Marcian and his
companions
set down at this day.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
2 He is accountedtohavebeenthefirstinauguratedBishopofHertford.
Hefollowed St.
Boniface to Germany, and there wished to aid him in converting the Gentiles.
Adelariuslivedaveryholylife.
Hewasoneofthefifty-twocompanions,who, with—St.
Boniface, laid down their lives for the faith, on the 5 tli of June, a.
d.
754 more correctly 755. The foregoing particulars are stated to rest on the authority of Scotichronicon, or rather on Magnus Maculloch, its continuator. 3 If we are to credit Dempster, Adelarius wrote two Treatises : one Ad Infide- les, lib. i. , and another Ad Pontifices, lib. i. 4 A feast has been assigned to
him, likewise, at the 20th of April. 5
Article IV. —Translation of the Relics ov St. Pr^ecordius of
Velia to Corbie, in Picardy, France. A very interesting account
of this saint » has been 3 and the Bollandists. 3 It published by Colgan, by
relates to Prsecordius, regarding whom a few notices have been gleaned, at the 1st of February. After his death, which is thought to have occurred in
Frisia. \_Eighth Century. ~\ According to Thomas Dempster, St. Adelarius 1
13 This examination took place, in the chai el of the Sacred Blood.
Adelarius—and who was also a companion of
St. Boniface in martyrdom. In the text of
14 A more detailed account of this examina-
tion, at which a surgeon assisted, was given
by Father Peter Richart, of the Society of
Jesus, who was probably present on the
occasion. See the Boilandists' "Acta v. De S. Bonifacio Martyre, 4c, p. 487, Sanctorum," tomus i. , Junii v. DeS. Boni-
facio Martyre, &c. Analecta Bonifaciana,
cap. iv. ,pp. 494, 495.
15 In the Scottish Entries to his Kalen- dar.
16 Thus " :
Sanctus Eobanus
"
— Scotum communio
Bishop Forbes' "
Saints,
17 Drawn from the Vita S.
p. 23S.
"
Martyr. " Kalendars of Scottish
probant
Pas- toris Uluajectini, in these word. -, alludingto St. Boniface, '•populum irradiavit simul cum
terium Scotis in llerefurcli. e,
peipetuum
Gregorii.
Chorepiscopo et adjutore suo Aluberto, qui Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. i. , num. 33,
de Britannia et gente Anglorum veniebat," &c, num. 16.
,s We think him to have been the same as Adelhere—otherwise called Adalarius or
p. 28.
s yee volume iv. of this work, at that date.
Art. viii.
Article iv. — Recorded by Nicholas
St. it :. s he is to be dis- Ludger, probable,
tingirshed from the Chorepiscopus, who was St. Eoban.
day. 2
I9 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Junii
and n. (r). — l Article III.
Also venerated on this
Nutchelle is meant.
3 To the foregoing Dempster adds :
Probably
vita? , laborum, martyriique cum S. Honifacio acta, auctori- tas Scotichronici, sed lunge valentius monas-
erectum, Sco ire nsseiit civem. "
4 See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis
'
193 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 5.
the sixth century, at Velia, or Villiacus, in Picardy, the relics of this holy man were placed in a rich shrine. Corbie is a small town in Picardy, on the River
Somme. ItisfourleaguesdistantfromAmiens,4anepiscopalcitywhichwas a suffragan See to the Archbishopric of Rheims. Formerly Amiens was known to the Romans as Ambianum,s and Samarobiva was another name for it.
Corbie is distant about
eight leagues
from Perrone. 6 A celebrated Benedic-
tine Abbey was formerly founded at Corbie by Queen Bathilde, during her
regency. This happened during the year 657 or 662. It was dedicated to
SaintsPeterandPaul. ? Afteritsestablishment,theKingsofFranceandthe Sovereign Pontiffs conferred many honours and favours on that Abbey. In
8
This Abbey was suppressed, at the period of the French Revolution. 9 It is
10 stated,thatabouttheyear940,Corbiemonastery obtainedtherelicsofSt.
Prsecordius, a Scottish priest, which for four hundred years had lain in the tombatValliacus,orVasliacus,neartheRiverAxonaortheAisne. Atthat
time Berengarius was Abbot. 11 In a copy of St. Jerome's Martyrology, this
Translation of his body is recorded, at the 5th of June; and, the event has
been commemorated, in an Office of Twelve Lessons, as noticed by the
12
Article V. —Saints Niadh and Berchan, of Cluain Aodh Aith- meth, in Luighne. The 5th of June is dedicated to the memory of St. Niadh and of St. Berchan. Both were connected with Cluain Aodh Aithmeth, of Teamhair were a in Meath, and the
16 18, it embraced the reforms of the Religious Congregation of St. JNIaur.
Bollandists.
in 1 The Luighne.
Luaighni
position oflheir district seems determined, by a passage in one of St. Patrick's
Lives. * The Church of Domhnach-mor-Muighe Echenach is placed within the territory. 3 It lay upon the banks of the Boyne. 4 The identification ofa modern designation for the ancient Cluain Aedha Aithmet proves a more difficult matter, for the topographer and historian.
Belfort, from an old Manuscript.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise,"
Februarii i. De. S. Prsecordii Translatione,
pp. 330 to 333.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Feb-
ruarii i. De S. Praecordio Presbytero Cor- beise et Valliaci in Gallia, pp. 196 to 198.
4 It is said to have been founded by the
Macedonians, under Alexander the Great, and to have been surrounded by water.
Temps et en tous Lieux," &c, cols. 222, 223.
at Januarii xxvi. , tomus ii. , pp. 732 to 749. Ibid.
" The Bollandists add, in their Preface to
the Acts of St. Pnvcordius " ut scribit : qui,
around was " tractus Ambianensis. "
s The
country
distinguished
as
Claudius Robertus, Walberto, ad Noviomen- 6 See Bandrand's Ferrarius, " Novum sem Cathedram an. nccccxxxn. evecto,
Lexicon Geographicum," tomus i. , p. 218. ' There were three churches at Corbie, typical of the Trinity; the first had St. Peter the fisherman as patrcn, the second the Evangelist John "piscatis," and the third St. Stephen, Protomartyr. See the Bollan-
suffectus. an. dccccxi. ii. xiii. Xovemb. de- cessit. Facta est ea Translatio v. Junii ; quo
die in quodam MS. Martyrol. hxc leguntur : Mona-terio Corbeiae Fxceptio corporis S. Praecordii Confessoris. "
— See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , dists' "Acta Sanctorum," n. (i), p. 198. Junii v. Among the pretermitted Saints,
From a preface to the miracles of Adelard, and in their Second Tome for February.
p. 417. — Article v.
8
in the "Gallia Christiana," tomus x. , col.
See the Series of seventy-eight abbots,
1245.
» See l'Abbe Migne's
"
Dictionnaire des
Abbayes et Monasteres, ou Histoire des Establissements Religieux edges en tout
people
,0 A account of this very complete
very celebrated house will be found, in the Bol- landists' "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Januarii, pp. 95 to 123, in the various Acts of St. Adelard, one of its Abbots, as also in those of St. Bathilde, the Queen of France,
to a MS. Calendar of Professor Eugene O'Curry.
'
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," ^ ' ta Tripartita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. x.
3 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (i), p. 102.
* See ibid. , pp. 118, 119.
2
According
June 5. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 199 Article VI. —Saints Fionnlugh, and Brogan, of Cluain-mic-
Feig. In the of 1 the name of Martyrology Tallaght,
Finnloga Brocan,
is written.
Cluana mic
To it we find
miad," at the same date.
" ocus Leoini Cill
and
appended,
gobuil,
Conal," i. e. , the fifth century, and the son of King Nial. s
This writing must be owing to some want of skill
and knowledge, on the part of a scribe. This day, the Martyrology of Done-
2
gal registers,thatvenerationwasduetoFionnlughandBrogan,ofCluain-
mic-Feig. This locality cannot be discovered by the writer.
Article VII. —St. Leain or Lean, of Cill Gabhail, or Cill
1
Gobuil. At the 5th of June, the Tallagh Martyrology enters Leain i Cill
Gobuil. We have, however, the further task of identifying this locality.
2
Veneration was given on this day, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal, to Lean, of Cill Gabhail. There is a Cill Gabhail, between Eas-Ruaidh and
Dun-na-nGall,3 in Tir Aedha; but, there is no church in that place now, says the O'Clery, who compiled this latter record. An Irish Poet 4 well acquainted with the locality observes, that the territory in which Dun-na-nGall stood was
Conal who lived in Gulban,
Article VIII. —Feast of St. Marcian, and Companions, Martyrs.
""
In the Leabhar Breac of the Feilire * of St. there is a festival
called Tir " The Land of Conall,
copy yEngus,
for St.
Marcian and his companions set down at this day. A commentary on the text states, that this martyrdom took place in Egypt; while the with other 2 The Bollan-
maidens" alluded to are
dists 3 have extracted notices, regarding St. Marcian and his fellow-martyrs,4 at the 5th of June, while those Acts have been drawn from Greek and Latin sources.
Agatha
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Bathen, Abbot. At the 5th
"virginal
virgins.
of
June,
Thomas
Dempster
hasrecordedafestivall for
Bathen, Abbot,
inthe
Article vi. —' Kelly, p. xxvi.
2
146, 147. — Article vii. • Edited
Kelly, p. xxvi.
2
—
Edited
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Edited by Drs. Told and Reeves, pp. 146,147.
Now Donegal. There are some illustra-
"Marcianus' martyrdom: a multitude of gifted ones greatened it : some mighty men,
tionsand a description of this place in J. B. "
a goodly number, others virginal maidens. "
4
Tours in Ulster," chap, xviii. , pp. William Allingham.
—"Calendar of "Transactions Oengus. "
Doyle's 344 to 35 1.
of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manu-
script Series, vol. i. , p. xcii.
Mr.
marched off to Kinsale to join the Spaniards, lest it should strengthen the hands of the
2 nn. in Ob. and Seez'^W. , 5, 6, "Aglahe,"
English. — Article viii.
*
Pambone. " Ancient Martyrologies, and Greek Acts of these Martyrs, taken from a Vatican Manuscript and translated into
William are in which Latin by Sirlet, given,
terr. tory, says
Allingham,
The
rendered into English, by Whitley Stokes,
by
Rev. Dr.
LL. D. ,
records this
entry
:
by
Rev. Dr.
YllApcpA TilA|\ciAni
nionju'r ViiLa|\ mbu<vo4i
. <\ill niaicli -cine p\\ moi]\
Aill ingena uaja.
5 Of this
the chieftainship came into the O'Donnell
family in the twelfth century, and The
O'Donnell built, circa 1474, a stone castle on
the site of the ancient rath or fort. This was
ruined in 1601 by Red Hugh, before he Gorgio, Hyperechio, Selleniade, Irene,
following stanza,
Mart. , p. xcix.
3 In " Acta Sanc! orum," tomus i. . Junii v.
De Sanctis Decern Martyribus Egyptiis, Mar- ciano, Nicandro, Apollonio, Leonide, Ario,
many diversities
statement are to be
200 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 6.
Island of Himba, in Scotland. He is said, to have been the secretary of St. Columba,2 and to have written "ActaColumbse Magistri,"3 with other works. Hewasthemostfamiliardisciple« andimmediatesuccessorsofthatAbbot, in the Monastery at Iona. On such authority, the Bollandists 6 rather doubt- ingly record his feast, at this date ; but, they defer to the 9th of June his Acts, to be noticed with those of his great master.
Article X. —Reputed Festival of St. Branan, Bishop and Martyr.
The Kalendarof Drummond enters a St. Branan, Bishop and Martyr, at the
of 1 We cannot discover other reference to him, so that we are 5th June. any
not able to find his place in Irish hagiology.
1 Article XI. —St. Kevinus, Abbot. Father Henry Fitzsimon, who
enters this saint at the 5th of June, tells us, that he is identical with Coem-
2 whose Life has been at the of this month. genus, given already, 3rd day
^ijrtl) -Bap of Suite,
ARTICLE I. —ST. JARLATH, PATRON AND BISHOP OF TUAM DIOCESE, COUNTY OF GALWAY.
[SIXTH CENTURY. ]
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION'—ST. JARLATH'S FAMILY AND BIRTH—HE BECOMES A DISCIPLE OF ST. Bl N1GNUS AND REC1UVES HOLY ORDLRS—HE ERECTS A MONASTERY AT CLUAIN- FOIS, NEAR TUAM—ST. BRENDAN OF CLONFERT BECOMES HIS PUPIL—ST. JARLATH FLOURISHED ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTH CENTURY.
WEhave reason to regret the loss or destruction of many ancient
which should to throw on several records, serve, doubtless, light
transactions, connected with our native hagiology. Many of the Acts of our
principal saints are known to have perished, and especially, in the present case, we are at a loss for materials to construct a satisfactory biography of a
saint,sogreatlyveneratedasthepresentholyPatron. Thefollowingmemo-
found. See pp. 419 to 421.
4 Among these, however, we find no men-
tion of Agatha, nor in any other record, at
*
* Ileisso styled, by Notker, at v. idusjunii.
s Special allusion is made to him, in Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life of St. Columba,'' lib. i. , cap. 2, p. 19, cap. 20, p.
this date. — Article IX.
In his "Menologium 49, lib. ii. , cap. 45, p. 182, lib. iii. , cap. 23, Scotorum," he writes: "Insula? Himba and Appendix.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Junii
the —
Among pretermitted Saints, p. 418.
Batheni ahbatis, qui S. Columbia Secreta-
rius fuit. N. "— Forbes' "Kalendars v. Bishop
of Scottish Saints,' p. 202.
2" See his Life in the present volume, at
See
Foibes'
the 9th of June, Art. i.
3 See Dempster's ''Historia Ecc'esiastica
Genus Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. ii. , num. 123, p. 66.
Bishop Catalogus aliquo-
Article x.
Ka'en'lars of Scottish Saint-," p. 15.
'
Article XL—' In •• rum Sanctorum Ibernia;. "
2 See O'Sullevan Beare's "Historic Catholicae Iberniae Compendium,*' tomus i. ,
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 201 rials are all we can glean to elucidate his obscure history. Our greatest
June 6.
lib. iv , cap. xii. , p. 55.
l was unable to the Acts of this celebrated saint, and procure
hagiographer
he laments that they had either perished, or had not been published in his
time; nevertheless, he introduces a short biography of St. Jarlath, compiled fromActsofotherIrishSaints,andfromvarioussources. 2 TheBollandists3 have a brief notice of him at this date, which they deem to have been a Feast for the Translation of his relics. 4 He is recorded, likewise, in the Ecclesias- tical Histories of Rev. Dr. John Lanigan, and of Rev. M. J. Brenan, O. S. F. This holy man was of noble birth, being the son of Loga or Lughir,s accord- ing to some accounts. 6 This genealogy is stated to be in part rather that of St. Jarlath, who was Archbishop of Armagh,? and who is distinguished from thesubjectofourMemoir. IntheSanctilogiumGenealogicum,oursaintis said to have been descended immediately from Denius, son of iModhorn, son of Duban, son of Fraich, son of Kect, son of Fricus, son of Erdal, &c. Hence, the author of the Irish Life of St. Brendan 8 is thought to have been in error, when he calls our saint's father, Loga, son of Trien, son to Fieg, son of Moctaeus, &c. He was descended by the father's side from a noble family, known as the Conmacnie,9 who probably had been possessors of the tract, denominated Conmacnede Kinel Dubhain. 10 Afterwards, it was called Con- macne de Dunmor, 11 now Dunmore barony, in the county of Galway. This sup- is the more as the of Tuam Parish ,2 is
situated, within that tract and barony. 's Several districts in the western parts of Ire-
Article —Chapter —• i. i.
Townland
Maps
for the of County
Colgan. See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," xi. Februarii. Acta S. Hierlatii, n. i. , and pp.
Survey
3
Galway," that part of Tuam Parish in Dun-
more Barony consistsof 16,879 acres, 3 roods,
and 21 perches, including 40 acres, 2 roods,
and 32 perches, under water, and a detached
portion comprising 7 acr-s and 4 perches. The remainder of Tuam Parish is situated within the bounds of the baronies of Clare
308 to 310, with notes.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Junii vi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 618.
probable, greater part
position
land went under the name of Conmacnie. 14
12
The mother of our saint was According to the Irish "Ordnance
4
Eleventh Day of February, and to the and Ballymoe, in the same county. That
References are afterwards given, to the
Twenty-sixth Day of December.
5 See Ussher's " Britannicarum Ecclesia-
rum Antiquitates," cap. xvii. , p. 494, as also
"
ponion comprised within the barony of Clare includes 5,819 acres, 3 roods and 3 perches ; of which the waters of Clonkeen Lough form an area of 153 acres, and 22
Index Chronologicus," p. 524.
his
6 See Harris' Ware, " Writers of Ire- perches. The part of this parish in Bally-
land," book i. , p. 14, vol. iii. . and " Arch- bishops of Tuam," vol. i. , p. 602.
^ See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
moe barony consists of 2,316 acres, and 31 perches ; of which 93 acre-, I rood, and 22 perches, are under water.
13 See Rev. Dr. Lanigan's "Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. ii. , chap, x. , sect, ix.
754 more correctly 755. The foregoing particulars are stated to rest on the authority of Scotichronicon, or rather on Magnus Maculloch, its continuator. 3 If we are to credit Dempster, Adelarius wrote two Treatises : one Ad Infide- les, lib. i. , and another Ad Pontifices, lib. i. 4 A feast has been assigned to
him, likewise, at the 20th of April. 5
Article IV. —Translation of the Relics ov St. Pr^ecordius of
Velia to Corbie, in Picardy, France. A very interesting account
of this saint » has been 3 and the Bollandists. 3 It published by Colgan, by
relates to Prsecordius, regarding whom a few notices have been gleaned, at the 1st of February. After his death, which is thought to have occurred in
Frisia. \_Eighth Century. ~\ According to Thomas Dempster, St. Adelarius 1
13 This examination took place, in the chai el of the Sacred Blood.
Adelarius—and who was also a companion of
St. Boniface in martyrdom. In the text of
14 A more detailed account of this examina-
tion, at which a surgeon assisted, was given
by Father Peter Richart, of the Society of
Jesus, who was probably present on the
occasion. See the Boilandists' "Acta v. De S. Bonifacio Martyre, 4c, p. 487, Sanctorum," tomus i. , Junii v. DeS. Boni-
facio Martyre, &c. Analecta Bonifaciana,
cap. iv. ,pp. 494, 495.
15 In the Scottish Entries to his Kalen- dar.
16 Thus " :
Sanctus Eobanus
"
— Scotum communio
Bishop Forbes' "
Saints,
17 Drawn from the Vita S.
p. 23S.
"
Martyr. " Kalendars of Scottish
probant
Pas- toris Uluajectini, in these word. -, alludingto St. Boniface, '•populum irradiavit simul cum
terium Scotis in llerefurcli. e,
peipetuum
Gregorii.
Chorepiscopo et adjutore suo Aluberto, qui Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. i. , num. 33,
de Britannia et gente Anglorum veniebat," &c, num. 16.
,s We think him to have been the same as Adelhere—otherwise called Adalarius or
p. 28.
s yee volume iv. of this work, at that date.
Art. viii.
Article iv. — Recorded by Nicholas
St. it :. s he is to be dis- Ludger, probable,
tingirshed from the Chorepiscopus, who was St. Eoban.
day. 2
I9 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Junii
and n. (r). — l Article III.
Also venerated on this
Nutchelle is meant.
3 To the foregoing Dempster adds :
Probably
vita? , laborum, martyriique cum S. Honifacio acta, auctori- tas Scotichronici, sed lunge valentius monas-
erectum, Sco ire nsseiit civem. "
4 See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis
'
193 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 5.
the sixth century, at Velia, or Villiacus, in Picardy, the relics of this holy man were placed in a rich shrine. Corbie is a small town in Picardy, on the River
Somme. ItisfourleaguesdistantfromAmiens,4anepiscopalcitywhichwas a suffragan See to the Archbishopric of Rheims. Formerly Amiens was known to the Romans as Ambianum,s and Samarobiva was another name for it.
Corbie is distant about
eight leagues
from Perrone. 6 A celebrated Benedic-
tine Abbey was formerly founded at Corbie by Queen Bathilde, during her
regency. This happened during the year 657 or 662. It was dedicated to
SaintsPeterandPaul. ? Afteritsestablishment,theKingsofFranceandthe Sovereign Pontiffs conferred many honours and favours on that Abbey. In
8
This Abbey was suppressed, at the period of the French Revolution. 9 It is
10 stated,thatabouttheyear940,Corbiemonastery obtainedtherelicsofSt.
Prsecordius, a Scottish priest, which for four hundred years had lain in the tombatValliacus,orVasliacus,neartheRiverAxonaortheAisne. Atthat
time Berengarius was Abbot. 11 In a copy of St. Jerome's Martyrology, this
Translation of his body is recorded, at the 5th of June; and, the event has
been commemorated, in an Office of Twelve Lessons, as noticed by the
12
Article V. —Saints Niadh and Berchan, of Cluain Aodh Aith- meth, in Luighne. The 5th of June is dedicated to the memory of St. Niadh and of St. Berchan. Both were connected with Cluain Aodh Aithmeth, of Teamhair were a in Meath, and the
16 18, it embraced the reforms of the Religious Congregation of St. JNIaur.
Bollandists.
in 1 The Luighne.
Luaighni
position oflheir district seems determined, by a passage in one of St. Patrick's
Lives. * The Church of Domhnach-mor-Muighe Echenach is placed within the territory. 3 It lay upon the banks of the Boyne. 4 The identification ofa modern designation for the ancient Cluain Aedha Aithmet proves a more difficult matter, for the topographer and historian.
Belfort, from an old Manuscript.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise,"
Februarii i. De. S. Prsecordii Translatione,
pp. 330 to 333.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Feb-
ruarii i. De S. Praecordio Presbytero Cor- beise et Valliaci in Gallia, pp. 196 to 198.
4 It is said to have been founded by the
Macedonians, under Alexander the Great, and to have been surrounded by water.
Temps et en tous Lieux," &c, cols. 222, 223.
at Januarii xxvi. , tomus ii. , pp. 732 to 749. Ibid.
" The Bollandists add, in their Preface to
the Acts of St. Pnvcordius " ut scribit : qui,
around was " tractus Ambianensis. "
s The
country
distinguished
as
Claudius Robertus, Walberto, ad Noviomen- 6 See Bandrand's Ferrarius, " Novum sem Cathedram an. nccccxxxn. evecto,
Lexicon Geographicum," tomus i. , p. 218. ' There were three churches at Corbie, typical of the Trinity; the first had St. Peter the fisherman as patrcn, the second the Evangelist John "piscatis," and the third St. Stephen, Protomartyr. See the Bollan-
suffectus. an. dccccxi. ii. xiii. Xovemb. de- cessit. Facta est ea Translatio v. Junii ; quo
die in quodam MS. Martyrol. hxc leguntur : Mona-terio Corbeiae Fxceptio corporis S. Praecordii Confessoris. "
— See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , dists' "Acta Sanctorum," n. (i), p. 198. Junii v. Among the pretermitted Saints,
From a preface to the miracles of Adelard, and in their Second Tome for February.
p. 417. — Article v.
8
in the "Gallia Christiana," tomus x. , col.
See the Series of seventy-eight abbots,
1245.
» See l'Abbe Migne's
"
Dictionnaire des
Abbayes et Monasteres, ou Histoire des Establissements Religieux edges en tout
people
,0 A account of this very complete
very celebrated house will be found, in the Bol- landists' "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Januarii, pp. 95 to 123, in the various Acts of St. Adelard, one of its Abbots, as also in those of St. Bathilde, the Queen of France,
to a MS. Calendar of Professor Eugene O'Curry.
'
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," ^ ' ta Tripartita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. x.
3 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (i), p. 102.
* See ibid. , pp. 118, 119.
2
According
June 5. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 199 Article VI. —Saints Fionnlugh, and Brogan, of Cluain-mic-
Feig. In the of 1 the name of Martyrology Tallaght,
Finnloga Brocan,
is written.
Cluana mic
To it we find
miad," at the same date.
" ocus Leoini Cill
and
appended,
gobuil,
Conal," i. e. , the fifth century, and the son of King Nial. s
This writing must be owing to some want of skill
and knowledge, on the part of a scribe. This day, the Martyrology of Done-
2
gal registers,thatvenerationwasduetoFionnlughandBrogan,ofCluain-
mic-Feig. This locality cannot be discovered by the writer.
Article VII. —St. Leain or Lean, of Cill Gabhail, or Cill
1
Gobuil. At the 5th of June, the Tallagh Martyrology enters Leain i Cill
Gobuil. We have, however, the further task of identifying this locality.
2
Veneration was given on this day, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal, to Lean, of Cill Gabhail. There is a Cill Gabhail, between Eas-Ruaidh and
Dun-na-nGall,3 in Tir Aedha; but, there is no church in that place now, says the O'Clery, who compiled this latter record. An Irish Poet 4 well acquainted with the locality observes, that the territory in which Dun-na-nGall stood was
Conal who lived in Gulban,
Article VIII. —Feast of St. Marcian, and Companions, Martyrs.
""
In the Leabhar Breac of the Feilire * of St. there is a festival
called Tir " The Land of Conall,
copy yEngus,
for St.
Marcian and his companions set down at this day. A commentary on the text states, that this martyrdom took place in Egypt; while the with other 2 The Bollan-
maidens" alluded to are
dists 3 have extracted notices, regarding St. Marcian and his fellow-martyrs,4 at the 5th of June, while those Acts have been drawn from Greek and Latin sources.
Agatha
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Bathen, Abbot. At the 5th
"virginal
virgins.
of
June,
Thomas
Dempster
hasrecordedafestivall for
Bathen, Abbot,
inthe
Article vi. —' Kelly, p. xxvi.
2
146, 147. — Article vii. • Edited
Kelly, p. xxvi.
2
—
Edited
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Edited by Drs. Told and Reeves, pp. 146,147.
Now Donegal. There are some illustra-
"Marcianus' martyrdom: a multitude of gifted ones greatened it : some mighty men,
tionsand a description of this place in J. B. "
a goodly number, others virginal maidens. "
4
Tours in Ulster," chap, xviii. , pp. William Allingham.
—"Calendar of "Transactions Oengus. "
Doyle's 344 to 35 1.
of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manu-
script Series, vol. i. , p. xcii.
Mr.
marched off to Kinsale to join the Spaniards, lest it should strengthen the hands of the
2 nn. in Ob. and Seez'^W. , 5, 6, "Aglahe,"
English. — Article viii.
*
Pambone. " Ancient Martyrologies, and Greek Acts of these Martyrs, taken from a Vatican Manuscript and translated into
William are in which Latin by Sirlet, given,
terr. tory, says
Allingham,
The
rendered into English, by Whitley Stokes,
by
Rev. Dr.
LL. D. ,
records this
entry
:
by
Rev. Dr.
YllApcpA TilA|\ciAni
nionju'r ViiLa|\ mbu<vo4i
. <\ill niaicli -cine p\\ moi]\
Aill ingena uaja.
5 Of this
the chieftainship came into the O'Donnell
family in the twelfth century, and The
O'Donnell built, circa 1474, a stone castle on
the site of the ancient rath or fort. This was
ruined in 1601 by Red Hugh, before he Gorgio, Hyperechio, Selleniade, Irene,
following stanza,
Mart. , p. xcix.
3 In " Acta Sanc! orum," tomus i. . Junii v.
De Sanctis Decern Martyribus Egyptiis, Mar- ciano, Nicandro, Apollonio, Leonide, Ario,
many diversities
statement are to be
200 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 6.
Island of Himba, in Scotland. He is said, to have been the secretary of St. Columba,2 and to have written "ActaColumbse Magistri,"3 with other works. Hewasthemostfamiliardisciple« andimmediatesuccessorsofthatAbbot, in the Monastery at Iona. On such authority, the Bollandists 6 rather doubt- ingly record his feast, at this date ; but, they defer to the 9th of June his Acts, to be noticed with those of his great master.
Article X. —Reputed Festival of St. Branan, Bishop and Martyr.
The Kalendarof Drummond enters a St. Branan, Bishop and Martyr, at the
of 1 We cannot discover other reference to him, so that we are 5th June. any
not able to find his place in Irish hagiology.
1 Article XI. —St. Kevinus, Abbot. Father Henry Fitzsimon, who
enters this saint at the 5th of June, tells us, that he is identical with Coem-
2 whose Life has been at the of this month. genus, given already, 3rd day
^ijrtl) -Bap of Suite,
ARTICLE I. —ST. JARLATH, PATRON AND BISHOP OF TUAM DIOCESE, COUNTY OF GALWAY.
[SIXTH CENTURY. ]
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION'—ST. JARLATH'S FAMILY AND BIRTH—HE BECOMES A DISCIPLE OF ST. Bl N1GNUS AND REC1UVES HOLY ORDLRS—HE ERECTS A MONASTERY AT CLUAIN- FOIS, NEAR TUAM—ST. BRENDAN OF CLONFERT BECOMES HIS PUPIL—ST. JARLATH FLOURISHED ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTH CENTURY.
WEhave reason to regret the loss or destruction of many ancient
which should to throw on several records, serve, doubtless, light
transactions, connected with our native hagiology. Many of the Acts of our
principal saints are known to have perished, and especially, in the present case, we are at a loss for materials to construct a satisfactory biography of a
saint,sogreatlyveneratedasthepresentholyPatron. Thefollowingmemo-
found. See pp. 419 to 421.
4 Among these, however, we find no men-
tion of Agatha, nor in any other record, at
*
* Ileisso styled, by Notker, at v. idusjunii.
s Special allusion is made to him, in Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life of St. Columba,'' lib. i. , cap. 2, p. 19, cap. 20, p.
this date. — Article IX.
In his "Menologium 49, lib. ii. , cap. 45, p. 182, lib. iii. , cap. 23, Scotorum," he writes: "Insula? Himba and Appendix.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Junii
the —
Among pretermitted Saints, p. 418.
Batheni ahbatis, qui S. Columbia Secreta-
rius fuit. N. "— Forbes' "Kalendars v. Bishop
of Scottish Saints,' p. 202.
2" See his Life in the present volume, at
See
Foibes'
the 9th of June, Art. i.
3 See Dempster's ''Historia Ecc'esiastica
Genus Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. ii. , num. 123, p. 66.
Bishop Catalogus aliquo-
Article x.
Ka'en'lars of Scottish Saint-," p. 15.
'
Article XL—' In •• rum Sanctorum Ibernia;. "
2 See O'Sullevan Beare's "Historic Catholicae Iberniae Compendium,*' tomus i. ,
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 201 rials are all we can glean to elucidate his obscure history. Our greatest
June 6.
lib. iv , cap. xii. , p. 55.
l was unable to the Acts of this celebrated saint, and procure
hagiographer
he laments that they had either perished, or had not been published in his
time; nevertheless, he introduces a short biography of St. Jarlath, compiled fromActsofotherIrishSaints,andfromvarioussources. 2 TheBollandists3 have a brief notice of him at this date, which they deem to have been a Feast for the Translation of his relics. 4 He is recorded, likewise, in the Ecclesias- tical Histories of Rev. Dr. John Lanigan, and of Rev. M. J. Brenan, O. S. F. This holy man was of noble birth, being the son of Loga or Lughir,s accord- ing to some accounts. 6 This genealogy is stated to be in part rather that of St. Jarlath, who was Archbishop of Armagh,? and who is distinguished from thesubjectofourMemoir. IntheSanctilogiumGenealogicum,oursaintis said to have been descended immediately from Denius, son of iModhorn, son of Duban, son of Fraich, son of Kect, son of Fricus, son of Erdal, &c. Hence, the author of the Irish Life of St. Brendan 8 is thought to have been in error, when he calls our saint's father, Loga, son of Trien, son to Fieg, son of Moctaeus, &c. He was descended by the father's side from a noble family, known as the Conmacnie,9 who probably had been possessors of the tract, denominated Conmacnede Kinel Dubhain. 10 Afterwards, it was called Con- macne de Dunmor, 11 now Dunmore barony, in the county of Galway. This sup- is the more as the of Tuam Parish ,2 is
situated, within that tract and barony. 's Several districts in the western parts of Ire-
Article —Chapter —• i. i.
Townland
Maps
for the of County
Colgan. See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," xi. Februarii. Acta S. Hierlatii, n. i. , and pp.
Survey
3
Galway," that part of Tuam Parish in Dun-
more Barony consistsof 16,879 acres, 3 roods,
and 21 perches, including 40 acres, 2 roods,
and 32 perches, under water, and a detached
portion comprising 7 acr-s and 4 perches. The remainder of Tuam Parish is situated within the bounds of the baronies of Clare
308 to 310, with notes.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Junii vi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 618.
probable, greater part
position
land went under the name of Conmacnie. 14
12
The mother of our saint was According to the Irish "Ordnance
4
Eleventh Day of February, and to the and Ballymoe, in the same county. That
References are afterwards given, to the
Twenty-sixth Day of December.
5 See Ussher's " Britannicarum Ecclesia-
rum Antiquitates," cap. xvii. , p. 494, as also
"
ponion comprised within the barony of Clare includes 5,819 acres, 3 roods and 3 perches ; of which the waters of Clonkeen Lough form an area of 153 acres, and 22
Index Chronologicus," p. 524.
his
6 See Harris' Ware, " Writers of Ire- perches. The part of this parish in Bally-
land," book i. , p. 14, vol. iii. . and " Arch- bishops of Tuam," vol. i. , p. 602.
^ See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
moe barony consists of 2,316 acres, and 31 perches ; of which 93 acre-, I rood, and 22 perches, are under water.
13 See Rev. Dr. Lanigan's "Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. ii. , chap, x. , sect, ix.
