Bertin's Body, in the
Monastery
of Sithiu, France.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
See Lectio vii.
estque terrtiorii Rhinofelensis, adeoque ad
Basileensem istse tres, Christiana ad Con-
'•* Henricus Murer states: "quae loco num. 4, p. 115.
deinde nomen dedit ut Eychsel vocaretur,
stantie—nsem nostramque Helvetiam per- "
tinet. " Helvetia Sancta," p. 169.
'* See the remarks of Father Daniel
Papebroke, ,in his Commentarius Prxvius,
l6
By
Father Daniel
Papebroke.
688 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 16.
history and that of the holy patronesses. Afterwards, several witnesses were examined on oath, respecting the traditional accounts of the neighbourhood,
and popular remembrances relating to them. The testimony of many persons was taken regarding miracles, which were wrought through their intercession. These inquisitions were taken down in writing at the time, and were drawn up in a narrative shape, called a Process, which was afterwards published. Wherefore, the bones of those holy virgins were removed from their places of sepulture. In solemn procession, while Litanies, Hymns and Prayers were recited, the relics borne to the high altar were placed in caskets or in a shrine. Then, Solemn High Mass was celebrated by the Cardinal Legate, before a large congregation. This happened, on the 16th of June, 1504. In like manner, enquiry had been made, about the veneration given to St. Christiana, at her place ; and, on the day following, the Cardinal Legate went to her church, where with like religious ceremonies, her relics were transferred to a new tomb prepared to receive them. Masses were celebrated, and solemn religiousceremoniesmarkedtheoccasion. 18 IntheoldCalendarsofEychsel, different festivals for these holy virgins are given. Thus, in one found in an ancient Missal, there is a feast for the virgin Kunegunde, at the 2nd of May ; again, at the 3rd of July, there is one for the virgin Wibrande ; also, at the 17th of June. Molanus has the Elevation of the virgin Christiana, in the diocese of Constance. However, their chief and united festival has been
assigned to the 16th of June, which is that for the Translation of their sacred remains. On the grounds, that these holy virgins formed a portion of St. Ursula's companions, they claim a place in Irish veneration. Thomas
regard.
»7 He is styled, the Most Rev. Father and Lord in Christ D. KaymunduS Gurcensi, Cardinal Priest of St. Mary, and Legate a Latere for all the provinces of Germany be- longing to the Holy Roman Empire.
Kunegundis quae postrema celebrior ob pro- cessum extantem —est. M. L. "
Article vm. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvii.
2
Scoticumx9 has an
ofthese :° holy virgins,
in his
at the 1 6th of June, and this relates to the Translation of their relics.
Article VIII. —St. Setna, Son of Tren, Bishop. According to
the of 1 SetnaMacTreno,aBishop,hadafeastonthe Martyrology Tallagh,
1 6th of June. Marianus O'Gorman also notices this Setna Mac Tren. The
2
feast of this holy man has been assigned to the 16th of June, by Colgan. At the present date, that writer promised to treat more at large about the present saint. In the Acts of St. Patrick,* we have a narrative regarding the cruel dis- position of Tren or Trian, the son of Fiec, and a remarkable visitation of Godwhichovertookhim. Heissaidtohavebeencrueltohisworkmen,and the holy Apostle, having remonstrated with him in vain, at length declared, that avisiblejudgmentofGodshouldcomeuponhim. Thisdenunciationhedis-
However, the saint's prediction proved to be true. Ascending his chariot, the horses ran headlong into a lake. Owing to this circumstance, it was afterwards known as Loch Trena or the Lake of Trian. The wife of Trian, moved by this catastrophe, asked the saint's forgiveness, and obtained a blessing for herself, and for the children, she then bore in the womb. Two
Dempster
Menologium
entry
See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernice," xvii. "For further particulars, the reader is re- Februarii. Vita S. Fintani Abbatis de
ferred to the solemn Processus, edited by Cluain-Ednech, n. 10, p. 354.
Father Hermann Crombach, cap. iv.
'» See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of '
Scottish Saints, p. 203.
3 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,'' Quarta Vita S. Patricii, cap. lxxx. , p. 45, nn. 58, 59, p. 50 ; also, Septima Vita S.
:
20 Thus " Erscheli elevatio virginum Patricii, lib. iii. , cap. lvii. , lviii. , lix. , p. 160,
Ursulanarum Mechtundis Vvilbrandis et and nn. 85, 86, p. 187.
June 16. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 689
sons were afterwards born, at the same time. One of these was called Jarlath/ while the other was named Setna or Sedna. This event is said to have occurred in Mudornia, in the province of Ulster. s The latter was baptized by St. Secundin, the disciple of St. Patrick. St. Setna and his twin-brother, St. Jarlath, were born at Rath-Trena, of the noble and ancient family of the Dal-Fiatach. Their country was in the present county of Down. The name of the district, in which it had been situated, was Uachthar or Uachthar-Thire,
6
which extended so far west as Slievenaboley.
was born in Midernia, which Colgan corrects to Mudorna. ? In his edition of Ware's Bishops, Harris writes, that it was the barony of Mourne, in the southern part of the present county of Down. However, Dr. O'Donovan
that
did not obtain such a name, until the twelfth 8 and century,
barony
doesnotappeartobeknown. AccordingtotheMartyrologyofDonegal, veneration was given on this day, to Setna, son of Tren, Bishop. In the Irish
Calendar, belonging to the Royal Irish Academy, and compiled for the Irish Ordnance Survey, at the xvi. of the July Kalends, or June 16th, his feast is
12
Article IX. —St. Quiricus and Companions, Martyrs. At the 16th
'
-1
of June, in the "Feilire' of St. ^Engus, there is a feast for St. Quiricus and
""
companions, who were martyrs. In the Leabhar Breac copy there are
comments introduced, in which it stated, that Ciricius, when only three years
states,
that St. Jarlath was born in Cremorne, or Crich-Mudhorna,9 in the present county of Monaghan. 10 St. Setna was elevated to episcopal rank, but his See
11
entered.
old,
2 suffered withhismotherJulitainAntioch,underthePresi- martyrdom
dent Alexander while another account has it, that he was beheaded in Tarsus, ;
a city of Cilicia, and that he was of the people of Iconia. An Irish quatrain is quoted, likewise, and it sets forth the efficacy of his intercession in Heaven. 3 At this same date, the Bollandists have inserted the Acts of those holy
4 Martyrs.
4 Afterwards Archbishop of Armagh. See his Life at nth of February, in the Second Volume of this work, Art. vi.
s See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," xi. Februarii. De S. Jarlatheo sive Hierlatio Archiepiscopo Ardmachano, cap. ii. , p. 307, and n. 10, p. 308.
6 This appears, from the grant of the Castle-
wellan estate, to Phelomy Magenis, by King
James I.
7 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. cxxxii. , p. 94,
and n. 134, p. 114.
8 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , at a. d. 1046.
9 There seems to be no record of the Dal-Fiatach being Chiefs or Lords in
Monaghan.
10 See Miss M. F. Cusack's " Life of St.
Patrick, Apostle of Ireland," p. 479, and n. 2.
translated by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. : —
mojeyvAicingipic ImAflechc fluAj; fobAit
IHpiuch fee riApAmAil X>o oom<xcc4ib ooniAin.
Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
See
* " Leabhar Breac " Article ix. In the
copy, the following stanza occurs, and it is
11 Edited 170, 171.
by
" If the dour Demon sang the hymns of
12 Thus
Common Place—Book F, p. 56.
of the many secrets to Judas, who is worst under Heaven, his sins would be
:
SecnA rnAC UrxeArtA eAt-p.
Quiricus
Jocelyn states, that St. Jarlath
"
was slain a holy host : the equal or like of
My champion, the Quiricus, round whom
—
him was not found of the world's sons. " "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. xciv.
2 Wanting however three months. See ibid. , pp. cii. , ciii. —
3 It runs thus
:
"OiAngAbAO in -oetnun t>uj\ Imurvo Ciy\ic nAtnlruin OnvoAf iptnerfa ptmmj
Oologr/Aiar-
AchlllAIO.
Ibid.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junn
IX
forgiven. "—
690 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [June 16.
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Jero or Gero, Abbot of the
Scots, at St. Pantoleon, Cologne. Various writers have treated about
the monastery of St. Pantoleon, at Cologne. Jero or Gero is set down by
Camerarius, established.
The Bollandists record the present feast at the 16th of June,
2
also,
June,
Dempster
1
as one of the Abbots over the of the Scots there monastery
but without further knowledge of particulars regarding him. They remark, moreover, that Galenius, while treating about the celebrated men of the
monastery of St. Pantaleon, at Cologne,3 has no mention of Jero or Gero, Abbot.
Article XL—Reputed Feast of St. Similian, Bishop and Con-
France. This
states, that he was Abbot of Cauracensis, that he flourished about the year 600,andthathewaspreceptortoSt. Ethbin. ArnoldWionmentionshim,
fessor, Nantes,
holy
at this date. At the 16th of
St. Similian's feast, and of course he is claimed as being a Scotchman. We do not find him in any Catalogue of Irish Saints, but there appear to have been some errors of statement regarding him. The Bollandists, who have notices of him at the present date,3 declare, that in reality St. Similianus was Bishop of Nantes, but that he departed life during the fourth century, and that his feast occurs on the 16th ot June. Wion mistakes him for the Abbot of Trithemius, named in like manner, but whose feast is not known:* The Bollandists promise to treat more fully about the abbot thus introduced, at the feast-day of his disciple, St. Ethbin, at the 19th of October^ if further
lights could be obtained.
Article XII. —Finding of St.
Bertin's Body, in the Monastery of Sithiu, France. [Sixth or Seventh Cetitury. ] This holy ascetic and Abbot, who had been formerly held in great veneration in Ireland, was buried inthemonasteryofSithiu,inFrance. Variouswritersnoticethediscovery of his Body, and a festival to honour the occasion has been noted by Molanus,
13 Wion, Dorgan, Menard, Bucelin, Dempster, Ferrarius and the Bollandists.
The latter writers defer further comment, by referring to his Acts, to be pub- lished at the 5th of September, the date for his chief festival. Some account of him will be found, at the same day, in the present work.
xvi. De S. Julitta vidua Iconiensi, et Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," Filiolo ejus S. Cerico vel Quiiico, Martyri- p. 203.
bus Tarsi in Cilicia, pp. 17 to 37. A previous 3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii commentary in four sections and twenty- xvi. Among the pretermitted saints, pp. nine paragraphs is prefixed, for the various
documents — to them. referring
•
Article X He quotes for this
4, 5.
* In his Benedictine
" statement,
rini. "
2
Historia Inventionis S. Mau-
Martyrology, Dorgan makes St. Similian a bishop as well as an abbot. Menard corrects Vioii's error, and makes Similian only an abbot. Saussay follows Menard in his Supplement. But Bucelin falls into a greater error by making St. Similian abbot, about the year 600, and of Nantes in Lesser Brit-
century.
s At that date, an account of him may be
found, in a later volume of the present work,
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii xvi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 1.
3 See "Magnitudini. s Coloniensis Syntag,"
lib. iii. , —sect. 2. cap. xii. ,
"
riacensis S. Ethbini piceceptor, peiegrinus in Aremoricos delatus, mirabilielectione, in- credibili sanctitate prsefuit. VV. "—Bishop
afterward
"
bus Ordinis S. Benedicti,'' lib. iii. , cap. 42.
bishop
tany; although the latter was quite a different person, and flourished in the fourth
'
Article XI. See De Viris Illustri-
s
Apud Nannetes Similiani qui abbas Cau-
In the Menologium Scoticum he states :
man is noted 1 who by Trithemius,
Thomas
2 has an of entry
Article xii. —
'
In his
Menologium
June i 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 691
ArticleXIII. —ReputedFeastofSt. Furcjeus. Intheanonymous
1
Calendar of Irish Saints, published by O'Sullevan Beare, at the 16th of June,
wefindSt. Furcseusentered; but,weknownotonwhatotherauthority. The
2
Bollandists
mark, that they knew no other saint of the name, than he who has been already commemorated at the 16th of January. 4
Article XIV. —Reputed Feast of St. Osmanna, Virgin. At the
16th of June, quoting the authority of Surius, Thomas Dempster 1 has entered a festival of St. Osmanna, Virgin. Some further account of this holy woman may be found at the 22nd day of November, the date for her chief festival.
Article XV. —Reputed Feast of St. Fiacre. In the additions of
note this reputed feast of St. Furseus,3 at this date, but they re-
Greven to the Carthusian of Bruxelles, and in the Martyrology
1
Bollandists, there is a feast of St. Fiacre, for the 16th of June. His chief festival is at the
30th of August.
2
£>ebentwnt& ©ap of %\\\\t.
ARTICLE I. —ST. MOLINGUS, OR ST. MOLING LUACHRA, BISHOP ANDCONFESSOR,OFTEACH-MOLING,NOWST. MULLINS, .
COUNTY OF CARLOW. SEVENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER I .
INTRODUCTION—SOURCES FOR ST. MOLING'S BIOGRAPHY—HIS PARENTAGE, BIRTH AND EARLY EDUCATION—HE EMBRACES THE ECCLESIASTICAL AND MONASTIC STATE— HE ERECTS A MONASTERY AT ST. MULLINS—PILGRIMS RESORT TO THE PLACE- ANECDOTES.
the great number of pious inhabitants our Island has informer time, and the renowned sanctity of many that were
CONSpIroDdEucRedING
distinguished in different localities, it is but just to conclude, that Ireland
l
Scoticum, he inserts at the 16th of June : " Sithiu Inventio corporis Bertini ML. "— Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 203.
rum Hibernise. "
4 At that day, his Life has been already
set down, in the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
2
Junii xvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
p#4. —' "
Article xiii. See Historise Catho-
licae Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , p. 50.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Junii xvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
Article xiv. —« In his
Scoticum thus: "Osmannse Virginis. "
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Menologium —
volume.
p. »
1.
3 On the authority of Father Henry Fitz- Article i. —Chapter L— From a
simon's "Catalogus Prsecipuorum Sancto- beautiful anonymous poem, intituled, "The
Bishop Forbes'
"
Kalendars of Scottish
Saints," p. 203.
Article xv,-' See "Acta Sancto-
rum," tomus iii. , Junii xvi. Among the pretermitted festivals, p. 4.
2
See his Life at that date, in a succeeding
692 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 17. should occupy a very high position among the nations that have been added
to the Church of Christ. Even in
times denominated Insula 2 Sacra,
she well deserved the
appellation
Saints,"
subsequently
7
there is a Latin Life 8 and also an Irish Life 9 of St.
of St. Moling.
Among the Burgundian Library Manuscripts, at Bruxelles,
poet:
" O Ireland ! claim
•
First of all the lands that
,0 This Irish Life of St. Moling, has been transcribed by Michael O'Clery. See vol. iv. , MSS. part ii. , p. 24.
u See vol. xi. , among the Manuscripts, fol. 43.
17 of Rev. Dr.
l8 and of Rev. S. 10 who have Baring-Gould,
Butler,
Rose and the Shamrock," we may well apply—to her the apostrophe of an English
The Christian's hope, morality, and name. "
authorship concealed—" Insula Sanctorum, the Island of Saints ; a Title applied cxelu- sively to Ireland. " Proved by Historical Evidence from the ninth century to the pre- sent, sect, ii. , pp. 6, 7. London. R. Wash- bourne, 18 Paternoster Row, 1S72, 1 21110.
3 This may be inferred from the following
vol. vi. , there is a story of St. Moling, at
2 See an admirable little work—
p. 121. 13 "
Catalogus aliquorum Hibernise. "
Sanctorum
"
loved
about the holiness of our most blessed patron, of which, up to the present time, lie has
without doubt, given us many proofs. "
* At fol. 71 to 74.
s St. Francis, on Merchants' Qu. y.
6 The Codex, containing it, is intituled,
"Vitae Sanctorum," ex Cod. Iniseiisi, pp. 39 to 42.
' See Dr. George Petrie's " Ecclesiasiical
Architecture and Round Towers of Ireland,''
u See " De Scriptoribus Hibernise," lib. i. , op. iii. , p. 22, and cap. xiii. , pp. 88, 89. The same writer declares, that what he had writ- ten about St. . Moling, as also about Ids pre- decessor, St. Edan, had been taken from Manuscript Lives in the collection of Aicli- bishop Ussher. See "De Pr;esulibus La-
tianslated passage :
Let us, my dearly be-
genLe," pp. 54, 55.
' 5 See the Bollandists' "Acta
brethren, speak
to
you, further,
Sanctorum,"
part ii. , sect, iii. , subs, ii. , p. 348. 8 See vol. xxii. The Vita S.
commencesatfol. 200.
9 Its title is Oecha tttollmcc.
Junii xvii. , tomus iii. , pp. 406 to 410. 1 >e
S. Molingo sive Dayrgello Lpiscopo lar- nensi in Hibernia. "
"> See '• Britannia Sancta," part i. ,
June 17, p, 372.
''See ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs,
and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xvii.
,8 See " Ecclesiastical I Iist< >ry of Ireland," vol. iii. , chap, xviii. , sect, xiii. , pp. 132 to 135.
estque terrtiorii Rhinofelensis, adeoque ad
Basileensem istse tres, Christiana ad Con-
'•* Henricus Murer states: "quae loco num. 4, p. 115.
deinde nomen dedit ut Eychsel vocaretur,
stantie—nsem nostramque Helvetiam per- "
tinet. " Helvetia Sancta," p. 169.
'* See the remarks of Father Daniel
Papebroke, ,in his Commentarius Prxvius,
l6
By
Father Daniel
Papebroke.
688 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 16.
history and that of the holy patronesses. Afterwards, several witnesses were examined on oath, respecting the traditional accounts of the neighbourhood,
and popular remembrances relating to them. The testimony of many persons was taken regarding miracles, which were wrought through their intercession. These inquisitions were taken down in writing at the time, and were drawn up in a narrative shape, called a Process, which was afterwards published. Wherefore, the bones of those holy virgins were removed from their places of sepulture. In solemn procession, while Litanies, Hymns and Prayers were recited, the relics borne to the high altar were placed in caskets or in a shrine. Then, Solemn High Mass was celebrated by the Cardinal Legate, before a large congregation. This happened, on the 16th of June, 1504. In like manner, enquiry had been made, about the veneration given to St. Christiana, at her place ; and, on the day following, the Cardinal Legate went to her church, where with like religious ceremonies, her relics were transferred to a new tomb prepared to receive them. Masses were celebrated, and solemn religiousceremoniesmarkedtheoccasion. 18 IntheoldCalendarsofEychsel, different festivals for these holy virgins are given. Thus, in one found in an ancient Missal, there is a feast for the virgin Kunegunde, at the 2nd of May ; again, at the 3rd of July, there is one for the virgin Wibrande ; also, at the 17th of June. Molanus has the Elevation of the virgin Christiana, in the diocese of Constance. However, their chief and united festival has been
assigned to the 16th of June, which is that for the Translation of their sacred remains. On the grounds, that these holy virgins formed a portion of St. Ursula's companions, they claim a place in Irish veneration. Thomas
regard.
»7 He is styled, the Most Rev. Father and Lord in Christ D. KaymunduS Gurcensi, Cardinal Priest of St. Mary, and Legate a Latere for all the provinces of Germany be- longing to the Holy Roman Empire.
Kunegundis quae postrema celebrior ob pro- cessum extantem —est. M. L. "
Article vm. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvii.
2
Scoticumx9 has an
ofthese :° holy virgins,
in his
at the 1 6th of June, and this relates to the Translation of their relics.
Article VIII. —St. Setna, Son of Tren, Bishop. According to
the of 1 SetnaMacTreno,aBishop,hadafeastonthe Martyrology Tallagh,
1 6th of June. Marianus O'Gorman also notices this Setna Mac Tren. The
2
feast of this holy man has been assigned to the 16th of June, by Colgan. At the present date, that writer promised to treat more at large about the present saint. In the Acts of St. Patrick,* we have a narrative regarding the cruel dis- position of Tren or Trian, the son of Fiec, and a remarkable visitation of Godwhichovertookhim. Heissaidtohavebeencrueltohisworkmen,and the holy Apostle, having remonstrated with him in vain, at length declared, that avisiblejudgmentofGodshouldcomeuponhim. Thisdenunciationhedis-
However, the saint's prediction proved to be true. Ascending his chariot, the horses ran headlong into a lake. Owing to this circumstance, it was afterwards known as Loch Trena or the Lake of Trian. The wife of Trian, moved by this catastrophe, asked the saint's forgiveness, and obtained a blessing for herself, and for the children, she then bore in the womb. Two
Dempster
Menologium
entry
See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernice," xvii. "For further particulars, the reader is re- Februarii. Vita S. Fintani Abbatis de
ferred to the solemn Processus, edited by Cluain-Ednech, n. 10, p. 354.
Father Hermann Crombach, cap. iv.
'» See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of '
Scottish Saints, p. 203.
3 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,'' Quarta Vita S. Patricii, cap. lxxx. , p. 45, nn. 58, 59, p. 50 ; also, Septima Vita S.
:
20 Thus " Erscheli elevatio virginum Patricii, lib. iii. , cap. lvii. , lviii. , lix. , p. 160,
Ursulanarum Mechtundis Vvilbrandis et and nn. 85, 86, p. 187.
June 16. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 689
sons were afterwards born, at the same time. One of these was called Jarlath/ while the other was named Setna or Sedna. This event is said to have occurred in Mudornia, in the province of Ulster. s The latter was baptized by St. Secundin, the disciple of St. Patrick. St. Setna and his twin-brother, St. Jarlath, were born at Rath-Trena, of the noble and ancient family of the Dal-Fiatach. Their country was in the present county of Down. The name of the district, in which it had been situated, was Uachthar or Uachthar-Thire,
6
which extended so far west as Slievenaboley.
was born in Midernia, which Colgan corrects to Mudorna. ? In his edition of Ware's Bishops, Harris writes, that it was the barony of Mourne, in the southern part of the present county of Down. However, Dr. O'Donovan
that
did not obtain such a name, until the twelfth 8 and century,
barony
doesnotappeartobeknown. AccordingtotheMartyrologyofDonegal, veneration was given on this day, to Setna, son of Tren, Bishop. In the Irish
Calendar, belonging to the Royal Irish Academy, and compiled for the Irish Ordnance Survey, at the xvi. of the July Kalends, or June 16th, his feast is
12
Article IX. —St. Quiricus and Companions, Martyrs. At the 16th
'
-1
of June, in the "Feilire' of St. ^Engus, there is a feast for St. Quiricus and
""
companions, who were martyrs. In the Leabhar Breac copy there are
comments introduced, in which it stated, that Ciricius, when only three years
states,
that St. Jarlath was born in Cremorne, or Crich-Mudhorna,9 in the present county of Monaghan. 10 St. Setna was elevated to episcopal rank, but his See
11
entered.
old,
2 suffered withhismotherJulitainAntioch,underthePresi- martyrdom
dent Alexander while another account has it, that he was beheaded in Tarsus, ;
a city of Cilicia, and that he was of the people of Iconia. An Irish quatrain is quoted, likewise, and it sets forth the efficacy of his intercession in Heaven. 3 At this same date, the Bollandists have inserted the Acts of those holy
4 Martyrs.
4 Afterwards Archbishop of Armagh. See his Life at nth of February, in the Second Volume of this work, Art. vi.
s See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," xi. Februarii. De S. Jarlatheo sive Hierlatio Archiepiscopo Ardmachano, cap. ii. , p. 307, and n. 10, p. 308.
6 This appears, from the grant of the Castle-
wellan estate, to Phelomy Magenis, by King
James I.
7 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. cxxxii. , p. 94,
and n. 134, p. 114.
8 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , at a. d. 1046.
9 There seems to be no record of the Dal-Fiatach being Chiefs or Lords in
Monaghan.
10 See Miss M. F. Cusack's " Life of St.
Patrick, Apostle of Ireland," p. 479, and n. 2.
translated by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. : —
mojeyvAicingipic ImAflechc fluAj; fobAit
IHpiuch fee riApAmAil X>o oom<xcc4ib ooniAin.
Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
See
* " Leabhar Breac " Article ix. In the
copy, the following stanza occurs, and it is
11 Edited 170, 171.
by
" If the dour Demon sang the hymns of
12 Thus
Common Place—Book F, p. 56.
of the many secrets to Judas, who is worst under Heaven, his sins would be
:
SecnA rnAC UrxeArtA eAt-p.
Quiricus
Jocelyn states, that St. Jarlath
"
was slain a holy host : the equal or like of
My champion, the Quiricus, round whom
—
him was not found of the world's sons. " "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. xciv.
2 Wanting however three months. See ibid. , pp. cii. , ciii. —
3 It runs thus
:
"OiAngAbAO in -oetnun t>uj\ Imurvo Ciy\ic nAtnlruin OnvoAf iptnerfa ptmmj
Oologr/Aiar-
AchlllAIO.
Ibid.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junn
IX
forgiven. "—
690 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [June 16.
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Jero or Gero, Abbot of the
Scots, at St. Pantoleon, Cologne. Various writers have treated about
the monastery of St. Pantoleon, at Cologne. Jero or Gero is set down by
Camerarius, established.
The Bollandists record the present feast at the 16th of June,
2
also,
June,
Dempster
1
as one of the Abbots over the of the Scots there monastery
but without further knowledge of particulars regarding him. They remark, moreover, that Galenius, while treating about the celebrated men of the
monastery of St. Pantaleon, at Cologne,3 has no mention of Jero or Gero, Abbot.
Article XL—Reputed Feast of St. Similian, Bishop and Con-
France. This
states, that he was Abbot of Cauracensis, that he flourished about the year 600,andthathewaspreceptortoSt. Ethbin. ArnoldWionmentionshim,
fessor, Nantes,
holy
at this date. At the 16th of
St. Similian's feast, and of course he is claimed as being a Scotchman. We do not find him in any Catalogue of Irish Saints, but there appear to have been some errors of statement regarding him. The Bollandists, who have notices of him at the present date,3 declare, that in reality St. Similianus was Bishop of Nantes, but that he departed life during the fourth century, and that his feast occurs on the 16th ot June. Wion mistakes him for the Abbot of Trithemius, named in like manner, but whose feast is not known:* The Bollandists promise to treat more fully about the abbot thus introduced, at the feast-day of his disciple, St. Ethbin, at the 19th of October^ if further
lights could be obtained.
Article XII. —Finding of St.
Bertin's Body, in the Monastery of Sithiu, France. [Sixth or Seventh Cetitury. ] This holy ascetic and Abbot, who had been formerly held in great veneration in Ireland, was buried inthemonasteryofSithiu,inFrance. Variouswritersnoticethediscovery of his Body, and a festival to honour the occasion has been noted by Molanus,
13 Wion, Dorgan, Menard, Bucelin, Dempster, Ferrarius and the Bollandists.
The latter writers defer further comment, by referring to his Acts, to be pub- lished at the 5th of September, the date for his chief festival. Some account of him will be found, at the same day, in the present work.
xvi. De S. Julitta vidua Iconiensi, et Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," Filiolo ejus S. Cerico vel Quiiico, Martyri- p. 203.
bus Tarsi in Cilicia, pp. 17 to 37. A previous 3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii commentary in four sections and twenty- xvi. Among the pretermitted saints, pp. nine paragraphs is prefixed, for the various
documents — to them. referring
•
Article X He quotes for this
4, 5.
* In his Benedictine
" statement,
rini. "
2
Historia Inventionis S. Mau-
Martyrology, Dorgan makes St. Similian a bishop as well as an abbot. Menard corrects Vioii's error, and makes Similian only an abbot. Saussay follows Menard in his Supplement. But Bucelin falls into a greater error by making St. Similian abbot, about the year 600, and of Nantes in Lesser Brit-
century.
s At that date, an account of him may be
found, in a later volume of the present work,
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii xvi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 1.
3 See "Magnitudini. s Coloniensis Syntag,"
lib. iii. , —sect. 2. cap. xii. ,
"
riacensis S. Ethbini piceceptor, peiegrinus in Aremoricos delatus, mirabilielectione, in- credibili sanctitate prsefuit. VV. "—Bishop
afterward
"
bus Ordinis S. Benedicti,'' lib. iii. , cap. 42.
bishop
tany; although the latter was quite a different person, and flourished in the fourth
'
Article XI. See De Viris Illustri-
s
Apud Nannetes Similiani qui abbas Cau-
In the Menologium Scoticum he states :
man is noted 1 who by Trithemius,
Thomas
2 has an of entry
Article xii. —
'
In his
Menologium
June i 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 691
ArticleXIII. —ReputedFeastofSt. Furcjeus. Intheanonymous
1
Calendar of Irish Saints, published by O'Sullevan Beare, at the 16th of June,
wefindSt. Furcseusentered; but,weknownotonwhatotherauthority. The
2
Bollandists
mark, that they knew no other saint of the name, than he who has been already commemorated at the 16th of January. 4
Article XIV. —Reputed Feast of St. Osmanna, Virgin. At the
16th of June, quoting the authority of Surius, Thomas Dempster 1 has entered a festival of St. Osmanna, Virgin. Some further account of this holy woman may be found at the 22nd day of November, the date for her chief festival.
Article XV. —Reputed Feast of St. Fiacre. In the additions of
note this reputed feast of St. Furseus,3 at this date, but they re-
Greven to the Carthusian of Bruxelles, and in the Martyrology
1
Bollandists, there is a feast of St. Fiacre, for the 16th of June. His chief festival is at the
30th of August.
2
£>ebentwnt& ©ap of %\\\\t.
ARTICLE I. —ST. MOLINGUS, OR ST. MOLING LUACHRA, BISHOP ANDCONFESSOR,OFTEACH-MOLING,NOWST. MULLINS, .
COUNTY OF CARLOW. SEVENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER I .
INTRODUCTION—SOURCES FOR ST. MOLING'S BIOGRAPHY—HIS PARENTAGE, BIRTH AND EARLY EDUCATION—HE EMBRACES THE ECCLESIASTICAL AND MONASTIC STATE— HE ERECTS A MONASTERY AT ST. MULLINS—PILGRIMS RESORT TO THE PLACE- ANECDOTES.
the great number of pious inhabitants our Island has informer time, and the renowned sanctity of many that were
CONSpIroDdEucRedING
distinguished in different localities, it is but just to conclude, that Ireland
l
Scoticum, he inserts at the 16th of June : " Sithiu Inventio corporis Bertini ML. "— Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 203.
rum Hibernise. "
4 At that day, his Life has been already
set down, in the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
2
Junii xvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
p#4. —' "
Article xiii. See Historise Catho-
licae Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , p. 50.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Junii xvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
Article xiv. —« In his
Scoticum thus: "Osmannse Virginis. "
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Menologium —
volume.
p. »
1.
3 On the authority of Father Henry Fitz- Article i. —Chapter L— From a
simon's "Catalogus Prsecipuorum Sancto- beautiful anonymous poem, intituled, "The
Bishop Forbes'
"
Kalendars of Scottish
Saints," p. 203.
Article xv,-' See "Acta Sancto-
rum," tomus iii. , Junii xvi. Among the pretermitted festivals, p. 4.
2
See his Life at that date, in a succeeding
692 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 17. should occupy a very high position among the nations that have been added
to the Church of Christ. Even in
times denominated Insula 2 Sacra,
she well deserved the
appellation
Saints,"
subsequently
7
there is a Latin Life 8 and also an Irish Life 9 of St.
of St. Moling.
Among the Burgundian Library Manuscripts, at Bruxelles,
poet:
" O Ireland ! claim
•
First of all the lands that
,0 This Irish Life of St. Moling, has been transcribed by Michael O'Clery. See vol. iv. , MSS. part ii. , p. 24.
u See vol. xi. , among the Manuscripts, fol. 43.
17 of Rev. Dr.
l8 and of Rev. S. 10 who have Baring-Gould,
Butler,
Rose and the Shamrock," we may well apply—to her the apostrophe of an English
The Christian's hope, morality, and name. "
authorship concealed—" Insula Sanctorum, the Island of Saints ; a Title applied cxelu- sively to Ireland. " Proved by Historical Evidence from the ninth century to the pre- sent, sect, ii. , pp. 6, 7. London. R. Wash- bourne, 18 Paternoster Row, 1S72, 1 21110.
3 This may be inferred from the following
vol. vi. , there is a story of St. Moling, at
2 See an admirable little work—
p. 121. 13 "
Catalogus aliquorum Hibernise. "
Sanctorum
"
loved
about the holiness of our most blessed patron, of which, up to the present time, lie has
without doubt, given us many proofs. "
* At fol. 71 to 74.
s St. Francis, on Merchants' Qu. y.
6 The Codex, containing it, is intituled,
"Vitae Sanctorum," ex Cod. Iniseiisi, pp. 39 to 42.
' See Dr. George Petrie's " Ecclesiasiical
Architecture and Round Towers of Ireland,''
u See " De Scriptoribus Hibernise," lib. i. , op. iii. , p. 22, and cap. xiii. , pp. 88, 89. The same writer declares, that what he had writ- ten about St. . Moling, as also about Ids pre- decessor, St. Edan, had been taken from Manuscript Lives in the collection of Aicli- bishop Ussher. See "De Pr;esulibus La-
tianslated passage :
Let us, my dearly be-
genLe," pp. 54, 55.
' 5 See the Bollandists' "Acta
brethren, speak
to
you, further,
Sanctorum,"
part ii. , sect, iii. , subs, ii. , p. 348. 8 See vol. xxii. The Vita S.
commencesatfol. 200.
9 Its title is Oecha tttollmcc.
Junii xvii. , tomus iii. , pp. 406 to 410. 1 >e
S. Molingo sive Dayrgello Lpiscopo lar- nensi in Hibernia. "
"> See '• Britannia Sancta," part i. ,
June 17, p, 372.
''See ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs,
and other principal Saints," vol. vi. , June xvii.
,8 See " Ecclesiastical I Iist< >ry of Ireland," vol. iii. , chap, xviii. , sect, xiii. , pp. 132 to 135.
