Reeves' list of Abbots there
ofaFiachraUa h Artagain, Aircinnech of lae, at a.
ofaFiachraUa h Artagain, Aircinnech of lae, at a.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v5
284
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 122,123.
Articlev. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiii.
-The entry is 0-o]\aiii epi.
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Maii viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 284.
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May 8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
135
Rev. Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints,'* and the Circle of the Seasons ;5 but, here, the present saint seems to have been confounded with St. Otteran, Bis- hop and Confessor, whose feast is rather referable to the 27th of October. ^ There was a holy well, called Tobar-Odran, near the churchyard of Kil- keeran,7 in the parish of Castlejordan,^ and Deanery of Mullingar. 9 It lies within the barony of Upper Moyfenrath. An aged ash tree spreads its branches over the ancient altar-site. ^° But, whether the well and former church had been dedicated to the present saint, or to some one of the other eight Odrans, mentioned in our calendars, does not appear to be readily ascer- tainable. A festival in honour of Odhran—without any other title—was celebrated on this day, accordijig to the Martyrology of Donegal. " The Very Rev. Laurence F. Renehan, D. D. , and former President of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, most certainly fell into an error, when he states, that the Martyrologies of Tallagh and of Donegal mention a St. Odran, Bishop, whose feast was kept, on the 8th of July. '^ He probably meant the 8th of May.
Article VL—Feast of St. Indract, with his Sister, St. Domi- nica, AND his Companions, who were Martyrs. \_Seventh or Eighth Century. '\ In the Martyrology of Salisbury, the festival of these saints has been placed, at the 8th 'of May. This account is further sustained, by the authority of the Tallagh and Altempsian Martyrologies,' as the Bollandists remark, at the same date. ^ Already have we given their Acts, at the 5th of February ;3 which seems to be recognised, as the chief day for their com-
memoration. * At the 8th of May, Richard VVhitford s places the Festival of St. Indract, a King of Ireland, who abdicated his kingdom, and who is said to have set out with his sister St. Dominica, and with various other com- panions, who all suffered martyrdom. ^
Article VII. St. Brenann. Veneration was given on this day to Brenann,aswefindmentioned,intheMartyrologyofDonegal. ' Whohe was, and where or when he lived, have not transpired.
* See vol. v. , May viii.
5 See p. 129.
* See notices of him, at that date.
' It is shown, on the " Ordnance Survey
Townland Maps for the County of Meath," sheet 46.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 122, 123.
" Dr. Renehan adds : " However, he is so unknown to other authorities, and his his- tory is so unknown even to these, that I think they mistook his rank and feast together. " Letter, dated Maynooth College, Feast of St. Otteran, 1845,' addressed to Mrs. Keshan, Lady Superioress of the Presentation Con- vent, Waterford. — "
* The larger portion of this parish is
within the Baronies of Coolestown and
Warrenstown, and this is described, on the
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for
the King's County," sheets 3, 4, 10, 11, 19;
while the other part, within the Barony of dractus, Dominica et Socii, Martyres, in
Upper Moylenraih is to be seen, on the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Meath, " sheets 46, 52.
9 This parish, situated within the baronies of Fartullagh, Moyashel and Magherader- non, is described on the "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of West- meath," sheets 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27. The town and townland are on sheet 19.
'° See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. ii. , chap, xviii. , p. ^96.
Anglia. "
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
Mail viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 2S4.
^ See vol. ii. of this work, Art. ii.
"* See also Colgan's "Acta SanctorumHi- berniK," v. Februarii, Vita S. Indracti et S. Dominica; Virginis ac Sociorum Mart) rum, pp. 253 to 255.
5 in the Martyrology of Salisbury.
* See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Februarii v. De Sanctis Martyri-
Article vi. ' These have SS. In-
AuTici. E X. — ' The followmg from the " Leabhar Breac " copy :
•Uiccof Agup lIlAxim
llni Ctmit coc*]\iiicj-ec <\l\feii\cc i\i5 ]\(icc». \]\]*AC 1n<\piiil ]:oc]\inc]'ec.
entry
is
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136 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 8.
Article VIII. —St. Barrion, Bishop of Cill-Bairrinn. This holy man, although having been honoured with episcopal dignity, seems to have simply received a local celebrity, for we only find his name, place and festival set down, by one ' of our modern authorities. He is called St. Barrion, of Cill-Bairrinn,* said to have been in the county of Donegal. Duald Mac Firbis enters liis feast, under the head of Cill Barrinn. To the north of Es Ruadh,3 he has Bairrion, bishop. 4 The parish of Kilbarron, is in the former district, known as Tirhugh, from which the modern barony has been named, while its position is along the western coast of Donegel, and there bounded by the Atlantic Ocean.
Article IX. Reputed Festival of a St. Benignus. In the " Menologium Scoticum " of Camerarius, tliere is a festival, at the 8th of May, for Benignus, who is characterised as a saint, and about whom there is men- tion made, in the Acts of St. Livinus. ' The BoUandists * have a similar reference, at the present date.
Article X. Festival of Saints Victor and Maximus, In the Feilire ^ of St. ^ngus, and at the 8th of jNIay, the festival for Saints Victor and Maximus is found recorded. The Scholiast observes on this passage, that their martyrdom took place in Milan. ^ However, this place, assigned for their crown, only had reference to Victor, who is said to have been of Moorish extraction. 3 St. Maximus seems to have been one among an illus- trious company of Martyrs,'' who laid down their lives for the Faith of Christ, in Byzantium, now Constantinople. Their Acts, written in the Greek lan- guage, have been preserved, and these have been translated into Latin, by the BoUandists.
bus Indracto, Dominica et ix. Sociis Glas- whom they loved they bathed in their
tonire in Anglia. Commentarius Praevius, sect, ii. , num. 6, p. 689.
Article viii. —
blood. "—" Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
Article vii. —
Todd and Reeves, pp. 122, 123.
On the Calendar of Oengus, p.
'
. i. in med [i] olano passi sunt. " Ibid. ^ p.
Ixxxiv.
3 See the BoUandists' " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus ii. , Mali viii. De S. Victore Mauro Martyre Mediolani, pp. 286 to 290.
* At Die Octava Mali, an account of their Passion will be found, under the following
'
Edited by Rev. Drs.
part i. ixxix.
Duald Mac Firbis.
- Kilbarron, county of Donegal. William
'Thus: "Victor agus Maxim
M. Hennessy's note.
3 Now Assaroe waterfall, near Ball)'-
shannon.
* See " Proceedings of the Royal Irirh
Academy," Iiish MSS. Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 94, 95.
— : '"
Article ix. of November.
—
"•
De Sanctis Martyribus Agathio Milite, Maximo Presby- tt-ro, Anthe Diacono, Aiestino, Marino, Tampo. Stercita, Rogata, Victuria, Florida. Item Florida, Lucio, Donata, Victore, F! a- via, Joanne, Nina, Casto, Gaio, Furio, Maximo. Item Victore, Julia, Felice, Mar- ciano, Famosa, Ilonesta, Nigro, Baptizio, Rustico, i'roce>so, Secunda, Milito, Felicia, Maxima, Dativa, Tuniano, Eutitiio, Secun- dola, Datica, Gundino, Tertnlo, Ca;lestino, Faustino, Ceneriu, Baracho, Siddiiio. Item Nina, Tido, Mittuno, Sirico, Rogato, Bac- ciro, Gaddero, Bereuso, Donata, Spico, Ko- galo, Saturnina, Gaudiosa, Vitale, Cxcilia, Januaiia, Galla, Senero, Rogata, Matrona,
See his Life, at the 12th
enumeration and heading
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Mail viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 2S5.
It is thus Englished by I^r. Whiiley Stokes : "Victor and Maximus, for Christ they gave themselves : for afTection towards the kin"
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May 9. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
ArticleXI. SupposedFeastofSt. Odranus,CharioteerofSt. Patrick, and Martyr. S^Fifth Century. '] The Bollandists have a notice of Odranus, likewise, while he is supposed to have been that charioteer of St. Patrick,' who sacrificed his own life, to save that of his master,^ and whose Acts have been already set down, at the 19th of Februar3\3
ArticleXII. ReputedFeastofSt. Cataldus,BishopofTaren- tum, Italy. This holy bishop—an Irish saint—is thought to have departed life, on the Sth of May, as recorded in various Festilogies. ' He is venerated, at Tarentum in Italy. It is pretended, by Thomas Dempster,^ that he came from lona, in Scotland. 3 At the Sth of May, Cataldus, Epis. is found in Father Henry Fitzsimon's List of Irish Saints. -^ This is regarded as his Natalis. s However, the Roman Martyrology has his chief festival, at the loth of May, when the finding and translation of his body took place.
Article XIII. St. Fiacrius, of Iona, Scotland. A St. Fiacrius is set down, in the anonymous Catalogue of Irish Saints, at the Sth of May. ' He, no doubt, is that Fiacer, Con. , of Henry Fitzsimon's list. At the same date, on the authority ofSurius, he is classed among our Irish Saints. ^ Colgan enters him as a sainted abbot of Iona. 3 However, this Fiacrius does not appear, in Rev. Dr.
Reeves' list of Abbots there
ofaFiachraUa h Artagain, Aircinnech of lae, at a. d. 97S,4 while Mugron presided over that community, in quality of Abbot.
^intl; JBay of jiflap.
ARTICLE I. —. ST. SANCTAN, BISHOP OF CILL-DA-LES, AND OF KIL- NA-SANTAN, COUNTY OF DUBLIN.
[SIXTH CENTURY. ]
THE great gift of ruling justly and religiously is to be brought from the depths of a conscience, which God inspires, and not from the frigid lessons of mere philosophy. Such appears to have been the foundation on
Augustina. Item Satunino, Rufo, Victore, Faustino, Cithino, Zadero, Anliquo. Item Nina, Saturo, Nicoma, Byzantii, Nunc Con- stantinopoli. " Ibid. , pp. 291 to 299.
viri, depositio, qui Iona Scotorum Insula oriundus, eo profectus. Gh. "—Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 199.
* See O'. SuUevan Beare's " Historise Catholicse Ibernia; Compendium," tomus i. , bb. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 50, 53.
5 See Ughelli's " Italia Sacra," tomus ix. Tarentina Metropolis, col. 121.
Article xiii. — ' See O'Sullevan Beare's " Historiie Catholicas Ibernios Compen- dium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , p. 50.
= See ibid. , cap. xii. , p. 54.
3 gee "Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Ap- pendix ad Acta S. Columbse, cap. iii. , sect. v. , p. 502.
'' SeeAdamnan's"LifeofSt. Columba. " Additional Notes O, p. 395.
s He ruled from 964 to 980. See ibid. , pp. 394, 395.
5 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Maii viii. De Sanctis Martyribus Agatho MiHte, Maximo Presbytero, &c. , pp. 291 to 299.
Article xi. — ' See his Life, in vob iii. of this work, at the seventeenth day of March, Art. i. , chap. xxi.
- See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Quarta Vita S. Patricii, p. 50.
3 See vol. ii. of this work. Art. i.
Article XII. —' See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctoruiu," tumus ii. , Maii viii. Amongthepretermittedsaints,p. 284.
^ In his " Menologium Scoticum. "
3 The following is his notice, at the Sth of May : " Tarenti Cataldi episcopi, Apostolici
;
but, he has the departure
137
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 9.
which rested the motives, aims, and practice, of this holy servant of God, in reference to his own sanctifi cation, and to the spiritual welfare of those he had in charge. Regarding the biographical particulars of this early saint, there is a considerable amount of obscurity. By some writers, he is supposed to be the same as St. Sannan, the reputed brother of our great Apostle, St. Patrick. ' This identification, however, seems inadmissible; especially, if we acknowledge his father Samuel to have been a king of Britain, and his mother to have been Drechura, daughter to Muredach Munderg, King of Ultonia. ' It is certain, that Bishop Sanctain flourished, at an early period, since his feast is set down, and with a special reference to his celebrity, in the Feilire of St. yEngus,3 at this day. The commentator on this Feilire * states, that he was of Kill-da-leis ;S and, he quotes the authority of yEngus for such assertion. This place appears to be unknown, or it has not yet been properly identified. To Sanctain also belonged Druimhaighille, in Tradraighe,^ as we are informed. Drumlaighille 7 is identified with Drum- lille,^ in the deanery of Tradery, and barony of Bunratty, in Clare County. According to an opinion,^ Cill-da-Has may represent Cildalaish, i. e. , the Church of Dalaise, or Molaise, now Killalish,'° in the parish of Kilranelagh, and barony of Upper Talbotstovvn, in the county of Wicklow. There is another place called Killaliss," in the parish of Knockbride,'^ and barony of Clankee,inthecountyofCavan. Accordingtoanotherconjecture,'3Drum- laighille is perhaps identical with Tigh Laigille, in the south-east of Ossory ; for, Tradraighe may have been written, by an oversight, for Osraighe ;'» however, the latter seems to us as a mistake, not likely to have occurred. In addition to the notice of this saint, at the 9th of May, in the Feilire of St. ^ngus, the simple entry Sanctan of Cill-da-les, is found in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,'5 at that same date. In the Franciscan copy, it seems to read somewhat differently. '^ It is a difficult matter to determine the site
138
Article i — ' See his Life, at the 17th of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art, i. , chap. iii.
« See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Prima Vita S. Patricii, n. 13, p. 8.
3 In the " Leabhar Breac " copy, we find the following stanza :
^AiLt-fiujuT) mo|\ michiL TDonbich b<\fcel iDi\onichA pAi]' CiimII CAin Cc^l^chA e]*cop SAiiccAin fochlA.
It is thus translated, by Dr. Whitley Stokes : " Michael's great m. inifestation to the world, it was a proven story. The passion of Cyril, fair,beloved. FamousbishopSanctain. " On the Calendar of Oengus, p. Ixxix. See " Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Scries, vol i. , part i.
* In"LeabharHreac"copy.
5 " Colitur S. Sanctanus Episcojius geneve Britannus die 9' Maii in Ecclesia de Killda- leas in Langenia. "—Colgan's "Trias Thau- maturga,"n. 13, p. 8.
says: and, I know not where Kill-da-leis is : and to him belongs Druimlaighille, in Trad- raighe. "
? See the "Book of Obits, and Martyr- ology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church, Dublin," Introduction, p. Ix. , n. (i).
* This is said to be the Druim Leaghine, which is mentioned, in the "Atmalsofthe
*The text of the Irish gloss is as follows.
: with its English translation —
". I. e. Chill OA leif •00, uc <\en5U)' x)icicec nc^'cio u\)i efC Cell X)A leif ^Njur M" ^^M' 'Opuitii
Iai^iIIc 1 C|\Arp<\ij;c. "
''i. e. , he was of Kill-da-lcis, as i^Engus
Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (t), p 669. O'Donovan's edition.
' Of Rev. John Francis Shearman.
Dr.
'° It is divided into Upper and Lower Killalish. It is shown, on ihe "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Wicklow," sheets 27,32.
" See "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Cavan," sheet 23.
" This is described, ihiiL, on sheets 22, 23, 27, 28, 33.
"' OftheRev. JohnFrancisShearman.
'•• See " Loca Patriciana," No. x. , pp. 92, 93. "Journal of ilic Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ire- land," vol. iv. . Fourth Series, July, 1876. No. 27.
'S
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiii.
" So far as the writer can decipher the Irish text, it appears to be Saiicaii 1 Cill, and over the line in smaller characters.
Cen-oinAi\ . 1. 0* leif.
1. \ *
|
Ossory in 1669, is preserved a list of the Patrons of tlie Churches of the Diocese, and in the deanery of Aghavoe we meet with this parish cliurch of Kildelyg, and its patron is marked '''' Sanctiis Ernanits sen Senanns, Abbas. " Thiscanben—ootherthanomxSt. Sanrtan, or Sanctain. " " Irish Ecclesiasti- cal Record," First Series, vol. iv. , April, 1868, pp. 318, 319.
'^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Maii ix. Among tlie pretermitted saints, P- 358.
the Fifth and Sixtli Centuries," Table No. 9. "Journal of the Kilkenny Historical and Archceological Association of Ireland," vol. iii. , part ii. , Fourth Series, 1875. " Loca Patriciana," No. viii. , p. 381.
""^ It is asked, if he be identical with Samuel Cendissel of the Donegal Martyr- ology ?
"^ This province always had its particular Counts, from Theodoric to Hoel, father of Alan Cagnart, and those Counts became masters of all Bretagne, in the tenth cen-
—
May 9. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
of Cill-da-leis ; but, a conjecture has been offered, that as Colgan fixes its site in Leinster, it may be no other than the Church of KildelHg,'7 in the baronyofUpperOssory,orClarmallagh,Queen'sCounty.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 122,123.
Articlev. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiii.
-The entry is 0-o]\aiii epi.
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Maii viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 284.
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May 8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
135
Rev. Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints,'* and the Circle of the Seasons ;5 but, here, the present saint seems to have been confounded with St. Otteran, Bis- hop and Confessor, whose feast is rather referable to the 27th of October. ^ There was a holy well, called Tobar-Odran, near the churchyard of Kil- keeran,7 in the parish of Castlejordan,^ and Deanery of Mullingar. 9 It lies within the barony of Upper Moyfenrath. An aged ash tree spreads its branches over the ancient altar-site. ^° But, whether the well and former church had been dedicated to the present saint, or to some one of the other eight Odrans, mentioned in our calendars, does not appear to be readily ascer- tainable. A festival in honour of Odhran—without any other title—was celebrated on this day, accordijig to the Martyrology of Donegal. " The Very Rev. Laurence F. Renehan, D. D. , and former President of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, most certainly fell into an error, when he states, that the Martyrologies of Tallagh and of Donegal mention a St. Odran, Bishop, whose feast was kept, on the 8th of July. '^ He probably meant the 8th of May.
Article VL—Feast of St. Indract, with his Sister, St. Domi- nica, AND his Companions, who were Martyrs. \_Seventh or Eighth Century. '\ In the Martyrology of Salisbury, the festival of these saints has been placed, at the 8th 'of May. This account is further sustained, by the authority of the Tallagh and Altempsian Martyrologies,' as the Bollandists remark, at the same date. ^ Already have we given their Acts, at the 5th of February ;3 which seems to be recognised, as the chief day for their com-
memoration. * At the 8th of May, Richard VVhitford s places the Festival of St. Indract, a King of Ireland, who abdicated his kingdom, and who is said to have set out with his sister St. Dominica, and with various other com- panions, who all suffered martyrdom. ^
Article VII. St. Brenann. Veneration was given on this day to Brenann,aswefindmentioned,intheMartyrologyofDonegal. ' Whohe was, and where or when he lived, have not transpired.
* See vol. v. , May viii.
5 See p. 129.
* See notices of him, at that date.
' It is shown, on the " Ordnance Survey
Townland Maps for the County of Meath," sheet 46.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 122, 123.
" Dr. Renehan adds : " However, he is so unknown to other authorities, and his his- tory is so unknown even to these, that I think they mistook his rank and feast together. " Letter, dated Maynooth College, Feast of St. Otteran, 1845,' addressed to Mrs. Keshan, Lady Superioress of the Presentation Con- vent, Waterford. — "
* The larger portion of this parish is
within the Baronies of Coolestown and
Warrenstown, and this is described, on the
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for
the King's County," sheets 3, 4, 10, 11, 19;
while the other part, within the Barony of dractus, Dominica et Socii, Martyres, in
Upper Moylenraih is to be seen, on the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Meath, " sheets 46, 52.
9 This parish, situated within the baronies of Fartullagh, Moyashel and Magherader- non, is described on the "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of West- meath," sheets 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27. The town and townland are on sheet 19.
'° See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. ii. , chap, xviii. , p. ^96.
Anglia. "
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
Mail viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 2S4.
^ See vol. ii. of this work, Art. ii.
"* See also Colgan's "Acta SanctorumHi- berniK," v. Februarii, Vita S. Indracti et S. Dominica; Virginis ac Sociorum Mart) rum, pp. 253 to 255.
5 in the Martyrology of Salisbury.
* See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Februarii v. De Sanctis Martyri-
Article vi. ' These have SS. In-
AuTici. E X. — ' The followmg from the " Leabhar Breac " copy :
•Uiccof Agup lIlAxim
llni Ctmit coc*]\iiicj-ec <\l\feii\cc i\i5 ]\(icc». \]\]*AC 1n<\piiil ]:oc]\inc]'ec.
entry
is
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136 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 8.
Article VIII. —St. Barrion, Bishop of Cill-Bairrinn. This holy man, although having been honoured with episcopal dignity, seems to have simply received a local celebrity, for we only find his name, place and festival set down, by one ' of our modern authorities. He is called St. Barrion, of Cill-Bairrinn,* said to have been in the county of Donegal. Duald Mac Firbis enters liis feast, under the head of Cill Barrinn. To the north of Es Ruadh,3 he has Bairrion, bishop. 4 The parish of Kilbarron, is in the former district, known as Tirhugh, from which the modern barony has been named, while its position is along the western coast of Donegel, and there bounded by the Atlantic Ocean.
Article IX. Reputed Festival of a St. Benignus. In the " Menologium Scoticum " of Camerarius, tliere is a festival, at the 8th of May, for Benignus, who is characterised as a saint, and about whom there is men- tion made, in the Acts of St. Livinus. ' The BoUandists * have a similar reference, at the present date.
Article X. Festival of Saints Victor and Maximus, In the Feilire ^ of St. ^ngus, and at the 8th of jNIay, the festival for Saints Victor and Maximus is found recorded. The Scholiast observes on this passage, that their martyrdom took place in Milan. ^ However, this place, assigned for their crown, only had reference to Victor, who is said to have been of Moorish extraction. 3 St. Maximus seems to have been one among an illus- trious company of Martyrs,'' who laid down their lives for the Faith of Christ, in Byzantium, now Constantinople. Their Acts, written in the Greek lan- guage, have been preserved, and these have been translated into Latin, by the BoUandists.
bus Indracto, Dominica et ix. Sociis Glas- whom they loved they bathed in their
tonire in Anglia. Commentarius Praevius, sect, ii. , num. 6, p. 689.
Article viii. —
blood. "—" Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
Article vii. —
Todd and Reeves, pp. 122, 123.
On the Calendar of Oengus, p.
'
. i. in med [i] olano passi sunt. " Ibid. ^ p.
Ixxxiv.
3 See the BoUandists' " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus ii. , Mali viii. De S. Victore Mauro Martyre Mediolani, pp. 286 to 290.
* At Die Octava Mali, an account of their Passion will be found, under the following
'
Edited by Rev. Drs.
part i. ixxix.
Duald Mac Firbis.
- Kilbarron, county of Donegal. William
'Thus: "Victor agus Maxim
M. Hennessy's note.
3 Now Assaroe waterfall, near Ball)'-
shannon.
* See " Proceedings of the Royal Irirh
Academy," Iiish MSS. Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 94, 95.
— : '"
Article ix. of November.
—
"•
De Sanctis Martyribus Agathio Milite, Maximo Presby- tt-ro, Anthe Diacono, Aiestino, Marino, Tampo. Stercita, Rogata, Victuria, Florida. Item Florida, Lucio, Donata, Victore, F! a- via, Joanne, Nina, Casto, Gaio, Furio, Maximo. Item Victore, Julia, Felice, Mar- ciano, Famosa, Ilonesta, Nigro, Baptizio, Rustico, i'roce>so, Secunda, Milito, Felicia, Maxima, Dativa, Tuniano, Eutitiio, Secun- dola, Datica, Gundino, Tertnlo, Ca;lestino, Faustino, Ceneriu, Baracho, Siddiiio. Item Nina, Tido, Mittuno, Sirico, Rogato, Bac- ciro, Gaddero, Bereuso, Donata, Spico, Ko- galo, Saturnina, Gaudiosa, Vitale, Cxcilia, Januaiia, Galla, Senero, Rogata, Matrona,
See his Life, at the 12th
enumeration and heading
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Mail viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 2S5.
It is thus Englished by I^r. Whiiley Stokes : "Victor and Maximus, for Christ they gave themselves : for afTection towards the kin"
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ArticleXI. SupposedFeastofSt. Odranus,CharioteerofSt. Patrick, and Martyr. S^Fifth Century. '] The Bollandists have a notice of Odranus, likewise, while he is supposed to have been that charioteer of St. Patrick,' who sacrificed his own life, to save that of his master,^ and whose Acts have been already set down, at the 19th of Februar3\3
ArticleXII. ReputedFeastofSt. Cataldus,BishopofTaren- tum, Italy. This holy bishop—an Irish saint—is thought to have departed life, on the Sth of May, as recorded in various Festilogies. ' He is venerated, at Tarentum in Italy. It is pretended, by Thomas Dempster,^ that he came from lona, in Scotland. 3 At the Sth of May, Cataldus, Epis. is found in Father Henry Fitzsimon's List of Irish Saints. -^ This is regarded as his Natalis. s However, the Roman Martyrology has his chief festival, at the loth of May, when the finding and translation of his body took place.
Article XIII. St. Fiacrius, of Iona, Scotland. A St. Fiacrius is set down, in the anonymous Catalogue of Irish Saints, at the Sth of May. ' He, no doubt, is that Fiacer, Con. , of Henry Fitzsimon's list. At the same date, on the authority ofSurius, he is classed among our Irish Saints. ^ Colgan enters him as a sainted abbot of Iona. 3 However, this Fiacrius does not appear, in Rev. Dr.
Reeves' list of Abbots there
ofaFiachraUa h Artagain, Aircinnech of lae, at a. d. 97S,4 while Mugron presided over that community, in quality of Abbot.
^intl; JBay of jiflap.
ARTICLE I. —. ST. SANCTAN, BISHOP OF CILL-DA-LES, AND OF KIL- NA-SANTAN, COUNTY OF DUBLIN.
[SIXTH CENTURY. ]
THE great gift of ruling justly and religiously is to be brought from the depths of a conscience, which God inspires, and not from the frigid lessons of mere philosophy. Such appears to have been the foundation on
Augustina. Item Satunino, Rufo, Victore, Faustino, Cithino, Zadero, Anliquo. Item Nina, Saturo, Nicoma, Byzantii, Nunc Con- stantinopoli. " Ibid. , pp. 291 to 299.
viri, depositio, qui Iona Scotorum Insula oriundus, eo profectus. Gh. "—Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 199.
* See O'. SuUevan Beare's " Historise Catholicse Ibernia; Compendium," tomus i. , bb. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 50, 53.
5 See Ughelli's " Italia Sacra," tomus ix. Tarentina Metropolis, col. 121.
Article xiii. — ' See O'Sullevan Beare's " Historiie Catholicas Ibernios Compen- dium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , p. 50.
= See ibid. , cap. xii. , p. 54.
3 gee "Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Ap- pendix ad Acta S. Columbse, cap. iii. , sect. v. , p. 502.
'' SeeAdamnan's"LifeofSt. Columba. " Additional Notes O, p. 395.
s He ruled from 964 to 980. See ibid. , pp. 394, 395.
5 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Maii viii. De Sanctis Martyribus Agatho MiHte, Maximo Presbytero, &c. , pp. 291 to 299.
Article xi. — ' See his Life, in vob iii. of this work, at the seventeenth day of March, Art. i. , chap. xxi.
- See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Quarta Vita S. Patricii, p. 50.
3 See vol. ii. of this work. Art. i.
Article XII. —' See the Bollandists' "Acta Sanctoruiu," tumus ii. , Maii viii. Amongthepretermittedsaints,p. 284.
^ In his " Menologium Scoticum. "
3 The following is his notice, at the Sth of May : " Tarenti Cataldi episcopi, Apostolici
;
but, he has the departure
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which rested the motives, aims, and practice, of this holy servant of God, in reference to his own sanctifi cation, and to the spiritual welfare of those he had in charge. Regarding the biographical particulars of this early saint, there is a considerable amount of obscurity. By some writers, he is supposed to be the same as St. Sannan, the reputed brother of our great Apostle, St. Patrick. ' This identification, however, seems inadmissible; especially, if we acknowledge his father Samuel to have been a king of Britain, and his mother to have been Drechura, daughter to Muredach Munderg, King of Ultonia. ' It is certain, that Bishop Sanctain flourished, at an early period, since his feast is set down, and with a special reference to his celebrity, in the Feilire of St. yEngus,3 at this day. The commentator on this Feilire * states, that he was of Kill-da-leis ;S and, he quotes the authority of yEngus for such assertion. This place appears to be unknown, or it has not yet been properly identified. To Sanctain also belonged Druimhaighille, in Tradraighe,^ as we are informed. Drumlaighille 7 is identified with Drum- lille,^ in the deanery of Tradery, and barony of Bunratty, in Clare County. According to an opinion,^ Cill-da-Has may represent Cildalaish, i. e. , the Church of Dalaise, or Molaise, now Killalish,'° in the parish of Kilranelagh, and barony of Upper Talbotstovvn, in the county of Wicklow. There is another place called Killaliss," in the parish of Knockbride,'^ and barony of Clankee,inthecountyofCavan. Accordingtoanotherconjecture,'3Drum- laighille is perhaps identical with Tigh Laigille, in the south-east of Ossory ; for, Tradraighe may have been written, by an oversight, for Osraighe ;'» however, the latter seems to us as a mistake, not likely to have occurred. In addition to the notice of this saint, at the 9th of May, in the Feilire of St. ^ngus, the simple entry Sanctan of Cill-da-les, is found in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,'5 at that same date. In the Franciscan copy, it seems to read somewhat differently. '^ It is a difficult matter to determine the site
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Article i — ' See his Life, at the 17th of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art, i. , chap. iii.
« See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Prima Vita S. Patricii, n. 13, p. 8.
3 In the " Leabhar Breac " copy, we find the following stanza :
^AiLt-fiujuT) mo|\ michiL TDonbich b<\fcel iDi\onichA pAi]' CiimII CAin Cc^l^chA e]*cop SAiiccAin fochlA.
It is thus translated, by Dr. Whitley Stokes : " Michael's great m. inifestation to the world, it was a proven story. The passion of Cyril, fair,beloved. FamousbishopSanctain. " On the Calendar of Oengus, p. Ixxix. See " Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Scries, vol i. , part i.
* In"LeabharHreac"copy.
5 " Colitur S. Sanctanus Episcojius geneve Britannus die 9' Maii in Ecclesia de Killda- leas in Langenia. "—Colgan's "Trias Thau- maturga,"n. 13, p. 8.
says: and, I know not where Kill-da-leis is : and to him belongs Druimlaighille, in Trad- raighe. "
? See the "Book of Obits, and Martyr- ology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church, Dublin," Introduction, p. Ix. , n. (i).
* This is said to be the Druim Leaghine, which is mentioned, in the "Atmalsofthe
*The text of the Irish gloss is as follows.
: with its English translation —
". I. e. Chill OA leif •00, uc <\en5U)' x)icicec nc^'cio u\)i efC Cell X)A leif ^Njur M" ^^M' 'Opuitii
Iai^iIIc 1 C|\Arp<\ij;c. "
''i. e. , he was of Kill-da-lcis, as i^Engus
Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (t), p 669. O'Donovan's edition.
' Of Rev. John Francis Shearman.
Dr.
'° It is divided into Upper and Lower Killalish. It is shown, on ihe "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Wicklow," sheets 27,32.
" See "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Cavan," sheet 23.
" This is described, ihiiL, on sheets 22, 23, 27, 28, 33.
"' OftheRev. JohnFrancisShearman.
'•• See " Loca Patriciana," No. x. , pp. 92, 93. "Journal of ilic Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ire- land," vol. iv. . Fourth Series, July, 1876. No. 27.
'S
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiii.
" So far as the writer can decipher the Irish text, it appears to be Saiicaii 1 Cill, and over the line in smaller characters.
Cen-oinAi\ . 1. 0* leif.
1. \ *
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Ossory in 1669, is preserved a list of the Patrons of tlie Churches of the Diocese, and in the deanery of Aghavoe we meet with this parish cliurch of Kildelyg, and its patron is marked '''' Sanctiis Ernanits sen Senanns, Abbas. " Thiscanben—ootherthanomxSt. Sanrtan, or Sanctain. " " Irish Ecclesiasti- cal Record," First Series, vol. iv. , April, 1868, pp. 318, 319.
'^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Maii ix. Among tlie pretermitted saints, P- 358.
the Fifth and Sixtli Centuries," Table No. 9. "Journal of the Kilkenny Historical and Archceological Association of Ireland," vol. iii. , part ii. , Fourth Series, 1875. " Loca Patriciana," No. viii. , p. 381.
""^ It is asked, if he be identical with Samuel Cendissel of the Donegal Martyr- ology ?
"^ This province always had its particular Counts, from Theodoric to Hoel, father of Alan Cagnart, and those Counts became masters of all Bretagne, in the tenth cen-
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of Cill-da-leis ; but, a conjecture has been offered, that as Colgan fixes its site in Leinster, it may be no other than the Church of KildelHg,'7 in the baronyofUpperOssory,orClarmallagh,Queen'sCounty.
