See Berti's " Ecclesiastical Historian Breviarium,"
Sseculum
vi.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v9
This lay in the western part of Connaught.
4
In our Ecclesiastical Calendars, there are several persons bearing the name
of Senach. s One occurs in Tirechan's List. It is not improbable, that he
may have been Senach of Aghagower. This was in the territory of Umalia
or 6 it is not that he can be identified more with the Hymalia. Yet, certain,
present, than with any other bearing the name and mentioned in our Calendars. The following account is given by Jocelyn, in his Life of St.
Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland. In the place, which is named Achadfobhair, St. Patrick had built and endowed a church with fair possessions ; and, over
it he appointed and consecrated as bishop Sennach, who, for the innocency
of his heart, was called the Lamb of God. And he, being so consecrated,
entreated of the saint that with unceasing prayer, he should labour with the
Lord, to shield him in his office from the commission of all sin. Further-
more, he suppliantly besought, that the church over which he presided
might not be called by his name, as was in many places the custom among
the Irish people. ? And this he did, to preserve his lowliness, and to avoid
vain glory, which is the fretting moth of all virtues. Then, understanding
the worthiness of Sennach, and the simplicity of his heart, St. Patrick pro-
mised to him the fulfilment of all his desires. Blessing him and his flock, St.
the space underneath, and immediately over Findbair.
Patrick prophesied, that therefrom should proceed many holy and eminent 8
Serving in exceeding holiness the Holy of Holies, and being the heavenly sanctuary. 9 More than once, Colgan calls Aghagower merely
priests.
renowned for his miracles and for his virtues, Sennach entered at length into
the locality of a bishop's see.
Archdall places a monastery under Senach
of Aghagower.
11
Articlk 111. —'Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxxiv.
"Thus: SetiAic 5<My\b
Trie OU101
pn-obAin.
3 See his life, at the 17th of March, in the
Third Volume of this work, Ait. i. *"
7 Near this place, too, there was a holy well, regarding which a popular belief is recorded, by a writer of St. Patrick's Acts.
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Sep-
tima Vita S. Patricii, pars ii. , cap. Ixiii. , p.
138.
10
But, in whatever account we have regarding him, no such
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,
Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. cxxxi. , p. 94. and Patrick, chap, xii. , in the Third Volume of
nn. 132, 133, p. 114. Also Septima Vita S. Patricii, li>. ii. , cap. Ixii. , pp. 137, 138, and nn. 118, 119, pp. 178, 179.
5 See at January 10th, February nth, May nth, June 22nd, August 2 1st, Novem- ber 2nd and 10th.
6
The territory of the O'Malleys. See Rev. Dr. Lanigan's "Ecclesiastical History of
Ireland," vol. i. , chap, v. , sect, x. , p 245.
this work, An. i.
9 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturgi. "
Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. cxxxi. , p. 94,
8
Senach already given, in the Life of St.
See the account this St. concerning
and nn. 132, 133, p. 114. ,0 "
See Dr. Lanigan's Ecclesiastical Ilis- tory of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, v. , sect, x. , n, 101, p. 248,
"See "Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 492.
268 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [Septemberid
thing is mentioned. It the holy man be identical, as Colgan thinks, with the former mentioned, the present Senach was greatly distinguished as a virtuous
of the Irish
in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ at this same date.
son of
disciple
Apostle. '
Senach,
Buidi, appears
2 The name of
Article IV. —St. Segen or Seighin, son of Ua Cuinn, Abbot of Bangor, Countv Down. [Seventh Century^\ Colgan has a saint of this name, the son of Ronan, son to Loarn, son of Fergus, son to Conal Gulban. He seems to think him identical with an abbot of
Bangor,
Segen, Abbot, is set down in the Martyrology of Tallagh, as having been venerated, at the ioth of September. 3 This holy man was one of the Irish clergy addressed in an Epistle written from Rome a. d. 640, regarding the Paschal usage. 5 This seems to have varied in Ireland itself: for we are
informed, that the First6 and Second? Order of Irish saints celebrated Easter on the' fourteenth day of the moon after the vernal Equinox, while the Third8 Order of Irish saints celebrated it, either on the fourteenth or sixteenth day of the moon. 9 While in the school at Bangor, the monks appear to have followedtheformerusage; itisthought,othermonksinIrelandhadadopted the Great Cycle of Victorius of Aquitaine, who there introduced it before the end of the sixth century. However, St. Columbanus,10 who left Bangor for the Continent, about a. d. 590, writing to Pope St. Gregory the Great,"
12 that his
from receiving the calculations of Victorius, deemed them to be- worthy of derision rather than authority. ' 3 At this same date, the present saint is
entered in the Martyrology of Donegal,14 under the designation Seighin, son
of Ua Abbot of Bennchor. He died a. d. l i to the Cuinn, 659. according
Annals of Clonmacnoise, and in 662, according to the Annals of the Four
16 and of 1 7 18 and Rev. William Reeves. 1 ? Archdall Ulster, Archdall,
states,
masters,
who were most
sage computists
of so far Cycles,
Masters,
tells us, he was called the Arch-Abbot. 20 At that time, Bangor had attained the highest consideration for the learning in its schools.
12 "
See Trias Thaumaturga. " Quinta Ap-
pendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 266. 13 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
242, 243. —
Article iv. 'See Colgan's "Trias
Thaumaturga. '' Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columboe, cap. iii. , p. 482.
2 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
3 In that copy found in the Book of Lein- ster the reading is Segem -Ab.
4 See Utther's " Veterum Epistolarum Hibernicarum Sylloge," Epist. ix. , pp. 22, 23.
s See allusion to it, in the Life of St. Diman or Dima Dubh, Bishop of Connor, at the 6th of January, in the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
6 That Order flourished a. d. 432-544.
""
Scias namque nostris magistris et Hibernicis antiquis, philosophis et sapien- tissimis componendi calculi computariis, Victorium non fuisse receptum, sed magis risu vel venia dignumquam auctoritate. "
,3 See the very learned disquisition on this subject, by the Very Rev. Bartholomew MacCarthy, D. D. , in the " Todd Lecture Series," vol. iii. , lect. iv. , pp. 362 to 369.
M Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
242, 243.
,s A. D. 659, Segan Mac Ikwind, Abbot of
Bangor, died.
l6 At a. d. 662, they styled him "Segan
MachUi-Chuinn. " SeeDr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. , pp. 272, 273.
x
l At a. d. 662 they enter "Quies Segain mice U Chuind. "—See Rev. Dr. O'Conor's " Rerum Hibernicarum tomus
iv. Annales Ultonienses.
,8 See "Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 107. *» See "Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down,
Connor, and Dromore," Appendix LL. , p. 380.
20 For this statement, he cites Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hibernian," p. 17, where there is no such observation, and Ward, p. 354.
7 That Order flourished a. d.
8
544-598. That Order flourished A. D. 598-665.
Scriptores,"
9 See Archbishop Ussher's " Britanni-
carum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates. " cap. xvii. ,
pp. 473, 474.
10
See his Life at the 21st of November. 11 He ruled over the Church from a. d. 590 to 604.
See Berti's " Ecclesiastical Historian Breviarium," Sseculum vi. , cap. i. ,
lxvi. , p. 152.
1 so named. St.
2
September io. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 269
Article V. — St. Finnbar Mac Bindi or Fionnbharr. In the published
1
Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival is recorded, at the 10th of September, in
honour of Finnbar Mac Bindi. 2 The (? Buidi. )
of
Donegal*
Martyrology Calendar has the simple entry, Fionnbhar, at the same date.
Article VI. —St. Ferghus, Son of Guaire. Our Blessed Saviour has taught the saints to yield up the love of life for the sake of a life of love,
which
sweetly 3
draws all hearts to Him. The of 1 and Martyrologies Tallagh
the name
venerated, at the 10th of September. Little more seems to be known
regarding him.
of
Donegal register
Ferghus,
son of Guaire, as
having
been
ArticleVII. —St. OdranorOdhran. ThenameOdranoccursin 1
the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 10th of September. In the Martyrology
of 2 we find the Odhran. Donegal entry
Article VIII. —St. Dachuimmne. The
mentions, that Dachuimmne was venerated, at the 10th of September.
Article IX. —St. Ailbe Imligh or Elbe. According to the Martyr-
12 ology of Tallagh, Ailbhe Imligh had a festival, at the 10th of September.
It would se*em, therefore, that it must have reference to the saint, who has
been regarded as the patron of Ernly diocese. The Martyrology of Donegal* simply enters the name Elbe, without further designation, at the same date. His proper festival seems referable to the 12th of this month, when we shall treat more fully regarding him.
Article X. —St. Lucill or Luiceall. At the 10th ofSeptember, the
1 nameLucillisfoundenteredintheMartyrologyofTallagh, andinthatof
2
Donegal, the register is Luiceall.
Article XL—Reputed Feast of St Egidius. In a certain manu-
1
script Benedictine Menologium,the Bollandists found a feast for St. ^Egidius,
Abbot, at the 10th of September.
His Life has been already given, at the
Article vill. —* Edited by Drs. Todd
first day of this month.
2
Article v. —l Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p xxxiv.
J
Likewise in the copy of the Book of Leinster we read pn-obar* mac brnoi.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
and Reeves, pp. —242, 243. '
242, 243. Article vi.
2
In the Book of Leinster copy the read- ing is <Vilbi Imbig.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
—
copy ^er»5«f mac 5u<M]\e.
Kelly, p. xxxiv.
Edited
p. xxxiv. Also, in that copy contained in
2
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
'Edited by Rev. Dr. In the Book of Leinster
244,245. — Article x.
'
Rev. Dr.
242, 243. —
Article vii. 'Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxxiv. In the cony contained in the Book of Leinster, the reading seems to be Oor\n.
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 244,245.
2 Edited 242, 243.
by
Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp.
2 in the See,
Art i.
present
volume, at that
date,
Martyrology
of Donegal1
Article ix. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
by the Hook of Leinster Lucill.
Kelly,
2
—'See "Acta
Article xi. Sanctorum,"
tomus hi. , Septembris x. Among the pre- termitted feasts, p. 481.
270 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [Septemberii.
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of Gisilarius, a Priest. In that catalogue of Irish saints, compiled by Father Henry Fitzsimon, he has noted at this day, Gislarius, a Priest. Professing to quote the Carthusian Martyr-
1 at the ioth of
Gisibarius, a priest, who had been sent by St. Rudbert into Britain, to labour there with some holy men in the Lord's vineyard. In a Life of St. Rupert, published by Canisius, there is an allusion to him. The Bollandists— who are doubtful regarding his ctdtus as a saint—notice him at the ioth of
September, and state, that he is praised in the Subense Martyrologium.
Article XIII. —Reputed Festival of St Bertellinus. At the ioth of September, Colgan intended to insert the Acts of St. Bertellinus, in
previous day,
ology,
September,
Thomas notices 2 in Boiaria Dempster
his collection. 1 We have
treated about him, on the which seems properly to be regarded as his chief festival.
OEIfbfntl) IBap of September
Boiaria Gisibarii presbyteri, qui a S. Rud- berto in Britanuiam missus, cum Sanctorum virorum qui in vinea domini laborarent, sup- plemento rediit. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalen- dars of Scottish Saints," p. 211.
3 See the "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Article i. —' See "Trias Thaumaturga," Vita Secunda S. Patricii, n. 54, p. 20.
2
Her Feast is celebrated, on the 22nd of March, where notices are to be found, in the Third Volume of this work, and at that date, Art. ii.
3 See the " of Donegal," pp. Martyrology
244, 245.
x. feasts, p. 482.
Among
the
Septembris
pretermitted
already
ARTICLE I. —ST. LOARN OR LOARNN, BISHOP OF BRIGHT, COUNTY OF DOWN.
[FIFTH CENTURY. ]
early Pastors and teachers were truly Apostolic men. The
OUR as a adviser and director of his
spiritual father, ghostly people,
always attracted his flock to the practice of virtues, which he preached, not
less by word, than by example. Even after death, his influences remain,
and affect religiously generations that survive. Colgan promised to treat about St. Loam, on the day for his festival, which by Marianus O'Gorman
1
This intention he did not live to accomplish, and we are not aware, that any special acts of St. Loam now exist. According to the O'Clerys, the present holy man was the
son of Darerca,2 sister of St. Patricks and consequently he was a nephew of the great Irish Apostle. However, we cannot place too much reliance on this statement. But few particulars have been preserved, in reference to
" Articlexii. —MartyrologiumCarthu- Articlexiil—See CatologusActuum
sianum aut Canisii, Adami Vvalasseris. Sanctorum qua? MS. habentur, ordine Men- a Thus in Menologium Scoticum : "In sium et Dierum. "
and others has been placed, at the i ith of September.
'
September ii. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 271
him. Incidentally we are told, in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick,* that when the Irish Apostle was in the North of Ireland, and returning from his unsuccessful visit to his old master Milcho at Slemish, he went to Saul, and thence set out southwards towards the residence of a chief named Ros,s who was brother to his first convert, Dichu. That Ross or Rus lived in -Derlus,
6
8
Apostle's mission. The ancient fort of Ros, known as Durlas, formerly an
earthen rath, probably stood where the Castle of Bright 9 may now be seen.
10 in the of Down, was formerly known as County
Whether Loam lived there at that time or not seems doubtful ; but, it is probable, that soon after the conversion of Ros, he was appointed to rule there in the capacity of a chorepiscopus. This saint is classed among the disciples of St. Patrick -p and, it is likely, he was a convert to the Faith, at an early stage of the Irish
to the south of Dun-leth-glaise, now Downpatrick.
The of parish
Bright,
Brettain or Brettan. In old documents, this place is variously called Brict,
Brich, Brett, Bratten, Brettain, and Brichten. 11 Weare informed,12 that the townland, in which the Protestant church of Bright was situated, is named Ballintubber—the town of the Well—from a remarkable spring a quarter of a mile to the north of the church, and which is supposed to have been the ancient holy well, where Ros-mic-Trichim had been baptised. This church was built in 1745,13 by the distinguished Protestant Dean of Down, Dr. Patrick Delany,14 and the friend of the still more celebrated Dean of St.
of
April.
See an account of him at that
18
Dr.
Swift. rs St. over it, in the
who was
Loam,
capacity
Colgan very incorrectly infers, that the author of St. Patrick's
Jonathan presided
contemporaneous
Patrick's,
with St. Patrick,
of Bright stood beside the ancient fort called Derlus, ? where, it seems probable, the Anglo-Normans of Lecale afterwards erected the Castle of
Bright.
Tripartite Life must have lived contemporaneously with this saint, from an equivocal phrase introduced. 10 Archdall has it, that Loarne was bishop or
hereafter stated, was transmitted in a letter
from the Very Rev. James O'Laverty, P. P. , of Holywood, to the writer, and dated July 21st, 1898.
,4 His talents and character are general
best set forth in that most interesting work of his wife, edited by Lady LLanover, in six 8vo volumes : three appearing in 1861, and
torical account of the Diccese of Down and
Connor," vol. i. Parish of Bright, pp. 147, respondence of Mary Granville, Mrs.
4 See the Life of St. Patrick in the Third Volume of this work, at the 17th of March, Art. i.
5 He is venerated as a Saint, on the 7th
date, in the Fourth Volume of this work,
Art. ii.
6"
See Very Rev. James O'Laverty's His-
148.
7 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxiii, p. 265.
Delany.
'SHis Life has been written by many
authors, Rev. Dr. Sheridan, Sir Walter Scott, William Monck Mason, Forster Craig, &c.
8
According to Dr. O'Donovan, this may
" l6 be translated a strong fort," and he tells
us the word is Anglicised in Thurles.
In our Ecclesiastical Calendars, there are several persons bearing the name
of Senach. s One occurs in Tirechan's List. It is not improbable, that he
may have been Senach of Aghagower. This was in the territory of Umalia
or 6 it is not that he can be identified more with the Hymalia. Yet, certain,
present, than with any other bearing the name and mentioned in our Calendars. The following account is given by Jocelyn, in his Life of St.
Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland. In the place, which is named Achadfobhair, St. Patrick had built and endowed a church with fair possessions ; and, over
it he appointed and consecrated as bishop Sennach, who, for the innocency
of his heart, was called the Lamb of God. And he, being so consecrated,
entreated of the saint that with unceasing prayer, he should labour with the
Lord, to shield him in his office from the commission of all sin. Further-
more, he suppliantly besought, that the church over which he presided
might not be called by his name, as was in many places the custom among
the Irish people. ? And this he did, to preserve his lowliness, and to avoid
vain glory, which is the fretting moth of all virtues. Then, understanding
the worthiness of Sennach, and the simplicity of his heart, St. Patrick pro-
mised to him the fulfilment of all his desires. Blessing him and his flock, St.
the space underneath, and immediately over Findbair.
Patrick prophesied, that therefrom should proceed many holy and eminent 8
Serving in exceeding holiness the Holy of Holies, and being the heavenly sanctuary. 9 More than once, Colgan calls Aghagower merely
priests.
renowned for his miracles and for his virtues, Sennach entered at length into
the locality of a bishop's see.
Archdall places a monastery under Senach
of Aghagower.
11
Articlk 111. —'Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxxiv.
"Thus: SetiAic 5<My\b
Trie OU101
pn-obAin.
3 See his life, at the 17th of March, in the
Third Volume of this work, Ait. i. *"
7 Near this place, too, there was a holy well, regarding which a popular belief is recorded, by a writer of St. Patrick's Acts.
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Sep-
tima Vita S. Patricii, pars ii. , cap. Ixiii. , p.
138.
10
But, in whatever account we have regarding him, no such
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,
Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. cxxxi. , p. 94. and Patrick, chap, xii. , in the Third Volume of
nn. 132, 133, p. 114. Also Septima Vita S. Patricii, li>. ii. , cap. Ixii. , pp. 137, 138, and nn. 118, 119, pp. 178, 179.
5 See at January 10th, February nth, May nth, June 22nd, August 2 1st, Novem- ber 2nd and 10th.
6
The territory of the O'Malleys. See Rev. Dr. Lanigan's "Ecclesiastical History of
Ireland," vol. i. , chap, v. , sect, x. , p 245.
this work, An. i.
9 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturgi. "
Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. cxxxi. , p. 94,
8
Senach already given, in the Life of St.
See the account this St. concerning
and nn. 132, 133, p. 114. ,0 "
See Dr. Lanigan's Ecclesiastical Ilis- tory of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, v. , sect, x. , n, 101, p. 248,
"See "Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 492.
268 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [Septemberid
thing is mentioned. It the holy man be identical, as Colgan thinks, with the former mentioned, the present Senach was greatly distinguished as a virtuous
of the Irish
in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ at this same date.
son of
disciple
Apostle. '
Senach,
Buidi, appears
2 The name of
Article IV. —St. Segen or Seighin, son of Ua Cuinn, Abbot of Bangor, Countv Down. [Seventh Century^\ Colgan has a saint of this name, the son of Ronan, son to Loarn, son of Fergus, son to Conal Gulban. He seems to think him identical with an abbot of
Bangor,
Segen, Abbot, is set down in the Martyrology of Tallagh, as having been venerated, at the ioth of September. 3 This holy man was one of the Irish clergy addressed in an Epistle written from Rome a. d. 640, regarding the Paschal usage. 5 This seems to have varied in Ireland itself: for we are
informed, that the First6 and Second? Order of Irish saints celebrated Easter on the' fourteenth day of the moon after the vernal Equinox, while the Third8 Order of Irish saints celebrated it, either on the fourteenth or sixteenth day of the moon. 9 While in the school at Bangor, the monks appear to have followedtheformerusage; itisthought,othermonksinIrelandhadadopted the Great Cycle of Victorius of Aquitaine, who there introduced it before the end of the sixth century. However, St. Columbanus,10 who left Bangor for the Continent, about a. d. 590, writing to Pope St. Gregory the Great,"
12 that his
from receiving the calculations of Victorius, deemed them to be- worthy of derision rather than authority. ' 3 At this same date, the present saint is
entered in the Martyrology of Donegal,14 under the designation Seighin, son
of Ua Abbot of Bennchor. He died a. d. l i to the Cuinn, 659. according
Annals of Clonmacnoise, and in 662, according to the Annals of the Four
16 and of 1 7 18 and Rev. William Reeves. 1 ? Archdall Ulster, Archdall,
states,
masters,
who were most
sage computists
of so far Cycles,
Masters,
tells us, he was called the Arch-Abbot. 20 At that time, Bangor had attained the highest consideration for the learning in its schools.
12 "
See Trias Thaumaturga. " Quinta Ap-
pendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 266. 13 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
242, 243. —
Article iv. 'See Colgan's "Trias
Thaumaturga. '' Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columboe, cap. iii. , p. 482.
2 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
3 In that copy found in the Book of Lein- ster the reading is Segem -Ab.
4 See Utther's " Veterum Epistolarum Hibernicarum Sylloge," Epist. ix. , pp. 22, 23.
s See allusion to it, in the Life of St. Diman or Dima Dubh, Bishop of Connor, at the 6th of January, in the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
6 That Order flourished a. d. 432-544.
""
Scias namque nostris magistris et Hibernicis antiquis, philosophis et sapien- tissimis componendi calculi computariis, Victorium non fuisse receptum, sed magis risu vel venia dignumquam auctoritate. "
,3 See the very learned disquisition on this subject, by the Very Rev. Bartholomew MacCarthy, D. D. , in the " Todd Lecture Series," vol. iii. , lect. iv. , pp. 362 to 369.
M Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
242, 243.
,s A. D. 659, Segan Mac Ikwind, Abbot of
Bangor, died.
l6 At a. d. 662, they styled him "Segan
MachUi-Chuinn. " SeeDr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. , pp. 272, 273.
x
l At a. d. 662 they enter "Quies Segain mice U Chuind. "—See Rev. Dr. O'Conor's " Rerum Hibernicarum tomus
iv. Annales Ultonienses.
,8 See "Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 107. *» See "Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down,
Connor, and Dromore," Appendix LL. , p. 380.
20 For this statement, he cites Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hibernian," p. 17, where there is no such observation, and Ward, p. 354.
7 That Order flourished a. d.
8
544-598. That Order flourished A. D. 598-665.
Scriptores,"
9 See Archbishop Ussher's " Britanni-
carum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates. " cap. xvii. ,
pp. 473, 474.
10
See his Life at the 21st of November. 11 He ruled over the Church from a. d. 590 to 604.
See Berti's " Ecclesiastical Historian Breviarium," Sseculum vi. , cap. i. ,
lxvi. , p. 152.
1 so named. St.
2
September io. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 269
Article V. — St. Finnbar Mac Bindi or Fionnbharr. In the published
1
Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival is recorded, at the 10th of September, in
honour of Finnbar Mac Bindi. 2 The (? Buidi. )
of
Donegal*
Martyrology Calendar has the simple entry, Fionnbhar, at the same date.
Article VI. —St. Ferghus, Son of Guaire. Our Blessed Saviour has taught the saints to yield up the love of life for the sake of a life of love,
which
sweetly 3
draws all hearts to Him. The of 1 and Martyrologies Tallagh
the name
venerated, at the 10th of September. Little more seems to be known
regarding him.
of
Donegal register
Ferghus,
son of Guaire, as
having
been
ArticleVII. —St. OdranorOdhran. ThenameOdranoccursin 1
the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 10th of September. In the Martyrology
of 2 we find the Odhran. Donegal entry
Article VIII. —St. Dachuimmne. The
mentions, that Dachuimmne was venerated, at the 10th of September.
Article IX. —St. Ailbe Imligh or Elbe. According to the Martyr-
12 ology of Tallagh, Ailbhe Imligh had a festival, at the 10th of September.
It would se*em, therefore, that it must have reference to the saint, who has
been regarded as the patron of Ernly diocese. The Martyrology of Donegal* simply enters the name Elbe, without further designation, at the same date. His proper festival seems referable to the 12th of this month, when we shall treat more fully regarding him.
Article X. —St. Lucill or Luiceall. At the 10th ofSeptember, the
1 nameLucillisfoundenteredintheMartyrologyofTallagh, andinthatof
2
Donegal, the register is Luiceall.
Article XL—Reputed Feast of St Egidius. In a certain manu-
1
script Benedictine Menologium,the Bollandists found a feast for St. ^Egidius,
Abbot, at the 10th of September.
His Life has been already given, at the
Article vill. —* Edited by Drs. Todd
first day of this month.
2
Article v. —l Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p xxxiv.
J
Likewise in the copy of the Book of Leinster we read pn-obar* mac brnoi.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
and Reeves, pp. —242, 243. '
242, 243. Article vi.
2
In the Book of Leinster copy the read- ing is <Vilbi Imbig.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
—
copy ^er»5«f mac 5u<M]\e.
Kelly, p. xxxiv.
Edited
p. xxxiv. Also, in that copy contained in
2
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
'Edited by Rev. Dr. In the Book of Leinster
244,245. — Article x.
'
Rev. Dr.
242, 243. —
Article vii. 'Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxxiv. In the cony contained in the Book of Leinster, the reading seems to be Oor\n.
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 244,245.
2 Edited 242, 243.
by
Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp.
2 in the See,
Art i.
present
volume, at that
date,
Martyrology
of Donegal1
Article ix. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv.
by the Hook of Leinster Lucill.
Kelly,
2
—'See "Acta
Article xi. Sanctorum,"
tomus hi. , Septembris x. Among the pre- termitted feasts, p. 481.
270 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [Septemberii.
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of Gisilarius, a Priest. In that catalogue of Irish saints, compiled by Father Henry Fitzsimon, he has noted at this day, Gislarius, a Priest. Professing to quote the Carthusian Martyr-
1 at the ioth of
Gisibarius, a priest, who had been sent by St. Rudbert into Britain, to labour there with some holy men in the Lord's vineyard. In a Life of St. Rupert, published by Canisius, there is an allusion to him. The Bollandists— who are doubtful regarding his ctdtus as a saint—notice him at the ioth of
September, and state, that he is praised in the Subense Martyrologium.
Article XIII. —Reputed Festival of St Bertellinus. At the ioth of September, Colgan intended to insert the Acts of St. Bertellinus, in
previous day,
ology,
September,
Thomas notices 2 in Boiaria Dempster
his collection. 1 We have
treated about him, on the which seems properly to be regarded as his chief festival.
OEIfbfntl) IBap of September
Boiaria Gisibarii presbyteri, qui a S. Rud- berto in Britanuiam missus, cum Sanctorum virorum qui in vinea domini laborarent, sup- plemento rediit. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalen- dars of Scottish Saints," p. 211.
3 See the "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
Article i. —' See "Trias Thaumaturga," Vita Secunda S. Patricii, n. 54, p. 20.
2
Her Feast is celebrated, on the 22nd of March, where notices are to be found, in the Third Volume of this work, and at that date, Art. ii.
3 See the " of Donegal," pp. Martyrology
244, 245.
x. feasts, p. 482.
Among
the
Septembris
pretermitted
already
ARTICLE I. —ST. LOARN OR LOARNN, BISHOP OF BRIGHT, COUNTY OF DOWN.
[FIFTH CENTURY. ]
early Pastors and teachers were truly Apostolic men. The
OUR as a adviser and director of his
spiritual father, ghostly people,
always attracted his flock to the practice of virtues, which he preached, not
less by word, than by example. Even after death, his influences remain,
and affect religiously generations that survive. Colgan promised to treat about St. Loam, on the day for his festival, which by Marianus O'Gorman
1
This intention he did not live to accomplish, and we are not aware, that any special acts of St. Loam now exist. According to the O'Clerys, the present holy man was the
son of Darerca,2 sister of St. Patricks and consequently he was a nephew of the great Irish Apostle. However, we cannot place too much reliance on this statement. But few particulars have been preserved, in reference to
" Articlexii. —MartyrologiumCarthu- Articlexiil—See CatologusActuum
sianum aut Canisii, Adami Vvalasseris. Sanctorum qua? MS. habentur, ordine Men- a Thus in Menologium Scoticum : "In sium et Dierum. "
and others has been placed, at the i ith of September.
'
September ii. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 271
him. Incidentally we are told, in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick,* that when the Irish Apostle was in the North of Ireland, and returning from his unsuccessful visit to his old master Milcho at Slemish, he went to Saul, and thence set out southwards towards the residence of a chief named Ros,s who was brother to his first convert, Dichu. That Ross or Rus lived in -Derlus,
6
8
Apostle's mission. The ancient fort of Ros, known as Durlas, formerly an
earthen rath, probably stood where the Castle of Bright 9 may now be seen.
10 in the of Down, was formerly known as County
Whether Loam lived there at that time or not seems doubtful ; but, it is probable, that soon after the conversion of Ros, he was appointed to rule there in the capacity of a chorepiscopus. This saint is classed among the disciples of St. Patrick -p and, it is likely, he was a convert to the Faith, at an early stage of the Irish
to the south of Dun-leth-glaise, now Downpatrick.
The of parish
Bright,
Brettain or Brettan. In old documents, this place is variously called Brict,
Brich, Brett, Bratten, Brettain, and Brichten. 11 Weare informed,12 that the townland, in which the Protestant church of Bright was situated, is named Ballintubber—the town of the Well—from a remarkable spring a quarter of a mile to the north of the church, and which is supposed to have been the ancient holy well, where Ros-mic-Trichim had been baptised. This church was built in 1745,13 by the distinguished Protestant Dean of Down, Dr. Patrick Delany,14 and the friend of the still more celebrated Dean of St.
of
April.
See an account of him at that
18
Dr.
Swift. rs St. over it, in the
who was
Loam,
capacity
Colgan very incorrectly infers, that the author of St. Patrick's
Jonathan presided
contemporaneous
Patrick's,
with St. Patrick,
of Bright stood beside the ancient fort called Derlus, ? where, it seems probable, the Anglo-Normans of Lecale afterwards erected the Castle of
Bright.
Tripartite Life must have lived contemporaneously with this saint, from an equivocal phrase introduced. 10 Archdall has it, that Loarne was bishop or
hereafter stated, was transmitted in a letter
from the Very Rev. James O'Laverty, P. P. , of Holywood, to the writer, and dated July 21st, 1898.
,4 His talents and character are general
best set forth in that most interesting work of his wife, edited by Lady LLanover, in six 8vo volumes : three appearing in 1861, and
torical account of the Diccese of Down and
Connor," vol. i. Parish of Bright, pp. 147, respondence of Mary Granville, Mrs.
4 See the Life of St. Patrick in the Third Volume of this work, at the 17th of March, Art. i.
5 He is venerated as a Saint, on the 7th
date, in the Fourth Volume of this work,
Art. ii.
6"
See Very Rev. James O'Laverty's His-
148.
7 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxiii, p. 265.
Delany.
'SHis Life has been written by many
authors, Rev. Dr. Sheridan, Sir Walter Scott, William Monck Mason, Forster Craig, &c.
8
According to Dr. O'Donovan, this may
" l6 be translated a strong fort," and he tells
us the word is Anglicised in Thurles.
