'The Franciscan copy has jTebaf t)iA-
English
royal Cairissima, whose graveyard is roomy
(?
English
royal Cairissima, whose graveyard is roomy
(?
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v4
, p.
270.
Gazetteer of Scotland,"
'*' A Catalogue orKalendar of these relics had been prepared and edited, by the Dean Thomas Pessina a Czechorod.
'^o "As there is a S. Tiburtius coinmemo- rated in the Roman and Scandmayian Ka- lendars on Aug. nth, this may possibly have given occasion to the mistake, the 19th bemg taken as the day of the burial, the 13th as
assigned
Imperial
"8 The "assertions are safely made, after a careful study of the beautiful drawings of Billing, engraved in an exquisite style of art
by John Godfrey, J. H. Lee Keux, John Saddler, and G. B. Smith.
'39 In 1 138, according to Grub's " Eccle- that of his martyrdom. But, there is a S.
siastical History of Scotland," vol. i. , p.
257^
"'''' Beside it are the fine remains of the
Magnus, B. of Avignon, and another of the same name Bishop of Anagni, commemo-
ratedonAug. 19, in the Roman Martyrology, and either of these may be intended. "—Rev.
"
and the Earl's Palace, so faithfully described in Sir Walter Scott's
novel "The Pirate," at chap. xxxi.
'• See Rev. George Barry's "History of
Bishop's Palace,
Lives of the Samts,
Article hi. — " Edited by Rev. Ur. the Orkney Islands," &c. , Book ii. , chap. Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy enters,
v. , sect, vii. , p. 230. A fine copperplate engraving of it is there to be found.
••» See Mackenzie E. C. Walcott's " Scoti-
at this date, -pAiibe. " '"
Monasticon,"p. 173. " <3 See Bishop John Lesley,
See TriasThaumaturga, QuintaAp- pendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxui. , p. 268.
Gestis Scotorum," Prsefacio, p. 40.
'« See Hector Bcetius' " Historise Scoto-
rum," lib. iv.
De Rebus
3 the por these statements, Colgan quotes
Life of St. Benignus, chap. x.
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
104. 105.
S. Baring-Gould's
vol. iv. , April l6th, p. 211.
April i6. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 187
Article IV—St. Miolan, of Moin-Miolain. According to the Martyrology of Donegal,' we find, that MioMn, of Moin-Miolain, was vene- rated, on this day.
Article V. —St. Marianus, Monk. At this date, Colgan intended to publish Acts of this saint;' but, it is difficult to find any clue to his identity,
locality or period.
Article VI. —Inghen, or the Daughter of Diarmata, in Connaught. We read, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' that Inghen h Diarmata, in Connaught, was venerated, at the i6th of April.
Article VII. —Reputed Feast of St. Auxilius, of Killashee, County of Kildare. \Fifth Century^ A feast of St. Auxilius, of Killossy, or Killashee, in the county of Kildare, has been noted for this day. His Life will be found, at the 27th of August, the date for his principal festival.
Article VIII. —Feast of St. Maxentia, Virgin and Martyr. The second edition of Wilson's English Martyrology places the celebration of this holy Virgin, and Martyr, at the present date, when she is said to have been commemorated, at some localities, in England. ' By others, her feast is assigned to the 24th of October. ' Notices of St. Maxentia will be found, atthe20thofNovember. ThesupplementtotheGallicMartyrologyplaces her festival, at the 24th of November.
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Moloc, Bishop in Scot- land. [5/rM CW;/«ry-] The Scottish Breviary," according to Thomas Dempster," has the feast of St. Moloc, Bishop, one of St. Brandan's disciples and companions,' at the i6th of April. It is said, that he joined Bonifacius Queretinus, and made a tour of Scotland with him. Having been invested with the dignity of Bishop, he instructed the people, through all the northern parts of Gotland; and, especially was he regarded as the Apostle of Argadum. * There,hewasatlastburied,inthebasilicaofLismore. Acon- course of people flocked thither, to venerate his relics. ' If we are to credit Dempster, he wrote Viu Brandani Magistri, Lib. i. , and Commonitorium ad Scotos, Lib. i. He flourished, a. d. 590, according to Dempster. * The Bol-
Articlb IV. —' Edited Drs. Todd Scotorum," "In Haebud. b. Moloci
by eji'is-
and Reeves, pp. 104, 105.
Article v. —' See "Catalogu. ? Actuura
Sanctorum quae MS. habentur, ordine Men- sinm et Dierum. "
Article VI. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxi. In the Franciscan copv, I can only deciphei the word T>iAiMn4ca t.
copi, comitis et discipuli S. Brandani. —
'
Article viii. — See the Bollandists' ii. ,
"AcU Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Aprilis ivi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 402.
•
See \bid.
Articleix. —' ThatofAberdeen
this saint a Duplex Major Office.
gives
Thus is it noted, in his
"
Menologium
Bishop Forbes'
"
Kalendars of Scottish
Saints," p. 196.
'Pitts states, that Machutes was a com-
panion of Moloc, but not his preceptor.
* Thomas " Historia Ec- See Dempster's
desiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , hb.
num.
5 See Hector Boetius' Scotorum Ilistoriae
a Prima Gentis Origine," &c. , lib. ix. , p. clxxii.
'See"HistoriaEcclesiasUcaGentisSco- torum," tomus ii. , lib. x. , num. 840, p. 449.
840, p. 449.
"
i88 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April i6.
landists,' who cite Dempster and Ferrarius at this date, remark, that St Moloc had another feast, at the 25th of June. When about to engage in
battle, King Malcolm prayed to this saint; and, afterwards, he won a glorious victory. In consequence of a vow then made, that king erected a fine church
to St. Moloc, and at very great outlay. ^
Article X. —Feast of St. Carissim and of the Deacon Felix. In the early Irish Church, the festivals of St. Carissim, and of the holy Deacon, Felix, were celebrated, on the i6th of April, as St. ^ngus records, in the Feilire. ' We are inclined to believe, that Carissim must be taken to repre- sent one of the holy Martyrs, at Corinth," in Achaia, who is variedly named, Charisius, Carisius, Carisa, and Carissus. Or, it may be, that Carissim was the Carissus, belonging to another company of holy Martyrs, whose names occur,inoldMartyrologies,atthisdate. 3 Inlikemanner,adoubtmayexist, regarding that Felix, whose name has been entered, in the Festilogy of St.
. iEngus ; as, in a group of Martyrs, one is so named ;• and, again, in another group of Martyrs, those who suffered at Asiatic Pontus, two bearing the name are to be found. 5 In like manner, and at this same day, one Felix suffered
asaMartyr,inSpain. * Atthisdate,also,theMartyrologyofTallagh'men- tions a festival, in honour of Felix, a Deacon. *
Article XI. —Reputed Festival of St. Paternus, Bishop of Vennes. \_Fifth and Sixth Centuriesl\ The festival of this holy man has been assigned, to this date, as being that of St. Paternus' death, by the Bre- viary of the city of Vennes, and in that of Corisopitan. ' Also, Philip Ferrarius," Albert Le Grand,3 and Augustine du Pas,* have a similar state-
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap-
rilis xvi. Among the pretermitted saints,
s See ibid. De Sanctis Martyribus, Mar- tiale, Felice, item Felice, Fausto, Fovtunato, Silvano, Luciano, Gomalo, Parcilao, Leonide, Mica, Gallieno, Marciano, Faustino, Luciano,Jocundo,inPontoAsiaeRegione, p. 406. Neither of those, bearing the name
p. 402. *"
See Hector Boetius' Scotorura Histo-
"
riae, lib. xi. ,p—. ccxlii. ,andp. ccxcv.
Artic—le x.
'In the LeabharBraec copy
we find
:
of Felix, are
distinguished
as Deacons.
tACAiMpinTMgDd <il-A'puamT>d ^elic Ool^ecl1 x)un; fopptiic ITeib imaeochAin -peUc.
' See ibid. De Sanctis Octodecim Mar-
tyribus, Optato, I. uperco, Successo, Mar-
tiale, Urbano, Julia seu Julio, Quintiliano, Publio, Frontone, Felice, Caeciliano, Even- tio sive Evoto, Piimiiivo, Apodemio, et iv. Saturninis, ant pro his Cassiano, Matutino,
It is thus translated into
Fausto et
pania, pp. 406 to 410. Nor do we find the
Felix, named among them, distinguished, as having been a deacon.
' Edited by Rev Dr. Kelly, p. xxi.
'The Franciscan copy has jTebaf t)iA-
English
royal Cairissima, whose graveyard is roomy
(? ), runs to thee quickly the feast of the deacon Felix. "
"
See their Acts, in the BoUandist Collec- lion, "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Aprilis
januario.
ugustae
Nunechia, Basilissa, Call, Martyribus Corin- thi in Achaia, pp. 402 to 404.
3 See ibid. l)e Sanctis Martyribus, Mar-
tiale, Vincentio, Carisso, Caritone, Cselesta
et ahis quinque, p. 405.
* See ibid. De Sanctis Martyribus, Mar-
ciano, Eniano, Felice, Hermogene, Vincen- tio, Tertio, Calesto, p. 405. Here Felix is not distinguished as a Deacon.
:
—"
With
A
Caesar- in His-
xvi. De SS. Callisto, Charisio, Leonide, com. —
Christiana, Galla, Theodora, Lota, Tertia, ARTICLE XI.
Caristo, item Chariessa, Nice, Gallena, "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Aprilis xv.
'
De Sancto Paterno Episcopo, Veneti in
Britania Armorica. Commentarius Praevius,
num. 2, 379.
=
In his General Catalogue of the Saints, at the present date.
^ in the account of Saints, belonging to Armoric Britain.
• In his History of Britanny, where he treats about the Bishops of Vennes.
See the BoUandists'
April i6. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 189
ment. Yet,thisissupposedtohavebeenamistake,forthefestivalofSt. Patemus, Episcopus Abrincensis, et Scubulionis Abbas. Their feast has been referred, to the i6th of April; and, on this day, the Bollandists,s who have
published their Acts, note the festival of St, Patemus, Bishop of Vennes, in Armoric, or Lesser Britain. * He must be distinguished from that Patemus, otherwise known as St. Pair, who, in early youth, embraced a monastic life, in theAbbeyofAnsion,afterwardscalledMarnes. Fromthenameofaholy abbot, belonging to that house, it was known as St. Jovin des Marnes,' in the diocese of Potiers. * To lead a more austere life, he went into the diocese of Coutances ; and, some years later, he was ordained priest, by the Bishop Ldontin. 9 Afterwards, he was called upon, to preside over the See of Avranches. " Thislatterholyman,however,hadnospecialconnexionwith Ireland.
Article XII. —St. Ultan. The Martyrology of Donegal ' mentions,
that there was a festival, in honour of Ultan, and celebrated on this day.
The Annals of the Four Masters ' record the death of Ultan Hua Berodherg,
Abbot of Fahen, or Ohain-mor, at a-d. 769. Colgan attributes his festival
to this date, April i5th ;3 but, little seems to be known, regarding him. We
cannot know, whether the present or some other holy man, bearing the same
name, may be identified with a St. Ultan, who was the patron saint of Cul-
daff parish,'* in the barony of Inishowen East. A very ancient stone cross,
which tradition ascribes to his erection, stood at Falmore. s But, it has
cmmbled into fragments. Some years ago, Mr. Nicholson, the owner of that
property,onwhichit stood,gotasplendidIrishcrossofstoneerectedonce
more, and on the old site. * In the remote parts of Ulster, to which
allusion has been made, and where wildly romantic scenery abounds,
the antiquary may still discover the vestiges of a very distant period,
and especially mined churches, formerly holding a place in popular vene- ration.
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. De this date, in the Manuscript of Florarius, S. Paterno EpiscopoAbrincensi et S. Scubi- and in Greven's additions to Usuard. After Hone Socio, in Hodierna Nonnannia. A this entry, ihe Boliandists have another " S.
previous commentary of Six Sections, with Vita auctore Fortunato Episcopo, in Three
:
Patemus Episcopus Arausionensis dicitur a Ferrario non satis distinguente dictas urbes, Gallice Auranche et Orange dictas, uti hoc
Chapters, with Notes, by Godefrid Hens-
chenn, may there be found. See pp. 425 die ad Vitam S. Paterni dicitur. "
to430.
'
Seeibid. Amongthepretermittedfeasts, p. 401.
—"Acta Sanctorum,"tomusii. , Aprilisxvi. Among
' A fuller account of this holy Bishop will "'
be found, in Les Petits Bollandistes, Vies des Saints," tome iv. , 16 Avril. Saint Paterne, Ev^que d'Avranches et Saint Scu- bilion, Le Compagnon, de sa Solitude, pp. 415 to 418.
and Reeves, pp. 104, 105.
See Dr. Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , pp.
372, 373.
See "Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Ap-
pendix ad Acta S. Columba:, cap. ix. , p. 510.
' See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. iv. , April xv.
* This extensive ecclesiastical division is "
"
» See I'Abbe Fleury's Histoire Ecclesias-
described, on the Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps fo>r the County of Donegal,"
tique," tome vii. , liv. xxxiii. , sect. Iviii. , p.
475.
'" He seems to have been the same as the
St. Patemus, incorrectly described as Epis- copos Pictaviensis, and commemorated, at
5 This local denomination does not ap- pear, on the Irish Ordnance Survey Maps.
' See Maghtochair's " Inishowen its ;
History, Traditions and Antiquities," chap. xiv. p. 138.
thepretermitted—feasts,p. 401. '
Article xii. Edited by Drs. Todd
'2,
sheets 2,4,5, 13,20,21.
,50
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 17.
^tbtntetntl) ©ap of Spril.
ARTICLE I. —ST. DONNAN, OF EGA, OR EGG ISLAND, ABBOT, AND FIFTY-TWO OF HIS COMPANIONS, MARTYRS, IN SCOTLAND.
[SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. -\
after St. Columba • had founded lona, the zealous Columban monks
of his institute estabHshed many churches and cells in the Hebrides. SOON
In every one of these Islands, the churches and chapels were much inore numerous, in former times, than they have been since the Reformation. " Except some of those in Lewis and Harris, all the old churches were dedi- cated to the same patron saints, as those of Argyle, and other parts of Scotland, wheretheScoto-Irishsettled. AmongthepatronsmaybenoticedSt. Columba, St. Brigid,3 St. Ciaran,t St. Adamnan. s St. Patrick,* St. Barr,? St. Brandan,* St. Chattan,9 St. Martin,'° St. Caionach or Kenneth," &c. Even in Lewis and Harris, some of the churches were dedicated to Scoto-Irish saints, such
as Columba, Brigid, Ciaran, Donan, or Adamnan. '^" Towards the close ofthe last century, the ruins of twelve churches and chapels were standing, in
Harris,'' besides several others, covered with moss and rubbish, although tra- dition carefully preserved their names. Their situation was likewise known
to the people. In the Island of Taransay, there was a church, called Eaglais Tarain, but tradition was silent regarding it, in the last century. In the ancient Martyrology, there is a St. - Tarnanus, called Tarananus, by Fordun, in his Scotichronicon. 't IntheIslandofBemeray,likewise,thereisa|CillAisaim,
supposed by Rev. John Macleod, to signify, a cell, or church,'5 dedicated to "5
St. Asaph.
That charity, which Christ came on earth to establish in the hearts and
souls of men, receives no higher encomium, than when for his sake their lives are devoted to their own and to their fellow-mortals' salvation, especially when those lives are laid down for their friends. Such were the conditions fulfilled, by the devoted Martyrs of Eigg, as their memories are recalled on this day, intheScoto-IrishsettlementamongtheHebrides. Onthe17thofApril,in
Article i. —' His Life will be found, at
the gth of June.
"See George Chalmers' "Caledonia,"
&c. , vol. i. , Book ii. , chap, v. , and n. (d),
p_ 265.
3 Her Life is given, at the ist of Feb-
ruary.
* One Irish Saint, bearing this name, is
venerated at the 5th of March, and another celebratedone,atthe9thofSeptember.
5 His Life is given, at the 23rd of Sep- tember.
easily found,
'"Most likely Bishop of Tours, whose
chief festival is fixed for the nth of Novem- ber.
" Most likely, St. Canice, whose feast is set down at the nth of October.
" See Martin's " Western Isles of Scot- land, "p. 27, where the inibrmation, afforded in our text, may be found.
'3 "
Seetheadmirable StatisticalAccount
of Harris' Parish," by Rev. John Macleod,
TM the " Old Statistical Account of Scot- 's His Life is written, at the 17th of land," by Sir Jolin Sinclair, vol. x. , num.
March.
^ His feast occurs, at the 2Sth of Septem-
ber.
* His festival is at the 16th of May.
9 Under this form of name, the feast is not
xxviii. , p. 376.
'*
'^ See ibid. ,
''
May.
See ibid.
p. 377.
His feast fell, probably, on the 1st of
Apru- 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 191
the Martyrology of Talkgh,'? we find entered, Donnan, of Egha, with fifty- two of his monks, whose names had been written, in a larger book,'' which appears to have been that, now known as the " Book of Leinster. 's The Bol- landists '° have some notices of these Martyrs, at this same date, with certain doubts expressed, that all their names had been clearly remembered and recorded by posterity, even if we could be assured, that all their names have been written down correctly, from the earliest records. St. Donnan's name occurs, in the Calendar and Office, found in the Aberdeen Breviary, at the
proper day. But, no special allusion to his history can there be discovered. "
Wherefore, the writer of his memoir, in the Acta Sanctorum,"" is obliged to depend exclusively upon Irish authorities. Especially does he quote the
Martyrology of Tallagh, and a transcript, sent from Louvain, by the Irish Father Thomas O'Sheerin, and which he extracted, from an Appendix to that Tract. In Bishop Forbes' work,^^ as also in that of Rev. S. Baring-Gould's,'3 there are notices of this holy Abbot, and of his companions.
The pedigree of St. Donnan, is not recorded ; so that, all we can know concerning him must be gleaned, from short notices in our Irish Annals or Calendars. That he was a native of Ireland seems to be pretty generally received; and,probably,hisreligiousprofessionhadbeenmadeatlona,under the great Abbot, St. Columkille. Like 'some of his countrymen, Donnan was induced to settle, with a company of followers, in the western part of Scotland. He desired to make St. Columkille his Anmchara, which means confessor, or soul's friendj='» but, the holy Abbot of lona refused that office, for his
'"S was the name of that in which Island,"*
Donnan lived, after his coming from Erin. Here, it would seem, he planted a large community of religious. In after times, this Island home gave name to a parish,includingEgg,MuckandRum. Thesearefound,amongthegroup of Hebridean Isles. '? At Eigg, the community did not live unmolested, and Columba had foretold their approaching martyrdom. This, however, did not preventDonnanwithhispeopletakinguptheirabodeonthatIsland. Three sheep, belonging to a certain rich woman of that region, were kept. "' Some accountshaveit, thatshewasaqueenpand,owingtoherenvytowardsthe monks, she moved a plot for their destruction.
Gazetteer of Scotland,"
'*' A Catalogue orKalendar of these relics had been prepared and edited, by the Dean Thomas Pessina a Czechorod.
'^o "As there is a S. Tiburtius coinmemo- rated in the Roman and Scandmayian Ka- lendars on Aug. nth, this may possibly have given occasion to the mistake, the 19th bemg taken as the day of the burial, the 13th as
assigned
Imperial
"8 The "assertions are safely made, after a careful study of the beautiful drawings of Billing, engraved in an exquisite style of art
by John Godfrey, J. H. Lee Keux, John Saddler, and G. B. Smith.
'39 In 1 138, according to Grub's " Eccle- that of his martyrdom. But, there is a S.
siastical History of Scotland," vol. i. , p.
257^
"'''' Beside it are the fine remains of the
Magnus, B. of Avignon, and another of the same name Bishop of Anagni, commemo-
ratedonAug. 19, in the Roman Martyrology, and either of these may be intended. "—Rev.
"
and the Earl's Palace, so faithfully described in Sir Walter Scott's
novel "The Pirate," at chap. xxxi.
'• See Rev. George Barry's "History of
Bishop's Palace,
Lives of the Samts,
Article hi. — " Edited by Rev. Ur. the Orkney Islands," &c. , Book ii. , chap. Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy enters,
v. , sect, vii. , p. 230. A fine copperplate engraving of it is there to be found.
••» See Mackenzie E. C. Walcott's " Scoti-
at this date, -pAiibe. " '"
Monasticon,"p. 173. " <3 See Bishop John Lesley,
See TriasThaumaturga, QuintaAp- pendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxui. , p. 268.
Gestis Scotorum," Prsefacio, p. 40.
'« See Hector Bcetius' " Historise Scoto-
rum," lib. iv.
De Rebus
3 the por these statements, Colgan quotes
Life of St. Benignus, chap. x.
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
104. 105.
S. Baring-Gould's
vol. iv. , April l6th, p. 211.
April i6. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 187
Article IV—St. Miolan, of Moin-Miolain. According to the Martyrology of Donegal,' we find, that MioMn, of Moin-Miolain, was vene- rated, on this day.
Article V. —St. Marianus, Monk. At this date, Colgan intended to publish Acts of this saint;' but, it is difficult to find any clue to his identity,
locality or period.
Article VI. —Inghen, or the Daughter of Diarmata, in Connaught. We read, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' that Inghen h Diarmata, in Connaught, was venerated, at the i6th of April.
Article VII. —Reputed Feast of St. Auxilius, of Killashee, County of Kildare. \Fifth Century^ A feast of St. Auxilius, of Killossy, or Killashee, in the county of Kildare, has been noted for this day. His Life will be found, at the 27th of August, the date for his principal festival.
Article VIII. —Feast of St. Maxentia, Virgin and Martyr. The second edition of Wilson's English Martyrology places the celebration of this holy Virgin, and Martyr, at the present date, when she is said to have been commemorated, at some localities, in England. ' By others, her feast is assigned to the 24th of October. ' Notices of St. Maxentia will be found, atthe20thofNovember. ThesupplementtotheGallicMartyrologyplaces her festival, at the 24th of November.
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Moloc, Bishop in Scot- land. [5/rM CW;/«ry-] The Scottish Breviary," according to Thomas Dempster," has the feast of St. Moloc, Bishop, one of St. Brandan's disciples and companions,' at the i6th of April. It is said, that he joined Bonifacius Queretinus, and made a tour of Scotland with him. Having been invested with the dignity of Bishop, he instructed the people, through all the northern parts of Gotland; and, especially was he regarded as the Apostle of Argadum. * There,hewasatlastburied,inthebasilicaofLismore. Acon- course of people flocked thither, to venerate his relics. ' If we are to credit Dempster, he wrote Viu Brandani Magistri, Lib. i. , and Commonitorium ad Scotos, Lib. i. He flourished, a. d. 590, according to Dempster. * The Bol-
Articlb IV. —' Edited Drs. Todd Scotorum," "In Haebud. b. Moloci
by eji'is-
and Reeves, pp. 104, 105.
Article v. —' See "Catalogu. ? Actuura
Sanctorum quae MS. habentur, ordine Men- sinm et Dierum. "
Article VI. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxi. In the Franciscan copv, I can only deciphei the word T>iAiMn4ca t.
copi, comitis et discipuli S. Brandani. —
'
Article viii. — See the Bollandists' ii. ,
"AcU Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Aprilis ivi. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 402.
•
See \bid.
Articleix. —' ThatofAberdeen
this saint a Duplex Major Office.
gives
Thus is it noted, in his
"
Menologium
Bishop Forbes'
"
Kalendars of Scottish
Saints," p. 196.
'Pitts states, that Machutes was a com-
panion of Moloc, but not his preceptor.
* Thomas " Historia Ec- See Dempster's
desiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , hb.
num.
5 See Hector Boetius' Scotorum Ilistoriae
a Prima Gentis Origine," &c. , lib. ix. , p. clxxii.
'See"HistoriaEcclesiasUcaGentisSco- torum," tomus ii. , lib. x. , num. 840, p. 449.
840, p. 449.
"
i88 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April i6.
landists,' who cite Dempster and Ferrarius at this date, remark, that St Moloc had another feast, at the 25th of June. When about to engage in
battle, King Malcolm prayed to this saint; and, afterwards, he won a glorious victory. In consequence of a vow then made, that king erected a fine church
to St. Moloc, and at very great outlay. ^
Article X. —Feast of St. Carissim and of the Deacon Felix. In the early Irish Church, the festivals of St. Carissim, and of the holy Deacon, Felix, were celebrated, on the i6th of April, as St. ^ngus records, in the Feilire. ' We are inclined to believe, that Carissim must be taken to repre- sent one of the holy Martyrs, at Corinth," in Achaia, who is variedly named, Charisius, Carisius, Carisa, and Carissus. Or, it may be, that Carissim was the Carissus, belonging to another company of holy Martyrs, whose names occur,inoldMartyrologies,atthisdate. 3 Inlikemanner,adoubtmayexist, regarding that Felix, whose name has been entered, in the Festilogy of St.
. iEngus ; as, in a group of Martyrs, one is so named ;• and, again, in another group of Martyrs, those who suffered at Asiatic Pontus, two bearing the name are to be found. 5 In like manner, and at this same day, one Felix suffered
asaMartyr,inSpain. * Atthisdate,also,theMartyrologyofTallagh'men- tions a festival, in honour of Felix, a Deacon. *
Article XI. —Reputed Festival of St. Paternus, Bishop of Vennes. \_Fifth and Sixth Centuriesl\ The festival of this holy man has been assigned, to this date, as being that of St. Paternus' death, by the Bre- viary of the city of Vennes, and in that of Corisopitan. ' Also, Philip Ferrarius," Albert Le Grand,3 and Augustine du Pas,* have a similar state-
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap-
rilis xvi. Among the pretermitted saints,
s See ibid. De Sanctis Martyribus, Mar- tiale, Felice, item Felice, Fausto, Fovtunato, Silvano, Luciano, Gomalo, Parcilao, Leonide, Mica, Gallieno, Marciano, Faustino, Luciano,Jocundo,inPontoAsiaeRegione, p. 406. Neither of those, bearing the name
p. 402. *"
See Hector Boetius' Scotorura Histo-
"
riae, lib. xi. ,p—. ccxlii. ,andp. ccxcv.
Artic—le x.
'In the LeabharBraec copy
we find
:
of Felix, are
distinguished
as Deacons.
tACAiMpinTMgDd <il-A'puamT>d ^elic Ool^ecl1 x)un; fopptiic ITeib imaeochAin -peUc.
' See ibid. De Sanctis Octodecim Mar-
tyribus, Optato, I. uperco, Successo, Mar-
tiale, Urbano, Julia seu Julio, Quintiliano, Publio, Frontone, Felice, Caeciliano, Even- tio sive Evoto, Piimiiivo, Apodemio, et iv. Saturninis, ant pro his Cassiano, Matutino,
It is thus translated into
Fausto et
pania, pp. 406 to 410. Nor do we find the
Felix, named among them, distinguished, as having been a deacon.
' Edited by Rev Dr. Kelly, p. xxi.
'The Franciscan copy has jTebaf t)iA-
English
royal Cairissima, whose graveyard is roomy
(? ), runs to thee quickly the feast of the deacon Felix. "
"
See their Acts, in the BoUandist Collec- lion, "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Aprilis
januario.
ugustae
Nunechia, Basilissa, Call, Martyribus Corin- thi in Achaia, pp. 402 to 404.
3 See ibid. l)e Sanctis Martyribus, Mar-
tiale, Vincentio, Carisso, Caritone, Cselesta
et ahis quinque, p. 405.
* See ibid. De Sanctis Martyribus, Mar-
ciano, Eniano, Felice, Hermogene, Vincen- tio, Tertio, Calesto, p. 405. Here Felix is not distinguished as a Deacon.
:
—"
With
A
Caesar- in His-
xvi. De SS. Callisto, Charisio, Leonide, com. —
Christiana, Galla, Theodora, Lota, Tertia, ARTICLE XI.
Caristo, item Chariessa, Nice, Gallena, "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Aprilis xv.
'
De Sancto Paterno Episcopo, Veneti in
Britania Armorica. Commentarius Praevius,
num. 2, 379.
=
In his General Catalogue of the Saints, at the present date.
^ in the account of Saints, belonging to Armoric Britain.
• In his History of Britanny, where he treats about the Bishops of Vennes.
See the BoUandists'
April i6. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 189
ment. Yet,thisissupposedtohavebeenamistake,forthefestivalofSt. Patemus, Episcopus Abrincensis, et Scubulionis Abbas. Their feast has been referred, to the i6th of April; and, on this day, the Bollandists,s who have
published their Acts, note the festival of St, Patemus, Bishop of Vennes, in Armoric, or Lesser Britain. * He must be distinguished from that Patemus, otherwise known as St. Pair, who, in early youth, embraced a monastic life, in theAbbeyofAnsion,afterwardscalledMarnes. Fromthenameofaholy abbot, belonging to that house, it was known as St. Jovin des Marnes,' in the diocese of Potiers. * To lead a more austere life, he went into the diocese of Coutances ; and, some years later, he was ordained priest, by the Bishop Ldontin. 9 Afterwards, he was called upon, to preside over the See of Avranches. " Thislatterholyman,however,hadnospecialconnexionwith Ireland.
Article XII. —St. Ultan. The Martyrology of Donegal ' mentions,
that there was a festival, in honour of Ultan, and celebrated on this day.
The Annals of the Four Masters ' record the death of Ultan Hua Berodherg,
Abbot of Fahen, or Ohain-mor, at a-d. 769. Colgan attributes his festival
to this date, April i5th ;3 but, little seems to be known, regarding him. We
cannot know, whether the present or some other holy man, bearing the same
name, may be identified with a St. Ultan, who was the patron saint of Cul-
daff parish,'* in the barony of Inishowen East. A very ancient stone cross,
which tradition ascribes to his erection, stood at Falmore. s But, it has
cmmbled into fragments. Some years ago, Mr. Nicholson, the owner of that
property,onwhichit stood,gotasplendidIrishcrossofstoneerectedonce
more, and on the old site. * In the remote parts of Ulster, to which
allusion has been made, and where wildly romantic scenery abounds,
the antiquary may still discover the vestiges of a very distant period,
and especially mined churches, formerly holding a place in popular vene- ration.
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. De this date, in the Manuscript of Florarius, S. Paterno EpiscopoAbrincensi et S. Scubi- and in Greven's additions to Usuard. After Hone Socio, in Hodierna Nonnannia. A this entry, ihe Boliandists have another " S.
previous commentary of Six Sections, with Vita auctore Fortunato Episcopo, in Three
:
Patemus Episcopus Arausionensis dicitur a Ferrario non satis distinguente dictas urbes, Gallice Auranche et Orange dictas, uti hoc
Chapters, with Notes, by Godefrid Hens-
chenn, may there be found. See pp. 425 die ad Vitam S. Paterni dicitur. "
to430.
'
Seeibid. Amongthepretermittedfeasts, p. 401.
—"Acta Sanctorum,"tomusii. , Aprilisxvi. Among
' A fuller account of this holy Bishop will "'
be found, in Les Petits Bollandistes, Vies des Saints," tome iv. , 16 Avril. Saint Paterne, Ev^que d'Avranches et Saint Scu- bilion, Le Compagnon, de sa Solitude, pp. 415 to 418.
and Reeves, pp. 104, 105.
See Dr. Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , pp.
372, 373.
See "Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Ap-
pendix ad Acta S. Columba:, cap. ix. , p. 510.
' See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. iv. , April xv.
* This extensive ecclesiastical division is "
"
» See I'Abbe Fleury's Histoire Ecclesias-
described, on the Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps fo>r the County of Donegal,"
tique," tome vii. , liv. xxxiii. , sect. Iviii. , p.
475.
'" He seems to have been the same as the
St. Patemus, incorrectly described as Epis- copos Pictaviensis, and commemorated, at
5 This local denomination does not ap- pear, on the Irish Ordnance Survey Maps.
' See Maghtochair's " Inishowen its ;
History, Traditions and Antiquities," chap. xiv. p. 138.
thepretermitted—feasts,p. 401. '
Article xii. Edited by Drs. Todd
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sheets 2,4,5, 13,20,21.
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 17.
^tbtntetntl) ©ap of Spril.
ARTICLE I. —ST. DONNAN, OF EGA, OR EGG ISLAND, ABBOT, AND FIFTY-TWO OF HIS COMPANIONS, MARTYRS, IN SCOTLAND.
[SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. -\
after St. Columba • had founded lona, the zealous Columban monks
of his institute estabHshed many churches and cells in the Hebrides. SOON
In every one of these Islands, the churches and chapels were much inore numerous, in former times, than they have been since the Reformation. " Except some of those in Lewis and Harris, all the old churches were dedi- cated to the same patron saints, as those of Argyle, and other parts of Scotland, wheretheScoto-Irishsettled. AmongthepatronsmaybenoticedSt. Columba, St. Brigid,3 St. Ciaran,t St. Adamnan. s St. Patrick,* St. Barr,? St. Brandan,* St. Chattan,9 St. Martin,'° St. Caionach or Kenneth," &c. Even in Lewis and Harris, some of the churches were dedicated to Scoto-Irish saints, such
as Columba, Brigid, Ciaran, Donan, or Adamnan. '^" Towards the close ofthe last century, the ruins of twelve churches and chapels were standing, in
Harris,'' besides several others, covered with moss and rubbish, although tra- dition carefully preserved their names. Their situation was likewise known
to the people. In the Island of Taransay, there was a church, called Eaglais Tarain, but tradition was silent regarding it, in the last century. In the ancient Martyrology, there is a St. - Tarnanus, called Tarananus, by Fordun, in his Scotichronicon. 't IntheIslandofBemeray,likewise,thereisa|CillAisaim,
supposed by Rev. John Macleod, to signify, a cell, or church,'5 dedicated to "5
St. Asaph.
That charity, which Christ came on earth to establish in the hearts and
souls of men, receives no higher encomium, than when for his sake their lives are devoted to their own and to their fellow-mortals' salvation, especially when those lives are laid down for their friends. Such were the conditions fulfilled, by the devoted Martyrs of Eigg, as their memories are recalled on this day, intheScoto-IrishsettlementamongtheHebrides. Onthe17thofApril,in
Article i. —' His Life will be found, at
the gth of June.
"See George Chalmers' "Caledonia,"
&c. , vol. i. , Book ii. , chap, v. , and n. (d),
p_ 265.
3 Her Life is given, at the ist of Feb-
ruary.
* One Irish Saint, bearing this name, is
venerated at the 5th of March, and another celebratedone,atthe9thofSeptember.
5 His Life is given, at the 23rd of Sep- tember.
easily found,
'"Most likely Bishop of Tours, whose
chief festival is fixed for the nth of Novem- ber.
" Most likely, St. Canice, whose feast is set down at the nth of October.
" See Martin's " Western Isles of Scot- land, "p. 27, where the inibrmation, afforded in our text, may be found.
'3 "
Seetheadmirable StatisticalAccount
of Harris' Parish," by Rev. John Macleod,
TM the " Old Statistical Account of Scot- 's His Life is written, at the 17th of land," by Sir Jolin Sinclair, vol. x. , num.
March.
^ His feast occurs, at the 2Sth of Septem-
ber.
* His festival is at the 16th of May.
9 Under this form of name, the feast is not
xxviii. , p. 376.
'*
'^ See ibid. ,
''
May.
See ibid.
p. 377.
His feast fell, probably, on the 1st of
Apru- 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 191
the Martyrology of Talkgh,'? we find entered, Donnan, of Egha, with fifty- two of his monks, whose names had been written, in a larger book,'' which appears to have been that, now known as the " Book of Leinster. 's The Bol- landists '° have some notices of these Martyrs, at this same date, with certain doubts expressed, that all their names had been clearly remembered and recorded by posterity, even if we could be assured, that all their names have been written down correctly, from the earliest records. St. Donnan's name occurs, in the Calendar and Office, found in the Aberdeen Breviary, at the
proper day. But, no special allusion to his history can there be discovered. "
Wherefore, the writer of his memoir, in the Acta Sanctorum,"" is obliged to depend exclusively upon Irish authorities. Especially does he quote the
Martyrology of Tallagh, and a transcript, sent from Louvain, by the Irish Father Thomas O'Sheerin, and which he extracted, from an Appendix to that Tract. In Bishop Forbes' work,^^ as also in that of Rev. S. Baring-Gould's,'3 there are notices of this holy Abbot, and of his companions.
The pedigree of St. Donnan, is not recorded ; so that, all we can know concerning him must be gleaned, from short notices in our Irish Annals or Calendars. That he was a native of Ireland seems to be pretty generally received; and,probably,hisreligiousprofessionhadbeenmadeatlona,under the great Abbot, St. Columkille. Like 'some of his countrymen, Donnan was induced to settle, with a company of followers, in the western part of Scotland. He desired to make St. Columkille his Anmchara, which means confessor, or soul's friendj='» but, the holy Abbot of lona refused that office, for his
'"S was the name of that in which Island,"*
Donnan lived, after his coming from Erin. Here, it would seem, he planted a large community of religious. In after times, this Island home gave name to a parish,includingEgg,MuckandRum. Thesearefound,amongthegroup of Hebridean Isles. '? At Eigg, the community did not live unmolested, and Columba had foretold their approaching martyrdom. This, however, did not preventDonnanwithhispeopletakinguptheirabodeonthatIsland. Three sheep, belonging to a certain rich woman of that region, were kept. "' Some accountshaveit, thatshewasaqueenpand,owingtoherenvytowardsthe monks, she moved a plot for their destruction.
