In the
anonymous
Calendar of Irish Saints published by
O'Sullevan Beare, at the nth of July, we find Etianus or Etto entered.
O'Sullevan Beare, at the nth of July, we find Etianus or Etto entered.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v7
,p.
310.
(Tavetsch) Medullum (Medels. ) sunt et vici plures, at Camossum ^Kemps) Summus
Helvetia. ',"
and it continued to flourish for
many subsequent ages.
monastery communicated many particulars regarding it to Mabillon, and these were takenfromancientManuscripts.
21 Thus states FranciscusGuillimann, while enumerating the Federal Cantons of Rhaetia:
" Prima et
terii et vici, ampla et locuples, cujus parretipe
sunt siuin
quinque
;
ipsum,
antiquissima
est Disertini monas-
While passing the
Dissertinum
(Trams) Bregallia (Brigell) Actuatium
M
lib. iv. , cap. ii. , p. 425.
vicus '-'-
(Summits)
.
—"De Rebus
It is said, from 759 to 774. He died
A. D. 784. This, however, can hardly square with the much earlier date assigned for the
July it. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 207
fatiguing journey through the Rhetinn Alps for that purpose, and when he
was treated with marked the monks of that 23 When respect by monastery.
Disentis had been occupied by the French in 1799, the relics of those saints were for the most part lost. The feast of St. Sigisbert, confessor, and of St. Placidus, martyr, are celebrated on the nth of July, throughout that diocese where they so long lived and laboured. They are commemorated in the Chur Breviary. They are commemorated, likewise, in Les Petits 2* Bollan- dists, at the nth of July.
Article IV. —St. Lonan, of Ard-Cruinn. Veneration was given, at the nth of July, to Lonan, of Arda Crainn, as we find entered in the Martyr-
of 1 The Bollandists have at this same ology Tallagh. recorded,
date,
a feast
for Lonanus of Ard-cruinn,2 as furnished by Father O'Sheerin.
enquire, if Ard-cruinn can be identical with Ardcroney,3 a parish in the barony of Lower Ormond, and county of Tipperary. The left side of the direct road —as you advance from Borris-o-kane to Nenagh—affords the site for an ancient church, on a very elevated spot. Connected with this church appear the remains of an old castle ; some of the side walls, chambers, winding- stairs and window-places, are yet to be seen. The whole group of ruins is enclosed within a much frequented graveyard. The church walls are in tolerable preservation. In one end gable, a narrow cut-stone and pointed window remains entire. The opposite gable, near the old castle, appears rather to have been an interior cross-wall, under which a wide arch opens. The masonry in this group of buildings is very massiveand well cemented. The whole deserves an attentive study from the antiquary and archaeologist. In the
an old, and also a new one the former giving name to a parish, known as Loman. Tradition states, that a St. Lonan, nephew of the Irish Apostle, is honoured there. The ruins of the ancient church stand in a lonely cemetery a mile and a-half off the main road from Douglas to Luney. 4 In the Martyrology of Donegal,5 the feast of this saint is also entered, at the nth of July.
Article V. —St. Falbi, or Failbhe, Son of Culocha, of Disert Mic-Conlocha, in Cuircne, County of Westmeath. In the " Feilire " of
———
Isle of Man which is full of ancient Celtic ecclesiastical memorials there is
death of Sigisbert.
23 This is related, in the Italian Life of St.
Charles Borromeo, by the noble priest John Peter Giusani, lib. vi. , cap. xii.
24 See "Vies des Saints," tome viii. ,
where St. Patrick's mother was honoured. The present ruins I take to be the remains of a church erected a couple of hundred years ago on the site of an ancient foundation. In the s—mall burial-ground—now disused, I think stands a curious and ancient Celtic cross 6 feet high, and 3 feet broad at the shoulders. The circle is not worked through, but marked or punched deeply in the face of the stone. The stone itself is not regu- larly dressed. The panel, &c, of the cross exhibit the usual scroll-work. I could dis-
xie
Article iv.
Kelly, p. xxix.
2
de — 248,249. • Jour Juillet, pp.
l
Edited
by Rev. Dr.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xi. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 177.
3 It is noticed, on the Ordnance Sur-
vey Townland Maps for the County of Tip- perary," sheets io, 14, 15. The townland proper is on sheet 15.
4 The foregoing particulars, and the fol- lowing were communicated to the writer, by
Rev. Patrick Power, 14 Great Nelson-street,
Liverpool, in a letter dated August 3rd, 1887. He adds: "About four miles from the former and about two ^from Onchan
"
if there cover no inscription— inscription
had been—
evidently the venerable monument has been exposed to rough weather and rougher hand-
it would be now as obliterated,
ling in days gone by. I may add, that the whole is set in a stone pedestal (rude as the monument itseli), about 6 feet in length by a foot ami a-half broad. "
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
We may
2o8 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [Jn. v it.
1 at the nth of July, there is an entry of Conlug's pious son. In a comment annexed, we are informed, that he was of Disert Meic Conlocha, in the west of Meath, and that Failbe was his name. 2 His father was named
—
daughter of Moche, son to Bairrinn, sister of Muiccin, of Maighin, was his mother. s TheterritoryofCuircneorMachaireCuircnewascommensurate
St.
^Engus,
Conlug—according
Martyrology of TallaglV at the nth of July, Mac Conlocae, Falbi being his name, in Disiurt mic-Conlocha, in Curchib. The Bollandists *> have on this day the brief notices furnished by O'Sheerin, and representing him as a burn- ing and a shining light. The Calendar of Cashel as also the Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman and of Cathal Maguire commemorate him. Euten,
to other accounts
Culocha. We find
entered in the
with the barony of Kilkenny West, in the county of Westmeath.
6
This dis-
trictofCuircne' embracedalsothatportionofForgneyparish,lyingsouth
ofRiver 8 inthe of and of The
Inny, barony Abbeyshruel, county Longford. place of this saint is now probably that called Dysart,9 a parish partly in the barony of Rathconrath, and partly in that of Moycashel and Magheradernan. Therearesomeremainsofanoldchurchandacemeterylyingwithinit. 10 It is remarked, that in the Menologium Scoticum of Dempster, he has a Fail- beus at the 25th of January, at the 3rd of June, and at the 6th of October. " The Martyrology of Donegal I2 records the present saint, as Failbhe, son of Culocha, of Disert Mic Conlocha, in Cuircne, in Westmeath.
Article VI. —St. Colman, Son of Cron or Cronan. In the
Martyrology of TallaglV we find inserted, at the nth of July, the name of Colman, son of Cronan. A similar notice, furnished by O'Sheerin to the
Bollandists,
The Martyrology of Donegal calls him the son of Cron. 3 Perhaps, his place may be identified with Daire Mor, or Kilcolman, a parish, partly in the barony ofBallybritt, and partly in the barony of Clonlisk, in the southern part of the
8
These relative situations are well shown, on the Map of the Diocese of Meath, con- structed by Rev. Dr. Daniel Augustus Beau- ford, Rector ofNavan.
9 Disert-Conlocha appears to have been another name for this church. See 1 >r. O'Donovan's " Leabhar na g-Ceart, or Book of Rights," n. (h), pp. 181, 182.
192, 193. — Article v.
2 for this same date, has been inserted in their great collection.
* In the " Leabhar Breac" copy, we find the following stanza and its EnnlLsh translation by Dr. Whitley Stoke. s,
LamAjvcA riApipiA
eufeniA rU>5T>Ai bencoichc balcc Aijje HIaccqvAib'oechCotilocha.
"
LL. D. : —
With the martyrdom of the queen Euphe-
mia the hostful, Benedict, a strong pillar,
Conlug's pious son. "—"Transactions of mensis, tanquam qui scripserit Acta S.
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
Columbae, ast ibi de eo nihil : siquid certi inveniatur, poterit referri ad diem vi. Octo- bris. "—"Acta Sanctorum," tomus hi. , Julii xi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 178.
12 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Scries, vol. i. , part i.
Ocngus, p. ex.
Sec ibid. , p. cxviii.
On the Calendar of
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 178.
s According to the O'Clerys' Calendar.
192, 193. — Article vi.
•
Edited by
the Rev. Dr.
6
See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals oi the
Four vol. ii. , n. 1121. Masters," (g), p.
7 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Leabhar na
g-Ceart,
or Book of
Rights,"
n. 181. (h), p.
I0
See Lewis' "Topographical Dictionary
ofIreland,"vol. i. , p. 592.
11 "
Primo die in Praetermissis est ex Ferrario 13 Junii ex Dempstero, ubi remittitur ad 9 ejusdem
The Bollandists subjoin :
xxix.
* See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii
xi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 177.
3 Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. by
192, 193.
« Seethe Fifth Volume of this work, Art. ».
Kelly, p.
July ii. ] LIVES OF TllE IRISH SAINTS. 209
King's County. The present saint appears distinguishable from another bearingthesamenameandveneratedatthesameplace. HisActsmaybeseen, at the 20th of May/ This place is at present said5 to be written Derrimore, and to be found in Eliogarty, county of Tipperary. It seems, probable, that he may be identified with a Colman, bishop, set down by Duald Mac Firbis, at this date, and stated to have been of Doire Mor. 6
Article VII. —St. Berran. At the nth of July, the simple entry,
1 Berran,ismetwithintheMartyrologyofTallagh. FatherO'Sheerinassured
the Bollandists, who insert his commemoration at this date, that he was patron of Kill-Berrain, in Lower Ormond, and in the diocese of Killaloe, where his feast and vigil were observed, but on the 5th of May, as the Records of that diocese attest. 3 Marianus O'Gorman also includes him. His festival is like- wise noted in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 where jt is entered in the more recent hand. 4
Article VIII. —St. Gabtina or Gaibhthene, Virgin. According to
the of Martyrology
Tallagh,
1 St.
Gabtina, virgin,
had a feast on this
day.
Father O'Sheerin furnished the Bollandists 2 a like record for this date. In
the Martyrology of Donegal,3 a festival was celebrated, it is stated, at the t ith
of July, in honour of Gaibhthene, virgin. Nothing more seems to be known
about her.
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Etianus, or Etto, Disciple
of St. Fursey.
In the anonymous Calendar of Irish Saints published by
O'Sullevan Beare, at the nth of July, we find Etianus or Etto entered.
Molanus and Henry Fitzsimon have Etianus, Bishop, r—ecorded at the same
date. 1 His Acts have been given at the preceding day the correct one for
2
Article X. —Translation of St. Benedict's Relics.
his feast.
" Leabhar Breac " of the " copy
St. 1 there is a record of yEngus,
Feilire," by St. Benedict's festival, at the nth of July.
Furthermore, a scholion informs us, thathewasBenedict^theFatherofMonks. Usuardandotherancient Martyrologists have it as the festival for a Translation of his relics, as the Bollandists note at this day. 4 They refer, however, to his chief feast, at the
2
5 By William M. Hennessy.
6 See " Proceedings of the Royal Irish
Article VIII,—'•* Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxix.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 177.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
192, 193.
Article ix. — l See "Historic Catholics
Iberniae Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 50, 54.
Article vii
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxix. 2
servations
:
" Cur
hoc die adducitur ?
Irish
vol.
—
The Bollandists add to the foregoing ob-
Academy," part i. , p. 105.
Manuscript Series,
i. ,
j
igitur
Aliis catalogis ignotus est ; si res magis pa- teat, facile alio die locum in Actis invenire
poterit. "— "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 177.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
192,193.
4 See note by Rev. Dr. Todd.
2
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," ix. Februa—rii, n. 13, p. 299.
Article x. x 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. ex.
In the
O
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 12.
2 1 st of March for an exhaustive illustration of his Acts. Also, in Usuard is to be found, at this same date, a Translation of the relics of his sister Scho- lastics, whose chief festival and Acts are noticed, on the 10th of February.
Article XI. —Festival of St. Euphemia, Virgin and Martyr, with her Companions. In the Irish Church, the Feast of St. Euphemia
was on the nth of formerly celebrated,
July.
we are informed, that she Was a virgin, who suffered martyrdom under the
Emperor Diocletian, with xu thousand other martyrs. The Greeks had a
feast for herat this date, and it is noted by Greven, as the Bollandists remark. 3
—— However, in the Roman Martyrology * as also in the Greek Menologies
her feast has been referred to the 16th of September.
Article XII. —Festival of St. Maclovius. At the nth of July, Greven, Saussay and other hagiographers commemorate St. Maclovius or St. Malo, Bishop and Confessor in British Armorica, as the Bollandists
;
more particulars regarding him.
Ctodftf) 3Bap of 3ulp*
ARTICLE I. —ST. MENULPHUS OR ST. MENOU, BISHOP OF QUIMPER- CORENTIN, FRANCE.
[PROBABLY IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY. ']
WE often hear Christians say, they do not find the peace, and joy, and
and are led to from the fruitfulness, usefulness, they expect promises
of God conveyed in the Sacred Scriptures. If so, we may rest assured, the fault lies with themselves. It is only the true saint can fully comprehend, what
observe x but to treat about him on the
for his chief November 15th. To that same date, likewise, our readers are referred for
lire of St. /Engus. See
they prefer
day
festival,
2
See ibid. , p. cxviii.
S He is venerated, on the 2ist of March,
Ins principal feast.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xi. Among the pretermitted saints,
sanctoe Euphcmiae Virginis et Martyris, qua; sub Diocletiano Jmperatore et Prisco Pro-
consule, torment*, carceres, verbera, argu- menta rotarum, ignes, pondera lapidum, bes tias, plagas virgarum, serras acutas, sarta- gines ignitas pro Christo superavit : sed nirsus in theatrum ad bestias ducta, cum orasset ad Dominum, ut jam spiritum suum susciperet, una ex iis naorsum. santo corpore infigente, ceteris pedes ejus lambentibu—s, immaculatum spiritum Deo reddidit. "
p. 75.
Article xi. —
"
Fei- Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manu- script Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calen- dar of Oengus. By Whitley Stokes, LL. D. ,
p. ex.
2
See ibid. , p. cxviii.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
p. 177.
4 It is thus entered : "Chalcedone natalis
1
According to the ""
1 In the 2 commentary annexed,
"Maityrologium Romanum Gregorii XIII. editum," pp. 137, 138. Editio novissima, Romae, 1878, fol.
Article xu. — tomus iii. , Julii xi. saints, p. 178.
*
gee " Acta Sanctorum," Among the pretermitted
July 12. ]
LIVES OP THE IRISH SAINTS. 211
the Almighty hath prepared for them that love him, and which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive. The perfect detachment from created things is a sacrifice most pleasing and most perfect in the estimation of the Creator, and to it, the most faithful and favoured of his servants continually aspire.
The Acts of this venerable man whose name has been Latinized Menulfus,
or Menulphus—and by the French called Menou—were formerly preserved
in Manuscript, at the church of St. Autrille-du-Chateau, near Bourges. They were first published by le Pere Labbe. The Breviary of the church at Bourges, printed a. d. 1512, has his office of three Lessons included. Like- wise, his office has been printed, at Paris, in 1686. It is now celebrated under a simple rite. The Acts of St. Menou, who probably flourished in the
seventh century, and who became bishop of Quimper, in Bretagne, have been 1
publishedbyLobineau. Theyhavebeenpublished,likewise,bytheBollan- 2
dists, at the 12th of July. There is a previous commentary,3 by Father
John Baptist Soller, S. J. , the editor. Then follow the proper Acts. * The ""
Petits Bollandistes have an account of this saint, and also at the same date. s
It is agreed, by the various writers of his Acts, that Menou was a native
6
of Ireland; but, regarding the particular place where he was born, or his
parentage, we find no record. There, too, it seems his first years were spent ; yet, for the sake of greater perfection, he was induced to leave his family and nativecountrywhilestillveryyoung. Atfirst,hewenttoGreatBritain,and thence, he travelled to Armorica, until he came to Quimper, also known as Quimper-Corentin, the present capital of the Department of Finistere in France. It is situated on the declivity of a hill, at the confluence of the Odet and Steir, about thirty-two miles south-east from Brest. ? At that time, this city formed part of the country, belonging to the Ossimiens. 8 It is now divided into an old and a new town, but the houses are poorly built. It is surrounded with a wall, and guarded by towers. Its present cathedral is a fine structure of the fifteenth century, and it is situated near the port. 9 The bishopofQuimperisnowasuffragantotheArchbishopofTours. Accord-
10 about the same when he arrivad in Little period
to the Acts of our
Britain, Dagobert," King of the Franks, reigned, and had established peace
ing
saint,
Article i. —' See " Les Vies des Saints de Bretagne," tome ii. , pp. 125 to 129. Ed. Paris, 1836.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xii. De S. Menulfo Episcopo in Finibus Bituricensium in Gallia, pp. 305 to 308.
3 In seven paragraphs.
4 The first, Acta ex codice Ms. eccl. S.
Austregisili de Castro, apud Labbeum in Bibliotheca Mss. ; the second, Ex vetustis- simo Breviario eccl. Bituric. ad diem XII. Julii.
5 See "Vies des Saints," tome viii. , xii e Jour de Juillet, pp. 259, 260.
partie le departement du Finistere, etaient
un des peuples puissants de la confederation
Armorique, a l'epoque de la conquete des Gaules par Cesar. Us resisterent long-temps aux Romains ; mais enfin ilsfurent vaincus. " —A. Hugo's "France Pittoresque, ou De- scription Pittoresque, Topographique et Sta- tistique des Departements et Colonies de la France," &c, tome ii. Departement du Finistere, p. 25. A. Paris, 1835, sm. fol.
9 The accompanying illustration of the
place, copied from an approved engraving, and drawn on the wood by William F.
Wakeman, has been engraved by Mrs. Mil- lard.
6
The Acts state : "In insula maris oceani
quae barbara lingua Yrilanda nuncupatur, id est, ferrea terra, vir sanctus et venerabilis
Menulfus procreatus est," &c.
7 See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. xi. ,
p. 215.
8 " Les Occismiens, allies des Venetes et
dont le territoire forme aujourd'hui en grand
10
Those contained in the Manuscript be-
longing to the church of St.
(Tavetsch) Medullum (Medels. ) sunt et vici plures, at Camossum ^Kemps) Summus
Helvetia. ',"
and it continued to flourish for
many subsequent ages.
monastery communicated many particulars regarding it to Mabillon, and these were takenfromancientManuscripts.
21 Thus states FranciscusGuillimann, while enumerating the Federal Cantons of Rhaetia:
" Prima et
terii et vici, ampla et locuples, cujus parretipe
sunt siuin
quinque
;
ipsum,
antiquissima
est Disertini monas-
While passing the
Dissertinum
(Trams) Bregallia (Brigell) Actuatium
M
lib. iv. , cap. ii. , p. 425.
vicus '-'-
(Summits)
.
—"De Rebus
It is said, from 759 to 774. He died
A. D. 784. This, however, can hardly square with the much earlier date assigned for the
July it. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 207
fatiguing journey through the Rhetinn Alps for that purpose, and when he
was treated with marked the monks of that 23 When respect by monastery.
Disentis had been occupied by the French in 1799, the relics of those saints were for the most part lost. The feast of St. Sigisbert, confessor, and of St. Placidus, martyr, are celebrated on the nth of July, throughout that diocese where they so long lived and laboured. They are commemorated in the Chur Breviary. They are commemorated, likewise, in Les Petits 2* Bollan- dists, at the nth of July.
Article IV. —St. Lonan, of Ard-Cruinn. Veneration was given, at the nth of July, to Lonan, of Arda Crainn, as we find entered in the Martyr-
of 1 The Bollandists have at this same ology Tallagh. recorded,
date,
a feast
for Lonanus of Ard-cruinn,2 as furnished by Father O'Sheerin.
enquire, if Ard-cruinn can be identical with Ardcroney,3 a parish in the barony of Lower Ormond, and county of Tipperary. The left side of the direct road —as you advance from Borris-o-kane to Nenagh—affords the site for an ancient church, on a very elevated spot. Connected with this church appear the remains of an old castle ; some of the side walls, chambers, winding- stairs and window-places, are yet to be seen. The whole group of ruins is enclosed within a much frequented graveyard. The church walls are in tolerable preservation. In one end gable, a narrow cut-stone and pointed window remains entire. The opposite gable, near the old castle, appears rather to have been an interior cross-wall, under which a wide arch opens. The masonry in this group of buildings is very massiveand well cemented. The whole deserves an attentive study from the antiquary and archaeologist. In the
an old, and also a new one the former giving name to a parish, known as Loman. Tradition states, that a St. Lonan, nephew of the Irish Apostle, is honoured there. The ruins of the ancient church stand in a lonely cemetery a mile and a-half off the main road from Douglas to Luney. 4 In the Martyrology of Donegal,5 the feast of this saint is also entered, at the nth of July.
Article V. —St. Falbi, or Failbhe, Son of Culocha, of Disert Mic-Conlocha, in Cuircne, County of Westmeath. In the " Feilire " of
———
Isle of Man which is full of ancient Celtic ecclesiastical memorials there is
death of Sigisbert.
23 This is related, in the Italian Life of St.
Charles Borromeo, by the noble priest John Peter Giusani, lib. vi. , cap. xii.
24 See "Vies des Saints," tome viii. ,
where St. Patrick's mother was honoured. The present ruins I take to be the remains of a church erected a couple of hundred years ago on the site of an ancient foundation. In the s—mall burial-ground—now disused, I think stands a curious and ancient Celtic cross 6 feet high, and 3 feet broad at the shoulders. The circle is not worked through, but marked or punched deeply in the face of the stone. The stone itself is not regu- larly dressed. The panel, &c, of the cross exhibit the usual scroll-work. I could dis-
xie
Article iv.
Kelly, p. xxix.
2
de — 248,249. • Jour Juillet, pp.
l
Edited
by Rev. Dr.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xi. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 177.
3 It is noticed, on the Ordnance Sur-
vey Townland Maps for the County of Tip- perary," sheets io, 14, 15. The townland proper is on sheet 15.
4 The foregoing particulars, and the fol- lowing were communicated to the writer, by
Rev. Patrick Power, 14 Great Nelson-street,
Liverpool, in a letter dated August 3rd, 1887. He adds: "About four miles from the former and about two ^from Onchan
"
if there cover no inscription— inscription
had been—
evidently the venerable monument has been exposed to rough weather and rougher hand-
it would be now as obliterated,
ling in days gone by. I may add, that the whole is set in a stone pedestal (rude as the monument itseli), about 6 feet in length by a foot ami a-half broad. "
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
We may
2o8 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [Jn. v it.
1 at the nth of July, there is an entry of Conlug's pious son. In a comment annexed, we are informed, that he was of Disert Meic Conlocha, in the west of Meath, and that Failbe was his name. 2 His father was named
—
daughter of Moche, son to Bairrinn, sister of Muiccin, of Maighin, was his mother. s TheterritoryofCuircneorMachaireCuircnewascommensurate
St.
^Engus,
Conlug—according
Martyrology of TallaglV at the nth of July, Mac Conlocae, Falbi being his name, in Disiurt mic-Conlocha, in Curchib. The Bollandists *> have on this day the brief notices furnished by O'Sheerin, and representing him as a burn- ing and a shining light. The Calendar of Cashel as also the Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman and of Cathal Maguire commemorate him. Euten,
to other accounts
Culocha. We find
entered in the
with the barony of Kilkenny West, in the county of Westmeath.
6
This dis-
trictofCuircne' embracedalsothatportionofForgneyparish,lyingsouth
ofRiver 8 inthe of and of The
Inny, barony Abbeyshruel, county Longford. place of this saint is now probably that called Dysart,9 a parish partly in the barony of Rathconrath, and partly in that of Moycashel and Magheradernan. Therearesomeremainsofanoldchurchandacemeterylyingwithinit. 10 It is remarked, that in the Menologium Scoticum of Dempster, he has a Fail- beus at the 25th of January, at the 3rd of June, and at the 6th of October. " The Martyrology of Donegal I2 records the present saint, as Failbhe, son of Culocha, of Disert Mic Conlocha, in Cuircne, in Westmeath.
Article VI. —St. Colman, Son of Cron or Cronan. In the
Martyrology of TallaglV we find inserted, at the nth of July, the name of Colman, son of Cronan. A similar notice, furnished by O'Sheerin to the
Bollandists,
The Martyrology of Donegal calls him the son of Cron. 3 Perhaps, his place may be identified with Daire Mor, or Kilcolman, a parish, partly in the barony ofBallybritt, and partly in the barony of Clonlisk, in the southern part of the
8
These relative situations are well shown, on the Map of the Diocese of Meath, con- structed by Rev. Dr. Daniel Augustus Beau- ford, Rector ofNavan.
9 Disert-Conlocha appears to have been another name for this church. See 1 >r. O'Donovan's " Leabhar na g-Ceart, or Book of Rights," n. (h), pp. 181, 182.
192, 193. — Article v.
2 for this same date, has been inserted in their great collection.
* In the " Leabhar Breac" copy, we find the following stanza and its EnnlLsh translation by Dr. Whitley Stoke. s,
LamAjvcA riApipiA
eufeniA rU>5T>Ai bencoichc balcc Aijje HIaccqvAib'oechCotilocha.
"
LL. D. : —
With the martyrdom of the queen Euphe-
mia the hostful, Benedict, a strong pillar,
Conlug's pious son. "—"Transactions of mensis, tanquam qui scripserit Acta S.
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
Columbae, ast ibi de eo nihil : siquid certi inveniatur, poterit referri ad diem vi. Octo- bris. "—"Acta Sanctorum," tomus hi. , Julii xi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 178.
12 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Scries, vol. i. , part i.
Ocngus, p. ex.
Sec ibid. , p. cxviii.
On the Calendar of
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 178.
s According to the O'Clerys' Calendar.
192, 193. — Article vi.
•
Edited by
the Rev. Dr.
6
See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals oi the
Four vol. ii. , n. 1121. Masters," (g), p.
7 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Leabhar na
g-Ceart,
or Book of
Rights,"
n. 181. (h), p.
I0
See Lewis' "Topographical Dictionary
ofIreland,"vol. i. , p. 592.
11 "
Primo die in Praetermissis est ex Ferrario 13 Junii ex Dempstero, ubi remittitur ad 9 ejusdem
The Bollandists subjoin :
xxix.
* See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii
xi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 177.
3 Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. by
192, 193.
« Seethe Fifth Volume of this work, Art. ».
Kelly, p.
July ii. ] LIVES OF TllE IRISH SAINTS. 209
King's County. The present saint appears distinguishable from another bearingthesamenameandveneratedatthesameplace. HisActsmaybeseen, at the 20th of May/ This place is at present said5 to be written Derrimore, and to be found in Eliogarty, county of Tipperary. It seems, probable, that he may be identified with a Colman, bishop, set down by Duald Mac Firbis, at this date, and stated to have been of Doire Mor. 6
Article VII. —St. Berran. At the nth of July, the simple entry,
1 Berran,ismetwithintheMartyrologyofTallagh. FatherO'Sheerinassured
the Bollandists, who insert his commemoration at this date, that he was patron of Kill-Berrain, in Lower Ormond, and in the diocese of Killaloe, where his feast and vigil were observed, but on the 5th of May, as the Records of that diocese attest. 3 Marianus O'Gorman also includes him. His festival is like- wise noted in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 where jt is entered in the more recent hand. 4
Article VIII. —St. Gabtina or Gaibhthene, Virgin. According to
the of Martyrology
Tallagh,
1 St.
Gabtina, virgin,
had a feast on this
day.
Father O'Sheerin furnished the Bollandists 2 a like record for this date. In
the Martyrology of Donegal,3 a festival was celebrated, it is stated, at the t ith
of July, in honour of Gaibhthene, virgin. Nothing more seems to be known
about her.
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Etianus, or Etto, Disciple
of St. Fursey.
In the anonymous Calendar of Irish Saints published by
O'Sullevan Beare, at the nth of July, we find Etianus or Etto entered.
Molanus and Henry Fitzsimon have Etianus, Bishop, r—ecorded at the same
date. 1 His Acts have been given at the preceding day the correct one for
2
Article X. —Translation of St. Benedict's Relics.
his feast.
" Leabhar Breac " of the " copy
St. 1 there is a record of yEngus,
Feilire," by St. Benedict's festival, at the nth of July.
Furthermore, a scholion informs us, thathewasBenedict^theFatherofMonks. Usuardandotherancient Martyrologists have it as the festival for a Translation of his relics, as the Bollandists note at this day. 4 They refer, however, to his chief feast, at the
2
5 By William M. Hennessy.
6 See " Proceedings of the Royal Irish
Article VIII,—'•* Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxix.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 177.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
192, 193.
Article ix. — l See "Historic Catholics
Iberniae Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 50, 54.
Article vii
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxix. 2
servations
:
" Cur
hoc die adducitur ?
Irish
vol.
—
The Bollandists add to the foregoing ob-
Academy," part i. , p. 105.
Manuscript Series,
i. ,
j
igitur
Aliis catalogis ignotus est ; si res magis pa- teat, facile alio die locum in Actis invenire
poterit. "— "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 177.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
192,193.
4 See note by Rev. Dr. Todd.
2
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," ix. Februa—rii, n. 13, p. 299.
Article x. x 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. ex.
In the
O
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 12.
2 1 st of March for an exhaustive illustration of his Acts. Also, in Usuard is to be found, at this same date, a Translation of the relics of his sister Scho- lastics, whose chief festival and Acts are noticed, on the 10th of February.
Article XI. —Festival of St. Euphemia, Virgin and Martyr, with her Companions. In the Irish Church, the Feast of St. Euphemia
was on the nth of formerly celebrated,
July.
we are informed, that she Was a virgin, who suffered martyrdom under the
Emperor Diocletian, with xu thousand other martyrs. The Greeks had a
feast for herat this date, and it is noted by Greven, as the Bollandists remark. 3
—— However, in the Roman Martyrology * as also in the Greek Menologies
her feast has been referred to the 16th of September.
Article XII. —Festival of St. Maclovius. At the nth of July, Greven, Saussay and other hagiographers commemorate St. Maclovius or St. Malo, Bishop and Confessor in British Armorica, as the Bollandists
;
more particulars regarding him.
Ctodftf) 3Bap of 3ulp*
ARTICLE I. —ST. MENULPHUS OR ST. MENOU, BISHOP OF QUIMPER- CORENTIN, FRANCE.
[PROBABLY IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY. ']
WE often hear Christians say, they do not find the peace, and joy, and
and are led to from the fruitfulness, usefulness, they expect promises
of God conveyed in the Sacred Scriptures. If so, we may rest assured, the fault lies with themselves. It is only the true saint can fully comprehend, what
observe x but to treat about him on the
for his chief November 15th. To that same date, likewise, our readers are referred for
lire of St. /Engus. See
they prefer
day
festival,
2
See ibid. , p. cxviii.
S He is venerated, on the 2ist of March,
Ins principal feast.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xi. Among the pretermitted saints,
sanctoe Euphcmiae Virginis et Martyris, qua; sub Diocletiano Jmperatore et Prisco Pro-
consule, torment*, carceres, verbera, argu- menta rotarum, ignes, pondera lapidum, bes tias, plagas virgarum, serras acutas, sarta- gines ignitas pro Christo superavit : sed nirsus in theatrum ad bestias ducta, cum orasset ad Dominum, ut jam spiritum suum susciperet, una ex iis naorsum. santo corpore infigente, ceteris pedes ejus lambentibu—s, immaculatum spiritum Deo reddidit. "
p. 75.
Article xi. —
"
Fei- Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manu- script Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calen- dar of Oengus. By Whitley Stokes, LL. D. ,
p. ex.
2
See ibid. , p. cxviii.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Julii xi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
p. 177.
4 It is thus entered : "Chalcedone natalis
1
According to the ""
1 In the 2 commentary annexed,
"Maityrologium Romanum Gregorii XIII. editum," pp. 137, 138. Editio novissima, Romae, 1878, fol.
Article xu. — tomus iii. , Julii xi. saints, p. 178.
*
gee " Acta Sanctorum," Among the pretermitted
July 12. ]
LIVES OP THE IRISH SAINTS. 211
the Almighty hath prepared for them that love him, and which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive. The perfect detachment from created things is a sacrifice most pleasing and most perfect in the estimation of the Creator, and to it, the most faithful and favoured of his servants continually aspire.
The Acts of this venerable man whose name has been Latinized Menulfus,
or Menulphus—and by the French called Menou—were formerly preserved
in Manuscript, at the church of St. Autrille-du-Chateau, near Bourges. They were first published by le Pere Labbe. The Breviary of the church at Bourges, printed a. d. 1512, has his office of three Lessons included. Like- wise, his office has been printed, at Paris, in 1686. It is now celebrated under a simple rite. The Acts of St. Menou, who probably flourished in the
seventh century, and who became bishop of Quimper, in Bretagne, have been 1
publishedbyLobineau. Theyhavebeenpublished,likewise,bytheBollan- 2
dists, at the 12th of July. There is a previous commentary,3 by Father
John Baptist Soller, S. J. , the editor. Then follow the proper Acts. * The ""
Petits Bollandistes have an account of this saint, and also at the same date. s
It is agreed, by the various writers of his Acts, that Menou was a native
6
of Ireland; but, regarding the particular place where he was born, or his
parentage, we find no record. There, too, it seems his first years were spent ; yet, for the sake of greater perfection, he was induced to leave his family and nativecountrywhilestillveryyoung. Atfirst,hewenttoGreatBritain,and thence, he travelled to Armorica, until he came to Quimper, also known as Quimper-Corentin, the present capital of the Department of Finistere in France. It is situated on the declivity of a hill, at the confluence of the Odet and Steir, about thirty-two miles south-east from Brest. ? At that time, this city formed part of the country, belonging to the Ossimiens. 8 It is now divided into an old and a new town, but the houses are poorly built. It is surrounded with a wall, and guarded by towers. Its present cathedral is a fine structure of the fifteenth century, and it is situated near the port. 9 The bishopofQuimperisnowasuffragantotheArchbishopofTours. Accord-
10 about the same when he arrivad in Little period
to the Acts of our
Britain, Dagobert," King of the Franks, reigned, and had established peace
ing
saint,
Article i. —' See " Les Vies des Saints de Bretagne," tome ii. , pp. 125 to 129. Ed. Paris, 1836.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Julii xii. De S. Menulfo Episcopo in Finibus Bituricensium in Gallia, pp. 305 to 308.
3 In seven paragraphs.
4 The first, Acta ex codice Ms. eccl. S.
Austregisili de Castro, apud Labbeum in Bibliotheca Mss. ; the second, Ex vetustis- simo Breviario eccl. Bituric. ad diem XII. Julii.
5 See "Vies des Saints," tome viii. , xii e Jour de Juillet, pp. 259, 260.
partie le departement du Finistere, etaient
un des peuples puissants de la confederation
Armorique, a l'epoque de la conquete des Gaules par Cesar. Us resisterent long-temps aux Romains ; mais enfin ilsfurent vaincus. " —A. Hugo's "France Pittoresque, ou De- scription Pittoresque, Topographique et Sta- tistique des Departements et Colonies de la France," &c, tome ii. Departement du Finistere, p. 25. A. Paris, 1835, sm. fol.
9 The accompanying illustration of the
place, copied from an approved engraving, and drawn on the wood by William F.
Wakeman, has been engraved by Mrs. Mil- lard.
6
The Acts state : "In insula maris oceani
quae barbara lingua Yrilanda nuncupatur, id est, ferrea terra, vir sanctus et venerabilis
Menulfus procreatus est," &c.
7 See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. xi. ,
p. 215.
8 " Les Occismiens, allies des Venetes et
dont le territoire forme aujourd'hui en grand
10
Those contained in the Manuscript be-
longing to the church of St.
