227
authority has been followed by Ferrarius.
authority has been followed by Ferrarius.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v7
— 1
William M. 9 Thus:
we have the
following stanza,
Hennessy's copy
Sancti Confessoris Mosiloc. " Bishop
8
According to a Manuscript note in
of this work. "13 iii. Idus. In Hibernia
"Transactions of the Irish Royal
peace. "—
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. ex.
2
rity.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
settlers. He called the 6 Anote O'Donovan "Mothio- place by says,
many English
Acton, from his native village in England. The remains of a church, built by him in 1684, under the chancel of which he lies buried, are in the midst of a wood. A tablet
with inscription to his memory is yet pre- served there. See Lewis' "Topographical
Dictionary of Ireland. "
11
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474.
log now corrupted to Kilmichaelog," I find another note appended by William M.
Hennessy to this ancient denomination, " Kilmokiloge or Kilmichaeloge, near Gorey, County Waterford," (? Wexford).
7 Thisplace,identifiedwiththepresentSt. Mohecloge the patron, is written Kilma- killoge, in the county of Wexford. Anti- quarian Letters, vol. i. , I. O. S. R.
— Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints,
'
p.
18.
10 See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474. —
Article vi. A note by Dr. Todd says at Cill-airthir : "The more recent hand adds here, 'quod Cella orientis dicitur in Vita S. Mochtai. '"
July 13. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
225
Article VI. —Cruimther Fionntain, of Cill-airthir. Happy must be the condition of Christian communities, where we find the good priest united with a pious people, and a faithful flock bearing reverence towards
they
holy pastor.
of
Fionntain, Cill-airthir,
A festival to honour Cruimther
1
their
appears registered in the Martyrology of Donegal
Killartery townland in the parish of Mayne, barony of Ferrard, and county of Louth ; there is also a Killartry townland in the parish of Aghavea, barony of Magherastephana, and county of Fermanagh. 3 These seem the only Irish denominations likely to correspond with the ancient nomenclature of his place, which does not appear to be known. The Rev. John Francis Shearman has identified the present Cruimther Fintan with a Crubther Fin- tain, who lived in the Island of Aran, and who is said to have chased St. Cybi 4 and his companions Maclog and Cyngar, not only from that place, but even away from Ireland. 5 This, however, is manifestly a legendary story. TheBollandists6 werefurnishedbyFatherO'Sheerin,withanoticeofFin- tanus Sacerdos de Kill airthir, for the 13th of July.
Article VII. —St. Finnu, Finnus, or Finnius, Son of Arath, or Aradius. An adage of human wisdom has laid it down, that " to work is to pray. " But, as a celebrated and brilliant. Catholic writer remarks, if this be admitted, may we not also assume, that he who prays works, while such labour must be regarded as the most fruitful and meritorious of all occupa- tions. This, too, justifies and glorifies those blamed by the world, because
and 2 The name of prolonged prayer.
have rested in
contemplation
Finnu, son of Arath, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 at the 13th of
July. We are not able further to trace his pedigree, his time, or his place in
history. As furnished by Father O'Sheerin, the Bollandists 4 commemorate
* his festival at the present date.
Article VIII. —St. Ultan, Son of Araidi. Having the same patrony- mic, it may be suspected—but it does not seem to be proved—that the present holy man had been a brother to the last-mentioned. According to the
1
Martyrology of Donegal, Ultan, son of Araidi, had veneration paid to him,
at the 13th of July. At the same date, the Bollandists 2 have inserted his festival, as Father O'Sheerin had furnished them with the entry.
Article IX. —St. Taodhog, of Tigh Taedhog. It is mentioned, in 1
the Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman, of Cathald Maguire, and of
22"
Les Moines de l'Occident,"
Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp. 192, 193.
3 See "General Alphabetical List to the
Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baro-
See
tomei. , Introduction, chap, iv. , p. lviii.
nies of Ireland,"
4 His feast is referred, to the 8th of No-
vember.
s See "LocaPatriciana," No. x. , pp. 262,
3 Edited . by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
194, 195.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus hi. ,
July xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 474.
Article viii. — Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 194, 195.
263. 6
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus hi. ,
2 tomus See "Acta Sanctorum,"
Julii xiii.
p. 474. Article
Among the pretermitted saints,
iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints,
vil— ' Montalembert.
Count
Charles
De
p. 474-
Article ix. — ' See Colgan's "Acta
Sanctorum Hibernke," Maitii ii. Vita S.
p. 566.
a
at this date. There is a
226 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[July 13.
2 thatafestivalinhonourofTaodhog,of wascele- Donegal, Tigh Taedhog,
bratedatthe13thofJuly. Theplacewherehedweltseemstohavereceived its after denomination, from the present saint. The Bollandists 3 have this same Taidocus de Teach-TaOd-hoc, at the present date, and Father O'Sheerin furnished them with that entry.
ArticleX. —St. Erc,Priest. Wefindthesimpleentry,Ere,Priest, 1
recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 13th of July. According to Colgan, this holy man may have been the same as Erc, a disciple of St. Senan. 2 Ifso,heremovedfromInis-moretoInis-caorach. ThatErciscalledabishop, however, in St. Senan's Acts. 3 In the notice furnished by Father O'Sheerin, at this date, and as inserted by the Bollandists, in their great work,* this holy man is set down as " Ercus Sacerdos"—meaning that he had been a Priest.
Article XI. —Feast for the Translation of the Relics of St. MaguilorMadelgisilus. Inthetenthcentury,asmallchurchwasbuilt, near the abbey of St. Riquier. It was dedicated to St. Mauguille. In 103, a new shrine was here prepared, when Abbot Anscher deposited in this
1 reliquary,onthe13thdayofJuly, theremainsofthatholyman.
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of St. Turian, or Turiav, Bishop of Dol, and Confessor, Lesser Britain, France. At the third of the July Ides—corresponding with the 13th ofthis month—the feast of St. Turian
Article XIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Winnianus, a Scottish
Bishop. AfeasthasbeensetdownforSt. Winnianus,
is marked in some of the Scottish
St. Turian or Turiav, as he is called, in Lesser Britain, was a native of that country, nor is there any account of a special connection with Great Britain or Ireland. His Acts are set forth very fully in the great work of the Bollan- dists. 2 Theyhavebeenedited,3 byFatherJohnBaptistSoller,whofurnished a previous commentary. '* At this date, his feast is entered in Dempster's Menologium Scoticum. s
Jaovoe Episcopi Leonensis, n. 5, p. 443.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
al I 95-
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474.
—
In Britan-
Article x. — ' Edited
by
Drs. Todd and
"Proceedings of the Society of Antiqua- ries of Scotland," vol. ii. , 266.
Reeves, pp. 194, 195.
3 See his Life, at the 8th of March, in the
Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," viii. , Martii. Secunda Vita S. Senani, cap. xxviii. , P* 534 (recte) 530, and n. 19, p. 540 {recte)
536.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts,
this work, Art. i.
*"
xii. De S. Turiano seu Turiavo Epis.
p. 474. Article xi.
Dolensi, in Britannia Armorica, pp. 614 to 625.
'The first of these is a Vita ex MS. Vallis Lucentis et Carthusias Divionensis, a Chiffletio eruta, et cum Pontinacensi collata, with notes. The second is Vita eadem a Monacho Pratensi verbosius extensa ; quae ex Vincentio Barrali Surio inserta est ; fol- lowed by Miracula Parisiis patrata, with
notes,
—
at the 30th of May, in the Fifth Volume of
See Acts of this saint,
Martyrologies.
1 So far as we can discover,
1 andhis Article XII. —' The Martyrology of
by Dempster,
Aberdeen says at iij. Idus Julij.
"
sponding with the 13th of July :
nia minori Sancti Turiani episcopi et con- f—essorismire simplicitatis et innocencie viria.
*
In thirteen paragraphs.
p.
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii
corre-
July 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
227
authority has been followed by Ferrarius. However, although the Bollan-
2
dists insert such a feast, at the 13th of July, they doubt Dempster's war-
rant for noting him among the saints.
Article XIV. —Reputed Festival of St. Menulf or Menu. There is an entry, according to the Bollandists, at this date, July 13th, of a Festival for St. Menulf, Confessor, in the Usuard Manuscripts, designated Victorin
1
and Queen of Sweden. Already, at the previous day, the feast of St. Menulf
has been given.
Article XV. —Festival of St. Evangelus. In the ancient Irish Church,
the Feast of St. was Evangelus
of 1 He July.
at the
appears to have been one of the Martyrs, who suffered at Alexandria, but we
jfourteentf) 2Bap of gulp*
ARTICLE I. —ST. MAELCEADAR, THE VICTORIOUS, OR MALDEGARIUS, SURNAMED VINCENT, FIRST EARL OF THE HANNOINA, OR HAINAULT.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
are not able to discover at what
such notices of them as they could find at this date.
bornin
Aquitaine
;
many place
commemorated,
13th
period.
the early part of this holy man's life, authors appear to have entertained different as a his
REGARDING opinions
and, consequence, biography has been involved in great confusion and obscurity, notwithstand- ing the distinction he attained in later years. His origin a—nd the place of
1 —ebeencontested. Whilesomewriters and
his birth have likewis
those of our country place his birth in Ireland others think he had been
——
2 while ifnotmost holdthathisbirthtook
5 See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy,"
"
Scottish Saints. " Thus: Thuriani epis- Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i.
copicujusactahabentur. M. C. ,"p. 205. Article xiii. —* See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints. " Winiani episcopi. K. B. —Menologium Scoticum, p.
205. 2
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 473-
OntheCalendarofOengus; ByWhitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. ex.
2 See " Aqta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. De SS. Martyribus Alexandiinis
Serapione, Trophimo, Meleo, Euangelio, Propolo, Attalo, Zenone, Meneo, Praesby- tero, Trophima Virgine, et forte Macrobio,
pp. 481, 482. *1
Article xiv. — See "Acta Sancto- rum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pre- termitted feasts. The Bollandist writer adds to the entry in the text : "die non proprio, neque recte efformato nomine," p. 471.
Article i. — See the author of the Life of St. Etto, Hetto, or Ethon, whose Acts have been already, published in the present volume, at the iotli of July, the date for his feast, Art. i. , n. 18.
Article xv. — * In the " Feilire " of St. 2
confounding him with Amal- /Engus, "Leabhar Breac copy. See garius, who is said to have been sent against
"
Probably
The Bollandists 2 have inserted
;
;
especially
228 LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS.
[July 14.
at Stre'py-tes-Binche, in Hainaut. 3 However this controversy may be decided, all are agreed, that he spent some time in Ireland, with his virtuous wife Waltrude, and this gives him a claim under all circumstances, to be included among the holy persons connected with our Island.
Colgan intended the publication of Maldegarius' or Vincentius' biography, atthe14thofJuly/ WhenhehadreachedtheActsofMadelgarius,sur- named Vincent, our national hagiologist undertook the proof of his being descended from an Irish family. A Father Jean du Pont, Canon Regular, also prepared a biography,5 and Le Fort another in French. The chief
authority we have for the Acts of this holy man, is an anonymous Life, supposed to have been written about the twelfth century j and, no doubt, it
abounds in historic errors. The Bollandists have many
his 6 published Acts,
at the 14th of July, and these have been edited by Father John Baptist
Soller. They are preceded by a commentary, in four sections, containing fifty paragraphs. The Acts proper are an ancient Life of our saint, by an anonymous writer, and contained in two different codices, which are collated one with the other. These Acts have a Preface of two paragraphs, while the Life itself is in four chapters, of twenty-nine paragraphs. ? An account of
the more ancient miracles 8
We find recorded, likewise, in the Fourth Volume of u Acta Sanctorum
Belgii,"
the Acts of St.
Vincentius, Confessor,
alias 10 The Madelgarius.
Julii.
Madelgario, Sonegiis pp. 657 to 689.
295.
xive de
tome
4 See "
MS. habentur, ordine Mensium et Dierum," as shown by Charles MacDonnell, Esq.
"
Memoriali Immortali," De Vita et Virtutibus S. Vincentii.
Saints," 291.
viii. ,
Actuum Sanctorum Catalogus quae
5 It is intituled,
6 l3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , xiv.
See "Vies des Saints," tome viii. ,
vii. ,
De S. Vincentio Confessore alias
xive de Jour
Belgii,
the editor. These are in seventeen paragraphs, taken " ex codice Ms. Moretiano seu Valcellensi,"
to which notes are added.
9"
These are intituled, Miracula recen-
7 To these are added 8
notes, by
'** Thatof
et
in Hannonia
succeeds,
as also of the more modern miracles. 9
man in his work. 11 The Petits
Bollandistes " have a biography of the present distinguished saint, whom
theycallMaugerorVincent,atthe14thofJuly. InRev. S. Baring-Gould's
1 work, there are notices of this holy man, and at the same date. ^
This distinguished saint has been called Maelceadar, Madelgarius,
Abbe' Destombes has recorded this
holy
Mauger and Vincent ; but, he is most generally known in hagiology by the 1
latter name. According to one account, * he was born in Ireland, and his
original name was Maguir, Latinized into Madelgarius. His parents have been denominated Mauger, the father, and Onoguera, the mother. It is thought to be likely, he had been born in Hannonia, and sometime about
J
the beginning of the seventh century. s According to a calculation made, his
birth might be assigned to a. d. 615 ; yet, it seems to us more probable, it was at an earlier period, to make it synchronize with the subsequent Acts of
his life. From early youth, Madelgarius was brought up in a manner worthy his noble birth and Christian profession. He received an excellent education. But, his early dispositions towards piety and the fear of God were such as to
the Wascons, by Dagobert, according to
Fredegarius, cap. lxxviii.
3 See Les Petits Bollandistes,
tiora ex Ms. Sonegiensi, collato cum editione gallica Forth," and they are comprised in twelve paragraphs.
I0 These are in four a I Iisto- sections, being
rico-critical commentary, furnished by Father
Cornelius with a admonition Smet, previous
to the reader by the same writer. See pp.
I to 34.
"See "Vies des Saints de Cambra et
d'Arras. "
"
Jour Juillet, p.
Vies des
to
,3 See "Lives of the Saints," vol.
Juillet, pp. 291 July 14, pp. 321, 322.
"InFastis
Miroeus, Burgundicis. "
Belgicis
15 The Rev. S. Baring-Gould has " about the year 615. "—" Lives of the Saints," vol. vii. , July 14, p. 321.
July 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 229
give promise of a future holy life. He was attached to religious practices. His character was of a generous and candid nature, while his natural abilities
were conspicuous. In the midst of society, he contrived to preserve great purity of morals. In military and state affairs, he became greatly celebrated.
The had reserved for Almighty
—a true reward in the married him, likewise,
16
Valtrude or Vaudru he had taken for his spouse. Her life had been spent in a state of perfect innocence, both before and after their marriage, which has been ascribed to in or about the year 635. In allusion to the marriage of Madelgarius with St. Waldetrude, the Bollandists promised to show, that such alliances were common enough between the French and Irish, in his time. 1? The of
state fora j
—knownasWaldetrude sometimescalled
holy woman, Waltrude,
18 who
conceived a great esteem and affection for Madelgarius, who often graced his
King
France, Dagobert,
reigned
about this
period,
court, with other very illustrious seigneurs. It would seem, that the king had some delicate and important relations with Ireland ; and, in order to have this business properly discharged, he selected Vincent for a mission there, soon after his marriage with Waltrude. In ignorance of the facts of Irish history, some of the Continental writers have asserted, that King
x Dagobert sent Madelgarius to our Island, in order to chase the Vandals »
from it ; but, it may be observed, these hordes never invaded that country, nor are they once mentioned in connection with its general history. It has been incorrectly stated, that King Dagobert of France had appointed him, as
over Ireland. 20 no of Ireland was But, part
by that king, nor by any other foreigner, for any great length of time, prior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion. 21 When Madelgarius returned from Ireland to France,22 he brought in his train a number of holy missionaries, who formed a galaxy of glory for the churches of France and of the Low Countries.
governor
perfectly
p.
cap.
16 Her feast occurs on the of 9th
April, where notices regarding her may be found,
in the Fourth Volume of this
17 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," viii. Januarii.
28.
18 Known as Dagobert I. , born about the
work,
Vita S. Erhardi, n. 5,
year 600, and who was elected King of Aus- trasia, A. D. 622. He became king over Neustria and Burgundy after the death of Clotaire II. in 628. In 631, the rights of his nephew Chilperic being disregarded, he usurped dominion over Aquitaine, on the death of his brother Charibert. Thus, he brought the whole Merovingian Empire under his rule. In 638, he was attacked by a grievous illness, and causing himself to be removed to St. Denis, he died a. d. 638. See
the first Irish king
to the time of Roderick
Michelet's p. 250.
"
Histoire de France," tome i. ,
O'Connor, the last monarch, no less than
one hundred and eighty-one Ardrighs had
reigned, without their power having been
shaken by foreign invasion. See Giraldi Cambrensis "Opera," edited by James F. Dimock, M. A. , vol. v. "Topographia Hibernica," Dist. iii. , cap. lxv. , lxvi. , pp. 188, 189.
22
This happened, as we may glean from the concomitant circumstances, about 647, when according to Matthew of Paris, St. Fursey went to France, where he was honourably received by King Clovis. See " Chronica Majora," vol. i. , edited by Henry Richard Luard, M. A. , p. 283.
z3 See his Life in the First Volume of this work, at January 16th. the day for his feast,
19 The Goths and Vandals, a cognate people, were located at an early period in Northern Germany and in Scandinavia. These barbarians began to invade the
Roman provinces, in the third century, and continued their incursions through succeed-
ing ages. For their origin, the reader is referred to Pliny's "Historia Naturalis," lib. iv. , 14, and to Procopius, "In Bello Vandalico," lib. i.
William M. 9 Thus:
we have the
following stanza,
Hennessy's copy
Sancti Confessoris Mosiloc. " Bishop
8
According to a Manuscript note in
of this work. "13 iii. Idus. In Hibernia
"Transactions of the Irish Royal
peace. "—
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. ex.
2
rity.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
settlers. He called the 6 Anote O'Donovan "Mothio- place by says,
many English
Acton, from his native village in England. The remains of a church, built by him in 1684, under the chancel of which he lies buried, are in the midst of a wood. A tablet
with inscription to his memory is yet pre- served there. See Lewis' "Topographical
Dictionary of Ireland. "
11
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474.
log now corrupted to Kilmichaelog," I find another note appended by William M.
Hennessy to this ancient denomination, " Kilmokiloge or Kilmichaeloge, near Gorey, County Waterford," (? Wexford).
7 Thisplace,identifiedwiththepresentSt. Mohecloge the patron, is written Kilma- killoge, in the county of Wexford. Anti- quarian Letters, vol. i. , I. O. S. R.
— Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints,
'
p.
18.
10 See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474. —
Article vi. A note by Dr. Todd says at Cill-airthir : "The more recent hand adds here, 'quod Cella orientis dicitur in Vita S. Mochtai. '"
July 13. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
225
Article VI. —Cruimther Fionntain, of Cill-airthir. Happy must be the condition of Christian communities, where we find the good priest united with a pious people, and a faithful flock bearing reverence towards
they
holy pastor.
of
Fionntain, Cill-airthir,
A festival to honour Cruimther
1
their
appears registered in the Martyrology of Donegal
Killartery townland in the parish of Mayne, barony of Ferrard, and county of Louth ; there is also a Killartry townland in the parish of Aghavea, barony of Magherastephana, and county of Fermanagh. 3 These seem the only Irish denominations likely to correspond with the ancient nomenclature of his place, which does not appear to be known. The Rev. John Francis Shearman has identified the present Cruimther Fintan with a Crubther Fin- tain, who lived in the Island of Aran, and who is said to have chased St. Cybi 4 and his companions Maclog and Cyngar, not only from that place, but even away from Ireland. 5 This, however, is manifestly a legendary story. TheBollandists6 werefurnishedbyFatherO'Sheerin,withanoticeofFin- tanus Sacerdos de Kill airthir, for the 13th of July.
Article VII. —St. Finnu, Finnus, or Finnius, Son of Arath, or Aradius. An adage of human wisdom has laid it down, that " to work is to pray. " But, as a celebrated and brilliant. Catholic writer remarks, if this be admitted, may we not also assume, that he who prays works, while such labour must be regarded as the most fruitful and meritorious of all occupa- tions. This, too, justifies and glorifies those blamed by the world, because
and 2 The name of prolonged prayer.
have rested in
contemplation
Finnu, son of Arath, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 at the 13th of
July. We are not able further to trace his pedigree, his time, or his place in
history. As furnished by Father O'Sheerin, the Bollandists 4 commemorate
* his festival at the present date.
Article VIII. —St. Ultan, Son of Araidi. Having the same patrony- mic, it may be suspected—but it does not seem to be proved—that the present holy man had been a brother to the last-mentioned. According to the
1
Martyrology of Donegal, Ultan, son of Araidi, had veneration paid to him,
at the 13th of July. At the same date, the Bollandists 2 have inserted his festival, as Father O'Sheerin had furnished them with the entry.
Article IX. —St. Taodhog, of Tigh Taedhog. It is mentioned, in 1
the Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman, of Cathald Maguire, and of
22"
Les Moines de l'Occident,"
Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp. 192, 193.
3 See "General Alphabetical List to the
Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baro-
See
tomei. , Introduction, chap, iv. , p. lviii.
nies of Ireland,"
4 His feast is referred, to the 8th of No-
vember.
s See "LocaPatriciana," No. x. , pp. 262,
3 Edited . by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
194, 195.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus hi. ,
July xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 474.
Article viii. — Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 194, 195.
263. 6
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus hi. ,
2 tomus See "Acta Sanctorum,"
Julii xiii.
p. 474. Article
Among the pretermitted saints,
iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints,
vil— ' Montalembert.
Count
Charles
De
p. 474-
Article ix. — ' See Colgan's "Acta
Sanctorum Hibernke," Maitii ii. Vita S.
p. 566.
a
at this date. There is a
226 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[July 13.
2 thatafestivalinhonourofTaodhog,of wascele- Donegal, Tigh Taedhog,
bratedatthe13thofJuly. Theplacewherehedweltseemstohavereceived its after denomination, from the present saint. The Bollandists 3 have this same Taidocus de Teach-TaOd-hoc, at the present date, and Father O'Sheerin furnished them with that entry.
ArticleX. —St. Erc,Priest. Wefindthesimpleentry,Ere,Priest, 1
recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 13th of July. According to Colgan, this holy man may have been the same as Erc, a disciple of St. Senan. 2 Ifso,heremovedfromInis-moretoInis-caorach. ThatErciscalledabishop, however, in St. Senan's Acts. 3 In the notice furnished by Father O'Sheerin, at this date, and as inserted by the Bollandists, in their great work,* this holy man is set down as " Ercus Sacerdos"—meaning that he had been a Priest.
Article XI. —Feast for the Translation of the Relics of St. MaguilorMadelgisilus. Inthetenthcentury,asmallchurchwasbuilt, near the abbey of St. Riquier. It was dedicated to St. Mauguille. In 103, a new shrine was here prepared, when Abbot Anscher deposited in this
1 reliquary,onthe13thdayofJuly, theremainsofthatholyman.
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of St. Turian, or Turiav, Bishop of Dol, and Confessor, Lesser Britain, France. At the third of the July Ides—corresponding with the 13th ofthis month—the feast of St. Turian
Article XIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Winnianus, a Scottish
Bishop. AfeasthasbeensetdownforSt. Winnianus,
is marked in some of the Scottish
St. Turian or Turiav, as he is called, in Lesser Britain, was a native of that country, nor is there any account of a special connection with Great Britain or Ireland. His Acts are set forth very fully in the great work of the Bollan- dists. 2 Theyhavebeenedited,3 byFatherJohnBaptistSoller,whofurnished a previous commentary. '* At this date, his feast is entered in Dempster's Menologium Scoticum. s
Jaovoe Episcopi Leonensis, n. 5, p. 443.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
al I 95-
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 474.
—
In Britan-
Article x. — ' Edited
by
Drs. Todd and
"Proceedings of the Society of Antiqua- ries of Scotland," vol. ii. , 266.
Reeves, pp. 194, 195.
3 See his Life, at the 8th of March, in the
Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," viii. , Martii. Secunda Vita S. Senani, cap. xxviii. , P* 534 (recte) 530, and n. 19, p. 540 {recte)
536.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted feasts,
this work, Art. i.
*"
xii. De S. Turiano seu Turiavo Epis.
p. 474. Article xi.
Dolensi, in Britannia Armorica, pp. 614 to 625.
'The first of these is a Vita ex MS. Vallis Lucentis et Carthusias Divionensis, a Chiffletio eruta, et cum Pontinacensi collata, with notes. The second is Vita eadem a Monacho Pratensi verbosius extensa ; quae ex Vincentio Barrali Surio inserta est ; fol- lowed by Miracula Parisiis patrata, with
notes,
—
at the 30th of May, in the Fifth Volume of
See Acts of this saint,
Martyrologies.
1 So far as we can discover,
1 andhis Article XII. —' The Martyrology of
by Dempster,
Aberdeen says at iij. Idus Julij.
"
sponding with the 13th of July :
nia minori Sancti Turiani episcopi et con- f—essorismire simplicitatis et innocencie viria.
*
In thirteen paragraphs.
p.
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii
corre-
July 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
227
authority has been followed by Ferrarius. However, although the Bollan-
2
dists insert such a feast, at the 13th of July, they doubt Dempster's war-
rant for noting him among the saints.
Article XIV. —Reputed Festival of St. Menulf or Menu. There is an entry, according to the Bollandists, at this date, July 13th, of a Festival for St. Menulf, Confessor, in the Usuard Manuscripts, designated Victorin
1
and Queen of Sweden. Already, at the previous day, the feast of St. Menulf
has been given.
Article XV. —Festival of St. Evangelus. In the ancient Irish Church,
the Feast of St. was Evangelus
of 1 He July.
at the
appears to have been one of the Martyrs, who suffered at Alexandria, but we
jfourteentf) 2Bap of gulp*
ARTICLE I. —ST. MAELCEADAR, THE VICTORIOUS, OR MALDEGARIUS, SURNAMED VINCENT, FIRST EARL OF THE HANNOINA, OR HAINAULT.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
are not able to discover at what
such notices of them as they could find at this date.
bornin
Aquitaine
;
many place
commemorated,
13th
period.
the early part of this holy man's life, authors appear to have entertained different as a his
REGARDING opinions
and, consequence, biography has been involved in great confusion and obscurity, notwithstand- ing the distinction he attained in later years. His origin a—nd the place of
1 —ebeencontested. Whilesomewriters and
his birth have likewis
those of our country place his birth in Ireland others think he had been
——
2 while ifnotmost holdthathisbirthtook
5 See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy,"
"
Scottish Saints. " Thus: Thuriani epis- Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i.
copicujusactahabentur. M. C. ,"p. 205. Article xiii. —* See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints. " Winiani episcopi. K. B. —Menologium Scoticum, p.
205. 2
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 473-
OntheCalendarofOengus; ByWhitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. ex.
2 See " Aqta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. De SS. Martyribus Alexandiinis
Serapione, Trophimo, Meleo, Euangelio, Propolo, Attalo, Zenone, Meneo, Praesby- tero, Trophima Virgine, et forte Macrobio,
pp. 481, 482. *1
Article xiv. — See "Acta Sancto- rum," tomus iii. , Julii xiii. Among the pre- termitted feasts. The Bollandist writer adds to the entry in the text : "die non proprio, neque recte efformato nomine," p. 471.
Article i. — See the author of the Life of St. Etto, Hetto, or Ethon, whose Acts have been already, published in the present volume, at the iotli of July, the date for his feast, Art. i. , n. 18.
Article xv. — * In the " Feilire " of St. 2
confounding him with Amal- /Engus, "Leabhar Breac copy. See garius, who is said to have been sent against
"
Probably
The Bollandists 2 have inserted
;
;
especially
228 LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS.
[July 14.
at Stre'py-tes-Binche, in Hainaut. 3 However this controversy may be decided, all are agreed, that he spent some time in Ireland, with his virtuous wife Waltrude, and this gives him a claim under all circumstances, to be included among the holy persons connected with our Island.
Colgan intended the publication of Maldegarius' or Vincentius' biography, atthe14thofJuly/ WhenhehadreachedtheActsofMadelgarius,sur- named Vincent, our national hagiologist undertook the proof of his being descended from an Irish family. A Father Jean du Pont, Canon Regular, also prepared a biography,5 and Le Fort another in French. The chief
authority we have for the Acts of this holy man, is an anonymous Life, supposed to have been written about the twelfth century j and, no doubt, it
abounds in historic errors. The Bollandists have many
his 6 published Acts,
at the 14th of July, and these have been edited by Father John Baptist
Soller. They are preceded by a commentary, in four sections, containing fifty paragraphs. The Acts proper are an ancient Life of our saint, by an anonymous writer, and contained in two different codices, which are collated one with the other. These Acts have a Preface of two paragraphs, while the Life itself is in four chapters, of twenty-nine paragraphs. ? An account of
the more ancient miracles 8
We find recorded, likewise, in the Fourth Volume of u Acta Sanctorum
Belgii,"
the Acts of St.
Vincentius, Confessor,
alias 10 The Madelgarius.
Julii.
Madelgario, Sonegiis pp. 657 to 689.
295.
xive de
tome
4 See "
MS. habentur, ordine Mensium et Dierum," as shown by Charles MacDonnell, Esq.
"
Memoriali Immortali," De Vita et Virtutibus S. Vincentii.
Saints," 291.
viii. ,
Actuum Sanctorum Catalogus quae
5 It is intituled,
6 l3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , xiv.
See "Vies des Saints," tome viii. ,
vii. ,
De S. Vincentio Confessore alias
xive de Jour
Belgii,
the editor. These are in seventeen paragraphs, taken " ex codice Ms. Moretiano seu Valcellensi,"
to which notes are added.
9"
These are intituled, Miracula recen-
7 To these are added 8
notes, by
'** Thatof
et
in Hannonia
succeeds,
as also of the more modern miracles. 9
man in his work. 11 The Petits
Bollandistes " have a biography of the present distinguished saint, whom
theycallMaugerorVincent,atthe14thofJuly. InRev. S. Baring-Gould's
1 work, there are notices of this holy man, and at the same date. ^
This distinguished saint has been called Maelceadar, Madelgarius,
Abbe' Destombes has recorded this
holy
Mauger and Vincent ; but, he is most generally known in hagiology by the 1
latter name. According to one account, * he was born in Ireland, and his
original name was Maguir, Latinized into Madelgarius. His parents have been denominated Mauger, the father, and Onoguera, the mother. It is thought to be likely, he had been born in Hannonia, and sometime about
J
the beginning of the seventh century. s According to a calculation made, his
birth might be assigned to a. d. 615 ; yet, it seems to us more probable, it was at an earlier period, to make it synchronize with the subsequent Acts of
his life. From early youth, Madelgarius was brought up in a manner worthy his noble birth and Christian profession. He received an excellent education. But, his early dispositions towards piety and the fear of God were such as to
the Wascons, by Dagobert, according to
Fredegarius, cap. lxxviii.
3 See Les Petits Bollandistes,
tiora ex Ms. Sonegiensi, collato cum editione gallica Forth," and they are comprised in twelve paragraphs.
I0 These are in four a I Iisto- sections, being
rico-critical commentary, furnished by Father
Cornelius with a admonition Smet, previous
to the reader by the same writer. See pp.
I to 34.
"See "Vies des Saints de Cambra et
d'Arras. "
"
Jour Juillet, p.
Vies des
to
,3 See "Lives of the Saints," vol.
Juillet, pp. 291 July 14, pp. 321, 322.
"InFastis
Miroeus, Burgundicis. "
Belgicis
15 The Rev. S. Baring-Gould has " about the year 615. "—" Lives of the Saints," vol. vii. , July 14, p. 321.
July 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 229
give promise of a future holy life. He was attached to religious practices. His character was of a generous and candid nature, while his natural abilities
were conspicuous. In the midst of society, he contrived to preserve great purity of morals. In military and state affairs, he became greatly celebrated.
The had reserved for Almighty
—a true reward in the married him, likewise,
16
Valtrude or Vaudru he had taken for his spouse. Her life had been spent in a state of perfect innocence, both before and after their marriage, which has been ascribed to in or about the year 635. In allusion to the marriage of Madelgarius with St. Waldetrude, the Bollandists promised to show, that such alliances were common enough between the French and Irish, in his time. 1? The of
state fora j
—knownasWaldetrude sometimescalled
holy woman, Waltrude,
18 who
conceived a great esteem and affection for Madelgarius, who often graced his
King
France, Dagobert,
reigned
about this
period,
court, with other very illustrious seigneurs. It would seem, that the king had some delicate and important relations with Ireland ; and, in order to have this business properly discharged, he selected Vincent for a mission there, soon after his marriage with Waltrude. In ignorance of the facts of Irish history, some of the Continental writers have asserted, that King
x Dagobert sent Madelgarius to our Island, in order to chase the Vandals »
from it ; but, it may be observed, these hordes never invaded that country, nor are they once mentioned in connection with its general history. It has been incorrectly stated, that King Dagobert of France had appointed him, as
over Ireland. 20 no of Ireland was But, part
by that king, nor by any other foreigner, for any great length of time, prior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion. 21 When Madelgarius returned from Ireland to France,22 he brought in his train a number of holy missionaries, who formed a galaxy of glory for the churches of France and of the Low Countries.
governor
perfectly
p.
cap.
16 Her feast occurs on the of 9th
April, where notices regarding her may be found,
in the Fourth Volume of this
17 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," viii. Januarii.
28.
18 Known as Dagobert I. , born about the
work,
Vita S. Erhardi, n. 5,
year 600, and who was elected King of Aus- trasia, A. D. 622. He became king over Neustria and Burgundy after the death of Clotaire II. in 628. In 631, the rights of his nephew Chilperic being disregarded, he usurped dominion over Aquitaine, on the death of his brother Charibert. Thus, he brought the whole Merovingian Empire under his rule. In 638, he was attacked by a grievous illness, and causing himself to be removed to St. Denis, he died a. d. 638. See
the first Irish king
to the time of Roderick
Michelet's p. 250.
"
Histoire de France," tome i. ,
O'Connor, the last monarch, no less than
one hundred and eighty-one Ardrighs had
reigned, without their power having been
shaken by foreign invasion. See Giraldi Cambrensis "Opera," edited by James F. Dimock, M. A. , vol. v. "Topographia Hibernica," Dist. iii. , cap. lxv. , lxvi. , pp. 188, 189.
22
This happened, as we may glean from the concomitant circumstances, about 647, when according to Matthew of Paris, St. Fursey went to France, where he was honourably received by King Clovis. See " Chronica Majora," vol. i. , edited by Henry Richard Luard, M. A. , p. 283.
z3 See his Life in the First Volume of this work, at January 16th. the day for his feast,
19 The Goths and Vandals, a cognate people, were located at an early period in Northern Germany and in Scandinavia. These barbarians began to invade the
Roman provinces, in the third century, and continued their incursions through succeed-
ing ages. For their origin, the reader is referred to Pliny's "Historia Naturalis," lib. iv. , 14, and to Procopius, "In Bello Vandalico," lib. i.
