^ She is supposed, by Colgan, to have been
identical
with St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v2
" Sheets 40, 41, 46, viii.
, and nn.
16, 17, pp.
706, 710.
47. The townland proper is described on
Sheets 41, 47. ^"
' This vi^as probably on the site of the
beautiful grounds, within the demesne of the
Protestant Bishop of Clogher. It is a lofty
earth-work or fortress, protected on the
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the Four Masters," v—ol. i. , pp. 300, 301.
Article vi.
Kelly, p. XV.
'
Endaei, cap, iv. , p. 713.
3 He is said, by Colgan, to have been vene-
rated at the iSth of February, or at the 26th of December. Indeed, at both days, we find him under the form Molioba, of Eanach Elti, in Ui Eachadh-Uladh.
^
and south a fosse by deep
See her Life at the ist of January.
tyrology of Donegal,
" O 61tt
Edited by Rev. Dr. west
this, to the south, is a camp, surrounded by
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
^ See
niae," xxi. Martii. Appendix ad Vitam S. tumulus or cairn, encircled by a raised
Colgan's
a fosse. Still further southward is a single
I
s Also called Loichein, who is venerated |\inn a]\ biAutiA fiotiA. " H. i, 10, 123 b.
at the 1 2th of
^ The feast day of St. Darenia does not
appear, in our calendars ; however, the Acts of St. Enda relate, that she was, also, called Moninna, who had her religious house in
June.
Belslebhe, which appears to have been p. 134.
another form of name for Kill-slebhe. She " Yet,. Dr. O'Donovan vainly searched was venerated on the 6th of July—although for them in the graveyard, a. d. 1836. See
earth-work. See Lewis' "Topographical "
42, 43.
9 In a note, appended to this entry, in
William M. Hennessy's copy of the Mar-
Dictionary of Ireland,
vol. i. , p. 342.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
find,
'° See Dr. O'Donovan's Ancient Map
prefixed to his " Tribes and Customs of Hy-
Many. "
" See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. "
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xxxiii. ,
;
beyond
bA|\-
444 LTVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [February 9
There is at present a parish, called Clonbern,*^ on the western border of the
half-baronyofBallymoe,countyofGalway. ^s Thisparishconsistsofamain body and of a detached district. The latter is situated three-fourths of a
mile to the north-north-east. Bog and arable land chiefly compose the surface, while a lacustrine water-area of 130 acres, 3 roods, and 39 perches—
comprising the greater part of Lough Mackeeran, and about the half of Lough Doo—lies within the bounds. '^ This happy virgin's death is re- corded, at the 9th of February, a. d. 577, in the Annals of the Four Masters. '^ We learn, also, that her place is identical with the present Cloonburren,^^ on the west side of the Shannon, in the parish of Moore,'9 barony of Moycarn, and county of Roscommon. 2° Archdall perpetrates the mistake, of placing the death of Cairecha Cergain—as he spells it—at the 5th of February. '^ Doubtless, he mistook the v. of the February Ides—which is correct—for the 5th day of this month.
Article VIL—St. Ronan, Bishop of Lismore. [Possibly in the Eighth Cejitury. '] A saint's name is entered, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at this date, as Ronan, Lios-moir. There is a Ronan entered, among the Bishops of Lismore, in Harris' Ware,^ and he appears to have had as pre- decessors Macoge,3 or Maccoigeth, who died a. d. 748,-^ or more correctly 753. 5 He is called, however, only an abbot ; but, he may, likewise, have beenabishop. Again,ata. d. 752,^wefindmentioned,thedeathofSinchu, Abbot of Lismore, and at a. d. 755,7 Condath, Abbot of Lismore. Also, in the year 763,^ died the Abbot Aedhan of Lismore. At this same year is noted the death of Ronan, in Harris' Ware,9 and in Archdall, who quotes
the same
authority.
'° Whether he was identical with the present holy man,
or not, may be questioned. Under the head of Lis-mor, Duald Mac Firbis
enters, Ronan, bishop, of Lis-mor Mochuda, at February the 9th. " His
name is also thus registered, in the Martyrology of Donegal," as Rondn,
Bishop of Lis-mor. He was venerated on this day, according to the fore- going authorities.
Article VIH. —St. Attracta, Virgin, of Killaraght, County of Sligo. [lifth or Sixth Century. ] Our national hagiologist, Father John
"Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many," n. 9,
p. 82. Also, Buile Suibhne, a MS. in the
K. I. A. , p. 141 is quoted.
'3 See ibid. Additional notes, D, p. i66.
Article vii. —''Edited by Rev. Dr.
3 See
tion with Cluain-Boirinn. It is included on niee. " Index, p. 835, col. i.
^4 in This has some similarity
pronuncia-
Colgan's
the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Galway. " Sheets 17, 18, 30, 31.
'S See Lew^is' "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland," vol. i. , p. 350.
'^ See ** The Parliamentary Gazetteer of
Ireland," vol. i. , p. 427.
'7 See O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. , pp.
It is described on the Ordnance Sur- vey Townland Maps for the County of Ros- common. " Sheets 54, 56.
'9 Described on Sheets 50, 51, 53, 54, 55,
Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (w), p. 209.
'* "
See Monasticon Hibemicum," p. 608.
* See Dr. 6' Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 350, 351.
5 The "Annales Ultonienses," have his
death at A. D. 752, See ibid. , n. (o), p. 351.
^ See ibid. , pp. 354, 355. 7 See ibid. , pp. 358, 359.
^
See tbid. , pp. 366, 367.
9 See vol. i. , "Bishops of Lismore," p.
208, 209.
»^ "
56.
='° "
Academy," Irish MSS. series, vol. i. , part
i. , pp. 118, 119.
'^
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 42, 43.
See Dr. O'Donovan's
Kelly, p. xv.
=" "
See vol. i. , Bishops of Lismore," p. 549.
549.
'° "
'* Acta Sanctorum Hibex-
See Monasticon Hibemicum," p.
692. ""
See Proceedings of the Royal Irish
February 9. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 445
Colgan,^ has inserted the Acts of St. Attracta, taken from the MS. book,
belonging to the Island of Lough Ree, and partly compiled from other sources. The Bollandists have published the Acts of this saint, likewise, with a previous commentary, at this day. ^ Some notices of her are to be found, in Bishop Challoner's work,3 in Rev. Alban Butler's* and Rev. S. Baring-Gould's :5 all unite in assigning her festival to this date. The Acts, published by Colgan, are said, not to have been written, until six hundred years after her death, and that they are therefore of very little authority to illustrate her history. ^ She is classed among the virgins, veiled by St. Patrick. 7 I have preferred the authorities of our Irish Martyrologists, for placing St. Attracta's biography, at the nth of August; especially, as her festival is locally kept, with great veneration, on that day.
Article IX. —Feast of St. Tarahata. {Probably in the Fifth or Sixth Century? ^ The festival of a St. Tarahatta is found in many foreign
martyrologies, at this day.
^ She is supposed, by Colgan, to have been identical with St. Attracta, whose Acts he published, at the 9th of February. ^ Several of our modern saint writers, also, have her under both forms of name. 3
ArticleX. —FeastofSt. Eada,aPriest. {PossiblyintheSixthor
Seventh Century. ] In the Kalendar, added to the Manuscript Martyrology ascribed to St. Jerome,^ Eada Presbyter is entered at the 9th of February.
The Bollandists acknowledge themselves to be ignorant regarding his identity, unless he be Eata, who, from having been abbot, became Bishop of Hagul- stadiensis, in England,^ and concerning him further notices will be found, at his recognised festival-day, the 26th of October.
Article XL—Reputed Feast of St. Erhard, Bishop of Ratisbon.
[Seventh Century. ] At the 9th of February, Camerarius has entered the
festival of Erehardus or Erchardus, the prepositus of a monastery. ^ Colgan says, that Camerarius frequently errs, and that he agrees with no writer. Yet, the authority of Pantaleon^ is referred to, and Velser. 3 Again, at this very date, we find St. Erhard, Abbot, occurring in the Annals of the Cis- tercian Monks,4 as also in the " Circle of the Seasons. " 5 By Mersceus and
other German writers, this saint is called Eberhardus.
Article viii. —^ See '<Acta rum Hibernise," ix. Februarii.
His Acts have been
Attracts
partim ex aliis, pp. 277 to 282.
^
See, likewise, the Seasons," p. 40.
^ the article, See previous
Virginis, partim
ex MS.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , ix. Februarii. De S. Attracta, sive Tarahata,
to
3 Such as Bishop Challoner, Rev. Alban Butler, Rev. S. Baring-Gould, &c.
Article X. —* The Bollandists add, " exarato ante annum loccxLi. "
^ " Acta tomus Feb- See Sanctorum," ii. ,
in
3 See " Britannia
Virgine,
Hibernia, pp. 296
300. Sancta," part i. . p. 113.
* See "Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and
other Principal Saints," vol. ii. , February jecti, p. 227. —
Sancto- Vita S. Insulensi,
Article ix. —'
*' Circle of
*'De Statu
ruary ix. , pp. 236 to 238. Conversione," lib. i. , pars ii. , cap. iii. , sect.
^
ix.
s See "Lives of the Saints," vol. ii, , Feb- veteris simul ac novae Ecclesios et Infidelium
See Bishop Challoner's "Britannia 2, p. 147.
Sancta," part i. , p. 113.
7 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
="" Prosopographiae, pars i.
Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. xiii,, p, 270.
Patricii, cap.
-» See 221. p.
s See p. 40.
ruarii ix. Praetermissi et in alios dies re-
Article XI.
^
See
Hominis,
3 " Boicarum Rerum," lib. v. , A. D. 753,
446 LIVES OP THE IRISH SAINTS. [February 9.
givenalready,atthe8thdayofJanuary. ^ Foreignwritersallow,thathe was a native of Scotia. 7 Therefore, some of the Scotch writers claim him as
"
Ad Bavaros Fidei Rudi- raenta," lib. i. The same writer observes, that he flourished a. d. 675, but
a countryman. According to Dempster, he wrote, that he could not find when St. Eberhard died. ^
Article XII. —Reputed Festival of Blessed Magilmumensis.
At the 9th of February, Dempster^ has the festival, in Anglia, of a Blessed Magilmumensis, who is called a doctor of the Scots. ^ In another work, by
the same author, he is called Magilmumen, a monk, who visited Aelfredus,
King of England, who greatly admired his virtues and learning. 3 He is said
"
to have addressed a book to King Aelfred, Sermones de Sanctis," and to
down, at the 9th of Febniary. s
Article XIII. —St. Alto, Bishop and Founder of Altminster, IN Bavaria. \^Eighth Century^ St. Alto's Acts have been inserted by Colgan, m his work,^ at the 9th of February. The BoUandists^ have like- wise published this saint's Acts, with a preceding commentary,3 at the same date, which many Calendarists believe to be the anniversary of his death. This holy man, a Scot, was one of the nineteen disciples, who accompanied St. Virgilius to Bavaria. * There he was set over a monastery. In alter time, it was called Alt-Munster, or the Monastery of Alto, as a consequence. He is, likewise, commemorated on the 5 th of September, for which day, we reserve a further account of this holy bishop.
Article XIV. —Reputed Festival o^ St. Trumwin, Bishop of the
PiCTS. \Sei>enth Century. ^ St. Trumuin, or Trumwin, was consecrated Bishop of the Picts. He is mentioned, in the Life of St. Cuthbert. He was
venerated, on this day, according to Hugh Menard,' and other authorities. " His feast, however, seems referable to the loth of February.
have written " De another,
ad Loca Sancta. "* He is said to have undertaken a pilgrimage to Rome, in the year 891. His feast is set
ix. , p. 575.
^ Petrus "De Cratepolius,
Episcopis
dies Ger- s
Dempster's
ortus fuerat ex Scotia," and a similar statement is contained in Joannes Gualierius' "Chroni-
con Chronicorum," tom. iii. , p. mcdli.
^ See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Sco-
mannis," states, that St. Eberhard,
torum," tomus i. , lib. v. , num. 452, p. 247.
301, 302.
^ See "Acta
Article XII. —* See " Sco- MeiKjlogium
tomus ix. ii. ,
Peregrinatione
* ^*
— At the 9th of February, the Bollandists attaching little weight to the authority of Camerarius, whom they quote—have the present saint among the pratermissi, having already given his Acts, at the 8th of January. See "Acta Sanctorum," tomusii. , Februarii
information, and they add : Disimulat
quoque de eo et duobus sociis scribere Ethel*
werdum, Hibernia stirpe tres viros lectos, aduectos in Cornu—ualias partes, Umbo taurinis byrsis consuto. " "Acta Sanctorum," tomus
"
Sanctorum,"
ticum. " Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Februarii. De S. Altone, Abbate in Ba-
Scottish Saints," p. 192.
" The authority cited for this statement is
Ingulf.
3 Ethelweldus
nun. "—" Chronicorum," lib. iv.
* The BoUandists remark, that they do
not know wiiere Dempster obtained such
varia Superiore, pp. 358 to 361.
3 in two sections.
*" See Father Stephen White's
Hibernia," —iv. ,
pro cap. p. 43. cap.
of him "artibus fron-
Apologia
''See, also, Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 330.
says
dens, litera doctus, magister insignis Scoto-
Article xiv. Benedictinum.
'
v. ,
In "Martyrologium
Februarii ix. rejecti, p. 276.
" Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , lib. xii. , num.
'
See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," ix. Februarii. De S. Altone Abbate Alto-Monasterii, in Bavaria, pp.
ii,,
Praetermissi et in alios
929, p. 490. — Article xiii.
p. 64.
February io. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 447
CentftlBap of jTefaruarp*
ARTICLE I. —ST. CRONAN, OR MOCHU-A, ABBOT, AND PATRON OF CLASHMORE PARISH, COUNTY OF WATERFORD.
{SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. \
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—ACTS OF ST. CRONAN OR ST. MOCHUA—HIS PARENTAGE AND BIRTH— HIS RELIGIOUS PROFESSION UNDER ST. CARTHAGE—PLACED OVER CLUAIN-DACH- RAN—ST, CRONAN REMOVES TO LISMORE WITH ST. CARTHAGE—HE IS APPOINTED TO RULE A COMMUNITY, AT GLASSMORE, OR CLASHMORE.
old-world saints possessed a tender, generous, and loving nature :
THE of a harsh word or a harsh
incapable thought, they
manifested an unaffected modesty, such as one rarely meets in those days of shallow pre- tentiousness \ a high sense of honour, which abhorred even the shadow of deceit ; a nobleness of soul, which made them shrink instinctively, from every form of meanness ; a rare refinement of Christian feeling, which, even by their very presence,. sustained and silenced vulgarity. They held a loyalty and a love in friendship, making that noble friendship a prize which all coveted. Thus St. Cronan or Mochua became one of those tried servants of Christ, ready to spend his life, for his own, and for the salvation of others. His Acts have been issued by Colgan,^ who assumes he was both an abbot and a martyr ; while, the Bollandists^ only refer to these, in a passing and
briefmanner. Ourdomesticmartyrologiesusuallystylethisholyservantof Christ,bythenameofCronan. 3 However,heisalsocalledMochua. '^ Nor do these authorities allude to different persons ; for, under both names, our saint is designated, son to Mellan,5 or Mellain. ^ This patronymic generally accompanies his notice,^ and, Maguire calls him by both names, while he is noted, too, as Mochua de Miliuc. ^ Yet, Ussher9 designates his father as Niellain, and he has been followed by Harris^° and Archdall.
47. The townland proper is described on
Sheets 41, 47. ^"
' This vi^as probably on the site of the
beautiful grounds, within the demesne of the
Protestant Bishop of Clogher. It is a lofty
earth-work or fortress, protected on the
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the Four Masters," v—ol. i. , pp. 300, 301.
Article vi.
Kelly, p. XV.
'
Endaei, cap, iv. , p. 713.
3 He is said, by Colgan, to have been vene-
rated at the iSth of February, or at the 26th of December. Indeed, at both days, we find him under the form Molioba, of Eanach Elti, in Ui Eachadh-Uladh.
^
and south a fosse by deep
See her Life at the ist of January.
tyrology of Donegal,
" O 61tt
Edited by Rev. Dr. west
this, to the south, is a camp, surrounded by
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
^ See
niae," xxi. Martii. Appendix ad Vitam S. tumulus or cairn, encircled by a raised
Colgan's
a fosse. Still further southward is a single
I
s Also called Loichein, who is venerated |\inn a]\ biAutiA fiotiA. " H. i, 10, 123 b.
at the 1 2th of
^ The feast day of St. Darenia does not
appear, in our calendars ; however, the Acts of St. Enda relate, that she was, also, called Moninna, who had her religious house in
June.
Belslebhe, which appears to have been p. 134.
another form of name for Kill-slebhe. She " Yet,. Dr. O'Donovan vainly searched was venerated on the 6th of July—although for them in the graveyard, a. d. 1836. See
earth-work. See Lewis' "Topographical "
42, 43.
9 In a note, appended to this entry, in
William M. Hennessy's copy of the Mar-
Dictionary of Ireland,
vol. i. , p. 342.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
find,
'° See Dr. O'Donovan's Ancient Map
prefixed to his " Tribes and Customs of Hy-
Many. "
" See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. "
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xxxiii. ,
;
beyond
bA|\-
444 LTVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [February 9
There is at present a parish, called Clonbern,*^ on the western border of the
half-baronyofBallymoe,countyofGalway. ^s Thisparishconsistsofamain body and of a detached district. The latter is situated three-fourths of a
mile to the north-north-east. Bog and arable land chiefly compose the surface, while a lacustrine water-area of 130 acres, 3 roods, and 39 perches—
comprising the greater part of Lough Mackeeran, and about the half of Lough Doo—lies within the bounds. '^ This happy virgin's death is re- corded, at the 9th of February, a. d. 577, in the Annals of the Four Masters. '^ We learn, also, that her place is identical with the present Cloonburren,^^ on the west side of the Shannon, in the parish of Moore,'9 barony of Moycarn, and county of Roscommon. 2° Archdall perpetrates the mistake, of placing the death of Cairecha Cergain—as he spells it—at the 5th of February. '^ Doubtless, he mistook the v. of the February Ides—which is correct—for the 5th day of this month.
Article VIL—St. Ronan, Bishop of Lismore. [Possibly in the Eighth Cejitury. '] A saint's name is entered, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at this date, as Ronan, Lios-moir. There is a Ronan entered, among the Bishops of Lismore, in Harris' Ware,^ and he appears to have had as pre- decessors Macoge,3 or Maccoigeth, who died a. d. 748,-^ or more correctly 753. 5 He is called, however, only an abbot ; but, he may, likewise, have beenabishop. Again,ata. d. 752,^wefindmentioned,thedeathofSinchu, Abbot of Lismore, and at a. d. 755,7 Condath, Abbot of Lismore. Also, in the year 763,^ died the Abbot Aedhan of Lismore. At this same year is noted the death of Ronan, in Harris' Ware,9 and in Archdall, who quotes
the same
authority.
'° Whether he was identical with the present holy man,
or not, may be questioned. Under the head of Lis-mor, Duald Mac Firbis
enters, Ronan, bishop, of Lis-mor Mochuda, at February the 9th. " His
name is also thus registered, in the Martyrology of Donegal," as Rondn,
Bishop of Lis-mor. He was venerated on this day, according to the fore- going authorities.
Article VIH. —St. Attracta, Virgin, of Killaraght, County of Sligo. [lifth or Sixth Century. ] Our national hagiologist, Father John
"Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many," n. 9,
p. 82. Also, Buile Suibhne, a MS. in the
K. I. A. , p. 141 is quoted.
'3 See ibid. Additional notes, D, p. i66.
Article vii. —''Edited by Rev. Dr.
3 See
tion with Cluain-Boirinn. It is included on niee. " Index, p. 835, col. i.
^4 in This has some similarity
pronuncia-
Colgan's
the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Galway. " Sheets 17, 18, 30, 31.
'S See Lew^is' "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland," vol. i. , p. 350.
'^ See ** The Parliamentary Gazetteer of
Ireland," vol. i. , p. 427.
'7 See O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. , pp.
It is described on the Ordnance Sur- vey Townland Maps for the County of Ros- common. " Sheets 54, 56.
'9 Described on Sheets 50, 51, 53, 54, 55,
Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (w), p. 209.
'* "
See Monasticon Hibemicum," p. 608.
* See Dr. 6' Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 350, 351.
5 The "Annales Ultonienses," have his
death at A. D. 752, See ibid. , n. (o), p. 351.
^ See ibid. , pp. 354, 355. 7 See ibid. , pp. 358, 359.
^
See tbid. , pp. 366, 367.
9 See vol. i. , "Bishops of Lismore," p.
208, 209.
»^ "
56.
='° "
Academy," Irish MSS. series, vol. i. , part
i. , pp. 118, 119.
'^
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 42, 43.
See Dr. O'Donovan's
Kelly, p. xv.
=" "
See vol. i. , Bishops of Lismore," p. 549.
549.
'° "
'* Acta Sanctorum Hibex-
See Monasticon Hibemicum," p.
692. ""
See Proceedings of the Royal Irish
February 9. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 445
Colgan,^ has inserted the Acts of St. Attracta, taken from the MS. book,
belonging to the Island of Lough Ree, and partly compiled from other sources. The Bollandists have published the Acts of this saint, likewise, with a previous commentary, at this day. ^ Some notices of her are to be found, in Bishop Challoner's work,3 in Rev. Alban Butler's* and Rev. S. Baring-Gould's :5 all unite in assigning her festival to this date. The Acts, published by Colgan, are said, not to have been written, until six hundred years after her death, and that they are therefore of very little authority to illustrate her history. ^ She is classed among the virgins, veiled by St. Patrick. 7 I have preferred the authorities of our Irish Martyrologists, for placing St. Attracta's biography, at the nth of August; especially, as her festival is locally kept, with great veneration, on that day.
Article IX. —Feast of St. Tarahata. {Probably in the Fifth or Sixth Century? ^ The festival of a St. Tarahatta is found in many foreign
martyrologies, at this day.
^ She is supposed, by Colgan, to have been identical with St. Attracta, whose Acts he published, at the 9th of February. ^ Several of our modern saint writers, also, have her under both forms of name. 3
ArticleX. —FeastofSt. Eada,aPriest. {PossiblyintheSixthor
Seventh Century. ] In the Kalendar, added to the Manuscript Martyrology ascribed to St. Jerome,^ Eada Presbyter is entered at the 9th of February.
The Bollandists acknowledge themselves to be ignorant regarding his identity, unless he be Eata, who, from having been abbot, became Bishop of Hagul- stadiensis, in England,^ and concerning him further notices will be found, at his recognised festival-day, the 26th of October.
Article XL—Reputed Feast of St. Erhard, Bishop of Ratisbon.
[Seventh Century. ] At the 9th of February, Camerarius has entered the
festival of Erehardus or Erchardus, the prepositus of a monastery. ^ Colgan says, that Camerarius frequently errs, and that he agrees with no writer. Yet, the authority of Pantaleon^ is referred to, and Velser. 3 Again, at this very date, we find St. Erhard, Abbot, occurring in the Annals of the Cis- tercian Monks,4 as also in the " Circle of the Seasons. " 5 By Mersceus and
other German writers, this saint is called Eberhardus.
Article viii. —^ See '<Acta rum Hibernise," ix. Februarii.
His Acts have been
Attracts
partim ex aliis, pp. 277 to 282.
^
See, likewise, the Seasons," p. 40.
^ the article, See previous
Virginis, partim
ex MS.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , ix. Februarii. De S. Attracta, sive Tarahata,
to
3 Such as Bishop Challoner, Rev. Alban Butler, Rev. S. Baring-Gould, &c.
Article X. —* The Bollandists add, " exarato ante annum loccxLi. "
^ " Acta tomus Feb- See Sanctorum," ii. ,
in
3 See " Britannia
Virgine,
Hibernia, pp. 296
300. Sancta," part i. . p. 113.
* See "Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and
other Principal Saints," vol. ii. , February jecti, p. 227. —
Sancto- Vita S. Insulensi,
Article ix. —'
*' Circle of
*'De Statu
ruary ix. , pp. 236 to 238. Conversione," lib. i. , pars ii. , cap. iii. , sect.
^
ix.
s See "Lives of the Saints," vol. ii, , Feb- veteris simul ac novae Ecclesios et Infidelium
See Bishop Challoner's "Britannia 2, p. 147.
Sancta," part i. , p. 113.
7 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
="" Prosopographiae, pars i.
Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. xiii,, p, 270.
Patricii, cap.
-» See 221. p.
s See p. 40.
ruarii ix. Praetermissi et in alios dies re-
Article XI.
^
See
Hominis,
3 " Boicarum Rerum," lib. v. , A. D. 753,
446 LIVES OP THE IRISH SAINTS. [February 9.
givenalready,atthe8thdayofJanuary. ^ Foreignwritersallow,thathe was a native of Scotia. 7 Therefore, some of the Scotch writers claim him as
"
Ad Bavaros Fidei Rudi- raenta," lib. i. The same writer observes, that he flourished a. d. 675, but
a countryman. According to Dempster, he wrote, that he could not find when St. Eberhard died. ^
Article XII. —Reputed Festival of Blessed Magilmumensis.
At the 9th of February, Dempster^ has the festival, in Anglia, of a Blessed Magilmumensis, who is called a doctor of the Scots. ^ In another work, by
the same author, he is called Magilmumen, a monk, who visited Aelfredus,
King of England, who greatly admired his virtues and learning. 3 He is said
"
to have addressed a book to King Aelfred, Sermones de Sanctis," and to
down, at the 9th of Febniary. s
Article XIII. —St. Alto, Bishop and Founder of Altminster, IN Bavaria. \^Eighth Century^ St. Alto's Acts have been inserted by Colgan, m his work,^ at the 9th of February. The BoUandists^ have like- wise published this saint's Acts, with a preceding commentary,3 at the same date, which many Calendarists believe to be the anniversary of his death. This holy man, a Scot, was one of the nineteen disciples, who accompanied St. Virgilius to Bavaria. * There he was set over a monastery. In alter time, it was called Alt-Munster, or the Monastery of Alto, as a consequence. He is, likewise, commemorated on the 5 th of September, for which day, we reserve a further account of this holy bishop.
Article XIV. —Reputed Festival o^ St. Trumwin, Bishop of the
PiCTS. \Sei>enth Century. ^ St. Trumuin, or Trumwin, was consecrated Bishop of the Picts. He is mentioned, in the Life of St. Cuthbert. He was
venerated, on this day, according to Hugh Menard,' and other authorities. " His feast, however, seems referable to the loth of February.
have written " De another,
ad Loca Sancta. "* He is said to have undertaken a pilgrimage to Rome, in the year 891. His feast is set
ix. , p. 575.
^ Petrus "De Cratepolius,
Episcopis
dies Ger- s
Dempster's
ortus fuerat ex Scotia," and a similar statement is contained in Joannes Gualierius' "Chroni-
con Chronicorum," tom. iii. , p. mcdli.
^ See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Sco-
mannis," states, that St. Eberhard,
torum," tomus i. , lib. v. , num. 452, p. 247.
301, 302.
^ See "Acta
Article XII. —* See " Sco- MeiKjlogium
tomus ix. ii. ,
Peregrinatione
* ^*
— At the 9th of February, the Bollandists attaching little weight to the authority of Camerarius, whom they quote—have the present saint among the pratermissi, having already given his Acts, at the 8th of January. See "Acta Sanctorum," tomusii. , Februarii
information, and they add : Disimulat
quoque de eo et duobus sociis scribere Ethel*
werdum, Hibernia stirpe tres viros lectos, aduectos in Cornu—ualias partes, Umbo taurinis byrsis consuto. " "Acta Sanctorum," tomus
"
Sanctorum,"
ticum. " Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Februarii. De S. Altone, Abbate in Ba-
Scottish Saints," p. 192.
" The authority cited for this statement is
Ingulf.
3 Ethelweldus
nun. "—" Chronicorum," lib. iv.
* The BoUandists remark, that they do
not know wiiere Dempster obtained such
varia Superiore, pp. 358 to 361.
3 in two sections.
*" See Father Stephen White's
Hibernia," —iv. ,
pro cap. p. 43. cap.
of him "artibus fron-
Apologia
''See, also, Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 330.
says
dens, litera doctus, magister insignis Scoto-
Article xiv. Benedictinum.
'
v. ,
In "Martyrologium
Februarii ix. rejecti, p. 276.
" Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , lib. xii. , num.
'
See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," ix. Februarii. De S. Altone Abbate Alto-Monasterii, in Bavaria, pp.
ii,,
Praetermissi et in alios
929, p. 490. — Article xiii.
p. 64.
February io. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 447
CentftlBap of jTefaruarp*
ARTICLE I. —ST. CRONAN, OR MOCHU-A, ABBOT, AND PATRON OF CLASHMORE PARISH, COUNTY OF WATERFORD.
{SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. \
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—ACTS OF ST. CRONAN OR ST. MOCHUA—HIS PARENTAGE AND BIRTH— HIS RELIGIOUS PROFESSION UNDER ST. CARTHAGE—PLACED OVER CLUAIN-DACH- RAN—ST, CRONAN REMOVES TO LISMORE WITH ST. CARTHAGE—HE IS APPOINTED TO RULE A COMMUNITY, AT GLASSMORE, OR CLASHMORE.
old-world saints possessed a tender, generous, and loving nature :
THE of a harsh word or a harsh
incapable thought, they
manifested an unaffected modesty, such as one rarely meets in those days of shallow pre- tentiousness \ a high sense of honour, which abhorred even the shadow of deceit ; a nobleness of soul, which made them shrink instinctively, from every form of meanness ; a rare refinement of Christian feeling, which, even by their very presence,. sustained and silenced vulgarity. They held a loyalty and a love in friendship, making that noble friendship a prize which all coveted. Thus St. Cronan or Mochua became one of those tried servants of Christ, ready to spend his life, for his own, and for the salvation of others. His Acts have been issued by Colgan,^ who assumes he was both an abbot and a martyr ; while, the Bollandists^ only refer to these, in a passing and
briefmanner. Ourdomesticmartyrologiesusuallystylethisholyservantof Christ,bythenameofCronan. 3 However,heisalsocalledMochua. '^ Nor do these authorities allude to different persons ; for, under both names, our saint is designated, son to Mellan,5 or Mellain. ^ This patronymic generally accompanies his notice,^ and, Maguire calls him by both names, while he is noted, too, as Mochua de Miliuc. ^ Yet, Ussher9 designates his father as Niellain, and he has been followed by Harris^° and Archdall.
