Accord- ing to the Entries in the
Kalendar
of David Camerarius, at the 30th of May,
we have a notice of St.
we have a notice of St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v5
, pp.
294, 295.
7 See the " Monasticon Anglicanum," by Sir William Dugdalc, Kl. . and edited by John Caley, F. R. S. , Henry Ellis, LL. B. , and the Rev. Bulkelcy Bandinel, D. D. ,
;
1787, fol.
9 See Cough's Camden's "Britannia,"
vol. iii. , p. 52.
" See "Annales Ecclesiae Britannicse,"
tomusii. , num. iii. , p. 294.
" See an interesting account of this saint
and of her Priory, in Sir WiUiam Dugdale's " Monasticon Anglicanum," &c. , vol. iii. , pp. 574 to 580.
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May 30] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 615
founded in 1146-7, by William De Percy the Third. ^ Others have it, that St. Heyna lived in Calcasester,? which is the original name given to the place, by Venerable Bede, when he speaks of St. Heina, who first took the veil in these parts. Her death is referred to a. d. 657, by Father Michael Alford,'° who thinks her to be the same as St. Bega, or Bee, of Copeland," in Cum- berland, referred by Wilson to the 6th of September, in the first edition of his Martyrology, and to the 22nd of November, in the second issue of his work. " The BoIlandists,^3 who have stated what precedes, remark, that in the ancient Martyrologies, they found nothing referring to her veneration; and that, if they met with further traces of it, they might treat about her, at the ist of October,'* or at the 22nd of November. 's She is said to have closed a holy life, at Tadcaster, on the 30th of May, a. d. 657. '^ We do not know, if she be the Heina, mentioned by Thomas Dempster,'? as having been veiled at Berwick. He states, that her time was uncertain, and she is said '^ to have written a Book of Hymns to the saints
; but, we should like to have better authority for this latter assertion, which
we do not believe can be sustained.
Article VII. Festival of St. Caidoc and Frechor or Adrian, Centule, Picardy, and Apostles of the Morini, in France. \Sixth and Seventh Centuries. '\ Already, at ist day of April,' we have treated about these holy missionaries ; but, their feasts are not confined to that day alone, asthe24thofJanuary^ andthe31stofMarch3 havebeendedicatedtotheir memory,asalsothepresent30thofMay. InanoldManuscriptKalendar, belonging to the church of Centule,* and in an old Kalendar published by D'Achery,5 their feast has been assigned to the latter day, which seems to
have been the one, according most with local tradition and former usage. The BoUandists, at this date, have Acts of these saints, Caidoc and Frechor or Adrian, in a historic commentary, consisting of eight paragraphs. ^ As we have already seen, they left Ireland for the Ponthieu district,? in Picardy, where,
vol. v. , pp. 510 to 516.
^ See Bishop Tanner's " Notitia Monas-
'5 The date given for St. Bega's festival, by John Wilson,
'^ According to Alford's " Annales Eccle-
sise Britannicse," tomus ii. , num. iii. , p.
Scotoruifi," tomus ii. , lib. viii. , num. 702,
^^ By the same Dempster.
Article vii. —' See the Fourth Volume of this work, Art. i.
= See First Volume, at that date, Art. ix. , regarding St. Caidoc 's reputed Feast.
^ See Third Volume, at that date, Art. ix.
* It states : " Coenobio Centula SS. Chaidoci, Fricorii, et Maldegisi, quorum duo primi B. Richario ad initium sancts conver- sationis Doctores fuerunt. "
tica ; or an Account of all the Abbies,
Priories, and Houses of Friers formerly in
England and Wales, and also of all the Col-
leges and Hospitals founded before a. d.
MDXL," edition by James Nasmith, M. A. , Yorkshire, sect, cv. , edition, Cambridge, p. 369.
" Alford says
Heina dicatur e Northumbriae Regibus de-
scendisse, Bega vero Hibernia Vocetur :
quia HibernicK Insults Northumbris vicing
frequinter sanguinem miscebant. "—"An- Caydoci, Adriani et Madegisli. "
:
'• Nee multum obest, quod
nales Ecclesiae Britannicse," tomus ii. , num. iii. , p. 294.
'3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 235.
'* This is the date for the Feast of St. Bega, Virgin, in the additions of Greven.
^ See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. De SS. Caidoco et Frechorio sive Adriano, Cen- tulse in Picardia, pp. 262, 263.
? Abbeville is its chief town, and the Ec- clesiatical History of this place has been written by Ignatius Joseph de Mana, a Dis-
294.
^^ See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis
^ In " Spicilegium," tomus x. It states: " Coenobio Centula Sanctorum Confessorum
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at Centule, under the charge of its first founder and Abbot, St. Richarius,^ they led a reUgious life, where they were interred, and wliere their relics were afterwards preserved. At Centule, the monks of St. Riquier possessed a considerable quantity of books,9 in the beginning of the ninth century. '" Besides the epitaph composed for St. Caidoc," by St. Angilbert," Abbot of Centule ; this learned and holy man composed another '3 for St. Fricor, his companion. During that time, when '+ the Abbot of Centule St. Gervin lived, '5 he had their remains removed from the earth, and enclosed in a silver shrine, adorned with precious stones. The relics were thus placed for public veneration. '^ A crypt or chapel, was built, likewise, by the same St. Gervin, and four altars were erected therein; while, among the relics of holy confessors, the name of Caydocus was to be found on the chief altar. The reader is re- ferred to what has been already stated, in the Life of St. Madelgisilus, which at this date, likewise, precedes the present account.
Article VIII. —Festival of the Nativity of St. Thomas. The "Feilire"' of St. . -Engus commemorates, at the 30th of May, the Feast of the Nativity of St. Thomas. Elsewhere, we cannot find any no- tice of such a festival. His chief feast in the Church is at the 21st of December; and, as his Acts have been recorded, in the general History of the Church and in the Hagiography of her Saints, we need not further allude to him in this connexion.
caked Cannelite. The first establishment of Christianity here seems to have been rooted out owing to the incursions of the Vandals and Hunns, until it was revived by our saint.
* His feast has been assigned to the 26th of April. Besides the Life of this holy man, as written by Alcuinus Flaccus, in tlie time of Charlemagne, there has been a metrical Life of him composed in Latin Hexameter verse,bytheAbbotIngelrammus. Inthis, allusion is thus made to our two Irish saints, in cap. ii. , thus :
" Tunc et Pontivus meruit splendes- cere pagus,
Forte Sacerdotum radians fulgure duorum.
Nomen majoris quorum fuerat Caido- cus,
Egregiis nieritis quos misit Hibernia nobis. "
' Among those was one noticed as " Bib-
liotheca integra ubi continentur libri Ixxii. in
uno voluinine," as also, " Bibliotheca dis-
persa in voluminibus 14. "—Chron. Centul.
iJ'Achery's " Spicilegium," tomus ii. , p. Breac " copy we have the following stanza, 3"-
'" See Rev. S. R. Maitland's "The Dark Ages ; a series of Kssays, intended to illus- trate the . State of Relii,'ion and Literature in the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries," No. xii. , p. 195.
" See vol. iv. of this work, at April 1st, Art. i.
'• He departed this life on the iSth of February—the day for his feast—A. D. 814.
translated into English by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. :—
'^ These Latin Lines run as follows :
" Corpore terreno qui cernitur esse sepultus,
Gaudia pro meritis coelica Isetus habet.
Iste fuit Fricorus Chaidoco consocia- tus:
Quern sibi concessum Centula gau- det ovans.
Hievirtutevalensdespexitprospera mundi
Et modo viventi gloria magna patet.
Quando Deo placuit, ccelorum regna petivit :
Nunc Angilberti carmine fulget. Amen. "
'* According to a Manuscript " Chronicon Centulense " of Joannes Capella, and com- piled A. D. 1492, at num. 21.
'5 Hedieda. d. 1073,^^^^1hisfeastiskept on tlie 3rd of March.
" According to Ariulphus, in his " Chro- nicum Centulense,' lib. iv. , cap. 32.
Article viii. — ' In the "Leabhar
rioeb a^paL Ai\|riA'o<JC hipunoniAiti eciiAi gtiii CoiiiAii' cetioipne Pai]" eucAic cenecLAi.
" A holy Apostle of our God in a deep of wisdom, the nativity of Thomas without
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Article IX. Festival of Eutychius, Martyr. As we find, in the "Feilire"' of St. ^ngus, the Martyr, St. Eutychius, had been venerated, in the early Irish Church, on this day. He suffered at Aquileia, in Italy, with St. Cantianus and St. Euthymius, according to the ancient Martyroloo^v of St. Jerome. The Bollandists ^ quote some old records, relating to their triumph ; but, few particulars of their history seem to have survived to our day.
Article X. Reputed Feast for the Translation of the Relics OF St. Dympna and of St. Gerebern, at Gheel, in Brabant. In a Florarian Manuscript, as also in a Carthusian Manuscript, the Bollandists notice this Translation, while they remark, among the Feasts pretermitted, that at the 30th of May, Thomas Dempster, in h's Menologium Scotorum,' has such a statement. The reader is referred to their respective Lives, at the 15th of May. 3
Article XI. Reputed Feast of St. Totuanus, Martyr.
Accord- ing to the Entries in the Kalendar of David Camerarius, at the 30th of May,
we have a notice of St. Totuanus, a Martyr, and the companion of St. Kilian ;
but, for a more complete account, the Bollandists ' refer to the Acts of the latter holy martyr, at the 8th of July, which is that for their proper Festival,
CI)irtp--fi[r5t ©ap of i¥latn
ARTICLE I. —ST. FERADACIUS, ABBOT OF lONA, SCOTLAND.
[NINTH CENTURY. ^
FOR centuries after the time of St. Columkille, our Island sent several holy men as colonists and missionaries to his greatly frequented monastery at lona. The place had a renown for holiness; and, from Ireland, from Scotland, as also from distant Norway, there came, during successive centuries, many royal funerals to its shores. At this day, by far the most interesting remains
the passion of Eutychius with- out fear. "—"Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. Ixxxii. There are Irish comments on the first line of the stanza, which in English are interpreted "z'. c, Christ, it is in his presence he is;" and again on the third line, thus rendered into English, "His proper time had come. Or he was not weak as regards any anger or
falsehood. " Ibid,, p. xci.
Article ix. — ' See "Transactions of
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL D. , p. Ixxxii.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Mail xxx. De SS. Cantiano, Evtychio, et Evthy- mio, Martyribus Aqvileise in Italia, p.
239. — See " Acta Snnctorum," Article X. '
tomus vii. , p. 233.
^ Thus : " Ghele pago translatio reliquia-
rum Dympnse virgiuis Hibernice, et Gere- berni presbyteri Scoti ejus inslitutoris et magistri, B : ML. "—Bishop Forbes' " Ka- lendars of Scottish Saints," p. 201.
3 See the present volume, at that date,
Ari. i. and ii. — See " Acta Sanctorum," Article xi. '
tomus vii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 234.
suddenness
:
8—.
LI VES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [ May 3 1
upon the Island are those curious and beautiful tombstones, which lie in Reilig Odhrain, They belong, even the most ancient of them, to an age removed by many hundred years from Columba's time. But, they represent that lasting reverence, which his name has inspired during so many generations, and that desire of along succession of chiefs and warriors through the Middle Ages, and down almost to our own time, to be buried in the soil where he had trod. ' However, it is only in the past ages we can seek for its historic greatness. St. Feredacius was son to Corbmac, and we may assume he was of northern Irish descent,asofbirth. Heissupposedtohavebeenborn,aboutthebeginning of the ninth century ; but, where he was educated or by whom does not appear. Yet,it seemsveryprobable,thatstirredbythecelebrityofthatflourishing institute established by St. Columba,^^ at lona, he went thither at an early age to embrace the rule and conform to the discipline of that monastery. Of his earlier career, little seems to be known. He became Abbot of Zona; most pro- bably, on the death of Abbot Cellach. This took place, a. d. 863, according to the Annals of theFour Masters,3or in the year 864 according to those of Ulster. However, in that valuable " Chronicon Hyense," postfixed to the Rev. Dr. Reeves' work,5 the death of this Abbot is referred to the year 865. ^ If such were the case, it must have been during our saint's presidency, the shrine of St. Columkille was removed to Ireland, lest it should become a prey to the Danes. This removal happened, as variously stated, in the year, 875,7 877,* or 878. 9 Our saint only survived such an occurrence, for one or two years. However, if we are to credit the Annals of Inisfallen, Ferediach Abbot of Jae Columkille died a. d. 866 ;'° but, these Annals are known to be ante-dated. He died, during theyear 877," 879,'=^or 88o,'3 according to the other Irish An- nals. It must be confessed, we have no authority for assigning this saint's festival, to the 31st, in preference to the i8th of May, as Colgan only says, that a different St. Feradachrichus was venerated on both days. He is of opinion, that either was perhaps identical with St. Feradacius Abbot of lona.
Article II. St. Fer-da-crioch. An entry appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 31st of May, regarding a St. Firdacrich. The BoUan- dists,^' who quote from the same record, have Ferdachricus at this date, as well as at the 1 8th of May, among the pretermitted feasts. However, it is difificult to discover who this saint was, when he flourished, or where he lived.
61
Article i. —' See the Duke of Argyll's *• lona," in " Good Words," second paper, September ist, 1869, at p. 620.
' See his Life, in the . Sixth Volume of this work, at the 9th of June, Art. i.
3 At A. D. 863, those state: " Ceallach, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cill-dara, and the Abbot of la, died in Pictland. "—Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , \i\>. 500, 501.
^ See Rev. Dr. O'Conor's " ivcrum Iliber- nicarum Scriptores, tomus iv. , p. 233.
5 See Adamnan's " Life of St. Columba. " ' See Additional Notes O, pp. 390, 391.
' See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 522, 523.
* See the Annals of Ulster at this year, in Rev. Dr. Conor's " Rcrum Ilibernicum
Scriptores," tomus iv. , pp. 233, 234.
9 Seethe Bodleian co])y, as published in Dr. Charles O'Conor's " Rcrum liibernica-
rum Scriptores," tomus ii. , p. 3I.
'° See ' Chronicon Hyense. " Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life of St. Cohimba," Additional Notes O, p. 392. Also, " Chroni- con Scotoium," pp. 166, 176. William ^L Hennessy's edition.
" According to Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 526, 527.
'- Tlie Annals of Ulster at this year, have " Feredach mac Cormaic Abbas Jae pausat. " —Dr. O'Conor's " Rerum Hibernicarurn Scriptores," tomus iv. , p. 235.
'^ See "Trias Thaumaturga," Appendix Quinta ad Acta S. Columba;, cap. iv. , sect. iv. , p. 500.
Article ii. — ' Edited by Rev, Dr. Kelly, p. xxv.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Mali xxxi. , p. 418.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 140, 141.
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May 31. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
619
Again, veneration was paid on this day to Fer-da-crioch, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal. 3 He may not be different from the saint, who has preceded, as noticed in the previous Article.
Article III. —St. Eoghan, Bishop of Cremhcaille, or Abbot of MoviLLE, County of Down. At this date, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' we find noticed, Eoghan, a bishop and a wise man, of Maigh Cremhcaille. The Bollandists,^ who follow this authority, have entered his festival, at the 31st of May, in this form : Eugenius Episcopus et Sapiens de Magh-Creainb- Chaill. Thissaint'splaceseemstobeidenticalwithCreamchoill,nowCran-
field,3 in the barony of Upper Toome, and in the deanery of Hy-Turtre, diocese of Connor, and county of Antrim. 4 Under the head of Magh-cremhchoille,5 Duald Mac Firbis enters, Eoghan, bishop, and sage of Magh-Cremhchoille, at May the 31st. The name Magh-cremhchoille, signifies " the plain of the wild garlic wood ;" but, it has not been clearly identified. ^ Likewise, on this day, theMartyrologyofDonegal^ recordsthefestivalofEoghan,AbbotofMagh- bile. ^ From the year 731 forward, this place, now called Moville, in the county of Down, is noticed in our Annals, only, as being under the govern- ment of Abbots.
Article IV St. Maelodhrain, of Slane, County of Meath. At the 31st of May, the Martyrology of Tallagh ^ records an entry, regarding Moelodran of Slaan. The BoUandists ^ have as a festival, at this date, Moeldranus Slanensis, and following the same authority. This place deriving its name from Slanius a former monarch of Ireland 3 —was situated near the River Boyne, and in the County of Meath. It is now known as Slane, where it is said St. Here, or St. Erc,^ became its first bishop, in the time of St. Patrick,s by whom he had been consecrated. To St. Ere is attri- buted the foundation of a hermitage near the beautiful Hill of Slane, over the winding and picturesque course of the Boyne River. It is situated to the south of the town, and it is said, but incorrectly, that Regular Canons of St. Austin were here established. It was celebrated during the early ages of Christianity, and according to tradition, Dagobert,^ King of Austrasia, was
Article iit. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. XXV.
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 418.
County of Antrim," sheets 49, 54. The p. 418.
more," Appendix A, p. 152, and Appendix LL, p. 378. —
Article iv.
7 See the " Monasticon Anglicanum," by Sir William Dugdalc, Kl. . and edited by John Caley, F. R. S. , Henry Ellis, LL. B. , and the Rev. Bulkelcy Bandinel, D. D. ,
;
1787, fol.
9 See Cough's Camden's "Britannia,"
vol. iii. , p. 52.
" See "Annales Ecclesiae Britannicse,"
tomusii. , num. iii. , p. 294.
" See an interesting account of this saint
and of her Priory, in Sir WiUiam Dugdale's " Monasticon Anglicanum," &c. , vol. iii. , pp. 574 to 580.
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May 30] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 615
founded in 1146-7, by William De Percy the Third. ^ Others have it, that St. Heyna lived in Calcasester,? which is the original name given to the place, by Venerable Bede, when he speaks of St. Heina, who first took the veil in these parts. Her death is referred to a. d. 657, by Father Michael Alford,'° who thinks her to be the same as St. Bega, or Bee, of Copeland," in Cum- berland, referred by Wilson to the 6th of September, in the first edition of his Martyrology, and to the 22nd of November, in the second issue of his work. " The BoIlandists,^3 who have stated what precedes, remark, that in the ancient Martyrologies, they found nothing referring to her veneration; and that, if they met with further traces of it, they might treat about her, at the ist of October,'* or at the 22nd of November. 's She is said to have closed a holy life, at Tadcaster, on the 30th of May, a. d. 657. '^ We do not know, if she be the Heina, mentioned by Thomas Dempster,'? as having been veiled at Berwick. He states, that her time was uncertain, and she is said '^ to have written a Book of Hymns to the saints
; but, we should like to have better authority for this latter assertion, which
we do not believe can be sustained.
Article VII. Festival of St. Caidoc and Frechor or Adrian, Centule, Picardy, and Apostles of the Morini, in France. \Sixth and Seventh Centuries. '\ Already, at ist day of April,' we have treated about these holy missionaries ; but, their feasts are not confined to that day alone, asthe24thofJanuary^ andthe31stofMarch3 havebeendedicatedtotheir memory,asalsothepresent30thofMay. InanoldManuscriptKalendar, belonging to the church of Centule,* and in an old Kalendar published by D'Achery,5 their feast has been assigned to the latter day, which seems to
have been the one, according most with local tradition and former usage. The BoUandists, at this date, have Acts of these saints, Caidoc and Frechor or Adrian, in a historic commentary, consisting of eight paragraphs. ^ As we have already seen, they left Ireland for the Ponthieu district,? in Picardy, where,
vol. v. , pp. 510 to 516.
^ See Bishop Tanner's " Notitia Monas-
'5 The date given for St. Bega's festival, by John Wilson,
'^ According to Alford's " Annales Eccle-
sise Britannicse," tomus ii. , num. iii. , p.
Scotoruifi," tomus ii. , lib. viii. , num. 702,
^^ By the same Dempster.
Article vii. —' See the Fourth Volume of this work, Art. i.
= See First Volume, at that date, Art. ix. , regarding St. Caidoc 's reputed Feast.
^ See Third Volume, at that date, Art. ix.
* It states : " Coenobio Centula SS. Chaidoci, Fricorii, et Maldegisi, quorum duo primi B. Richario ad initium sancts conver- sationis Doctores fuerunt. "
tica ; or an Account of all the Abbies,
Priories, and Houses of Friers formerly in
England and Wales, and also of all the Col-
leges and Hospitals founded before a. d.
MDXL," edition by James Nasmith, M. A. , Yorkshire, sect, cv. , edition, Cambridge, p. 369.
" Alford says
Heina dicatur e Northumbriae Regibus de-
scendisse, Bega vero Hibernia Vocetur :
quia HibernicK Insults Northumbris vicing
frequinter sanguinem miscebant. "—"An- Caydoci, Adriani et Madegisli. "
:
'• Nee multum obest, quod
nales Ecclesiae Britannicse," tomus ii. , num. iii. , p. 294.
'3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 235.
'* This is the date for the Feast of St. Bega, Virgin, in the additions of Greven.
^ See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. De SS. Caidoco et Frechorio sive Adriano, Cen- tulse in Picardia, pp. 262, 263.
? Abbeville is its chief town, and the Ec- clesiatical History of this place has been written by Ignatius Joseph de Mana, a Dis-
294.
^^ See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis
^ In " Spicilegium," tomus x. It states: " Coenobio Centula Sanctorum Confessorum
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6i6 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 30.
at Centule, under the charge of its first founder and Abbot, St. Richarius,^ they led a reUgious life, where they were interred, and wliere their relics were afterwards preserved. At Centule, the monks of St. Riquier possessed a considerable quantity of books,9 in the beginning of the ninth century. '" Besides the epitaph composed for St. Caidoc," by St. Angilbert," Abbot of Centule ; this learned and holy man composed another '3 for St. Fricor, his companion. During that time, when '+ the Abbot of Centule St. Gervin lived, '5 he had their remains removed from the earth, and enclosed in a silver shrine, adorned with precious stones. The relics were thus placed for public veneration. '^ A crypt or chapel, was built, likewise, by the same St. Gervin, and four altars were erected therein; while, among the relics of holy confessors, the name of Caydocus was to be found on the chief altar. The reader is re- ferred to what has been already stated, in the Life of St. Madelgisilus, which at this date, likewise, precedes the present account.
Article VIII. —Festival of the Nativity of St. Thomas. The "Feilire"' of St. . -Engus commemorates, at the 30th of May, the Feast of the Nativity of St. Thomas. Elsewhere, we cannot find any no- tice of such a festival. His chief feast in the Church is at the 21st of December; and, as his Acts have been recorded, in the general History of the Church and in the Hagiography of her Saints, we need not further allude to him in this connexion.
caked Cannelite. The first establishment of Christianity here seems to have been rooted out owing to the incursions of the Vandals and Hunns, until it was revived by our saint.
* His feast has been assigned to the 26th of April. Besides the Life of this holy man, as written by Alcuinus Flaccus, in tlie time of Charlemagne, there has been a metrical Life of him composed in Latin Hexameter verse,bytheAbbotIngelrammus. Inthis, allusion is thus made to our two Irish saints, in cap. ii. , thus :
" Tunc et Pontivus meruit splendes- cere pagus,
Forte Sacerdotum radians fulgure duorum.
Nomen majoris quorum fuerat Caido- cus,
Egregiis nieritis quos misit Hibernia nobis. "
' Among those was one noticed as " Bib-
liotheca integra ubi continentur libri Ixxii. in
uno voluinine," as also, " Bibliotheca dis-
persa in voluminibus 14. "—Chron. Centul.
iJ'Achery's " Spicilegium," tomus ii. , p. Breac " copy we have the following stanza, 3"-
'" See Rev. S. R. Maitland's "The Dark Ages ; a series of Kssays, intended to illus- trate the . State of Relii,'ion and Literature in the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries," No. xii. , p. 195.
" See vol. iv. of this work, at April 1st, Art. i.
'• He departed this life on the iSth of February—the day for his feast—A. D. 814.
translated into English by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. :—
'^ These Latin Lines run as follows :
" Corpore terreno qui cernitur esse sepultus,
Gaudia pro meritis coelica Isetus habet.
Iste fuit Fricorus Chaidoco consocia- tus:
Quern sibi concessum Centula gau- det ovans.
Hievirtutevalensdespexitprospera mundi
Et modo viventi gloria magna patet.
Quando Deo placuit, ccelorum regna petivit :
Nunc Angilberti carmine fulget. Amen. "
'* According to a Manuscript " Chronicon Centulense " of Joannes Capella, and com- piled A. D. 1492, at num. 21.
'5 Hedieda. d. 1073,^^^^1hisfeastiskept on tlie 3rd of March.
" According to Ariulphus, in his " Chro- nicum Centulense,' lib. iv. , cap. 32.
Article viii. — ' In the "Leabhar
rioeb a^paL Ai\|riA'o<JC hipunoniAiti eciiAi gtiii CoiiiAii' cetioipne Pai]" eucAic cenecLAi.
" A holy Apostle of our God in a deep of wisdom, the nativity of Thomas without
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Article IX. Festival of Eutychius, Martyr. As we find, in the "Feilire"' of St. ^ngus, the Martyr, St. Eutychius, had been venerated, in the early Irish Church, on this day. He suffered at Aquileia, in Italy, with St. Cantianus and St. Euthymius, according to the ancient Martyroloo^v of St. Jerome. The Bollandists ^ quote some old records, relating to their triumph ; but, few particulars of their history seem to have survived to our day.
Article X. Reputed Feast for the Translation of the Relics OF St. Dympna and of St. Gerebern, at Gheel, in Brabant. In a Florarian Manuscript, as also in a Carthusian Manuscript, the Bollandists notice this Translation, while they remark, among the Feasts pretermitted, that at the 30th of May, Thomas Dempster, in h's Menologium Scotorum,' has such a statement. The reader is referred to their respective Lives, at the 15th of May. 3
Article XI. Reputed Feast of St. Totuanus, Martyr.
Accord- ing to the Entries in the Kalendar of David Camerarius, at the 30th of May,
we have a notice of St. Totuanus, a Martyr, and the companion of St. Kilian ;
but, for a more complete account, the Bollandists ' refer to the Acts of the latter holy martyr, at the 8th of July, which is that for their proper Festival,
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ARTICLE I. —ST. FERADACIUS, ABBOT OF lONA, SCOTLAND.
[NINTH CENTURY. ^
FOR centuries after the time of St. Columkille, our Island sent several holy men as colonists and missionaries to his greatly frequented monastery at lona. The place had a renown for holiness; and, from Ireland, from Scotland, as also from distant Norway, there came, during successive centuries, many royal funerals to its shores. At this day, by far the most interesting remains
the passion of Eutychius with- out fear. "—"Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. Ixxxii. There are Irish comments on the first line of the stanza, which in English are interpreted "z'. c, Christ, it is in his presence he is;" and again on the third line, thus rendered into English, "His proper time had come. Or he was not weak as regards any anger or
falsehood. " Ibid,, p. xci.
Article ix. — ' See "Transactions of
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL D. , p. Ixxxii.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Mail xxx. De SS. Cantiano, Evtychio, et Evthy- mio, Martyribus Aqvileise in Italia, p.
239. — See " Acta Snnctorum," Article X. '
tomus vii. , p. 233.
^ Thus : " Ghele pago translatio reliquia-
rum Dympnse virgiuis Hibernice, et Gere- berni presbyteri Scoti ejus inslitutoris et magistri, B : ML. "—Bishop Forbes' " Ka- lendars of Scottish Saints," p. 201.
3 See the present volume, at that date,
Ari. i. and ii. — See " Acta Sanctorum," Article xi. '
tomus vii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 234.
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upon the Island are those curious and beautiful tombstones, which lie in Reilig Odhrain, They belong, even the most ancient of them, to an age removed by many hundred years from Columba's time. But, they represent that lasting reverence, which his name has inspired during so many generations, and that desire of along succession of chiefs and warriors through the Middle Ages, and down almost to our own time, to be buried in the soil where he had trod. ' However, it is only in the past ages we can seek for its historic greatness. St. Feredacius was son to Corbmac, and we may assume he was of northern Irish descent,asofbirth. Heissupposedtohavebeenborn,aboutthebeginning of the ninth century ; but, where he was educated or by whom does not appear. Yet,it seemsveryprobable,thatstirredbythecelebrityofthatflourishing institute established by St. Columba,^^ at lona, he went thither at an early age to embrace the rule and conform to the discipline of that monastery. Of his earlier career, little seems to be known. He became Abbot of Zona; most pro- bably, on the death of Abbot Cellach. This took place, a. d. 863, according to the Annals of theFour Masters,3or in the year 864 according to those of Ulster. However, in that valuable " Chronicon Hyense," postfixed to the Rev. Dr. Reeves' work,5 the death of this Abbot is referred to the year 865. ^ If such were the case, it must have been during our saint's presidency, the shrine of St. Columkille was removed to Ireland, lest it should become a prey to the Danes. This removal happened, as variously stated, in the year, 875,7 877,* or 878. 9 Our saint only survived such an occurrence, for one or two years. However, if we are to credit the Annals of Inisfallen, Ferediach Abbot of Jae Columkille died a. d. 866 ;'° but, these Annals are known to be ante-dated. He died, during theyear 877," 879,'=^or 88o,'3 according to the other Irish An- nals. It must be confessed, we have no authority for assigning this saint's festival, to the 31st, in preference to the i8th of May, as Colgan only says, that a different St. Feradachrichus was venerated on both days. He is of opinion, that either was perhaps identical with St. Feradacius Abbot of lona.
Article II. St. Fer-da-crioch. An entry appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 31st of May, regarding a St. Firdacrich. The BoUan- dists,^' who quote from the same record, have Ferdachricus at this date, as well as at the 1 8th of May, among the pretermitted feasts. However, it is difificult to discover who this saint was, when he flourished, or where he lived.
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Article i. —' See the Duke of Argyll's *• lona," in " Good Words," second paper, September ist, 1869, at p. 620.
' See his Life, in the . Sixth Volume of this work, at the 9th of June, Art. i.
3 At A. D. 863, those state: " Ceallach, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cill-dara, and the Abbot of la, died in Pictland. "—Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , \i\>. 500, 501.
^ See Rev. Dr. O'Conor's " ivcrum Iliber- nicarum Scriptores, tomus iv. , p. 233.
5 See Adamnan's " Life of St. Columba. " ' See Additional Notes O, pp. 390, 391.
' See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 522, 523.
* See the Annals of Ulster at this year, in Rev. Dr. Conor's " Rcrum Ilibernicum
Scriptores," tomus iv. , pp. 233, 234.
9 Seethe Bodleian co])y, as published in Dr. Charles O'Conor's " Rcrum liibernica-
rum Scriptores," tomus ii. , p. 3I.
'° See ' Chronicon Hyense. " Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life of St. Cohimba," Additional Notes O, p. 392. Also, " Chroni- con Scotoium," pp. 166, 176. William ^L Hennessy's edition.
" According to Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 526, 527.
'- Tlie Annals of Ulster at this year, have " Feredach mac Cormaic Abbas Jae pausat. " —Dr. O'Conor's " Rerum Hibernicarurn Scriptores," tomus iv. , p. 235.
'^ See "Trias Thaumaturga," Appendix Quinta ad Acta S. Columba;, cap. iv. , sect. iv. , p. 500.
Article ii. — ' Edited by Rev, Dr. Kelly, p. xxv.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Mali xxxi. , p. 418.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 140, 141.
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Again, veneration was paid on this day to Fer-da-crioch, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal. 3 He may not be different from the saint, who has preceded, as noticed in the previous Article.
Article III. —St. Eoghan, Bishop of Cremhcaille, or Abbot of MoviLLE, County of Down. At this date, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' we find noticed, Eoghan, a bishop and a wise man, of Maigh Cremhcaille. The Bollandists,^ who follow this authority, have entered his festival, at the 31st of May, in this form : Eugenius Episcopus et Sapiens de Magh-Creainb- Chaill. Thissaint'splaceseemstobeidenticalwithCreamchoill,nowCran-
field,3 in the barony of Upper Toome, and in the deanery of Hy-Turtre, diocese of Connor, and county of Antrim. 4 Under the head of Magh-cremhchoille,5 Duald Mac Firbis enters, Eoghan, bishop, and sage of Magh-Cremhchoille, at May the 31st. The name Magh-cremhchoille, signifies " the plain of the wild garlic wood ;" but, it has not been clearly identified. ^ Likewise, on this day, theMartyrologyofDonegal^ recordsthefestivalofEoghan,AbbotofMagh- bile. ^ From the year 731 forward, this place, now called Moville, in the county of Down, is noticed in our Annals, only, as being under the govern- ment of Abbots.
Article IV St. Maelodhrain, of Slane, County of Meath. At the 31st of May, the Martyrology of Tallagh ^ records an entry, regarding Moelodran of Slaan. The BoUandists ^ have as a festival, at this date, Moeldranus Slanensis, and following the same authority. This place deriving its name from Slanius a former monarch of Ireland 3 —was situated near the River Boyne, and in the County of Meath. It is now known as Slane, where it is said St. Here, or St. Erc,^ became its first bishop, in the time of St. Patrick,s by whom he had been consecrated. To St. Ere is attri- buted the foundation of a hermitage near the beautiful Hill of Slane, over the winding and picturesque course of the Boyne River. It is situated to the south of the town, and it is said, but incorrectly, that Regular Canons of St. Austin were here established. It was celebrated during the early ages of Christianity, and according to tradition, Dagobert,^ King of Austrasia, was
Article iit. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. XXV.
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 418.
County of Antrim," sheets 49, 54. The p. 418.
more," Appendix A, p. 152, and Appendix LL, p. 378. —
Article iv.
