, of Tobucht. The Martyr- 12
ologies of Tallagh, and of Donegal, register a festival, on the 19th of June, in honour of Failbe or Failbhe. The latter Calendar states, he was of
Tobucht ; while the former calls his place Thalincht. Under either form of denomination, it cannot easily be identified.
Article IV. —St. Dima, Monk of Iona. At the 22nd of February,
notices of this saint occur. r
Hugo Menard, places
and at the 8th of
his festival, at the present date.
April,
Article V. —Reputed Festival of St. Moloma, of Domnaigh Imlech. As in the following instance, it is likely the present saint's festival
Articlei. —«Inanote,totheO'Clerys' Calendar, at this passage, which is quoted from Marianus, Dr. Todd states, that the clause within brackets is in the more recent hand. It professes to be added, from the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman. Yet, it does not occur in Mr. O'Curry's copy of
the Brussels Manuscript containing a tran- script of that work.
for 1861, p. 367.
3 This extensive parish is set down, on
the "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Fermanagh," sheets 23, 24.
27,28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 39. A portion of this parish, in the barony of Clogher, is noted, on the "Ordnance Survey Townland
Maps for the County of Tyrone," sheets 64, 68. Derrycullion townland is on sheets 24, 29. 4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
2 Edited
172, 173-
by
Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp.
3 See
ibid. , pp. 382, 383.
4 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. iii. , pp. 616 to 618, and n. (i), ibid.
Doire: "i. e. , Doire Caolain, as in M. Taml. "
6
See pp. 372, 373, ibid.
Article hi. — x Edited by Rev. Dr.
s See Lewis' "
Topographical Dictionary
Dr.
of Ireland," vol. —i. , p. 518. •
Kelly, p. xxvii.
'Edited Drs. Todd and by
Article ii. Edited by Rev.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
2 See " Census of Ireland, General
Reeves, pp.
Al-
phabetical Index to the Townlands and Martyrology.
Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland, Article v. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. 2A
x
74, 175-
s A note by Dr. Todd says at this word,
174. '75-
Article IV. — 'In his Benedictine
738 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19
should have been entered at the following day, as it is thus found in the
MartyrologyofDonegal. ThepublishedCalendar,inwhichitismetwithat this date, is no doubt incorrect, in numerous cases of insertion and of writing.
At the 19th of June, veneration was given to Moloma ofDomnaigh Imlech,
as we find recorded in the of 1 Martyrology Tallagh.
ArticleVI. —ReputedFeastofSt. Cassan,ofCluanaRaitte. It is probable,thepresentsaint'snamehasbeenmisplaced,andthatitsentry should have been carried to the succeeding day. Or this may be regarded as a vigil for his feast.
Martyrology of Tallagh,
1
The name, Cassan of Cluana Raitte appears in the at this date. His place has not been identified.
Article VII. —St. Deodatus, Adeodatus, or Theodatus, Bishop of Nevers, France. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries^ We know not, on what sufficient authority this holy prelate has been classed among the Irish Saints,
except it arose from his having been a disciple and companion of St. Argo- bast and of St. Floratius. 1 At this date, Colgan had intended to publish a
Life of St. as we find from the Deodatus,
posthumous
This is probably the saint, elsewhere called Adeodatus, or Theodatus, bishop
of Nevers, and thought to have been an Irishman by birth. This, too, is stated,byFatherStephenWhite. 3 ALifeofthepresentholymanwascom- posed by a monk of St. Die*, in the ninth or tenth century. This was after- wardsamplifiedbyanAbbotofMayenne,intheeleventhcentury. ThisLife
was approved of by Pope Leo IX. , in the year 1049. 4 Surins 5 has published
his Acts, at the 19th of June. These are said to have become vitiated in
some the carelessness of 6 The Bollandists have passages, through copyists.
published the old Life of St. Deodatus, at the same date ;* and this is sup- posed to have been written from collections, made by the holy man's own disciples, by a learned and pious man, who had been inspired to compose
the memoir of such a distinguished patron. Different copies of this biogra- phy have come down to our times. 8 Before his death, Father Godefrid Henschenn had prepared this Life for publication,' and Father Daniel Pape- broke afterwards edited it for the press. A previous commentary IO accompanies it, and several notes are appended. " This Life had been pre-
Kelly, p. xxvii. — Article VI.
Kelly,p. xxvii. — Article vii.
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
through Joannes Gamansius, taken from the Library of the Capuchin Fathers at Pader- born,andthiswascollatedwithaManuscript parchment copy, belonging to the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, dwelling in the Passional Monastery of Bodensee. In this, however, the fourth chaper was wanting. They also procured a Manuscript Life of St. Deodatus from the library of St. Saviour, Utrecht, but it was defective, at the begin- ning and at the end. Mosander had a similar copy, which Surius edited in a sup- plement, with the style somewhat emended.
9 It is in four divided comprised chapters,
Who were bishops of Strasburgh, and Irishmen.
'
Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum Hi- bernise. "
3 Who speaking of him states "natione
2"
Hibernus. " See
"
Apologia pro Hibernia,"
cap. iv. , p. 42.
4 He allowed its lection in churches, on
the festival of St. Deodatus.
5 See "De Probatis Sanctorum Vitis. "
6 See Father
Stephen
White's "
Apologia
" :e
pro Hibernia," cap. iv. , p. 42.
' See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii
xix. De Sancto Deodato, primum Episcopo Nivernensi, dien Abbate Vallis Galilsese in
Vosago, pp. 869 to 884.
8 The Bollandists procured a paper copy
into twenty-nine paragraphs. This is in ten paragraphs.
" He was secretary to the church and
list of his 2 writings.
" Besides, there is an Appendix ex Chro- nico Senoniensi (Sens) Richerii, and which refers to this saint.
June 19. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
739
viously edited at Nancy, in the year 16 19, and it was afterwards translated
into French, by Jean Ruyr or Ruer,12 in 1624, and printed at Trecis. The Petits Bollandistes J 3 have a Life of this holy man, whom they designate as
St. Die,Didier,Deodat,Adeodat,orDieudonne,BishopofNevers. There
1 * and
Gould. 15 The old Life of St. Deodatus informs us, that he belonged to an
are notices of St. Deodatus Rev. Alban by
Rev. S. illustrious family of Western France. In French, the name has been ren-
deredinto DidorDieudonne. Hewasbornaboutthe
From early youth, he was distinguished for his virtues. While he made pro- gressinlearning,thefearofGodwascontinuallybeforehismind. About his youth and manhood little is found recorded, but that he was dear to the
1 Almighty,andlovedbyallwhoknewhim. AfterthedeathofEucherius,?
hewaselectedbishopofNevers,abouttheyear655- Hefulfilledallthe
18
16 Didier, year 590.
duties of this pastoral charge, but with great fear and trembling,
knowing
theresponsibilityhehadassumed. HeassistedattheCouncilofSens,a. d.
657,^ under the presidency of Archbishop Emmon,20 and there he met St.
21 of St. 23 of St. a3
Ouen, Bishop Rouen, Faro, Bishop Meaux, Eligius, Bishop
of St. 2* of St. 2* of Noyon, Amandus, Bishop Maestricht, Palladius, Bishop
andSt. Leucon,26 theSeeofNeversforthree
recommended a successor to his clergy, lest the ship of Christ's Church should
Auxerre,
Bishop ofTroyes. years,
holy bishop occupied
Butler,
by
Baring-
2? This whenheresolvedonalifeofsolitude. 28 He
be left without a skilful pilot. However, in retiring from the more busy 2
scenes of episcopal life, St. Deodatus found companions in St. Argobast ^
and St. 30 who were the first of 1 The first of Florentius, bishops Strasburgh. 3
these holy companions had his dwelling in the sacred grove, which in the German language is called Heilgestorst, and there he passed an eremitical life, untilhewascalledupontopresideasbishop. 32 Inanotherdesert,andnear a rivulet known as Hasale,33 in Alsace, the second holy man had built an
chapter of St. Deodatus.
13 See "Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
2S His festival falls, on the 10th of
April.
26 His feast occurs, on the 1st of April,
and on the 7th of July.
2? Rev. Gould's "Lives of the See Baring-
Saints," vol. vi. , June 19th, p. 259.
28
John of Trittenheim seems, however, to reverse the order of his life, by making Adeodatus first Abbot of Val de Galilee, be- fore he became Bishop of Nevers. See " De Viris Illustribus Ordinis S. Benedicti, lib. iii-, cap. 304.
29 His festival is kept, on the 21st of
July.
3° His feast occurs, at the 7th of No-
xixe de Jour
Juin, pp. 143, 150
to
155.
14 See " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs
and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June
xix.
'SSee "Lives of the Saints," vol. vi. ,
June 19th, pp. 259, 260.
16 See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum,"
tomusiii. , Junii xix. De Sancto Deodato, primum Episcopo Nivernensi dien Abbate Vallis Galibese in Vosago, Commcntarius prsevius,sect,i. , num. 7,p. 871.
** Also called Hecherius.
18 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xix.
19 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des
vember.
3I See Father Stephen White s
"
Apolo-
Saints," 151.
tome
vii. ,
xixc
Jour
de
Juin, p.
gia pro Hibernia," cap. iv. , p. 42.
32 He is said to have ruled over this See
for twenty-seven years, viz. , from a. d. 041 to 668. However, it seems probable enough, he had not been consecrated bishop so early
20 His festival was held, on the 26th of
April.
21 His feast occurs, at the 24th of as at the first of the foregoing dates.
August.
» At' the 28th of October, he is commemo-
33 In treating about the Bishops of Stras-
rated
23 He is venerated, at the 1st of Decern-
* Although some writers have given him an assumed Rothanus of knightly rank, as 2+ His feast belongs to the 6th of Feb- immediate successor in this See ; yet, iirus- chius states, they are totally mistaken, as
ber, and at the 25th of June. ruary
burgh, Gaspar Bruschius adds cul a Bruschio percelebri amne.
"nee pro-
>:>
740 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19.
oratory, and from this he was removed to succeed St. Argobast,34 when the
See of Strasburgh became vacant. 3s Taking with him three companions,
Villigod, Domnole and another Dieudonne, St. Deodatus left Nevers, to seek
a place among the Vosges Mountains, and he went to Romont, and after-
wards to 6 There he to have rested and to have built a Argentelle. 3 thought
monastery. Hehadevenbeguntoraiseitswalls,whenthepeopleofthat
district, conceiving a jealousy towards the saint, excited distrust and perse- cutions. Foremost among his enemies appears to have been the lord of the soil, who would not suffer him to reside on the banks of the Arrentelle. Whereupon, the holy man left that place, and then directed his course through a broken and desert country, until he reached Alsace. At length, he reached the forest of Haguenau,3? among the Vosges Mountains. 38 There, he lived an eremitical life, with St. Argobast, until the latter was elected bishop of Strasburgh. Even here, Deodatus did not escape contradictions and ill- will, manifested by the foresters ; so that, for the sake of peace, he was obliged to look elsewhere for a settlement. Afterwards, Deodatus moved to the Island of Novientum, afterwards known as Ebersheim. 39 it is situated on the 111, about two leagues below Schelestadt, and seven leagues from Strasburgh. In 661, St. Deodatus associated with some solitaries there, and he was elected their superior. His virtues attracted many pious persons to live under his rule. The lord of that territory, Val de Galilee, was Hun, who bestowed it on the saint. It was near the Vosges Mountains. * Such was the origin of the monastery of Ebersmunster, in the diocese of Strasburgh. The King of Austrasia, Childeric II. , aided him to found the Abbey of SS. Peter and Paul, in that place. This he is said to have placed under the rule of St. Columban,whichwassubsequentlychangedtothatofSt. Benedict. There he left some relics of St. Maurice, chief of the Theban Legion, while the con- secration of our holy bishop took place in presence of a great concourse of
1 Deodatus found, that the resort of to his new persons/ However, persons
habitation did not admit of sufficient leisure to indulge in his favourite exer- cise of contemplation, and he resolved once more to select some other place for a life of solitude. He retired from the companionship of his monks, and finding a lonely spot in the diocese of Basle, he built a hermitage at Ongiville. Finding, however, that these solitudes were infested by marauders and dis- turbed by petty warfare, he resolved to leave that part of the country, and return to the Vosges Mountains. He traversed the valley of Kaisersburgh, and for some time, he dwelt in a place, which afterwards took its denomina- tionfromhim,andit wascalledDiedolshofenorDiedolshausen,affixingthe epithetof"goodman"tohisname. Atlength,hesettledinaquietvalley, where he built in 669 the Abbey of Jointures. It was so called, because it was at the junction of the Rothbach and Meurthe Rivers. From him, that
can be clearly proved from old diplomas.
35 See the Bollandists' "Acta Sancto- rum," tomus iii. , Junii xix. De Sancto Deo- dato, primum Episcopo Nivernensi, diem Abbate Vallis Galilseae in Vosago, Vita, cap. i. , num. 4, p. 873, and nn. (g, h),
p. 874.
36 It was so called from the clearness of its
water, but the people corrupted the name to Arrentelle.
37 This lies near a canton and a consider-
able town on the Moder, about sixteen miles
north of Strasburgh.
38 A fine range of mountains, now forming
the eastern boundary between France and
Germany.
39 It was a commune and a village of
France, in the Department of Bas-Rhin. See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. v. , p. 130.
«• See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xix.
4I This monastery was under the patron-
age of Attic or Adalric, Duke of Alsace, and
father of St. Odile. He
with lands, situated in Upper Alsace, while
he bestowed, also, revenues from villages of Lower Alsace and of Brisgau.
richly
endowed it
June 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
741
place was afterwards known as Val S. Didier. King Childeric II. bestowed onoursaintalargepropertynearthisvalley. Hereamostferventfamilyof
religious collected around him ; and, as his example, morals, and dispositions
were so perfect, they deemed it a great happiness to live under his rule. The
vigils of Deodatus were frequent, his prayers were continuous, while religious exercises and singing the Divine praises occupied much of his time. So great
was his reputation for the mastery of a spiritual life, that his disciples daily increased; andafteralittletime,theyhadattainedtosuchperfection,that
they separated into different places through the adjoining forests, where they led contemplative lives. In certain situations through the valley of Galilee, Deodatus constructed cells, in which they dwelt ; he found the people willing to assist their labours in building and in agriculture.
2
which
of Jointures, a town grew in process of time, and from the founder it was called St. Die. It was afterwards converted into a collegiate church. When St. Hildulph « had left his See of Treves and had retired to Moyen- Moutier,4* a holy friendship with our saint was the result. Whenever St. Deodatus visited St. Hildulph, the latter came out to meet him with all his monks, and then taking him by the hand, he was led into the church, where
both prayed together. Afterwards, on entering the monastery, both of them spent the night conversing on heavenly subjects and in singing the Divine praises. The same acts of courtesy and of piety were imitated, whenever St.
Hildulph came to Jointures/5 When he grew very old and feeble, St. Deodatus left his Abbey and retired to a little cell, which was near a chapel he had built and had dedicated to St. Martin/6 Thence he continued to govern his religious with as much care and devotion, as if he had been living among them. At length, having attained nearly the ninetieth year of his age, a mortal illness fell upon St. Deodatus, and his friend St. Hildulph had a heavenly admonition, that the end was drawing near. He was visited in his cell by St. Hildulph during his last illness. From him, Deodatus received the last Sacraments, and by him were his eyes closed in death. During this illness, he recommended the care of his disciples to St. Hildulph, who charged himself with such a duty, and it gave great consolation to the dying saint. The death of this holy man is said to have taken place on the 19th of June, in 679/7 In a Manuscript Florarius, the date for his Deposition is set down at the 2nd of January. Afterwards, his monks carried the sacred remainstotheChurchoftheHolyMotherofGod. Theyshedabundance oftearsforthethelosstheyhadexperienced. St. Hildulphofferedupthe sacrifice of propitiation, according to the rites of the holy Catholic Church, when the body of the venerable defunct Deodatus was committed to the
up,
subsequently
were converted into
parishes/
Around the
Abbey
<J Among these were Bertrimoutier, Pro- vencheres, Colroy, Lusse, Vissembach, La- veline, on which depended St Nicholas de la Croix, Mandray, La Valtin, Anould, Clefey, Saint-Leonard, Sauley, Sainte- Marguerite and St. Martin. These parishes formed the territory of Val de Saint- Die, which was contained within the dioceses of
of Bale and of Toul. " II avait son orient en Alsace, son septentrion du cote de Senones et de Moyen-Moutier, l'occident au ban d'Etival et le midi sur les montagnes de Bruyeres. II comprenait en tout dixhuit eelises, y compris Fraize et Plainfaing. "— "Les Petits Bollandistes, Vies des Saints,"
tome vii. , xixe Jour de Juin, p. 153, n. 1.
« His feast occurs, on the nth of July, ** Here there was a monastery, called St.
Hidulph's, which with St. Vannes, situated in the city of Verdun, gave birth to the famous congregation of Benedictines, which bore their names in Lorraine, also to that of St. Maur in France. _. . ,„-.
the Saints, vol. vi. , June 1 9, p. 200.
*6 Probably St. Martin of Tours
« See Les Petits Bollandistes, Vies des
Saints," tome vn. , xix<= Jour de Juin, pp.
Strasburgh,
, « See Rev. S. Baring-Gould s "Lives of
143, 154-
*«
of these are related
imj. _ Richenus
Some
by
Then, villages sprung
742 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19.
earth. Duringtheyearafterhisdeath,St. Hildulphoftenvisitedthemonas- tery of Galilee, to offer Mass for the repose of his deceased friend. The monks there resumed their ordinary exercises and celebrations ; and recollect- ing the former practices of both saints, they wished to continue the custom of bringingtoSt. HildulphthetunicofSt. Deodatus. Whenowingtohisgreat age, St. Hildulph could no longer leave Moyen-Moutier, the tunic of St.
