-* If
such be the true reading, the 19th of August must be regarded as the day for his decease.
such be the true reading, the 19th of August must be regarded as the day for his decease.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
Gall's Library.
There is also a Darmstadt
2° ofthetenthcen- tury, containing it. The first printed edition appeared in 1621, and after- wards it was inserted by Father Fleming, in his " Collectanea Sacra. " 21 The last and best edition was published, by the learned Professor Dr. Wasser- schleben,22 in 1851. The quarto-deciman celebration of Easter is condemned in this Penitential, and similar Treatises of the eighth, ninth and tenth cen- turies often cite the Canons of St. Cummian. 23 A Codex found in St. Gall's
Codex'9 oftheninth andaVienna century,
monastery
Manuscript
2* renders the first of the Penitentials of St. Columban and of part
13 The immediate successor of Columba- Early Irish Church," by the Rev. Dr.
nus was St. Attala or Attalas, whose feast is held on the 6th of the March Ides ; next was St. Bertulphus, whose feast occurs on the 14th of the September Kalends ; the fourth was Congelus, about whom nothing more
seems to be known.
"
Moran, Vice-Rector of the Irish College, Rome, Appendix No. III. A, pp. 250 to 253
24 In the year 1683, when the learned
Father John Mabillon had a literary tour of
inspection through the German Libraries, he visited St. Gall, where he spent five days, and he has left us an extract taken from its archives, in the following terms, while he tells us, that it was drawn from the Peniten- tial of Cummean Abbot, born in Scotia, and whom he identifies with Cummeneus Albus, who flourished in the seventh cen- tury, and who wrote the Life of St. Columba, Abbot of Hy. " De remediis vulnerum se- cundum priorum Patrum diffinitionem dic- turi, sacris tibi eloquiis, mi fidelissime Fra- ter, antea medicamina compendii ratione in- timemus. Prima itaque est remissio, qua
14 See
tomus ii. , lib. xx. , sect, liv. , p. 67.
Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti,"
15 Seeibid.
16 However, in Mre L. Ellies du Pin's " Nouvelle Bibliotheque des Auteurs Eccle- siastiques," it is stated of the author, "on
ne scait pas d'ou iletoit, ni qui il etoit. " It is then conjectured, that he was Cumin Fada or the Long, son to King Fiachna, born A. D. 592, and dying a. d. 662. See tome vi. , p. 9.
"*"
Such is the opinion of Dr. Wasser-
schleben, inasmuch as it had been chiefly
preserved among the Manuscripts, that once
belonged to the Monastery ot Bobbio, and because it was well known to the French and Italian compilers of the ninth and tenth centuries.
18 These are of the ninth century, and they are classed Nos. 550 and 675.
19 Classed No. 91.
20 Codex Theologicus, No. 651.
21 Printed at Louvain, a. d. 1667, 4to.
22Inhiswork,publishedatHalle,"Bus- sordnungen der Abendlandischer Kirche," pp. 460 to 493.
23 For the most part with the simple title "
baptisamur in aqua .
. . Secunda re- Tertia eleemosy-
Judicium Cummeani. See Essays on the
17, 18.
25 The text of Cummin's Penitential is to
Origin, Doctrines,
and of the Discipline
missio caritatis . narum fructus .
.
.
Quarta profusio Quintacriminumcon- Sexta afflictio cordis et Septima emendatio mo- Octava intercessio sanctorum . . . Nona bona misericordise et fidei Decima conversio et . Undecima indulgen-
lacrymarum .
.
.
fessio .
.
.
corporis . rum . .
.
.
meritum
. . . salus aliorum . .
.
.
.
tiaetremissiono—stra. . . Duodecima "
passio martyrii. " Vetera Analecta. " Iter Germanicum, pp. 6, 7, and Varias Observa- tions ex MS. Codicibus Germanicis, pp.
6o8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 9.
St. Cummin,2s in precisely the same terms. This Manuscript is called the
Penitential of St. Cummin,26 by some thought to have been St. Cummeneus
Albus,AbbotofIona. 2? ThisPenitentialhasbeenattributed,however,to
St. Cummin Foda,28 as the author, and with every appearance of probability,
owing to certain proofs that have been given. These are chiefly derivable
from a Manuscript collection ofCanons,2* preserved in the Vatican Archives ;
and in it, a long extract is given from the Penitential, expressly cited as
"
ninth or the beginning of the tenth century. 3° After having attained the
exceedingly advanced age of ninty-five years and four months,31 the spirit of
Cumian separated from its mortal prison. His death is made to fall within the eighth century, according to some accounts. 32 We are informed, that in the Calendar of Bobbio, his festival has been assigned to the 9th of June. 33
This probably was the day of his death, although others place it, at the 19th of August. 3 * He was buried in the church at Bobbio, where the body of St. Columbanusrested,apparentlyunderornearthehighaltar; atleast,from the year 1480, it has been preserved there in a stone chest, with sculptures representing him as kneeling before the Pope, in the act of giving him a vase filled with relics. In the crypt to the left of the principal altar, the body of St. Cummian is preserved in a stone chest. 35 Luitprand, King of Lombardy, adorned his tomb with precious stones. This monarch also procured an epitaph,36 to be written for him, by a certain Joannes Magister. The three
inquisitio Acumiani Longii. " This was written towards the close of the
be found in the Bibliotheca Maxima Pat-
ruum, vol. xii. , pp. 41. etseq. Also, it is to
be found in " Cursus Completus Patrilogise," vol. lxxxvii. , pp. 979, et seq.
36 See Ceillier's " Histoire des Auteurs Ecclesiastiques," tome xvii. , chap, xiii. , Art. ii. , sect, i. , p. 480. Addenda, ibid. , chap, xxxi. , sect, iii. , p. 659.
"
*? See Bishop Tanner's Bibliotheca
Britannico-Hibemica," p. 212.
38
Venerated at the 12th of November, where notices of him may be found. .
29 It is classed No. 1349.
Iste fuit magnus dignitate, genere, forma :
Hunc misit Scotia fines ad Italicos senem.
Locatus in Bobbio, Domini constric- tus amore ;
Ubi venerandi dogma Columbiani servando,
Vigilans, jejunans, indefessus, sedulo orans,
Olympiades quatuor uniusque curri- culo anni
Sic vixit feliciter, ut felix modo cre- datur,
Mitis, prudens, pius, fratribus paci- ficus cunctis.
Huic astatis anni fuerunt nonies deni,
Lustrum quoque unum, mensesque quatuor simul.
At, Pater egregie, potens intercessor existe,
Pro gloriosissimo Luitprando Rege, qui tuam
Pretioso lapide tumbam decoravit devotus,
Sic manifestum, almum ubi tegitur
corpus.
Conditus est hie Domnus Cumianus
30 " According to Cardinal Mai, in
Spici- legium Romanum," tomus vi. , pp. 396, et
seq.
31 See "A Dictionary of Christian Biogra-
phy," edited by William Smith, LL. D. , and Henry Wace, M. A. , vol. i. , p. 721.
32 SeeLes Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des
Saints," tome vi. , ixe Jour de Juin, p. 534. 33 Mabillon writes " festum ejus assigna-
tur v. idus Junii, qui forte elevationis est dies. "—" Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xx. , sect, liv. , p. 67.
" Ecclesiastical His- tory of Ireland," vol. iii. , chap, xix. , sect,
viii. , p. 171.
35 See Very Rev. James O'Laverty's "Historical Account of the Diocese of
34 See Ur.
Lanigan's
Downand
Ancientand
Modern,"
XIV. Kal. — Fecit Septemb.
Connor, vol. ii. , p. 95.
Joannes. "
36 The Bo—llandists give the following ver- sion of it :
" Hie sacra Beati membra Cumiani solvuntur :
Cujus coelum penetrans anima cum Angelisgaudet.
Episcopus
37 Thus we read
" Sit manifestum, almum ubi tegitur
corpus :
Opertus est hie domnus Cummianus
episcopus.
XIIII. Kal. Septembris fecit Johan-
nes. "
Such is a portion of the epitaph, as found in
:
June 9. ] LIVES OF 1HE IRISH SAINTS. 609
last lines 37 of this Epitaph have given rise to some controversy, regarding the day of this saint's death. From the inscription it has been assumed, that the
8
saint died during the royal tenure of Luitprand p yet, the epitaph as cited only
says, that his tomb was decorated by this king. Thus, Cummin's death might haveoccurred,longbeforeLuitprand'srule. Thisparticulardatementioned
is understood by Colgan, as referring to the day, on which John composed that epitaph. 39 Such a conjecture would seem altogether very probable. While citing it, the Rev. Dr. Lanigan gives his own opinion, that it records the exact date of Cummin's death, and of his elevation to eternal glory.
-* If
such be the true reading, the 19th of August must be regarded as the day for his decease. 41 At the commencement of the last century, St. Cummin's stone tomb was pointed out, on the left side of the high altar, in Bobbio crypt. There his relics were preserved, and on the high altar reposed the
2
bones of the renowned Columbanus,* under an unadorned stone tumulus.
On either side, two altars contained the remains of the holy abbots, Attala and Bertulf. 43 Whatever little decoration surrounded the last resting place of these celebrated saints could not tempt the cupidity of avaricious or impious men. Yet, much might be observed, there, which was calculated to excite pious persons to entertain devout reminiscences and reflection.
Article V. —St. Mothorian, Torannan, or Mothoria, of Druim- chliabh, now Drumcliff, County of Sligo. {Seventh Century. '] A festival in honour of Mothoria, Domnaig Cliabra, appears in the Martyrology
of 1 at the Tallagh,
of
June.
His is now known as Drumcliff, in place
9th
the barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo. This holy man's name occurs,
also at this day, in the Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman 2 and of Cathal
Maguire. 3 In the Martyrology of Donegal,4 at the same date, his name is given, as Mothoria, 5 of Drum Chliabh. The Life of Colum Cille states, that it was Aodh, son of Ainmire, King of Erin, that gave Druim Chliabh to Colum Cille, and that Colum Cille blessed the place, and left a cleric of his people there, in successorship of the place. He is called Motharian of Druaim Cliabh, in Prince O'Donnell's Life of St. Columba. 6
Article VI. —St. Dafhinna or Dafhionna, Son of Deglan or Declain. The name Dathinna mac Declain is found in the Martyrology
Mabillon's "Annales Ordinis S. Benedict]'," ing this name is set down on that day, tomus ii. , lib. xx. , sect. liv. p. 67. A although very many saints of the name are
version somewhat different, is met with in other accounts.
38 He ruled as King over the Lombards.
from A. D. 712 to A. D. 744. See Midland's
commemorated throughout the year. See "Acta Sanctorum Hibemhe," Januarii xii. De S. Cumiano Episcopo Bobii sepulto, n.
6, pp. 58, 59.
" 42 Biographie Universelle, Ancienne et Mo-
See Charles Knight's "English Cyclo-
derne," tomus xxv. , Art. Luitprand ou
Luitprand, pp. 460, 461.
39 See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae,"
pedia," Geography, vol. i. , col. 11 30.
43 See Mabillon's "Annales Ordinis S.
Benedicti," tomu—sii. , lib. xx. ,sect. liv. , p. 67.
Januarii xii. De S. Cumiano Episcopo Bobii sepulto, n. 6, pp. 58, 59. However, Mabillon forms a different opinion. See "
Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvi. We suspect an error of trans-
Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xx. , sect, liv. , p. 67.
caption here, in the name of his place.
2 By him styled "Sanctus Mothoria de
Druim Cliabh virsanclissimus.
3 Thus noticed by him, "Mothorianus de
40 See "Ecclesiastical History of Ireland,"
vol. ii. , chap, xix. , sect, viii. , n. 1 10, p. Druim-Chliabh. "
4 Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves, 175. by
41 But Colgan asserts, that in all Irish 164, 165. Calendars he had examined, no saint bear-
J
Article v. Edited by
pp. s See also Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
6 1 o
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 9.
Tallagh,
"
num. 5, p. 279.
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
"
Sanctorum,"
1 at the
of We have not been able to glean any other 9th June.
2
of
particulars concerning him. At the same date, the Martyrology of Donegal also registers the name of Dafhionna, son of Deglan.
ArticleVII. —FeastofaHolyWomanwhoseNameisunknown,and
who was borne into Heaven by Angels. [Sixth Century. '] At this
* date,wefindintroducedintoaCalendar thefestivalofabeatifiedwoman,
whose name is not known, but whose soul St. Columkille beheld ascending
with demons, the Angels came to the Bollandists,3 among the pretermitted saints.
into Heaven. 2 After a
receive her into the mansions of everlasting bliss. This festival is noted by
'
Tallagh mentions,
that veneration was
at the of to Crumther 9th June,
Life ofSt. Columba," Additional Notes G,
6
See "Trias Thaumaturga," Quinla Vita
164, 165. — 'Edited Article ix.
Kelly, p. xxvi.
by Rev.
Dr.
S. Columbse, lib. i. , cap. Ix. , p. 399, and n.
54, p. 450. Article vi. —•
*
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Edited
Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
Kelly, p. xxvi. 2
pp. 164, 165. —
Article vii. In
2 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
ed as a name. "
208, 209.
3 See"Acta
tomus
ix. , p. 148. Also Vita SecundaS. Columbse,
Sanctorum,"
lib. iii. , cap. i. , num. 89, p. 229.
Article viii. — * Edited U;l! y, p. xxvi.
ii. , Junii
Gynseceo
Arturi.
here it seems us— Article x.
saints, p. 148.
' Sanctorum Hiber- Catalogus aliquorum
niae.
Article XI,— See Bishop Forbes'
great struggle
ArticleVIII. —St. AmalghaidhMacEachach. IntheMartyrology
of 1 a festival of honour in mac Eachach is recorded at Tallagh, Amalghaidh
the 9th of June. Little more seems to be known concerning this saint. In the
of 2 we find an almost similar and at the same Martyrology Donegal, entry,
date, of Amhalgaidh, son of Eochaidh.
Article IX. —Cruimther, Mac Ua Nesse. The Martyrology of
paid,
mac h Nessi. His proper name seems to be unknown, for he is set down only
as a Priest. We find his name entered, also, in the of at the same date, as Cruimther 3 Mac Ua Nesse.
Article X. —Festival ascribed to St. Colman. At the 9th June,
theBollandists1 Father quote
Fitzsimon2 fortheFeastofSt. Colman
Henry
but, they do not pretend to particularize who he had been, among the many
Irish Saints bearing that name.
Article XI. —St. Come, or Comus, Abbot. [Sixth Century. ,] In Adam King's Kalendar, at the 9th of June, is entered the feast of a St. Come, said to have been Abbot and Confessor in Scotland, under King Aidanus. 1 Also, he is commemorated by Dempster, in his Menologium Scotorum,2 as
by
Rev. Dr.
164, 165.
3 i n a note, Dr. Todd says : "The word
auimther, the Celtic form of the word /fro- byter, signifies a priest. " He adds, "but
See Acta
Life of St. Columba," lib. iii. , cap. 9, pp. tomus ii. , Junii ix. Among the pretermitted
by
Rev. Dr.
" Kalendars of Scottish
Saints," p. 154.
2
See ibid. , p. 202.
2 Martyrology Donegal,
'
proper "
;
June io.
2° ofthetenthcen- tury, containing it. The first printed edition appeared in 1621, and after- wards it was inserted by Father Fleming, in his " Collectanea Sacra. " 21 The last and best edition was published, by the learned Professor Dr. Wasser- schleben,22 in 1851. The quarto-deciman celebration of Easter is condemned in this Penitential, and similar Treatises of the eighth, ninth and tenth cen- turies often cite the Canons of St. Cummian. 23 A Codex found in St. Gall's
Codex'9 oftheninth andaVienna century,
monastery
Manuscript
2* renders the first of the Penitentials of St. Columban and of part
13 The immediate successor of Columba- Early Irish Church," by the Rev. Dr.
nus was St. Attala or Attalas, whose feast is held on the 6th of the March Ides ; next was St. Bertulphus, whose feast occurs on the 14th of the September Kalends ; the fourth was Congelus, about whom nothing more
seems to be known.
"
Moran, Vice-Rector of the Irish College, Rome, Appendix No. III. A, pp. 250 to 253
24 In the year 1683, when the learned
Father John Mabillon had a literary tour of
inspection through the German Libraries, he visited St. Gall, where he spent five days, and he has left us an extract taken from its archives, in the following terms, while he tells us, that it was drawn from the Peniten- tial of Cummean Abbot, born in Scotia, and whom he identifies with Cummeneus Albus, who flourished in the seventh cen- tury, and who wrote the Life of St. Columba, Abbot of Hy. " De remediis vulnerum se- cundum priorum Patrum diffinitionem dic- turi, sacris tibi eloquiis, mi fidelissime Fra- ter, antea medicamina compendii ratione in- timemus. Prima itaque est remissio, qua
14 See
tomus ii. , lib. xx. , sect, liv. , p. 67.
Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti,"
15 Seeibid.
16 However, in Mre L. Ellies du Pin's " Nouvelle Bibliotheque des Auteurs Eccle- siastiques," it is stated of the author, "on
ne scait pas d'ou iletoit, ni qui il etoit. " It is then conjectured, that he was Cumin Fada or the Long, son to King Fiachna, born A. D. 592, and dying a. d. 662. See tome vi. , p. 9.
"*"
Such is the opinion of Dr. Wasser-
schleben, inasmuch as it had been chiefly
preserved among the Manuscripts, that once
belonged to the Monastery ot Bobbio, and because it was well known to the French and Italian compilers of the ninth and tenth centuries.
18 These are of the ninth century, and they are classed Nos. 550 and 675.
19 Classed No. 91.
20 Codex Theologicus, No. 651.
21 Printed at Louvain, a. d. 1667, 4to.
22Inhiswork,publishedatHalle,"Bus- sordnungen der Abendlandischer Kirche," pp. 460 to 493.
23 For the most part with the simple title "
baptisamur in aqua .
. . Secunda re- Tertia eleemosy-
Judicium Cummeani. See Essays on the
17, 18.
25 The text of Cummin's Penitential is to
Origin, Doctrines,
and of the Discipline
missio caritatis . narum fructus .
.
.
Quarta profusio Quintacriminumcon- Sexta afflictio cordis et Septima emendatio mo- Octava intercessio sanctorum . . . Nona bona misericordise et fidei Decima conversio et . Undecima indulgen-
lacrymarum .
.
.
fessio .
.
.
corporis . rum . .
.
.
meritum
. . . salus aliorum . .
.
.
.
tiaetremissiono—stra. . . Duodecima "
passio martyrii. " Vetera Analecta. " Iter Germanicum, pp. 6, 7, and Varias Observa- tions ex MS. Codicibus Germanicis, pp.
6o8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 9.
St. Cummin,2s in precisely the same terms. This Manuscript is called the
Penitential of St. Cummin,26 by some thought to have been St. Cummeneus
Albus,AbbotofIona. 2? ThisPenitentialhasbeenattributed,however,to
St. Cummin Foda,28 as the author, and with every appearance of probability,
owing to certain proofs that have been given. These are chiefly derivable
from a Manuscript collection ofCanons,2* preserved in the Vatican Archives ;
and in it, a long extract is given from the Penitential, expressly cited as
"
ninth or the beginning of the tenth century. 3° After having attained the
exceedingly advanced age of ninty-five years and four months,31 the spirit of
Cumian separated from its mortal prison. His death is made to fall within the eighth century, according to some accounts. 32 We are informed, that in the Calendar of Bobbio, his festival has been assigned to the 9th of June. 33
This probably was the day of his death, although others place it, at the 19th of August. 3 * He was buried in the church at Bobbio, where the body of St. Columbanusrested,apparentlyunderornearthehighaltar; atleast,from the year 1480, it has been preserved there in a stone chest, with sculptures representing him as kneeling before the Pope, in the act of giving him a vase filled with relics. In the crypt to the left of the principal altar, the body of St. Cummian is preserved in a stone chest. 35 Luitprand, King of Lombardy, adorned his tomb with precious stones. This monarch also procured an epitaph,36 to be written for him, by a certain Joannes Magister. The three
inquisitio Acumiani Longii. " This was written towards the close of the
be found in the Bibliotheca Maxima Pat-
ruum, vol. xii. , pp. 41. etseq. Also, it is to
be found in " Cursus Completus Patrilogise," vol. lxxxvii. , pp. 979, et seq.
36 See Ceillier's " Histoire des Auteurs Ecclesiastiques," tome xvii. , chap, xiii. , Art. ii. , sect, i. , p. 480. Addenda, ibid. , chap, xxxi. , sect, iii. , p. 659.
"
*? See Bishop Tanner's Bibliotheca
Britannico-Hibemica," p. 212.
38
Venerated at the 12th of November, where notices of him may be found. .
29 It is classed No. 1349.
Iste fuit magnus dignitate, genere, forma :
Hunc misit Scotia fines ad Italicos senem.
Locatus in Bobbio, Domini constric- tus amore ;
Ubi venerandi dogma Columbiani servando,
Vigilans, jejunans, indefessus, sedulo orans,
Olympiades quatuor uniusque curri- culo anni
Sic vixit feliciter, ut felix modo cre- datur,
Mitis, prudens, pius, fratribus paci- ficus cunctis.
Huic astatis anni fuerunt nonies deni,
Lustrum quoque unum, mensesque quatuor simul.
At, Pater egregie, potens intercessor existe,
Pro gloriosissimo Luitprando Rege, qui tuam
Pretioso lapide tumbam decoravit devotus,
Sic manifestum, almum ubi tegitur
corpus.
Conditus est hie Domnus Cumianus
30 " According to Cardinal Mai, in
Spici- legium Romanum," tomus vi. , pp. 396, et
seq.
31 See "A Dictionary of Christian Biogra-
phy," edited by William Smith, LL. D. , and Henry Wace, M. A. , vol. i. , p. 721.
32 SeeLes Petits Bollandistes, "Vies des
Saints," tome vi. , ixe Jour de Juin, p. 534. 33 Mabillon writes " festum ejus assigna-
tur v. idus Junii, qui forte elevationis est dies. "—" Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xx. , sect, liv. , p. 67.
" Ecclesiastical His- tory of Ireland," vol. iii. , chap, xix. , sect,
viii. , p. 171.
35 See Very Rev. James O'Laverty's "Historical Account of the Diocese of
34 See Ur.
Lanigan's
Downand
Ancientand
Modern,"
XIV. Kal. — Fecit Septemb.
Connor, vol. ii. , p. 95.
Joannes. "
36 The Bo—llandists give the following ver- sion of it :
" Hie sacra Beati membra Cumiani solvuntur :
Cujus coelum penetrans anima cum Angelisgaudet.
Episcopus
37 Thus we read
" Sit manifestum, almum ubi tegitur
corpus :
Opertus est hie domnus Cummianus
episcopus.
XIIII. Kal. Septembris fecit Johan-
nes. "
Such is a portion of the epitaph, as found in
:
June 9. ] LIVES OF 1HE IRISH SAINTS. 609
last lines 37 of this Epitaph have given rise to some controversy, regarding the day of this saint's death. From the inscription it has been assumed, that the
8
saint died during the royal tenure of Luitprand p yet, the epitaph as cited only
says, that his tomb was decorated by this king. Thus, Cummin's death might haveoccurred,longbeforeLuitprand'srule. Thisparticulardatementioned
is understood by Colgan, as referring to the day, on which John composed that epitaph. 39 Such a conjecture would seem altogether very probable. While citing it, the Rev. Dr. Lanigan gives his own opinion, that it records the exact date of Cummin's death, and of his elevation to eternal glory.
-* If
such be the true reading, the 19th of August must be regarded as the day for his decease. 41 At the commencement of the last century, St. Cummin's stone tomb was pointed out, on the left side of the high altar, in Bobbio crypt. There his relics were preserved, and on the high altar reposed the
2
bones of the renowned Columbanus,* under an unadorned stone tumulus.
On either side, two altars contained the remains of the holy abbots, Attala and Bertulf. 43 Whatever little decoration surrounded the last resting place of these celebrated saints could not tempt the cupidity of avaricious or impious men. Yet, much might be observed, there, which was calculated to excite pious persons to entertain devout reminiscences and reflection.
Article V. —St. Mothorian, Torannan, or Mothoria, of Druim- chliabh, now Drumcliff, County of Sligo. {Seventh Century. '] A festival in honour of Mothoria, Domnaig Cliabra, appears in the Martyrology
of 1 at the Tallagh,
of
June.
His is now known as Drumcliff, in place
9th
the barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo. This holy man's name occurs,
also at this day, in the Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman 2 and of Cathal
Maguire. 3 In the Martyrology of Donegal,4 at the same date, his name is given, as Mothoria, 5 of Drum Chliabh. The Life of Colum Cille states, that it was Aodh, son of Ainmire, King of Erin, that gave Druim Chliabh to Colum Cille, and that Colum Cille blessed the place, and left a cleric of his people there, in successorship of the place. He is called Motharian of Druaim Cliabh, in Prince O'Donnell's Life of St. Columba. 6
Article VI. —St. Dafhinna or Dafhionna, Son of Deglan or Declain. The name Dathinna mac Declain is found in the Martyrology
Mabillon's "Annales Ordinis S. Benedict]'," ing this name is set down on that day, tomus ii. , lib. xx. , sect. liv. p. 67. A although very many saints of the name are
version somewhat different, is met with in other accounts.
38 He ruled as King over the Lombards.
from A. D. 712 to A. D. 744. See Midland's
commemorated throughout the year. See "Acta Sanctorum Hibemhe," Januarii xii. De S. Cumiano Episcopo Bobii sepulto, n.
6, pp. 58, 59.
" 42 Biographie Universelle, Ancienne et Mo-
See Charles Knight's "English Cyclo-
derne," tomus xxv. , Art. Luitprand ou
Luitprand, pp. 460, 461.
39 See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae,"
pedia," Geography, vol. i. , col. 11 30.
43 See Mabillon's "Annales Ordinis S.
Benedicti," tomu—sii. , lib. xx. ,sect. liv. , p. 67.
Januarii xii. De S. Cumiano Episcopo Bobii sepulto, n. 6, pp. 58, 59. However, Mabillon forms a different opinion. See "
Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvi. We suspect an error of trans-
Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xx. , sect, liv. , p. 67.
caption here, in the name of his place.
2 By him styled "Sanctus Mothoria de
Druim Cliabh virsanclissimus.
3 Thus noticed by him, "Mothorianus de
40 See "Ecclesiastical History of Ireland,"
vol. ii. , chap, xix. , sect, viii. , n. 1 10, p. Druim-Chliabh. "
4 Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves, 175. by
41 But Colgan asserts, that in all Irish 164, 165. Calendars he had examined, no saint bear-
J
Article v. Edited by
pp. s See also Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
6 1 o
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 9.
Tallagh,
"
num. 5, p. 279.
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
"
Sanctorum,"
1 at the
of We have not been able to glean any other 9th June.
2
of
particulars concerning him. At the same date, the Martyrology of Donegal also registers the name of Dafhionna, son of Deglan.
ArticleVII. —FeastofaHolyWomanwhoseNameisunknown,and
who was borne into Heaven by Angels. [Sixth Century. '] At this
* date,wefindintroducedintoaCalendar thefestivalofabeatifiedwoman,
whose name is not known, but whose soul St. Columkille beheld ascending
with demons, the Angels came to the Bollandists,3 among the pretermitted saints.
into Heaven. 2 After a
receive her into the mansions of everlasting bliss. This festival is noted by
'
Tallagh mentions,
that veneration was
at the of to Crumther 9th June,
Life ofSt. Columba," Additional Notes G,
6
See "Trias Thaumaturga," Quinla Vita
164, 165. — 'Edited Article ix.
Kelly, p. xxvi.
by Rev.
Dr.
S. Columbse, lib. i. , cap. Ix. , p. 399, and n.
54, p. 450. Article vi. —•
*
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Edited
Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
Kelly, p. xxvi. 2
pp. 164, 165. —
Article vii. In
2 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
ed as a name. "
208, 209.
3 See"Acta
tomus
ix. , p. 148. Also Vita SecundaS. Columbse,
Sanctorum,"
lib. iii. , cap. i. , num. 89, p. 229.
Article viii. — * Edited U;l! y, p. xxvi.
ii. , Junii
Gynseceo
Arturi.
here it seems us— Article x.
saints, p. 148.
' Sanctorum Hiber- Catalogus aliquorum
niae.
Article XI,— See Bishop Forbes'
great struggle
ArticleVIII. —St. AmalghaidhMacEachach. IntheMartyrology
of 1 a festival of honour in mac Eachach is recorded at Tallagh, Amalghaidh
the 9th of June. Little more seems to be known concerning this saint. In the
of 2 we find an almost similar and at the same Martyrology Donegal, entry,
date, of Amhalgaidh, son of Eochaidh.
Article IX. —Cruimther, Mac Ua Nesse. The Martyrology of
paid,
mac h Nessi. His proper name seems to be unknown, for he is set down only
as a Priest. We find his name entered, also, in the of at the same date, as Cruimther 3 Mac Ua Nesse.
Article X. —Festival ascribed to St. Colman. At the 9th June,
theBollandists1 Father quote
Fitzsimon2 fortheFeastofSt. Colman
Henry
but, they do not pretend to particularize who he had been, among the many
Irish Saints bearing that name.
Article XI. —St. Come, or Comus, Abbot. [Sixth Century. ,] In Adam King's Kalendar, at the 9th of June, is entered the feast of a St. Come, said to have been Abbot and Confessor in Scotland, under King Aidanus. 1 Also, he is commemorated by Dempster, in his Menologium Scotorum,2 as
by
Rev. Dr.
164, 165.
3 i n a note, Dr. Todd says : "The word
auimther, the Celtic form of the word /fro- byter, signifies a priest. " He adds, "but
See Acta
Life of St. Columba," lib. iii. , cap. 9, pp. tomus ii. , Junii ix. Among the pretermitted
by
Rev. Dr.
" Kalendars of Scottish
Saints," p. 154.
2
See ibid. , p. 202.
2 Martyrology Donegal,
'
proper "
;
June io.
