No More Learning

*
See
of this and their names after- occupiers place,
wards were changed into Crosbie. The Pole
family had their residence from the time of
Charles II. at It is now the King Baliyfin.
magnificent mansion of Sir Charles Coote.
The account of John Crosbie, Bishop of Ard- fert, being the first inhabitant of this house,
contained in the "Anthologia Ilibernica," is not correct. See vol. iv. , p. 1.
4 See Sir Charles Coote's " General View of the Agriculture and Manufactures of the
Colgan's Sanctorum Hibernice," xxix. Januarii, n. 4,
" Calendar of Irish
3 On the eastside of this range near Baliyfin House and Demesne is a tract known as O'Moore's Forest, and said to have been for- merly demesne land, belonging to the ancient tanists of Leix. Through the Gap of Giandine is a pass through which a steep
p. 188.
2 See Rev. Dr.
Kelly's Saints," &c, p. xxix.
p,
July 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 277
of those mountains, in the shadow of the woods,* in the murmurs of their rivers, the presence and the tones of an eternity were betokened ; not dark and decrepid, but ripe, vigorous, and crowned with an undecaying youth.
The red deer browsed at evening, or slept during mid-day in the sylvan covert, almost undisturbed by human presence. The heron and kingfisher dozed on those river banks, while hawks soared in the open firmament seek- ingforthequarry. WehavealreadytreatedofanotherSt. MolocaorMolagga,
6 but, to his Acts, we are led to the by referring
at the 20th of day
January;
conclusion, that he cannot be identified with the present holy man, for no
references in them have allusion of Slieve Bloom. However, it is thought he had connexion with Fingall* in the more eastern part of Leinster. ^It is
Interior of Timoleague Abbey, County of Cork
even stated, that he visited the western confines of the Leinster province, on his way to Clonmacnoise ; but, this could have been accomplished without hiscomingneartotheSliebhBloomMountains. ThereisaLifeofthisSt. Molagga in the old Book of Fermoy, and it is valuable for its topography and local allusions. The tract, however, seems to end abruptly and as if it had not been finished. ? More especially was this saint connected with Tech-
King's County," chap, i. , sect, i. , p. 3.
5 In the old leases of the Queen's County
whole districts—and especially the Slieve Bloom Mountains—while no adequate pro- vision has been made to plant various tracts and spots, where the soil can only profitably be engaged in growing timber.
6 First Volume of this
See the work,
"
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," vol. i. , part i. , Irish Manuscript
Series, p. 30.
farmers and peasantiy the tenants, pre- "
viouslytothepresentcentury,were obliged
to cut, burn, or destroy so many acres —of
" wood, to clear the land for the plough.
Sir Charles Coote's " General View of the
Agriculture and Manufactures of the Queen's
County," chap, i. , sect. 4, p. 16. The result of such covenants has been to denude of wood
Art. i.
i See
278 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 20.
Molagga,nowTimoleague,inthesouthernpartofCorkCounty. Themost interesting ruins of a Franciscan monastery are still to be seen in that place, and these have been already described. 8 There is also a very interesting
present saint can be found. Regarding him our Calendars have only a brief
slopes, and to the very summits of this range, a variety of picturesque valleys,
through which winding streams generally flow, may be visited by pedestrian
excursionists. In the Irish Calendar, at the xiii. of the Calends of August,
corresponding with July 20th, we find inserted, a festival in honour of this
saint. 11 No traditions seem to remain the mountaineers popular among
regarding St. Moloca, at the present time ; so that nothing more can be added to elucidate his exact period in history, or the date for his departure from this life.
Article II. —St. Curifin or Cuirbin, the Pious, in Hy-Fidhgeinte,
CountyofLimerick. Thissaintseemstohavelivedbeforeorduringthe
ninth century, as he is named by our earliest Calendarist. In the '* Feilire"
description, with some accompanying sketches, of Leabba Molaga—
said to have been the piace of his sepulture—at Aghacross on the Funchion River, by John Windale. * Here there is a long narrow oblong old church. The walls are standing, but a window in the north wall and another in the side wall are somewhat damaged. Among the saints —variedly called in our Calendars Molagga, Molaca, Mailoca, Moelocus, Molacus and Moloch—no Acts of the
10 the20thofJulytoMoloca,ofSliabhBladhma. Especiallyontheeastern
record. According to the Martyrology of Donegal,
veneration was given at
of St. 1 at the 20th of July, there is a festival set down for " yEngus,
pious
Curufin. " In an Irish commentary postfixed to this proper name, we find 9"
the following remark, as translated into English : in Ui-Fidgente in Mini- ster is Curufin. " In the Martyrology of Tallagh,3 at this date, the simple
entryCurifinoccurs. TheO'Clerysconnectthisholyman,withtheterritory of Hy-Fidhgeinte, which derived its denomination from the descendants of Fiacha Fidgeinte, son to Daire Cearb, who was the son of Oilill Flannbeg, King of Munster, in the latter part of the third century. It comprised the barony of Coshma, and all that portion of the present Limerick County, which
lies to the west of the River Maigne. Thus, we are told, in an old document, that the country of the Hy-Fidgeinnte extended from Luachair Bruin to
Bruree, and from Bruree to Buais. *
8 In the Life of St. Molagga, Art. i. , chap, iii. , at the 20th of January, in the First Volume of this work, may be found an illus- tration of the exterior, and taken from an original drawing of John Windale, Esq. , Cork. Fromthepencilofthesameartist, and copied by William F. Wakeman, an interior view of the same ruin is here pre- seated as drawn on the wood, and engraved by Mrs. Millard.
A festival is inserted in the Martyrology
copy is to be found the following stanza, translate—d into English, by Whitley Stokes,
LL. D.
Vhcbpepcai mbanmec Sabina|\<xej\Aitibech 1n Uoniula puAmach t& Cupupm cpaib'oech.
"Alert are the women-children Sabina,
9 According to his Manuscript, now pre-
"Topography of County Cork, W. and Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series,
noble, great, and city-having Romula, with served in the Royal Irish Academy. See pious Curufin. "- "Transactions of the Royal
N. E. ," pp. 67 to 99. vol. i. , part i. 10 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, p. cxi.
pp. 196, 197.
11 Thus entered "
:
moloca Sleibe *bbv6mA. " See Irish Ordnance Survey Office
a
tflttmAin aca Cupapin. Ibid. , p. cxx.
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
4 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Copy, "Comm—on Place Book F," p. 64. Article ii. ' In the " Leabhar Breac "
•
2
In Irish :
:
On the Calendar of Oengus.
Cupupm . 1. in 11 1b pmjenci —
Four Masters," vol. iii. , n. (m), p. 46.
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
279
of Donegal,* at the 20th of July, in honour of Cuirbin, the Pious, in Ui Fidh- geinte, in Minister. It is likely, this saint is identical with one entered Cruibm, at this same date, in the Introduction to that work. 6
ArticleIII. —St. CaramnanorCarmnan. ThenameofSt. Caram-
nan,without
of 1 at Tallagh,
furtheraddition,
the 20th of
name is written Carmnan.
inthe
any July.
appears
Martyrology
6 See —for Crunbirt, to Appendix
cxx.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. ,
In the
of Martyrology Donegal,
2 at this same his date,
ArticleIV. —St. FaelchonorFaelchu. Wefindafestivalrecorded
1
in the Martyrology of Tallagh, in honour of Faelchon, at this date, July 20th.
Inthe of 2 wefindhis nameas Martyrology Donegal,
Faelchu,
onthis
day.
Article V. —St. Failbe or Failbhe. It is mentioned in the Martyr-
1
ology of Tallagh, that veneration was paid to Failbe, at the 20th of July,
The Martyrology of Donegal 2 has a festival for Failbhe, at this same date.
ArticleVI. —FestivalofSabinaandRomula. IntheancientIrish Church, at the 20th ofJuly, a festival for Saints Sabina and Romula is entered,
as we find recorded in the "Feilire" 1 of St
Romula is annexed a comment,2 that she belonged to Rome. The Bollan- dists 3 notice a festival at this date for St. Sabina, on the authority of a Manu- script Florarius Sanc—torum ; but, it is thought to have been a mistaken entry forsanctusSabinus* twomartyrsbearingthelattername,theoneinAfrica,*
6
the other at Damascus, havingplace in their Acts on the 20th of July. About
Romula—at this day—they have no account.
Article VII. —Festival of St. Gerebern, Martyr. Elsewhere, at
the 15th of May, we have already given the Acts of St. Gerebern, 1 who was
the protector and companion of St. Dympna. 2 On this day, June 20th, the Bollandists3 setdownafeastfortheTranslationofhisrelics.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 196, 197.
xlvii. Edited by Rev. Dr.
xxix.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Julii xx. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 2.
Article hi.
*
Kelly, p.
*• This is added: existimo "Equidem
Sabinam ex Sabino Hieronymianorum effic- tarn, in codices aliquos parum accuratos
196, 197. Article iv.
xxix.
—
•
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
transisse ; certe die nota est. "
nulla istius nominis
pro hoc
p.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 196, 197.
s See De Sanctis Martyribus Africanis Sabino, Luciano, Petro, Amabili, Nonnina,
! 96, 197- Articlevi.
6 See De Sanctis Martyribus Damascenis Sabino, Maximo, J—uliano, Cassio, Macrobio,
—
Drs. Todd and
*
Article v. Kelly, p. xxix.
2 Edited
by
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by
Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. cxi.
Edited
Rev. Dr.
Reeves, pp.
— Medadulo, Respectato, Agrippiano,
—
copy, in "Transactions of the Royal Irish
3
In Irish : llomuLA . 1. 1 ftoim pobui. The xx.
Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 2.
l
See
" " Leabhar Breac
Paula cum aliis
x—.
Ibid. , p. 46.
the Fifth
See Volume
by
Saudo,
cum aliis xxiii. Ibid. , pp. 45, 46.
p.
yEngus.
Article vii.
'
To the name of St.
English is: "Romula, i. e. , in Rome was
she. "—Ibid. , p.
of this work, at that date, Art. ii.
2
See ibid. , Art. i.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Julii
2 3o LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 21.
ArticleVIII. —ReputedFeastofSt. Onan,DeaconofRoss. In
the Calendar of Camerarius, there is inserted a festival for St. Onanus, a
1
Deacon of Ross, at the 20th of July. For this, he cites the authority of
2 Boetiusandofothers;but,,theBollandists, whoquotesuchstatements,and
enter him, at this same date, think the authority not sufficient for noting him
among the saints, and they enquire, whether he can have been identical with
the Onan, deacon, and an incomparable man, mentioned by Dempster^ at the 23rd of December, as having had veneration in Scotland.
Article IX. —Reputed Feast for the Translation of St. Rupert's Relics at Saltzburgh. In the " Menologium Scoticum " of Dempster, 1 there is a festival for the Translation of St. Rupert's Relics, at Saltzburgh, in
2
Ctoentp-ffrsft fflaj? of 3ulp.
ARTICLE I. —ST. ARGOBASTUS OR ARBOGASTUS, BISHOP OF STRAS- BOURG, GERMANY.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. }
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—BIOGRAPHIES OF ST. ARBOGAST—COUNTRY OF HIS NATIVITY—HE LEADS A SOLITARY LIFE THERE—HE BECOMES A HERMIT IN THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS —HIS ELEVATION TO BE BISHOP OF STRASBURG—FAVOURS CONFERRED BY KING DAGOBERT II.
writers, who flourished soon after his time, have not been
among the Lives of Saints.
In the tenth century, Uthon III. , or Udon, Bishop of Strasburgh, wrote
1 theLifeofhispredecessorSt. Arbogast. Theauthorwasaccustomedtosign
his name Voton, in some subscriptions to be found in ancient documents. 2
His Life of St. Arbogast is judiciously short, and for the very good reasons hegives. NotknowingArbogast'shistory,likeasensiblewriterandalover
Article viii. —z Thus: "20 Die. inventioreliquiarumRudbertiArchiepiscopi Sanetus Onanus Diaconus Rossensis. "— a Wichardo anno 1312. B. "
the fourteenth century.
found to furnish us with ANCIENT
the actions of this cele- brated saint. For this very reason, and because few materials had been recovered from tradition, the earliest known writer of his Life has not over- loaded his narrative with unauthenticated stories, which occur in too many
Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints. " Scottish Entries in the Kalendar of David Camerarius, p. 239.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. ,
2
See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of
Julii xx. p. 4.
Among the pretermitted feasts,
ecclesiastiques," tome xi. , p. 7X1. 2"
3
Article ix. Thus: "xx. Juvaviae
There is an account of him, in the
toire Literaire de la tome France,"
Siecle, pp. 302 to 304.
His-
x.
In the
— Scoticum. Menologium
vi. ,
'
particulars regarding
Scottish Saints," p. 206. — Article i. —Chapter i.
* See Dom. Ceillier's " Histoire des Auteurs Sacres et
July 21. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 281
the truth, Utho,3 or Voton, as he is more properly called, chose to include two traditional miracles only, with the general traits of character borne by St. Arbogast, in the memory of his clients and diocesans. In that old compila-
tion,
known as the "
Hystoria plurimorum Sanctorum," published
at Louvain,
a. d. 1485, there are notices of St. Argobastus, bishop and confessor, at this
date. "* In the List of Colgan's Manuscripts,* as furnished by Charles Mac
Donnell, Esq. , there is a Vita S. Argobasti, intended for publication, at the
2 1 st of June. There are some notices of this holy bishop by Thomas Demp-
"6
ster, in his Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," where he is called
indiscriminately Argobastus, Arbogastus
comes. "? Also Dr. Meredith Hanmer has notice of him. 8 His Acts have
been issued by the Bollandists* from a Manuscript of St. Maximin at Treves,
collated with a Manuscript belonging to Wibling, and with other copies of it previously published. They have been edited by Father Peter Boschius, S. J. , and a Previous Commentary, in five sections and in fifty paragraphs, intro- duces them. Besides, they had a small paper Life of our saint, drawn
we have only a few notices of St. Arbogaste, Bishop of Strasburgh. Bishop Challenor ,2 and the Rev. Alban Butler *3 have an account of him, at this date. The Abbe' Hunkler has specially treated I4- about this holy missionary, her-
10
among many others left us by the Benedictines of the Congregation of St. Maur,
from a Manuscript, belongingto the Vatican Library.
In their valuable work,"
The "Petits Bollandistes"'5 have an account of St. Arbo-
16 Abriefnoticeofhimoccurs,inthe"Nouvelle
By most of the early accounts, he is allowed to have been a Scot or an Irishman by birth. *9 The date for his birth cannot be ascertained ; but, it occurred, most probably, about the beginning of the seventh century. The
mit and prelate.
of
gaste, Bishop
Biographie Generale," ? and in the Rev. S. Baring-Gould's work.
Strasbourg.
1 18
and u S. Florentii Armegastus,
2° on St. Florentius,21 another
of Strasburgh, makes St. Arbogastus a native of Scotia. This, too, is the earliest known allusion we find to the present holy bishop. In the Chronicle of Sens, written in the thirteenth century by Richer, he is said, also, to have been a native of Scotia. 22 On such grounds, it is to be supposed, the Scottish writers
author of a
3 He died Bishop of Strasburg, A. n. 965. See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of the
Saints," vol. vii. , July 21, p. 501.
4 Seefol. xcvii. , xcviii.
anonymous
Eulogy
Bishop
other principal Saints," vol. vii. , July xxi. I4 In his " Histoire des Saints d'Alsace.
IS In " Vies des Saints," par Mgr. Paul Guerin, tome viii. , xxic Jour de Juillet.
5 See " Actuum Sanctorum Catalogus
l6 At to pp. 575
qu? e Ms. habentur, Ordine Mensium et Die-
581.
I7 Edited by M. le Dr. Hoefer, tome iii. ,
rum. "
6 l8
See tomusi. , lib. i. , num. 28, pp. 25, 26. 1 Joannes a Nigra Valle is quoted for this
col. 21.
See "Lives of the Saints," vol. vii. ,
July 21, pp. 501, 502.
*? See Bishop Challenor's "Britannia
Sancta," part ii. , p. 36.
z0 This was some time after the composed
Translation of St. Florentius' Relics, ordered by Pvathon or Rothon, one of his successors, about the commencement of the ninth cen-
appellation. ®"
See Chronicle of Ireland," p. 145.
9 See " Acta tomus Sanctorum,"
v. , Julii xxi. De S. Arbogasto Episcopo Argentora-
tensi in Germania Prima, pp. 168 to 179.
10 Num. no. This seems to be a com-
in 1489.
" See " Histoire Literaire de la
&c, tome iii. , pp. 427, 621, 622. 12 "
from the former pendium Acts,
Suriushas this — after tury. published Eulogy,
and it is in three Lessons, apparently intended for choir purposes. These very much agree with the Lessons of the Breviary printed at Strasburg
—which means spoiling
France,"
See Britannia Sancta," part ii. , pp. is said to have died a. d. 687. 22 "
See Dacherii Spicilegium," tomus ii. , H See "Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Chronici Senoniensis, lib. i. , cap. 5, p. 606.
36, 37.
the verst s in his Life of St. Florentius, which he has published at the 7th of November, in "De
Probatis Sanctorum Hisloriis. "
2l He succeeded St. Arbogast, and his
feast was held on the 7th of November. He
polishing
282 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 21.