The Martyrologies of Tallagh^ and of DonegaP record Cronan, as being
venerated
on this day.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v2
Jerome.
ArticleV. —St. ConinorCoinin,Bishop. ThenameConin,with-
out any further designation, occurs in the Martyrology of Tallagh,=^ at the 1 2 th of February. His place or age has not been determined. Coinin, a
bishop, is set down in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ as having had a festival, at this date.
Article VI. —St. Fionan, Son of Erannan.
The Martyrology of Tallagh^ inserts the festival of St. Finan, mac Airennain, at the 1 2th day of February. The Martyrology of Donegal,^ registers Fionan, son of Erannan, as having a festival celebrated at this date. His death is recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters,3 at a. d. 674. Dr. O'Conor has suggested, that this saint may be the soldier of Christ, Finan, referred to by Adamnan, in his Life of St. Columkille,'^ and who passed an
3 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Tribes and ists' '"Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Feb-
andria. ^ The Daman mentioned, in the
Customs of Hy-Many," n. (d), p, 72.
4 See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish MSS. series, vol. i. , part
ruarii xii. De Sanctis Martyribus Alexan- drinis Modesto et Ammonio, Infantibus, Zotico, Cyriaco, Simplicio, pp. 580, 581.
3 See ibid. De S. Damiano, Milite et
i. , pp. 96, 97.
5 See William M. Hennessy's note.
Martyre, in Africa, p. 581.
^ See ibid. De S. Damiano, Mart. Ro-
Article iv. —' The
with its English translation by Professor O'Looney,recordstheholyBishopSemplex,
and Daman, w—ith companions, who had Kelly, p. xv.
following
A. w. vo, li-imon e^ptic Semplex,
stanza,
been martyred
:
Edited by Drs, Todd and Reeves,
SiechcA pnnni'log p|\oTnchA, Kelly, p. xv.
QArnAn mit min'o ^ Edited Drs. Todd and mA^ACiAA, by
Reeves, pp.
there is a Damianus—
mano, Salmantic—as in Hispania, p. 581. ^
Co TnAC^AT) cAir» c^och-OA. 46, 47.
3 See O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. , pp.
*' With the
A prime proven host had been
slaughtered,
Daman a heroic mind of martyr-
dum,
With comely children was cruci-
fied. "
284, 285. The learned editor
that in the O'Clerys' Irish Calendar, it is stated, that he died A. D. 577, obviously an error for A. D. 677. See n. (f), ibid. But, in the published Martyrology, it is set down. at a. d. 674, which corresponds with the date of the Four Masters.
bishop Semplex,
remarks,
= *• ** SeenoticestothiseffectintheBolland- SeeRev. Dr. Reeves'Adamnan's Life
[Seventh CenUcry,\
Article v. Edited by Rev. Dr.
^
46, 47. —^ Article vi.
pp. Edited by Rev. Dr.
5o6 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [February12.
anchoretical and a blameless existence for many years, near the Monastery of the Oak Wood, now Durrow. s Chronology rules this conjecture to be untenable.
ArticleVII. —St. CummainorCummein,ofGleann-Mona. Inthe
Martyrologies of Tallagh,^ of Marianus O'Gorman, and of Charles Maguire, at the 1 2th of February, the feast of St. Cummain, of Glinn Mona, may be found. There is a townland called Glenmenagh, in the parish of Meevagh, baronyofKilmacrennan,andcountyofDonegal. 3 AmongtheIrishmodern denominations known, this seems the nearest in approach to the spelling or pronunciation of Glenn Mona. Cummein, of Gleann Mona, is set down, likewise,intheMartyrologyofDonegal,^onthisday. Wehavenotdis- covered the place.
59
Ord-
'
Article ix. — According to the Rev.
Mr. Kilchoffer, a former Rector of Bally- vourney.
" ———
Article VIII. St. Lugaidh, of Cuil-ruscach, in Breifne. The
festival of Lughaidh, of Cuil-ruscach which means the rushy-corner"
in Breifne,^ was celebrated on this day, as is mentioned in the Martyrology
ofDonegal. 3 Longprevioustoitscompilation,hehadbeenenteredinthe Martyrology of Tallagh,* as Lugaidh, Cule-Ruscaigh, at the 12th of February. Under the compound designation of this place, it does not seem practical to define the locality ; but, there is a Roosky, in the parish of Knockbride, barony of Clankee, and county of Cavan,s as also, a place so designated, in the parish and barony of Mohill,^ and in the parish of Rosinver, barony of Rossclogher,7countyofLeitrim. Ineithercountymusthisplacebesought.
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Gobnet or Gobnata, Abbess
at Ballyvourney, County of Cork. \Sixth Cejitury. '] The 12th of February is said to have been a day,^ when St. Gobnet was venerated at
Ballyvourney, in the county of Cork. We suspect, however, a misconcep- tion, for the nth of February, the day, at which her Acts have been already
given.
Article X. —St. Beologo, Priest, of Cluain-Dartadha. The
simple entry, Beologa, is met with in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 12thofFebruary. Wemayinfer,probably,thatheflourishedatanearly
of St. Columba," lib. i. , cap. 49, pp. 95 to
97,
5 See Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibemi-
carum Scriptores," tomus iv. , p. 60.
and Giolla na Naomh O'Huidhrin," edited
by Dr. O'Donovan, p. xxxvi. , n. 260.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
*
Article vii. — Edited by
Rev. Dr.
46, 47. Edited
Kelly, p.
XV.
by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xv.
5 This townland is defined on the **Ord- "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nance Survey Townland Maps for the
'^ See
nise," xii. Januarii. Vita Cumiani, n. 6, p. County of Cavan. " Sheets 22, 23, 28.
"
Colgan's
This townland is marked on the
3 See "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps nance Survey Townland Maps for the
for the County of Donegal. " Sheets 26,
on which its lands are defined.
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
46, 47. — Article VIII.
ArticleX. Places," part iv. , chap, vi. , p. 448 and p. xv.
27,
See Dr. P. W. Joyce's •'Origin and History of Irish Names of
chap, ix. , p. 512.
"
*
County of Leitrim. " Sheets 32, 33.
7 See ibid. , Sheets 2, 4.
This territory comprised the present are commemorated in the Litany of St. ""
counties of Leitrim and Cavan, See The ^ngus. See Irish Ecclesiastical Record," Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain vol. iii. , April, 1867, pp. 396, 397.
"
The Romans, with Aedan, at this place,
—
^
Edited
Rev. Dr. Kelly,
by
^
February 12. ] LIVES 0I< THE IRISH SAINTS, 507
date. Beologo, priest, of Cluain Dartadha,^ is recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 as having a festival at this date. There is a Cloondart as a townland denomination, in Tibohine parish, county of Roscommon. '*
ArticleXI. —St. Aedhan,ofCluainDartaighe. Aedhan,Cluana-
dartadha, is entered in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^at the 12th of February. The reader will remark an observation, as to locality, in the previous article.
We find mentioned, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ on this day, Aedhan ; and, [of Cluain Dartaighe],3 is an entry inscribed, to complete the record from an older Calendar.
Article XII. —St. Aedh, Son of Feradhach. He is mentioned, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 12th of February, as Aedh Cael mac
Feradhaigh.
The word " refer to a Cael, meaning slender,'' may
peculiarity
of figure. Aedh, son of Feradhach, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal
on this day. It is thought, by Colgan,3 that the present holy man was pro-
bably he, who is elsewhere called ^dus Major, the son of Ferguss, son to Fethlemid, son of Laogaire, &c. Marianus O'Gorman says, this latter was
venerated, at Cluain-Dertadha, on the 12th of February. We refer again, to the previous articles, in connexion with the obscurity of identification. The
Bollandists, referring to Colgan,^ briefly notice him, at this date. s
Article XIII. —St. Cronan.
The Martyrologies of Tallagh^ and of DonegaP record Cronan, as being venerated on this day.
Article XIV. —St. Daman of Tigh Damain, or Tidowan, in Ui-
Criomhthannain, Queen's County. In the Martyrology of Donegal,^ and set down on this day, is the feast of Daman, of Tigh Damain, in Ui- Criomhthannain. He was of the Leinstermen. In the table, appended to thisMartyrology,hisnamehasbeenLatinizedintoDamianus. '^ Therewas a territory of Ui-Criomhthainn or Ui Creamhthainn in Meath,3 and a territory ofUi-CreamhthannainorUi-Criomhthannain,inLeix. Thislattertribehad been located around the celebrated Rock of Dunamase, in the barony of Maryborough East, in the Queen's County. '^ In this latter territory of Ui
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
s gee "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Feb-
46, 47.
-* Of course, it cannot be asserted,
ruarii xii.
Among the pretermitted saints,
posi- lively, that this place is to be associated,
p. 574.
Article xiil.
—
"^
Rev. Dr.
with the present —saint. Kelly, p. xv. '-
Article xi. Edited by Rev. Dr.
XV.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Kelly, p. 46, 47.
46, 47. — Article xiv.
^
Edited by Drs. Todd
Dr. Todd
and Reeves, pp. 46, 47. "^
3
"The words in brackets are added by the later hand. " —
In a note,
See ibid. , pp. 398, 399.
• 3 Colgan describes it as a regitmcula, in-
eluded in the barony of Slane, coimty of Article xii. "Edited by Rev. Dr. Meath. See '*TriasThaumaturga,"p. 184.
Kelly, p. XV.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
"
—
spectans. " "Ogygia," pars iii. , cap.
Ixxvi. , p. 364.
^ See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (s), p. 888.
46, 47i
3
"Acta Sanctorum
licet antiquis historiis non parum celebrate, hodie obscurioris notoe regiuncula est in confinibus Australis Or- gielliae ad Slanensem baroniam in Midia
See
Hibernise," xvii.
Februarii. De Tribus Sanctis Aedis, Ath-
rumiae Quiescentibus, p. 367.
4 See 2^? d^. , xxxi. Januarii. Appendix ad Acta S. Maidoci, cap. i. , p. 221.
says,
at this
passage,
Edited
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
O'Flaherty says of it
by
5o8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [February 12.
Criomthannan, the church of Teach Daimhain, (Tidowan), was situated, ac- cording to the Feilire Aenguis, at this date. 5 We may enquire, as to whether or not, the present Daman had been the same, as the martyr, so called and noticed, by St. ^Engus.
Article XV. —St. Forannan, Abbot of Clonard, County of Meath.
[Eighth Century. '] We read on this day, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ that Forannan, Abbot of Cluain Eraird, was venerated. He is said, also, to have been Abbot of Kildare, and to have died, on the 12th of February,^ a. d. 740,3 according to the Annals of the Four Masters,-^ or according to those of Ulster, a. d. 744.
Article XVI. —St. Ludan, or Ludanus, Pilgrlm, Diocese of Stras-
BURGH. [Twelfth and Thirtee7ith Centuries. '] There is a Life of St. Ludan,
Peregrinus, in the Bollandist collection, at the 12th of February. ^ The
memory of this holy pilgrim, Ludan, was held in high honour, among those
saints to the diocese of belonging
^ To that ancient called city,
Strasbourg.
Argentoraton,3 Argentoratus,-^ Argentoratum,^ Argentorate,^ Argentora,7 at
first,theholypilgrimLudanproceeded. Itissituatedontheriver,called111,
which falls into the Rhine by various channels, after the River Brusch enters
the 111 above Strasburgh, through two enibouchures} Bullet thinks a natural
derivation for the old name of this city might be taken from the fine country
surrounding it. 9 This canton is the most fertile in Alsace,''' and it abounds
in nearly all manner of useful vegetable products, and in fine scenery, from the mountain of Saverne to the Rhine. " This district was blessed, by the
presence and death, of the holy Scottish pilgrim, Ludan. Father John Boland gives a few introductory notices, and then certain Acts, by an anony- mous writer, taken from a Bodecensian manuscript^ belonging to the Canons Regular of St. Augustin," and discovered by the Jesuit, John Gamansius. In Herman Greuen's additions to the Martyrology of Usuard, Ludan, con- fessor,'3 is entered for the day before the Ides of February. According to the old Life, St. Ludan was a confessor of God, but not a priest. Yet, he descended from a noble family. He was born in the twelfth century. His father is called Hiltibold, who was a chief of the Scots. By this, we are
probably to understand the Irish. His son, Ludan, was distinguished more
s See O'Donovan's
"
Leabhar na-g-Ceart,
3 According to Ptolemy,
4 to Ammianus
According Marcellinus,
orBookof —n. Rights,"
216.
Article xv. Edited by Drs. Todd and St. Jerome,
^
(q), p.
and Reeves, pp. 46, 47. s As called by Cassiodorus. "" "^
See Archdall's Monasticon Hiberni- According to the Tablets of Peutinger. cum," p. 520. 7 As found in a letter of the Emperor
3 See Rev; A. Cogan's "Diocese of Julian.
^
—
M. Bullet's "Memoires sur la Langue Celtique," tome i. , p. 231. —
» Thus, '^Argent, belle. Or, contree. "
Peregrino, in Dioecesi Argentiensi, pp. Ibid,
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. i. ,chap.
ii. , p. 15.
4 See Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. ,
The name, given to it by the ancients,
pp. 342, 343. — Article XVI.
partagee. "
*
dered M. Bullet "
^
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , xii. Februarii. De S. Ludano
638,639.
" '^ tage. "— Memoires sur la Langue Cel-
The etymology of this city is thus ren-
France," at Strasburg.
"
by
partage ; parce que des que la Brusch s'est jointe a Till, cette demiere riviere se par-
:
Torrat, coupure,
See, also,
tionnaire Geographique, in that article, treating on Alsace.
tique," tome i. Additions et Corrections, P- 486.
many.
^3 In a Carthusian codex, at Bmxelles, in
Ou
M. de la
**
Dic-
" pres, Gen^ embouchure, Torrat, coupee,
is supposed to have been drawn from
Ar^
"
'"See Dictionnairc Universcl de la
From the diocese of Paderborn, in Ger-
Martiniere, "
February 12. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 509
for his nobility of soul, than even for his temporal rank. In due course, the
son succeeded to his father's possessions, and then he began to execute a de-
sign he had long entertained, by founding a great and convenient hospital, where every necessary was provided for pilgrims and for the sick, as also for blindandlamepersons. Allhisrevenuewasdevotedtoitssupport. Hethen conceived a great desire to visit the holy places, and above all to pray at our Saviour's sepulchre, as also, at the limi? ia of the Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul.
Hepaidvisits,likewise,tovarioussaintlymen. Hisvirtuouspracticeswere daily on the increase, by taking to heart the words of the Apostle St. Peter, " he that feareth Him, and worketh justice, is acceptable to him. " ^^ St. Ludan, at last, came to a place, near the river Ylsa,^5 from which the pro- vince of Alsace^^ is named. This spot was known as the bann'7 of the village Northus. It is written Nort, in some documents, and at present it is called Northeim. Here, reclining under an elm tree without the village, he fell asleep. Then was it divinely revealed to him, that the close of his life was near ; but,
awaking, he earnestly prayed the Omnipotent, that he might not pass away, untilhehadfirstpartakenofChrist'sBody. Whereupon,anangelappeared
"
to him, and administered Holy Communion. Afterwards ejaculating,
Into Hisdeath Ides which falls on the 12th of this month and in the year of our Lord 1202. Another great portent of his sanctity was manifested, at the moment of his happy departure ; for, without human aid, all the church bells in those villages around began to toll, and this continued without intermission, to the very time of his burial. Mean- time, a young man of the place, on seeing a wallet, beside the dead saint, ventured to open it. Discovering a scroll within, he found these words traced : " I am called Ludanus, son of the noble Hilteboldus, chief of the Scots ; I was born a Christian, and in the name and for the love of God, I became a pilgrim. " On raising his body, a most fragrant odour was diffused around the place. In the village of Northeim were then two parochial churches. The pastors and people, belonging to either, desired the body to be brought to, and interred in, their respective church. In short, a great strife arose, which was at last quelled by a certain abbot, who was riding into the village,
O I commend —he
Thy hands, Lord, my spirit," calmly expired.
—d the occurre
day
before the
February
at this time. On the cause of their he " Take learning contention, said,
ye an untamed and unyoked horse, never put under a corricle, a cart, or a chariot,andyokeittoacart; thenplacethebodyoftheholymanthereon, and turning the horse, without a driver, on the direction towards Northeim ; follow ye from behind, with crosses and standards, and to whatever church the corpse may be brought, there let it find ecclesiastical sepulture. " This advice seemed good to all the parishioners, and it was immediately followed. Then St. George was patron of a church, known as Scherekirche, because it was built near the River Schere, or Sarre. ^^ Thither the untamed horse, gentle now as a lamb, drew the holy Ludan. '9 The Sare or Sarre is said to
='°
have been so called, because it was surrounded by mountains.
Sare River is said to have been called by the ancients Sarra, or Saravus ;
the margin is found "alibi ponitur Episco- pus. "
tion, or burgh, on the Sarre. " See M. Bullet's "Memoires sur la Langue Cel-
'-^ ActsX. , tome 35. tique,"
^s Now the 111.
^^
Lately conquered and taken from Acts, as published by the Bollandists.
France, by the Germans, in the war of 1870 and 1 87 1.
^7 The original Latin word, in the Life, is "bannus. "
*'
Me* moires sur la Langue Celtique," tome i.
ArticleV. —St. ConinorCoinin,Bishop. ThenameConin,with-
out any further designation, occurs in the Martyrology of Tallagh,=^ at the 1 2 th of February. His place or age has not been determined. Coinin, a
bishop, is set down in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ as having had a festival, at this date.
Article VI. —St. Fionan, Son of Erannan.
The Martyrology of Tallagh^ inserts the festival of St. Finan, mac Airennain, at the 1 2th day of February. The Martyrology of Donegal,^ registers Fionan, son of Erannan, as having a festival celebrated at this date. His death is recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters,3 at a. d. 674. Dr. O'Conor has suggested, that this saint may be the soldier of Christ, Finan, referred to by Adamnan, in his Life of St. Columkille,'^ and who passed an
3 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Tribes and ists' '"Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Feb-
andria. ^ The Daman mentioned, in the
Customs of Hy-Many," n. (d), p, 72.
4 See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish MSS. series, vol. i. , part
ruarii xii. De Sanctis Martyribus Alexan- drinis Modesto et Ammonio, Infantibus, Zotico, Cyriaco, Simplicio, pp. 580, 581.
3 See ibid. De S. Damiano, Milite et
i. , pp. 96, 97.
5 See William M. Hennessy's note.
Martyre, in Africa, p. 581.
^ See ibid. De S. Damiano, Mart. Ro-
Article iv. —' The
with its English translation by Professor O'Looney,recordstheholyBishopSemplex,
and Daman, w—ith companions, who had Kelly, p. xv.
following
A. w. vo, li-imon e^ptic Semplex,
stanza,
been martyred
:
Edited by Drs, Todd and Reeves,
SiechcA pnnni'log p|\oTnchA, Kelly, p. xv.
QArnAn mit min'o ^ Edited Drs. Todd and mA^ACiAA, by
Reeves, pp.
there is a Damianus—
mano, Salmantic—as in Hispania, p. 581. ^
Co TnAC^AT) cAir» c^och-OA. 46, 47.
3 See O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. , pp.
*' With the
A prime proven host had been
slaughtered,
Daman a heroic mind of martyr-
dum,
With comely children was cruci-
fied. "
284, 285. The learned editor
that in the O'Clerys' Irish Calendar, it is stated, that he died A. D. 577, obviously an error for A. D. 677. See n. (f), ibid. But, in the published Martyrology, it is set down. at a. d. 674, which corresponds with the date of the Four Masters.
bishop Semplex,
remarks,
= *• ** SeenoticestothiseffectintheBolland- SeeRev. Dr. Reeves'Adamnan's Life
[Seventh CenUcry,\
Article v. Edited by Rev. Dr.
^
46, 47. —^ Article vi.
pp. Edited by Rev. Dr.
5o6 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [February12.
anchoretical and a blameless existence for many years, near the Monastery of the Oak Wood, now Durrow. s Chronology rules this conjecture to be untenable.
ArticleVII. —St. CummainorCummein,ofGleann-Mona. Inthe
Martyrologies of Tallagh,^ of Marianus O'Gorman, and of Charles Maguire, at the 1 2th of February, the feast of St. Cummain, of Glinn Mona, may be found. There is a townland called Glenmenagh, in the parish of Meevagh, baronyofKilmacrennan,andcountyofDonegal. 3 AmongtheIrishmodern denominations known, this seems the nearest in approach to the spelling or pronunciation of Glenn Mona. Cummein, of Gleann Mona, is set down, likewise,intheMartyrologyofDonegal,^onthisday. Wehavenotdis- covered the place.
59
Ord-
'
Article ix. — According to the Rev.
Mr. Kilchoffer, a former Rector of Bally- vourney.
" ———
Article VIII. St. Lugaidh, of Cuil-ruscach, in Breifne. The
festival of Lughaidh, of Cuil-ruscach which means the rushy-corner"
in Breifne,^ was celebrated on this day, as is mentioned in the Martyrology
ofDonegal. 3 Longprevioustoitscompilation,hehadbeenenteredinthe Martyrology of Tallagh,* as Lugaidh, Cule-Ruscaigh, at the 12th of February. Under the compound designation of this place, it does not seem practical to define the locality ; but, there is a Roosky, in the parish of Knockbride, barony of Clankee, and county of Cavan,s as also, a place so designated, in the parish and barony of Mohill,^ and in the parish of Rosinver, barony of Rossclogher,7countyofLeitrim. Ineithercountymusthisplacebesought.
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Gobnet or Gobnata, Abbess
at Ballyvourney, County of Cork. \Sixth Cejitury. '] The 12th of February is said to have been a day,^ when St. Gobnet was venerated at
Ballyvourney, in the county of Cork. We suspect, however, a misconcep- tion, for the nth of February, the day, at which her Acts have been already
given.
Article X. —St. Beologo, Priest, of Cluain-Dartadha. The
simple entry, Beologa, is met with in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 12thofFebruary. Wemayinfer,probably,thatheflourishedatanearly
of St. Columba," lib. i. , cap. 49, pp. 95 to
97,
5 See Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibemi-
carum Scriptores," tomus iv. , p. 60.
and Giolla na Naomh O'Huidhrin," edited
by Dr. O'Donovan, p. xxxvi. , n. 260.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
*
Article vii. — Edited by
Rev. Dr.
46, 47. Edited
Kelly, p.
XV.
by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xv.
5 This townland is defined on the **Ord- "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nance Survey Townland Maps for the
'^ See
nise," xii. Januarii. Vita Cumiani, n. 6, p. County of Cavan. " Sheets 22, 23, 28.
"
Colgan's
This townland is marked on the
3 See "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps nance Survey Townland Maps for the
for the County of Donegal. " Sheets 26,
on which its lands are defined.
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
46, 47. — Article VIII.
ArticleX. Places," part iv. , chap, vi. , p. 448 and p. xv.
27,
See Dr. P. W. Joyce's •'Origin and History of Irish Names of
chap, ix. , p. 512.
"
*
County of Leitrim. " Sheets 32, 33.
7 See ibid. , Sheets 2, 4.
This territory comprised the present are commemorated in the Litany of St. ""
counties of Leitrim and Cavan, See The ^ngus. See Irish Ecclesiastical Record," Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain vol. iii. , April, 1867, pp. 396, 397.
"
The Romans, with Aedan, at this place,
—
^
Edited
Rev. Dr. Kelly,
by
^
February 12. ] LIVES 0I< THE IRISH SAINTS, 507
date. Beologo, priest, of Cluain Dartadha,^ is recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 as having a festival at this date. There is a Cloondart as a townland denomination, in Tibohine parish, county of Roscommon. '*
ArticleXI. —St. Aedhan,ofCluainDartaighe. Aedhan,Cluana-
dartadha, is entered in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^at the 12th of February. The reader will remark an observation, as to locality, in the previous article.
We find mentioned, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ on this day, Aedhan ; and, [of Cluain Dartaighe],3 is an entry inscribed, to complete the record from an older Calendar.
Article XII. —St. Aedh, Son of Feradhach. He is mentioned, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 12th of February, as Aedh Cael mac
Feradhaigh.
The word " refer to a Cael, meaning slender,'' may
peculiarity
of figure. Aedh, son of Feradhach, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal
on this day. It is thought, by Colgan,3 that the present holy man was pro-
bably he, who is elsewhere called ^dus Major, the son of Ferguss, son to Fethlemid, son of Laogaire, &c. Marianus O'Gorman says, this latter was
venerated, at Cluain-Dertadha, on the 12th of February. We refer again, to the previous articles, in connexion with the obscurity of identification. The
Bollandists, referring to Colgan,^ briefly notice him, at this date. s
Article XIII. —St. Cronan.
The Martyrologies of Tallagh^ and of DonegaP record Cronan, as being venerated on this day.
Article XIV. —St. Daman of Tigh Damain, or Tidowan, in Ui-
Criomhthannain, Queen's County. In the Martyrology of Donegal,^ and set down on this day, is the feast of Daman, of Tigh Damain, in Ui- Criomhthannain. He was of the Leinstermen. In the table, appended to thisMartyrology,hisnamehasbeenLatinizedintoDamianus. '^ Therewas a territory of Ui-Criomhthainn or Ui Creamhthainn in Meath,3 and a territory ofUi-CreamhthannainorUi-Criomhthannain,inLeix. Thislattertribehad been located around the celebrated Rock of Dunamase, in the barony of Maryborough East, in the Queen's County. '^ In this latter territory of Ui
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
s gee "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Feb-
46, 47.
-* Of course, it cannot be asserted,
ruarii xii.
Among the pretermitted saints,
posi- lively, that this place is to be associated,
p. 574.
Article xiil.
—
"^
Rev. Dr.
with the present —saint. Kelly, p. xv. '-
Article xi. Edited by Rev. Dr.
XV.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Kelly, p. 46, 47.
46, 47. — Article xiv.
^
Edited by Drs. Todd
Dr. Todd
and Reeves, pp. 46, 47. "^
3
"The words in brackets are added by the later hand. " —
In a note,
See ibid. , pp. 398, 399.
• 3 Colgan describes it as a regitmcula, in-
eluded in the barony of Slane, coimty of Article xii. "Edited by Rev. Dr. Meath. See '*TriasThaumaturga,"p. 184.
Kelly, p. XV.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
"
—
spectans. " "Ogygia," pars iii. , cap.
Ixxvi. , p. 364.
^ See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (s), p. 888.
46, 47i
3
"Acta Sanctorum
licet antiquis historiis non parum celebrate, hodie obscurioris notoe regiuncula est in confinibus Australis Or- gielliae ad Slanensem baroniam in Midia
See
Hibernise," xvii.
Februarii. De Tribus Sanctis Aedis, Ath-
rumiae Quiescentibus, p. 367.
4 See 2^? d^. , xxxi. Januarii. Appendix ad Acta S. Maidoci, cap. i. , p. 221.
says,
at this
passage,
Edited
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
O'Flaherty says of it
by
5o8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [February 12.
Criomthannan, the church of Teach Daimhain, (Tidowan), was situated, ac- cording to the Feilire Aenguis, at this date. 5 We may enquire, as to whether or not, the present Daman had been the same, as the martyr, so called and noticed, by St. ^Engus.
Article XV. —St. Forannan, Abbot of Clonard, County of Meath.
[Eighth Century. '] We read on this day, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ that Forannan, Abbot of Cluain Eraird, was venerated. He is said, also, to have been Abbot of Kildare, and to have died, on the 12th of February,^ a. d. 740,3 according to the Annals of the Four Masters,-^ or according to those of Ulster, a. d. 744.
Article XVI. —St. Ludan, or Ludanus, Pilgrlm, Diocese of Stras-
BURGH. [Twelfth and Thirtee7ith Centuries. '] There is a Life of St. Ludan,
Peregrinus, in the Bollandist collection, at the 12th of February. ^ The
memory of this holy pilgrim, Ludan, was held in high honour, among those
saints to the diocese of belonging
^ To that ancient called city,
Strasbourg.
Argentoraton,3 Argentoratus,-^ Argentoratum,^ Argentorate,^ Argentora,7 at
first,theholypilgrimLudanproceeded. Itissituatedontheriver,called111,
which falls into the Rhine by various channels, after the River Brusch enters
the 111 above Strasburgh, through two enibouchures} Bullet thinks a natural
derivation for the old name of this city might be taken from the fine country
surrounding it. 9 This canton is the most fertile in Alsace,''' and it abounds
in nearly all manner of useful vegetable products, and in fine scenery, from the mountain of Saverne to the Rhine. " This district was blessed, by the
presence and death, of the holy Scottish pilgrim, Ludan. Father John Boland gives a few introductory notices, and then certain Acts, by an anony- mous writer, taken from a Bodecensian manuscript^ belonging to the Canons Regular of St. Augustin," and discovered by the Jesuit, John Gamansius. In Herman Greuen's additions to the Martyrology of Usuard, Ludan, con- fessor,'3 is entered for the day before the Ides of February. According to the old Life, St. Ludan was a confessor of God, but not a priest. Yet, he descended from a noble family. He was born in the twelfth century. His father is called Hiltibold, who was a chief of the Scots. By this, we are
probably to understand the Irish. His son, Ludan, was distinguished more
s See O'Donovan's
"
Leabhar na-g-Ceart,
3 According to Ptolemy,
4 to Ammianus
According Marcellinus,
orBookof —n. Rights,"
216.
Article xv. Edited by Drs. Todd and St. Jerome,
^
(q), p.
and Reeves, pp. 46, 47. s As called by Cassiodorus. "" "^
See Archdall's Monasticon Hiberni- According to the Tablets of Peutinger. cum," p. 520. 7 As found in a letter of the Emperor
3 See Rev; A. Cogan's "Diocese of Julian.
^
—
M. Bullet's "Memoires sur la Langue Celtique," tome i. , p. 231. —
» Thus, '^Argent, belle. Or, contree. "
Peregrino, in Dioecesi Argentiensi, pp. Ibid,
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. i. ,chap.
ii. , p. 15.
4 See Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. ,
The name, given to it by the ancients,
pp. 342, 343. — Article XVI.
partagee. "
*
dered M. Bullet "
^
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , xii. Februarii. De S. Ludano
638,639.
" '^ tage. "— Memoires sur la Langue Cel-
The etymology of this city is thus ren-
France," at Strasburg.
"
by
partage ; parce que des que la Brusch s'est jointe a Till, cette demiere riviere se par-
:
Torrat, coupure,
See, also,
tionnaire Geographique, in that article, treating on Alsace.
tique," tome i. Additions et Corrections, P- 486.
many.
^3 In a Carthusian codex, at Bmxelles, in
Ou
M. de la
**
Dic-
" pres, Gen^ embouchure, Torrat, coupee,
is supposed to have been drawn from
Ar^
"
'"See Dictionnairc Universcl de la
From the diocese of Paderborn, in Ger-
Martiniere, "
February 12. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 509
for his nobility of soul, than even for his temporal rank. In due course, the
son succeeded to his father's possessions, and then he began to execute a de-
sign he had long entertained, by founding a great and convenient hospital, where every necessary was provided for pilgrims and for the sick, as also for blindandlamepersons. Allhisrevenuewasdevotedtoitssupport. Hethen conceived a great desire to visit the holy places, and above all to pray at our Saviour's sepulchre, as also, at the limi? ia of the Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul.
Hepaidvisits,likewise,tovarioussaintlymen. Hisvirtuouspracticeswere daily on the increase, by taking to heart the words of the Apostle St. Peter, " he that feareth Him, and worketh justice, is acceptable to him. " ^^ St. Ludan, at last, came to a place, near the river Ylsa,^5 from which the pro- vince of Alsace^^ is named. This spot was known as the bann'7 of the village Northus. It is written Nort, in some documents, and at present it is called Northeim. Here, reclining under an elm tree without the village, he fell asleep. Then was it divinely revealed to him, that the close of his life was near ; but,
awaking, he earnestly prayed the Omnipotent, that he might not pass away, untilhehadfirstpartakenofChrist'sBody. Whereupon,anangelappeared
"
to him, and administered Holy Communion. Afterwards ejaculating,
Into Hisdeath Ides which falls on the 12th of this month and in the year of our Lord 1202. Another great portent of his sanctity was manifested, at the moment of his happy departure ; for, without human aid, all the church bells in those villages around began to toll, and this continued without intermission, to the very time of his burial. Mean- time, a young man of the place, on seeing a wallet, beside the dead saint, ventured to open it. Discovering a scroll within, he found these words traced : " I am called Ludanus, son of the noble Hilteboldus, chief of the Scots ; I was born a Christian, and in the name and for the love of God, I became a pilgrim. " On raising his body, a most fragrant odour was diffused around the place. In the village of Northeim were then two parochial churches. The pastors and people, belonging to either, desired the body to be brought to, and interred in, their respective church. In short, a great strife arose, which was at last quelled by a certain abbot, who was riding into the village,
O I commend —he
Thy hands, Lord, my spirit," calmly expired.
—d the occurre
day
before the
February
at this time. On the cause of their he " Take learning contention, said,
ye an untamed and unyoked horse, never put under a corricle, a cart, or a chariot,andyokeittoacart; thenplacethebodyoftheholymanthereon, and turning the horse, without a driver, on the direction towards Northeim ; follow ye from behind, with crosses and standards, and to whatever church the corpse may be brought, there let it find ecclesiastical sepulture. " This advice seemed good to all the parishioners, and it was immediately followed. Then St. George was patron of a church, known as Scherekirche, because it was built near the River Schere, or Sarre. ^^ Thither the untamed horse, gentle now as a lamb, drew the holy Ludan. '9 The Sare or Sarre is said to
='°
have been so called, because it was surrounded by mountains.
Sare River is said to have been called by the ancients Sarra, or Saravus ;
the margin is found "alibi ponitur Episco- pus. "
tion, or burgh, on the Sarre. " See M. Bullet's "Memoires sur la Langue Cel-
'-^ ActsX. , tome 35. tique,"
^s Now the 111.
^^
Lately conquered and taken from Acts, as published by the Bollandists.
France, by the Germans, in the war of 1870 and 1 87 1.
^7 The original Latin word, in the Life, is "bannus. "
*'
Me* moires sur la Langue Celtique," tome i.
