Patrick at first wept bitterly ; but raising his sister from the ground, he made a sign of the cross over the wound, which
immediately
was healed.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v9
35- P- 3°9-
89 See p. 270.
90 See the '-Book of Days/' vol. ii. , p. 382. 91 Edited by Drs. Smith and Wace, vol. V,
p. 600.
dered into English, 'and Colman of Ross whom I reckon. " A comment on the place names it Ross Branduib. See Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Feilire Hui Gormain," pp. 184, 185.
"See "Alphabetical Index to the Town- lands and towns, Parishes, and Baronies of
92 A MS. in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland," p. 797.
classed B. 3, 10. contains it at beptember 5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
26th, Kal. vi. , Oct. Colmani. Conf. non. 260, 261. —
Epis. ix. Lect.
Articlr ii. —'Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
p. xxxiv.
2 Thus: ColmAm ftuif bruMvouib ueLlnc
bapjvm'o C—cpch.
:
3 Thus "is Colman Rois rimeimm" ren-
Article hi.
"Communication of William F. Wakeman, Esq. , in a letter
dated Enniskillen, . November 27th, 1873.
2 This Mr. Wakeman learned from a man named Mac Manus, and two old women
belonging to the place.
by
608
LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September26.
"
Theancient Actsof
Justina
a at very lovely virgin,"
September
26th. 1 given by
this 2 at the
illustrious
martyr
and of her
companions
are
the
Bollandists,
present date, with a previous commentary 3 and notes, learnedly compiled by
FatherJohnCleo,S. J. ThoseActs,relatingtotheconversionofSt. Justina, Virgin, and of St. Cyprian, Bishop, are written in Latin ;4 then follow the Acts of St. Cyprian and St. Justina in Greek, accompanied with a Latin translation and notes ; while as an Appendix- follow the memorials and commemorations of those holy martyrs after their death, and in fine, Nine Lessons in Latin of an office,5 taken from a Manuscript, belonging to the Church of Placentia in Italy, relating to the Translation of St. Justina's Relics from Rome to that city.
Article V. —St. Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr, near Nicomedia, in
Marianus O'Gorman enters "
Bithinia. At the 26th of
saint at sufficient length j
but in a Carthusian copy of Greven, annotated in
Article 1 v. —' See Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Keilire Hui Gormain," pp. 184, 185.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii.
Septembris xxvi. De SS. Magigno, Nabore
et Kaustino MM. Ex Hierony- Apographis
Theoctisto seu Theognito Martyribus prope Nicomedium in Bithynia, pp. 195 to 262.
3 This is contained in six sections ami
ninety-one paragraphs.
4 They are said to have been interpolated
ARTICLE VII.
Dr.
Whitley Stokes'
his
Thesaurus Novus Anecdotorum," pp. 265 to 271.
3 See the Bollandists'
notes are added—.
"
Episcopo Conf. Bononiee in Italia.
edited
in seventeen paragraphs, by
John Stilting, S. J. ,—pp. 271 to 274.
x that Article VIII. At date,
Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
Article v.
Sylloge, Father
'
See Dr. Whitley Stokes' Feilire Hui Gorman,'' pp. 184, 185.
Article vi. —See Dr. Whitley Stokes' "Feilire Hui Gormain," pp. 184, 185.
in the
September, "1
Ciprian seim Senator," rendered Slender Cyprianus Senator'' in his Calendar. His
Acts, published by the Bollandists at this day, are included in those to which allusion has been made in the preceding Article.
Article VI. —St. Faustinus, Martyr. Marianus O'Gorman has
"""1
entered Faustin firscing or Faustinus the emaciated," at the 26th of
September. Althoughheisnamedandinconjunctionwithothermartyrsin some ancient Martyrologies at this date ; yet the Bollandists2 who enter such a feast are not able to throw much light on his history, period or place:
Article VII,—Eusebius. At the 26th day of September, Marianus
1
O'Gorman enters Euseib or Eusebius in his Calendar.
determine the identity of this saint, as two holy men bearing the name are veneratedonthisday; oneSt. Eusebius,PopeandConfessoratRome,2and the other St. Eusebius, Bishop and Confessor at Bononia, in Italy. 3
Article VIII. —Translation of the Relics of St. David, Patron of Wales. Already at the 1st of March, we have given the Acts of this great
1
2 See '"Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. ,
tembris xxv. De SS Cyprinno, Justina et miani? , p. 263. —
Sep-
by an anonymous author, but to have been two lections, containing twenty-six para- collated with the Acts edited by Martene, in graphs, edited by Father John Stilting, S. J. ,
" tomus iii.
5 This comprises fifteen paragraphs, and
"
'
See
Feilire Hui Gormain," pp. 184, 185.
* See the Bollandists' '' Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Septembris xxvi. De S. Kusebio Papa Conf Romx. Sylloge Historic*. In
Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Septembris xxvi. DeS. Kusebio
"
It is difficult to
September 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 609
manuscript notes, at Bruxelles, the Translation of his Relics is commemo-
rated at the 26th of as the Bollandists also remark on this 2 September, day.
Article IX. —Translation of the Relics of St. Virgilius, Bishop
ofSaltzburg. ByCanisiusandFerrarius,thecommemorationofaTrans-
lation of the Relics of St. Virgilius, Bishop of Saltzburg, in Bavaria, takes place on this day. His Acts are more properly deferred to the 27th of November, the date for his principal festival. The Bollandists notice the
Translation of his at the 26th of Relics,
1 September.
Article X. —Reputed Anniversary of the Death of St. Raban Maur. Already, at the 4th of February, the Life of St. Raban Maur, Abbot of Fulda, and Archbishop of Mayence, in Germany, will be found written. 1 Most authorities, as may there be seen, agree that he departed this life, on that day. However, the German Kalendar has a different statement, and it
assigns his decease to the 26th of September. notice it also at this date.
2
Ferrarius and the Bollandists^
Ctoentrj-^dmttl) JBap of September.
ARTICLE I. —ST. LUPaTT OR LUPITA, ALSO THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN LIAMAIN OR LIEMANIA, SISTER OF ST. PATRICK.
[FIFTH CENTURY. -]
has been remarked by naturalists, that certain vigorous plants, such as the IT hardy slow-thorn of our hedge-rows, throw out their blossoms in the Spring-time, before the leaves appear ; and thus do the flowers of sanctity begin to bloom, before the leaves of lesser but additional natural and supernatural graces give an—increase of moral beauty to favoured individuals. to have been sister to our Irish
The — woman
present holy thought
great Apostle musthavehadfamilyassociationsfromherverychildhood,insuch a supposition, as moulded her actions in after life, and the blossoms of saint-
the fuller adornment of those virtues wr hich Colgan promised to treat about St. Lupita, at the 27th of September, but
liness forecast in her
more luxuriantly as her years advanced to a close.
grew
1
he did not live to redeem that
promise.
The 2 who have a notice Bollandists,
mania. Commentariuspraevius, sec. x. , subsc.
54, p. 5 1 1. "
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Sep- tembris xxvi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 1S7.
3 See Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Sep-
—asts, p. 189. pretermitted fe
Article berniae,"
i.
Hi- Episcopo.
» Article x. See
the Second Volume
in of this work, at that date.
youth
Article ix. —' See " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus vii. , Septembris xxvi. Among the feasts, p. 187. —
Among the pretermitted
2 See the Bollandists' " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus i. , Februarii iv. , De S. Rabano Septembris xxvii. Among the pretermitted Mauro, Archiepiscopo Moguntino in Ger- saints, p. 378.
tembris xxvi.
'See "Acta Sanctorum Februariivi. DeS. Mele Ardachadensi, nn. II, 12, p. 262.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii,,
1Q
6io LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[September 27.
of Lupita at the 27th of September, remark, that while some writers style her a widow and others a virgin, they do not find her name on the Kalendar list of other saints, nor have they indications of her public cultus. s As we learn in the various Lives of St. Patrick, 4 this pious woman, Lupait or Lupita, was sister to our great Apostle. s In a previous Volume of this work, the very complicated and confusing statements, regarding the genealocical and family connexions of St. Patrick, have been set forth and sufficiently treated. 6 The various Lives of St. Patrick contain some accounts regarding her, yet they are ofadoubtfulandunsatisfactorynature. TheearliestaccountwehaveofLupita leads to the inference, that as she was sister to St. Patrick,? that her parents were Calphurnius and Conchessa, and that she was born in Nemthor.
A miracle is recorded, on a particular occasion, when with her brother,
8
This appears to have happenedinNemthur,whentheywereyoung. Endeavouringtopreventthe lambs from approaching the ewes, they ran swiftly, and the girl falling, her head struck against a stone, which caused a fracture, that endangered her life.
Patrick at first wept bitterly ; but raising his sister from the ground, he made a sign of the cross over the wound, which immediately was healed. However, in after time a white mark remained, to show where it had been. Both returned home, as if no accident happened. 9 It is said, St. Lupita had been
1 whensome
9 See Miss Mary F. Cusack's " Life of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland," Tripartite Life, part i. , p. 374.
St. Patrick, both were engaged in herding sheep.
madea 10withher captive,
St.
conducted by the seven sons of Factmud,12 a king of the Britons, touched in BritishArmorica. TheTripartiteLifeofSt. Patrickstates,thattwoofhis sisters—Lupita and Tigrida—were taken with him, and sold as slaves, in the
brother,
3 The Bollandists observe at this date, that as Camerarius has her noted as a saint at the ioth of October, on that day also, they may have more to state regarding her.
Patrick,'
pirate vessels,
"However, the Scholiast on St. Fiach's Hymn relates, that the family of St. Patrick Chief Patron of Ireland, at the 17th of all went from the Britons of Alcluaid across
4 See the Life of St. Patrick, Apostle and
March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
s See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. i. , and n. 2, pp. II, 16. Tertia Vita S. Patricii, cap. ii. , and n. 3, pp. 21, 29. Sexta VitaS. Patricii, cap. iv. , and n. n, pp. 63, 109. Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. i. , cap. xvi. , and n. 7,
the Iccian Sea southwards on a journey to their relatives, who lived among the BritOIU of Letha. The mother of these children is named Conches, and is said to have been a sister to St. Martin. At that time, certain sea-rovers came with British ships and plundered British Armoric Letha, where Patrickthenlived. TheywoundedCalpuirnn,
and then carried off Patrick and Lupait to 6"
pp. 119, 170.
See chap, iii. , and nn. 58 to 70.
7 Thus opens the Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. i. : "Natus est igitur in illo oppido, Nemthor nomine : eratque illi soror, Lupita nomine ; cujus Reliquiae sunt in Ardmacha. Patricius natus est in campo Taburne. Cam-
autem tabemaculoruni ob hoc dictus. eo quod in eo Romani exeicitus quodam tem- pore tabernacula sua ibi statueiunt hyemali frigore, et de hoc nominatus est campus
Ireland. SeeColgan's Trias Thaumaturga. " l'rima Vita S. Patricii, Scholia Veteris . ^choliastae, n. $e, p. 4.
"The old scholiast on St. Fiach's Hymn does not mention Lupita as sister of St. Patrick.
' are called the s« ns 'By Probus, they
of King Rethmit. See ibid. , Quinta Vita S. Patricii. lib. i. , cap. xii. , p. 48 (rede), and n. 10, p. 62. In the Tripartite Life, how-
pus
— we read Tabern, id est, campus tabemaculoruni. " ever,
Britonom
Colgan's
"
Trias Thaumaturga," p. 1 1, and cap. i. ,
n. 2. Also Tertia Vita S- Patricii,
profecti, coeperunt prediia incendiis vicinas regiones vastare. " Ibid. ,
p. 21.
8
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. vii. , p. II. 119. In some Manuscript Lives of St. Also, Tertia Vita S. Patricii, cap. vii. , p. Patrick, the British King's name is set down 21. Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. vi. , p. 66. as Sectmacius ; but under none of the forms
Septima Vita S. Patricii, pars i, cap. viii. , already given does his place in British his-
p.
118.
tory appear.
"Fectmagii Regis
septem filii ex palria relegati in Armon'cain Lethaniensem — el
:
Septima Vita S. Patrtcii, pars i. , cap. xvi. , p.
September 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 611
northern parts of Ireland. r 3
Another Life records only the capture of his
sister Lupita, with others, who were sold there, whe—n the Apostle of Ire—land
1
was only seven years old. * It seems difficult if not impossible to
reconcile the various discrepancies of narrative in the many Lives of St. Patrick.
In that Book on the Mothers of the Irish Saints, attributed to ^Engus the
1 * it is stated that
seven named Sechnall,16 1? 8
Culdee, sons,
Lupait, respectively
the sister of St. was the mother of Patrick,
20
nan,'9 Darigoc, Ausille,
21 and the Priest
asserted, that Lupait is an error for the true name of Liemania or Liamain. 23
This is sought to be verified, owing to the discovery of a very ancient tomb-
2'* which bears an 2* to it with one of her inscription supposed identify
stone,
sons named Lugnad or Lugna. 26 This St. Lugna or Lugnath is set down as
"" "2 the luctmaire or pilot of St. Patrick.
7 It is thought, that while the Apostle
13 The Second, Third, and Fourth Lives of St. Patrick expressly state, that it was a Scottish or Irish fleet, which led away the captives on this occasion from Britain, the coasts of which they were accustomed to
mitius and Comitius or Connetus, to Restitutes of the Lombards, and it may be assumed ihey were also the children of his wi'eLiemania. See"TriasThaumaturga," pars Li. , cap. vi. , p. 130, and cap. xviii. , p. 131.
23 The whole of St. Patrick's rela- subject
tives is treated by Colgan in his " Trias
Thaumaturga. " Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. i. , ii. , iii. , iv. , v. , pp. 219 to 232.
See " Trias Thauma- Colgan's
ravage.
turga," Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. xi. , p. 12. Tertia Vita S. Patricii, cap. xi. , p. 22. Quarta Vita S. Patricii, cap. xv. , p. 37. Septima Vita S. Patricii, pars i. , cap. xvi. , P- "9-
24 Found on the Island of
14 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," in Lough Corrib, County of Galway, and in
Quarta Vita S. Patricii, cap. xv. , p. 37. However, this differs from the Apostle's own account in his Book of Confessions, where he states the age to be sixteen, when he was brought a captive to Ireland.
St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland," Introduc-
tion, chap, hi. , pp. 112, 113.
16
Or Seachnall, said to have been bishop of Dunshaughlin, and whose feast occurs at the 27th of November.
17 Or Neachtain, son of Ua Baird, vene- rated on the 22nd of April, where notices of him may be found in the Fourth Volume of this work, Art. iii.
front of the small and ancient Cyclopean church known as Templepatrick.
15 See Miss Mary F. Cusack's " Life of
deeply cut, are thought to date back to
the beginning of the aixth century. The
letters are thus read : Lie Lugnaedon Macclmenue, translated, "The stone of Lugnaed, son of Limania. " Lugnaedon is
the Celtic genitive of Lugnad or Lugna, reported to have been the youngest of Liamain's or Limania's seven sons. It is on an upright pillar of dark limestone. Both the ancient church of Templepatrick and the
monument of Lugnaedon Mace Lmenuch,
are represented by two beautiful wood
in Dr. Petrie's "Round engravings George
Towers and Ancient Architecture of Ire- land," part ii. , sect, iii. , sub. sec. I. , pp. 164, 165.
89 See p. 270.
90 See the '-Book of Days/' vol. ii. , p. 382. 91 Edited by Drs. Smith and Wace, vol. V,
p. 600.
dered into English, 'and Colman of Ross whom I reckon. " A comment on the place names it Ross Branduib. See Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Feilire Hui Gormain," pp. 184, 185.
"See "Alphabetical Index to the Town- lands and towns, Parishes, and Baronies of
92 A MS. in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland," p. 797.
classed B. 3, 10. contains it at beptember 5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
26th, Kal. vi. , Oct. Colmani. Conf. non. 260, 261. —
Epis. ix. Lect.
Articlr ii. —'Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
p. xxxiv.
2 Thus: ColmAm ftuif bruMvouib ueLlnc
bapjvm'o C—cpch.
:
3 Thus "is Colman Rois rimeimm" ren-
Article hi.
"Communication of William F. Wakeman, Esq. , in a letter
dated Enniskillen, . November 27th, 1873.
2 This Mr. Wakeman learned from a man named Mac Manus, and two old women
belonging to the place.
by
608
LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September26.
"
Theancient Actsof
Justina
a at very lovely virgin,"
September
26th. 1 given by
this 2 at the
illustrious
martyr
and of her
companions
are
the
Bollandists,
present date, with a previous commentary 3 and notes, learnedly compiled by
FatherJohnCleo,S. J. ThoseActs,relatingtotheconversionofSt. Justina, Virgin, and of St. Cyprian, Bishop, are written in Latin ;4 then follow the Acts of St. Cyprian and St. Justina in Greek, accompanied with a Latin translation and notes ; while as an Appendix- follow the memorials and commemorations of those holy martyrs after their death, and in fine, Nine Lessons in Latin of an office,5 taken from a Manuscript, belonging to the Church of Placentia in Italy, relating to the Translation of St. Justina's Relics from Rome to that city.
Article V. —St. Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr, near Nicomedia, in
Marianus O'Gorman enters "
Bithinia. At the 26th of
saint at sufficient length j
but in a Carthusian copy of Greven, annotated in
Article 1 v. —' See Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Keilire Hui Gormain," pp. 184, 185.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii.
Septembris xxvi. De SS. Magigno, Nabore
et Kaustino MM. Ex Hierony- Apographis
Theoctisto seu Theognito Martyribus prope Nicomedium in Bithynia, pp. 195 to 262.
3 This is contained in six sections ami
ninety-one paragraphs.
4 They are said to have been interpolated
ARTICLE VII.
Dr.
Whitley Stokes'
his
Thesaurus Novus Anecdotorum," pp. 265 to 271.
3 See the Bollandists'
notes are added—.
"
Episcopo Conf. Bononiee in Italia.
edited
in seventeen paragraphs, by
John Stilting, S. J. ,—pp. 271 to 274.
x that Article VIII. At date,
Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
Article v.
Sylloge, Father
'
See Dr. Whitley Stokes' Feilire Hui Gorman,'' pp. 184, 185.
Article vi. —See Dr. Whitley Stokes' "Feilire Hui Gormain," pp. 184, 185.
in the
September, "1
Ciprian seim Senator," rendered Slender Cyprianus Senator'' in his Calendar. His
Acts, published by the Bollandists at this day, are included in those to which allusion has been made in the preceding Article.
Article VI. —St. Faustinus, Martyr. Marianus O'Gorman has
"""1
entered Faustin firscing or Faustinus the emaciated," at the 26th of
September. Althoughheisnamedandinconjunctionwithothermartyrsin some ancient Martyrologies at this date ; yet the Bollandists2 who enter such a feast are not able to throw much light on his history, period or place:
Article VII,—Eusebius. At the 26th day of September, Marianus
1
O'Gorman enters Euseib or Eusebius in his Calendar.
determine the identity of this saint, as two holy men bearing the name are veneratedonthisday; oneSt. Eusebius,PopeandConfessoratRome,2and the other St. Eusebius, Bishop and Confessor at Bononia, in Italy. 3
Article VIII. —Translation of the Relics of St. David, Patron of Wales. Already at the 1st of March, we have given the Acts of this great
1
2 See '"Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. ,
tembris xxv. De SS Cyprinno, Justina et miani? , p. 263. —
Sep-
by an anonymous author, but to have been two lections, containing twenty-six para- collated with the Acts edited by Martene, in graphs, edited by Father John Stilting, S. J. ,
" tomus iii.
5 This comprises fifteen paragraphs, and
"
'
See
Feilire Hui Gormain," pp. 184, 185.
* See the Bollandists' '' Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Septembris xxvi. De S. Kusebio Papa Conf Romx. Sylloge Historic*. In
Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Septembris xxvi. DeS. Kusebio
"
It is difficult to
September 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 609
manuscript notes, at Bruxelles, the Translation of his Relics is commemo-
rated at the 26th of as the Bollandists also remark on this 2 September, day.
Article IX. —Translation of the Relics of St. Virgilius, Bishop
ofSaltzburg. ByCanisiusandFerrarius,thecommemorationofaTrans-
lation of the Relics of St. Virgilius, Bishop of Saltzburg, in Bavaria, takes place on this day. His Acts are more properly deferred to the 27th of November, the date for his principal festival. The Bollandists notice the
Translation of his at the 26th of Relics,
1 September.
Article X. —Reputed Anniversary of the Death of St. Raban Maur. Already, at the 4th of February, the Life of St. Raban Maur, Abbot of Fulda, and Archbishop of Mayence, in Germany, will be found written. 1 Most authorities, as may there be seen, agree that he departed this life, on that day. However, the German Kalendar has a different statement, and it
assigns his decease to the 26th of September. notice it also at this date.
2
Ferrarius and the Bollandists^
Ctoentrj-^dmttl) JBap of September.
ARTICLE I. —ST. LUPaTT OR LUPITA, ALSO THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN LIAMAIN OR LIEMANIA, SISTER OF ST. PATRICK.
[FIFTH CENTURY. -]
has been remarked by naturalists, that certain vigorous plants, such as the IT hardy slow-thorn of our hedge-rows, throw out their blossoms in the Spring-time, before the leaves appear ; and thus do the flowers of sanctity begin to bloom, before the leaves of lesser but additional natural and supernatural graces give an—increase of moral beauty to favoured individuals. to have been sister to our Irish
The — woman
present holy thought
great Apostle musthavehadfamilyassociationsfromherverychildhood,insuch a supposition, as moulded her actions in after life, and the blossoms of saint-
the fuller adornment of those virtues wr hich Colgan promised to treat about St. Lupita, at the 27th of September, but
liness forecast in her
more luxuriantly as her years advanced to a close.
grew
1
he did not live to redeem that
promise.
The 2 who have a notice Bollandists,
mania. Commentariuspraevius, sec. x. , subsc.
54, p. 5 1 1. "
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Sep- tembris xxvi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 1S7.
3 See Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Sep-
—asts, p. 189. pretermitted fe
Article berniae,"
i.
Hi- Episcopo.
» Article x. See
the Second Volume
in of this work, at that date.
youth
Article ix. —' See " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus vii. , Septembris xxvi. Among the feasts, p. 187. —
Among the pretermitted
2 See the Bollandists' " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus i. , Februarii iv. , De S. Rabano Septembris xxvii. Among the pretermitted Mauro, Archiepiscopo Moguntino in Ger- saints, p. 378.
tembris xxvi.
'See "Acta Sanctorum Februariivi. DeS. Mele Ardachadensi, nn. II, 12, p. 262.
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii,,
1Q
6io LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[September 27.
of Lupita at the 27th of September, remark, that while some writers style her a widow and others a virgin, they do not find her name on the Kalendar list of other saints, nor have they indications of her public cultus. s As we learn in the various Lives of St. Patrick, 4 this pious woman, Lupait or Lupita, was sister to our great Apostle. s In a previous Volume of this work, the very complicated and confusing statements, regarding the genealocical and family connexions of St. Patrick, have been set forth and sufficiently treated. 6 The various Lives of St. Patrick contain some accounts regarding her, yet they are ofadoubtfulandunsatisfactorynature. TheearliestaccountwehaveofLupita leads to the inference, that as she was sister to St. Patrick,? that her parents were Calphurnius and Conchessa, and that she was born in Nemthor.
A miracle is recorded, on a particular occasion, when with her brother,
8
This appears to have happenedinNemthur,whentheywereyoung. Endeavouringtopreventthe lambs from approaching the ewes, they ran swiftly, and the girl falling, her head struck against a stone, which caused a fracture, that endangered her life.
Patrick at first wept bitterly ; but raising his sister from the ground, he made a sign of the cross over the wound, which immediately was healed. However, in after time a white mark remained, to show where it had been. Both returned home, as if no accident happened. 9 It is said, St. Lupita had been
1 whensome
9 See Miss Mary F. Cusack's " Life of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland," Tripartite Life, part i. , p. 374.
St. Patrick, both were engaged in herding sheep.
madea 10withher captive,
St.
conducted by the seven sons of Factmud,12 a king of the Britons, touched in BritishArmorica. TheTripartiteLifeofSt. Patrickstates,thattwoofhis sisters—Lupita and Tigrida—were taken with him, and sold as slaves, in the
brother,
3 The Bollandists observe at this date, that as Camerarius has her noted as a saint at the ioth of October, on that day also, they may have more to state regarding her.
Patrick,'
pirate vessels,
"However, the Scholiast on St. Fiach's Hymn relates, that the family of St. Patrick Chief Patron of Ireland, at the 17th of all went from the Britons of Alcluaid across
4 See the Life of St. Patrick, Apostle and
March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
s See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. i. , and n. 2, pp. II, 16. Tertia Vita S. Patricii, cap. ii. , and n. 3, pp. 21, 29. Sexta VitaS. Patricii, cap. iv. , and n. n, pp. 63, 109. Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. i. , cap. xvi. , and n. 7,
the Iccian Sea southwards on a journey to their relatives, who lived among the BritOIU of Letha. The mother of these children is named Conches, and is said to have been a sister to St. Martin. At that time, certain sea-rovers came with British ships and plundered British Armoric Letha, where Patrickthenlived. TheywoundedCalpuirnn,
and then carried off Patrick and Lupait to 6"
pp. 119, 170.
See chap, iii. , and nn. 58 to 70.
7 Thus opens the Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. i. : "Natus est igitur in illo oppido, Nemthor nomine : eratque illi soror, Lupita nomine ; cujus Reliquiae sunt in Ardmacha. Patricius natus est in campo Taburne. Cam-
autem tabemaculoruni ob hoc dictus. eo quod in eo Romani exeicitus quodam tem- pore tabernacula sua ibi statueiunt hyemali frigore, et de hoc nominatus est campus
Ireland. SeeColgan's Trias Thaumaturga. " l'rima Vita S. Patricii, Scholia Veteris . ^choliastae, n. $e, p. 4.
"The old scholiast on St. Fiach's Hymn does not mention Lupita as sister of St. Patrick.
' are called the s« ns 'By Probus, they
of King Rethmit. See ibid. , Quinta Vita S. Patricii. lib. i. , cap. xii. , p. 48 (rede), and n. 10, p. 62. In the Tripartite Life, how-
pus
— we read Tabern, id est, campus tabemaculoruni. " ever,
Britonom
Colgan's
"
Trias Thaumaturga," p. 1 1, and cap. i. ,
n. 2. Also Tertia Vita S- Patricii,
profecti, coeperunt prediia incendiis vicinas regiones vastare. " Ibid. ,
p. 21.
8
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. vii. , p. II. 119. In some Manuscript Lives of St. Also, Tertia Vita S. Patricii, cap. vii. , p. Patrick, the British King's name is set down 21. Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. vi. , p. 66. as Sectmacius ; but under none of the forms
Septima Vita S. Patricii, pars i, cap. viii. , already given does his place in British his-
p.
118.
tory appear.
"Fectmagii Regis
septem filii ex palria relegati in Armon'cain Lethaniensem — el
:
Septima Vita S. Patrtcii, pars i. , cap. xvi. , p.
September 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 611
northern parts of Ireland. r 3
Another Life records only the capture of his
sister Lupita, with others, who were sold there, whe—n the Apostle of Ire—land
1
was only seven years old. * It seems difficult if not impossible to
reconcile the various discrepancies of narrative in the many Lives of St. Patrick.
In that Book on the Mothers of the Irish Saints, attributed to ^Engus the
1 * it is stated that
seven named Sechnall,16 1? 8
Culdee, sons,
Lupait, respectively
the sister of St. was the mother of Patrick,
20
nan,'9 Darigoc, Ausille,
21 and the Priest
asserted, that Lupait is an error for the true name of Liemania or Liamain. 23
This is sought to be verified, owing to the discovery of a very ancient tomb-
2'* which bears an 2* to it with one of her inscription supposed identify
stone,
sons named Lugnad or Lugna. 26 This St. Lugna or Lugnath is set down as
"" "2 the luctmaire or pilot of St. Patrick.
7 It is thought, that while the Apostle
13 The Second, Third, and Fourth Lives of St. Patrick expressly state, that it was a Scottish or Irish fleet, which led away the captives on this occasion from Britain, the coasts of which they were accustomed to
mitius and Comitius or Connetus, to Restitutes of the Lombards, and it may be assumed ihey were also the children of his wi'eLiemania. See"TriasThaumaturga," pars Li. , cap. vi. , p. 130, and cap. xviii. , p. 131.
23 The whole of St. Patrick's rela- subject
tives is treated by Colgan in his " Trias
Thaumaturga. " Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. i. , ii. , iii. , iv. , v. , pp. 219 to 232.
See " Trias Thauma- Colgan's
ravage.
turga," Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. xi. , p. 12. Tertia Vita S. Patricii, cap. xi. , p. 22. Quarta Vita S. Patricii, cap. xv. , p. 37. Septima Vita S. Patricii, pars i. , cap. xvi. , P- "9-
24 Found on the Island of
14 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," in Lough Corrib, County of Galway, and in
Quarta Vita S. Patricii, cap. xv. , p. 37. However, this differs from the Apostle's own account in his Book of Confessions, where he states the age to be sixteen, when he was brought a captive to Ireland.
St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland," Introduc-
tion, chap, hi. , pp. 112, 113.
16
Or Seachnall, said to have been bishop of Dunshaughlin, and whose feast occurs at the 27th of November.
17 Or Neachtain, son of Ua Baird, vene- rated on the 22nd of April, where notices of him may be found in the Fourth Volume of this work, Art. iii.
front of the small and ancient Cyclopean church known as Templepatrick.
15 See Miss Mary F. Cusack's " Life of
deeply cut, are thought to date back to
the beginning of the aixth century. The
letters are thus read : Lie Lugnaedon Macclmenue, translated, "The stone of Lugnaed, son of Limania. " Lugnaedon is
the Celtic genitive of Lugnad or Lugna, reported to have been the youngest of Liamain's or Limania's seven sons. It is on an upright pillar of dark limestone. Both the ancient church of Templepatrick and the
monument of Lugnaedon Mace Lmenuch,
are represented by two beautiful wood
in Dr. Petrie's "Round engravings George
Towers and Ancient Architecture of Ire- land," part ii. , sect, iii. , sub. sec. I. , pp. 164, 165.
