His virtues and requirements caused his father the
greatest
possible satisfaction ; and, it was thought, that in due course of time, Landric should succeed to the highest distinction the court and kingdom of France could procure for him.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v4
Dr.
Kelly,
p. xxi. The Franciscan cupy enters lug<ii'D
niAC 5<jpb<jin.
' See our notices of her, at that date.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap-
is to the Tripartiie Life, chap. v. ; but the chapter is marked ix. in Cogan's edition of
rilis xvii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 476.
p. 476. I Article v. —"Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
* According to the Martyrology of Tal- p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has Lujaio
mAC ,t)i\ucc<i.
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Ap-
rilis xvii. Among the pretermitted saints," 'See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " p. 476. •
Vita Tripartita S. Patricii, lib. ii. ,cap. ix. , 'See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima p. 130, and n. 30, p. 174. Also, thid. Sexta Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xiii. , p. 131.
lagh.
5 His festival occurs, at the 28th of
January.
Vita S. Patricii, cap. xciii. , p. 86, and n.
104, p. 113.
' In a note, Dr. Reeves says, the reference
Also, nn^ 42, 43, 44, p. 1 74.
« See ibid. , Quinta Appendix ad Acta S.
Patricii, cap. xxii. , p. 206.
"
Trias Thaumatu—rga," at p. 130, col. 2.
Kev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has the
Article iv. 'Edited by
entry of deDiti mAC Japbdin.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap-
rilis xvii. Among the pretermitted saints,
1. 98 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 17.
the 1 7th of April, and who, in another passage,' has a notice of a St. Luga-
dius. Bishop of Connor, who died on the 1 7th of April, a. d. 537. It is doubt- ful, to whom identification be assigned with the following, as we read, in the
Martyrology of Donegal,' that on this day, veneration was paid to Lugliaidh, son of Ere, at Fordruim, in Dealbhna Assail. There was a Fordruim, now
known as Fardrum,? in the parish of Kileleagh, and county of Westmeath. ^
There was also a Fordruim, now Fordrum, in the barony of Inishowen, and
countyofDonegal. 9 But,itisnotsoeasytodeterminetheterritory,called Dealbhna Assail, in which Fordruim was situated.
Article VI. —St. Eochaidh, Abbot of Lismore, County of Water- ford,ORLismoreinScotland. Anentryappears,intheMartyrologyof Tallagh,'atthe17thofApril,regardingSt. EochaidofLismore. ^ TheBol- landists notice him, likewise, at this same date. We are at a loss to know, how- ever, if he were connected with that renowned school of learning, at Lismore,' in the south of Ireland ; or, if the place where he lived was Lismore Island, one of the Scottish Hebrides. '* This was the episcopal seat for Argyll. It is possible, this may have been the saint, who was the companion of St. Columkille,5 when he left Ireland for Alba,' and who has been incorrectly
called Eglodius, by Hector Boetius, by John Lesley, and by Thomas Demp- ster. ' We are referred, by Colgan, to his Acts, which were published, at the 25th of January. * There he is styled Apostle of the Picts. ' Bishop Forbes has a notice of this saint. '° On this day, St. Eochaidh, Abbot of Lismore, died, A. D. 634, according to the Annals of the Four Masters. " This was only three years after the expulsion of St. Carthage " from Rahen, in the King's County. '3 The Martyrology of Donegal 't records, that Eochaidh, Abbot of Lis-more, had a festival celebrated, in his honour, on this day.
Article VII. —St. Landricus, or Landry, Bishop of Meaux, or
Metz,
France.
\Sevmth Century^
The 'that the father ' of circumstances,
"
ScotiMonasticon,"pp. 2iSto222. There, too, we are told, that it was " connected
with St. Moluag, who adopted an Irish type, and died 592. " See p. 232. Further no-
tices of it are in the Supplemental Notes, at p. 401.
5 See his Life, at the 9th of June.
'See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columba;,
i See Ilistoria Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. v. , num. 491, p. 265.
'See "Acta Sanctorum Hibemiae," xxv. Januarii. De S. Euchadio, Pictorum Apos- tolo, pp. 163, 164.
' For an account of him, the reader is re-
ferred to our First Volume, at the 25ih of
January.
'"See "Kalendars of Scottish Saints,"
p. 335.
" See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. ,
pp. 252, 253.
" His feast occurs, at the 14th of May. "3 See ibid.
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
5 See ! *! (! '. , p. 269.
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
104, 105.
1 See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
for the County of Westmeath," sheet 29. 'See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (o), p. 1 107. 'See ? '*/(/. , n. (w), p. 1163,
Article vi. p. xxi.
—'
Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
Kelly,
' The Franciscan copy has eoch^io X\y^
monv
3 To this is the allusion, in the following
lines: —
" When the church of the isles saw her
glories arise —
Columba the dove-like, and Carthage
the wise
And the school and the temple gave
light to each shore,
From clifted lona to wooded Lis-
more. "
—Gerald Griffin's "Poetical Works," p. 172. Duffy's Edition.
• An interesting account of Lismore will be found, in Rev. Mackenzie E. C. W. -»lcott's
cap. X. , p. 489. "
;
104, 105. — Article vii.
'
He
is called, sometimes
April 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 199
this holy bishop is held to have been an Irishman, by birth, and that, in com- pany with his pious consort, St. Vandru,' he had visited Ireland, together with
the knowledge, that he had been mainly instrumental, in causing so many of his immediate relations to become saints, must plead our apology for adding the name of St. Landry to our list of holy and distinguished men. Our national hagiologist, moreover, seems to have had a Life of the present saint ready for publication, on this day. 3 The Acts of St. Landricus have been published, by the Bollandists,^ at the 1 7th of April ; and, this account of his Life was taken from four different Manuscripts, illustrated by notes, and having an in- troductory dissertation, in nine paragraphs. ^ As St. Landry, the " Petits BoUandistesViesdesSaints"*havenoticesofhim,atthissamedate. ' This holy man Landric was the son of St. Maldegarius, or Vincent, Count of Hainault, and of St. Waldetrudis. ' He was the eldest son of his parents ;» and he had a brother called St. Dentelin,"° as also a holy sister, named St. Aldetrude"andanotherSt. Madelberta. '^ Fromhisearliestyears,St. Lan- dry received a most excellent education, of which he made a remarkably good use. His masters, while teaching him science, forgot not to instruct him in the love of God, and in the practical ways of every good course. His na- tural talents were conspicuous, and his character was nobly moulded.
His virtues and requirements caused his father the greatest possible satisfaction ; and, it was thought, that in due course of time, Landric should succeed to the highest distinction the court and kingdom of France could procure for him. '3 With such an object in view, his father, the Count, had prepared his son to embrace a military career, and to have such an education as became a young nobleman of the period. '< However, the young man was inspired with other ideas ; he had early conceived a vocation for the ecclesiastical state ; yet, for a time, he kept this as a profound secret, until he had clearly ascertained the designs of Heaven, in his regard. At length, he resolved on becoming a soldier of Christ ; when he earnestly besought his father's per- mission to assume the tonsure, and to enter a religious community of Canons. 's Maldegarius was afflicted, on receiving this application, so con- trarytothehopesandambitionhehadentertained. HecounselledLandric, rather to contract a marriage, worthy of his noble birth, as this state was con- sistent with the most perfect degree of sanctity, and as it must enable him to
perpetuate the secular rank, already acquired in the family.
St. Manger, or St. Vincent, and sometimes
while his feast is set down, for the 14th ofJuly.
Februarii, n. 3, p. 412. '"
Maelceadar, or Maldegarius
Florarium Saiicto- rum," he is set down, as " de stirpe Karoli-
°
;
Also called Waldetrude, or Waldetrudis,
and her Life has been given already, at the
3 See " Actuum Sane- Colgan's Catalogus
torum quae M. S. habentur, ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
* See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap- rilis xviL De S. Landrico Ep. Metensi, Abbate Sonegiensi et Altamontensi in Han- nonia, pp. 487 10 491.
5 The Benedictine writers speak of a Le-
gend of this Saint's Life, and that it contains
a long string of phrases, but nothing solid, in
the " Histoire Literaire de la ]•' ranee," the particulars of whose reign will be found,
9th of April.
tome v. , Neuvieme Siecle, p. 679. ' See tome iv. , pp. 466, 467.
' Written by M. I'Abbe Destombes.
'
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nix,"iii. Februarii, n. 3, p. 249. Also xxv.
For a time, his
darum. "
'"See notices of him, at the 14th of July,
the date for his festival.
" Her festival does not seem to be
known.
" Her feast occurs, at the 7th of Sep-
tember.
'' This was probably in the time of Dago-
bert I. , who ruled fromA. D. 628 to A. D. 644. See CEuvres Completes de Bossuet, tome x. , "Abrege de I'Histoire de France," liv. i. , col. 1 178.
in Henri Martin's "Histoire de France,"
tome ii. , liy. x. , pp. 132 to 145.
'S This seems to be the meaning, which
is conveyed, in the BoUandists' Vita, ex iv, codicibus MSS.
In a Manuscript
'* Probably, in the time of Dagobert I,,
venerius, who has edited the
"
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 17.
son yielded to this expressed desire, but soon his instances were supported by other counsellors, and Maldegar somewhat reluctantly gave his consent. Landry was embraced with tenderness, by his father, who surrendered him to the training of certain holy priests. Soon the youth received clerical tonsure, and he began thenceforward to redouble his pious practices and studies, for
the -work of the ministry. It is thought, that St. Landry's education had been received, somewhere in the diocese of Cambrai, where his parents resided;'** The pious Levite meditated on the Sacred Scriptures most assiduously, and offered fervent prayers to the Almighty, so that he might fulfil engagements ofthepriesthood,towhichhehadbeencalled. Atlength,avacancyoccur- ring, it is said, in the episcopal See of Meaux,'? one of the most illustrious in France,'^ the suffrages of the clergy and people called him to it. "' Thoroughly well known at court, where his parents occupied the first rank, his elevation also greatly pleased the king. Other accounts have it, that St.
Landry ruled over the episcopal See of Metz •,'° and, citing many ancient authorities, Father Godefrid Henschen maintains this opinion. Indeed, it is the one set forth in the old Acts of St. Landricus, as collated from four different codices. ^' Having thus been called to a new sphere for action, our saint endeavoured to advance the interests of religion, and above all, to conse- crate hisrevenueson behalf of thepoor. Notwithstandinghiscontinuous labours and cares for the flock, committed to his charge, he practised great austerities, such as fasting, mortification, and sublime meditation. For the edification and instruction of his people, he engaged in the study of pious books, and thus he was well prepared, always to announce the word of God. The father of our saint Maelceader was moved, by the powerful graces afforded him, to re- tire from the world, and to enter the monastery of Haumont, near Maubeuge, assuming there the religious name of Vincent. Soon his pious mother, Waldetrude, followed this example, at Castriloo, now Mons. His pious sisters
placed themselves under the direction of their aunt, St. Aldetrude," who
governed a community of nuns, at Maubeifge. St. Landry was called to the death-bed of his father, and after administering to him all the consolations of the Church, with filial solicitude, he undertook the future patronage of Hau- mont and Soignies, which had been founded by Maelceadar. Afterwards, our saint conceived a great desire to resign his See, and to seek retirement, in a monastery. ^3 He chose for such purpose that of Soignies. This house, as also that of Haumont, he governed wisely and well, to the time of his call from life.
He passed out of this world, on the 17th day of April, a. d. 675. The Kalendarists place his festival, at this day, as proved, by reference to the Kalendar of an ancient Breviary,='• belonging to the Collegiate Church of St. Waldetrude, at Mons. ^s The Manuscript Florariura Sanctorum, Molanus, in his additions, to Usuard,^* in his Indiculus Sanctorum Belgii, and in Natahbus
" See " Les Petits Bollandisies Vies des
Saints," tome iv. , xvii^ Jour d'Avril, p.
467.
'' Such is the statement of Georgius Col-
" Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Aprilis xvij. . in Commentarius Praevius, num. 6, 7, 8, 9,
p. 489-
" See an account of her, at the 25th of
February.
'^ Charles Le Cointe, in his "Annates Ec-
cleslastici Francorum," at A. D. 677,num. 13, denies that St. Landricus had been a Bishop, whether at Meaux, or Metz.
Chronicon Camerancense et Atrabatense," lib. ii. , cap.
46. This work was printed A. D. 1615. "'See "Les Petits BoUandistes Vies des
Saints," tome iv. xvii. Jour d'Avril, p. 467.
'« most ancient writers, he is
By styled
Bishop of Metz.
"
vieme Siecle, p. 679.
" See the various authors quoted, in the
"
'* This is in and its is parchment, entry
''° " The writers of the
xv. Kalendas Mail, S. Landrici Confes- soris et Episcopi. "
'S Tliis Breviary has a prayer, proper for our saint,
"' "
There we read, Sonegias Natalis S.
Landrici Episcopi et Confessoris. "
Histoire Literaire de la France state, that such a supposi- tion is without proof See tome v. , >feu-
April 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
Sanctorum Belgii, as also Mirseus, in Fastis Belgicis, follow the same arrangement. likewise, Canisius/7 Suassay,=^ Willotius, Ghinnius,='9 Wion,3° Menard, Dorgan, Bucelin,^' have his festival at this day. Other Belgian re- cords are confirmatory of these statements. 3^ A Manuscript Martyrology, belonging to the Church of St. Gudule, at Bruxelles, has his feast, at the i8th of March. 33 After his death, numerous miracles gave evidence of his sanctity
to the people ;34 and, his body was preserved, in a silver casket, at Soignes, in Hannonia, according to Mirseus. In the Church of St. Vaudru, at Mons, the Office of St. Landricus, with three proper lessons, was recited. This had been examined and approved by the Doctors of Douai University. In 1625, it
was printed, with the permission of Monseigneur Vander-Burg, Archbishop of Cambrai. In the Abbeys of Maroilles and of Cateau, his office was likewise read. He was venerated, as a Confessor and Pontiff. 35 So much we have deemed useful to relate, regarding this noble saint.
•
Article VIII. —Reputed Festival of a St. Garbhan.
This day, theMartyrologyofDonegal entersthenameofGarbhan,ashavingbeen venerated. Whether he was a distinct saint from any of the preceding, or whether by some error the patronymic of a previous saint has been substi-
tuted for the proper name and be placed thus disjointed, may he qui-Vtioned. In the west of Ireland, St. Fechin,' Abbot of Fore, is said to have founded a
church, at Kill-Garbhan. 3 Judging by the denomination, however, a St. Garbhan should more likely be the founder. Without any authority, Harris
placed an abbey at Kilgarvan. * This he supposed to be in the county of Sligo. Archdall calls it Kilnagarvan, and the name is more correct. He simply speaks of it as a church. So it is called, in the second Life of St. Fechin. 5 It was a parish church, in the district of Coistealbach. It is in the county of Mayo, and within the territory of Galenga,' now the barony of Gal- len. At present, it goes by the name of Kilgarvy. It is situated, very near the barony of Leney, in the county of Sligo.
ArticleIX. —FeastoftheDeaconPeter,Martyr. IntheFelire of St. ^ngus, as we have already seen, the Irish Church honoured the holy DeaconPeter,theMartyr,atthisday,withafeast. Hesufferedmartyrdom, at Antioch, with his servant St. Hermongen, as we learn from the Bollan- disU ; yet, little seems to be . on record, regarding the time and the occasion.
^ In his German Martyrology. collated from four diRlrent Manuscripts.
In his French Martyrology. 35 See " Les Peiits BoUaiidistes Vies des
"» In Natahbus Sanctorum Canonico- SainU," tome iv. , xvii« Jour d'Avril, p.
rum.
3° In his "
467 —' Article vni.
Lignum Vitie. "
' In their respective Benedictine Martyr-
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 104, 105.
*5'o'' ,. A c
^
Hisfeastoccurs,atthezothofJanuary. 3 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nise," xx. Jaiiuarii. Vita Secunda S. Fechini,
Acta Sanctorum,' tomus ii. , Ap- nlis xvu. De S. Landrico, Ep. Melensi, &c.
•1
•
Commentanus Pravius, num. 1, pp. 487, cap. viii. , p. 134.
• See Harris' vol. ii. Ware,
^^r-L. T, .
"Antiquities of Ireland," chnp. xxxviil. , p. 268.
» The Bollandistsadd "^/translationem :
Corporum SS. Landrici Episcopi, et Dente- lini puen fratrum et filiorum S. Waldetrudis, mscripserunt suis additionibus ad Grevenum
tucdumcxcussisCartAusianiBruxelUnses. ''— ^^<^-
«
See- some account of these, in his Life,
ni:e," xx.
p. xxi. The Franciscan cupy enters lug<ii'D
niAC 5<jpb<jin.
' See our notices of her, at that date.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap-
is to the Tripartiie Life, chap. v. ; but the chapter is marked ix. in Cogan's edition of
rilis xvii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 476.
p. 476. I Article v. —"Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
* According to the Martyrology of Tal- p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has Lujaio
mAC ,t)i\ucc<i.
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Ap-
rilis xvii. Among the pretermitted saints," 'See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " p. 476. •
Vita Tripartita S. Patricii, lib. ii. ,cap. ix. , 'See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima p. 130, and n. 30, p. 174. Also, thid. Sexta Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xiii. , p. 131.
lagh.
5 His festival occurs, at the 28th of
January.
Vita S. Patricii, cap. xciii. , p. 86, and n.
104, p. 113.
' In a note, Dr. Reeves says, the reference
Also, nn^ 42, 43, 44, p. 1 74.
« See ibid. , Quinta Appendix ad Acta S.
Patricii, cap. xxii. , p. 206.
"
Trias Thaumatu—rga," at p. 130, col. 2.
Kev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has the
Article iv. 'Edited by
entry of deDiti mAC Japbdin.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap-
rilis xvii. Among the pretermitted saints,
1. 98 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 17.
the 1 7th of April, and who, in another passage,' has a notice of a St. Luga-
dius. Bishop of Connor, who died on the 1 7th of April, a. d. 537. It is doubt- ful, to whom identification be assigned with the following, as we read, in the
Martyrology of Donegal,' that on this day, veneration was paid to Lugliaidh, son of Ere, at Fordruim, in Dealbhna Assail. There was a Fordruim, now
known as Fardrum,? in the parish of Kileleagh, and county of Westmeath. ^
There was also a Fordruim, now Fordrum, in the barony of Inishowen, and
countyofDonegal. 9 But,itisnotsoeasytodeterminetheterritory,called Dealbhna Assail, in which Fordruim was situated.
Article VI. —St. Eochaidh, Abbot of Lismore, County of Water- ford,ORLismoreinScotland. Anentryappears,intheMartyrologyof Tallagh,'atthe17thofApril,regardingSt. EochaidofLismore. ^ TheBol- landists notice him, likewise, at this same date. We are at a loss to know, how- ever, if he were connected with that renowned school of learning, at Lismore,' in the south of Ireland ; or, if the place where he lived was Lismore Island, one of the Scottish Hebrides. '* This was the episcopal seat for Argyll. It is possible, this may have been the saint, who was the companion of St. Columkille,5 when he left Ireland for Alba,' and who has been incorrectly
called Eglodius, by Hector Boetius, by John Lesley, and by Thomas Demp- ster. ' We are referred, by Colgan, to his Acts, which were published, at the 25th of January. * There he is styled Apostle of the Picts. ' Bishop Forbes has a notice of this saint. '° On this day, St. Eochaidh, Abbot of Lismore, died, A. D. 634, according to the Annals of the Four Masters. " This was only three years after the expulsion of St. Carthage " from Rahen, in the King's County. '3 The Martyrology of Donegal 't records, that Eochaidh, Abbot of Lis-more, had a festival celebrated, in his honour, on this day.
Article VII. —St. Landricus, or Landry, Bishop of Meaux, or
Metz,
France.
\Sevmth Century^
The 'that the father ' of circumstances,
"
ScotiMonasticon,"pp. 2iSto222. There, too, we are told, that it was " connected
with St. Moluag, who adopted an Irish type, and died 592. " See p. 232. Further no-
tices of it are in the Supplemental Notes, at p. 401.
5 See his Life, at the 9th of June.
'See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columba;,
i See Ilistoria Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. v. , num. 491, p. 265.
'See "Acta Sanctorum Hibemiae," xxv. Januarii. De S. Euchadio, Pictorum Apos- tolo, pp. 163, 164.
' For an account of him, the reader is re-
ferred to our First Volume, at the 25ih of
January.
'"See "Kalendars of Scottish Saints,"
p. 335.
" See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. ,
pp. 252, 253.
" His feast occurs, at the 14th of May. "3 See ibid.
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
5 See ! *! (! '. , p. 269.
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
104, 105.
1 See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
for the County of Westmeath," sheet 29. 'See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (o), p. 1 107. 'See ? '*/(/. , n. (w), p. 1163,
Article vi. p. xxi.
—'
Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
Kelly,
' The Franciscan copy has eoch^io X\y^
monv
3 To this is the allusion, in the following
lines: —
" When the church of the isles saw her
glories arise —
Columba the dove-like, and Carthage
the wise
And the school and the temple gave
light to each shore,
From clifted lona to wooded Lis-
more. "
—Gerald Griffin's "Poetical Works," p. 172. Duffy's Edition.
• An interesting account of Lismore will be found, in Rev. Mackenzie E. C. W. -»lcott's
cap. X. , p. 489. "
;
104, 105. — Article vii.
'
He
is called, sometimes
April 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 199
this holy bishop is held to have been an Irishman, by birth, and that, in com- pany with his pious consort, St. Vandru,' he had visited Ireland, together with
the knowledge, that he had been mainly instrumental, in causing so many of his immediate relations to become saints, must plead our apology for adding the name of St. Landry to our list of holy and distinguished men. Our national hagiologist, moreover, seems to have had a Life of the present saint ready for publication, on this day. 3 The Acts of St. Landricus have been published, by the Bollandists,^ at the 1 7th of April ; and, this account of his Life was taken from four different Manuscripts, illustrated by notes, and having an in- troductory dissertation, in nine paragraphs. ^ As St. Landry, the " Petits BoUandistesViesdesSaints"*havenoticesofhim,atthissamedate. ' This holy man Landric was the son of St. Maldegarius, or Vincent, Count of Hainault, and of St. Waldetrudis. ' He was the eldest son of his parents ;» and he had a brother called St. Dentelin,"° as also a holy sister, named St. Aldetrude"andanotherSt. Madelberta. '^ Fromhisearliestyears,St. Lan- dry received a most excellent education, of which he made a remarkably good use. His masters, while teaching him science, forgot not to instruct him in the love of God, and in the practical ways of every good course. His na- tural talents were conspicuous, and his character was nobly moulded.
His virtues and requirements caused his father the greatest possible satisfaction ; and, it was thought, that in due course of time, Landric should succeed to the highest distinction the court and kingdom of France could procure for him. '3 With such an object in view, his father, the Count, had prepared his son to embrace a military career, and to have such an education as became a young nobleman of the period. '< However, the young man was inspired with other ideas ; he had early conceived a vocation for the ecclesiastical state ; yet, for a time, he kept this as a profound secret, until he had clearly ascertained the designs of Heaven, in his regard. At length, he resolved on becoming a soldier of Christ ; when he earnestly besought his father's per- mission to assume the tonsure, and to enter a religious community of Canons. 's Maldegarius was afflicted, on receiving this application, so con- trarytothehopesandambitionhehadentertained. HecounselledLandric, rather to contract a marriage, worthy of his noble birth, as this state was con- sistent with the most perfect degree of sanctity, and as it must enable him to
perpetuate the secular rank, already acquired in the family.
St. Manger, or St. Vincent, and sometimes
while his feast is set down, for the 14th ofJuly.
Februarii, n. 3, p. 412. '"
Maelceadar, or Maldegarius
Florarium Saiicto- rum," he is set down, as " de stirpe Karoli-
°
;
Also called Waldetrude, or Waldetrudis,
and her Life has been given already, at the
3 See " Actuum Sane- Colgan's Catalogus
torum quae M. S. habentur, ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
* See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Ap- rilis xviL De S. Landrico Ep. Metensi, Abbate Sonegiensi et Altamontensi in Han- nonia, pp. 487 10 491.
5 The Benedictine writers speak of a Le-
gend of this Saint's Life, and that it contains
a long string of phrases, but nothing solid, in
the " Histoire Literaire de la ]•' ranee," the particulars of whose reign will be found,
9th of April.
tome v. , Neuvieme Siecle, p. 679. ' See tome iv. , pp. 466, 467.
' Written by M. I'Abbe Destombes.
'
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nix,"iii. Februarii, n. 3, p. 249. Also xxv.
For a time, his
darum. "
'"See notices of him, at the 14th of July,
the date for his festival.
" Her festival does not seem to be
known.
" Her feast occurs, at the 7th of Sep-
tember.
'' This was probably in the time of Dago-
bert I. , who ruled fromA. D. 628 to A. D. 644. See CEuvres Completes de Bossuet, tome x. , "Abrege de I'Histoire de France," liv. i. , col. 1 178.
in Henri Martin's "Histoire de France,"
tome ii. , liy. x. , pp. 132 to 145.
'S This seems to be the meaning, which
is conveyed, in the BoUandists' Vita, ex iv, codicibus MSS.
In a Manuscript
'* Probably, in the time of Dagobert I,,
venerius, who has edited the
"
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 17.
son yielded to this expressed desire, but soon his instances were supported by other counsellors, and Maldegar somewhat reluctantly gave his consent. Landry was embraced with tenderness, by his father, who surrendered him to the training of certain holy priests. Soon the youth received clerical tonsure, and he began thenceforward to redouble his pious practices and studies, for
the -work of the ministry. It is thought, that St. Landry's education had been received, somewhere in the diocese of Cambrai, where his parents resided;'** The pious Levite meditated on the Sacred Scriptures most assiduously, and offered fervent prayers to the Almighty, so that he might fulfil engagements ofthepriesthood,towhichhehadbeencalled. Atlength,avacancyoccur- ring, it is said, in the episcopal See of Meaux,'? one of the most illustrious in France,'^ the suffrages of the clergy and people called him to it. "' Thoroughly well known at court, where his parents occupied the first rank, his elevation also greatly pleased the king. Other accounts have it, that St.
Landry ruled over the episcopal See of Metz •,'° and, citing many ancient authorities, Father Godefrid Henschen maintains this opinion. Indeed, it is the one set forth in the old Acts of St. Landricus, as collated from four different codices. ^' Having thus been called to a new sphere for action, our saint endeavoured to advance the interests of religion, and above all, to conse- crate hisrevenueson behalf of thepoor. Notwithstandinghiscontinuous labours and cares for the flock, committed to his charge, he practised great austerities, such as fasting, mortification, and sublime meditation. For the edification and instruction of his people, he engaged in the study of pious books, and thus he was well prepared, always to announce the word of God. The father of our saint Maelceader was moved, by the powerful graces afforded him, to re- tire from the world, and to enter the monastery of Haumont, near Maubeuge, assuming there the religious name of Vincent. Soon his pious mother, Waldetrude, followed this example, at Castriloo, now Mons. His pious sisters
placed themselves under the direction of their aunt, St. Aldetrude," who
governed a community of nuns, at Maubeifge. St. Landry was called to the death-bed of his father, and after administering to him all the consolations of the Church, with filial solicitude, he undertook the future patronage of Hau- mont and Soignies, which had been founded by Maelceadar. Afterwards, our saint conceived a great desire to resign his See, and to seek retirement, in a monastery. ^3 He chose for such purpose that of Soignies. This house, as also that of Haumont, he governed wisely and well, to the time of his call from life.
He passed out of this world, on the 17th day of April, a. d. 675. The Kalendarists place his festival, at this day, as proved, by reference to the Kalendar of an ancient Breviary,='• belonging to the Collegiate Church of St. Waldetrude, at Mons. ^s The Manuscript Florariura Sanctorum, Molanus, in his additions, to Usuard,^* in his Indiculus Sanctorum Belgii, and in Natahbus
" See " Les Petits Bollandisies Vies des
Saints," tome iv. , xvii^ Jour d'Avril, p.
467.
'' Such is the statement of Georgius Col-
" Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Aprilis xvij. . in Commentarius Praevius, num. 6, 7, 8, 9,
p. 489-
" See an account of her, at the 25th of
February.
'^ Charles Le Cointe, in his "Annates Ec-
cleslastici Francorum," at A. D. 677,num. 13, denies that St. Landricus had been a Bishop, whether at Meaux, or Metz.
Chronicon Camerancense et Atrabatense," lib. ii. , cap.
46. This work was printed A. D. 1615. "'See "Les Petits BoUandistes Vies des
Saints," tome iv. xvii. Jour d'Avril, p. 467.
'« most ancient writers, he is
By styled
Bishop of Metz.
"
vieme Siecle, p. 679.
" See the various authors quoted, in the
"
'* This is in and its is parchment, entry
''° " The writers of the
xv. Kalendas Mail, S. Landrici Confes- soris et Episcopi. "
'S Tliis Breviary has a prayer, proper for our saint,
"' "
There we read, Sonegias Natalis S.
Landrici Episcopi et Confessoris. "
Histoire Literaire de la France state, that such a supposi- tion is without proof See tome v. , >feu-
April 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
Sanctorum Belgii, as also Mirseus, in Fastis Belgicis, follow the same arrangement. likewise, Canisius/7 Suassay,=^ Willotius, Ghinnius,='9 Wion,3° Menard, Dorgan, Bucelin,^' have his festival at this day. Other Belgian re- cords are confirmatory of these statements. 3^ A Manuscript Martyrology, belonging to the Church of St. Gudule, at Bruxelles, has his feast, at the i8th of March. 33 After his death, numerous miracles gave evidence of his sanctity
to the people ;34 and, his body was preserved, in a silver casket, at Soignes, in Hannonia, according to Mirseus. In the Church of St. Vaudru, at Mons, the Office of St. Landricus, with three proper lessons, was recited. This had been examined and approved by the Doctors of Douai University. In 1625, it
was printed, with the permission of Monseigneur Vander-Burg, Archbishop of Cambrai. In the Abbeys of Maroilles and of Cateau, his office was likewise read. He was venerated, as a Confessor and Pontiff. 35 So much we have deemed useful to relate, regarding this noble saint.
•
Article VIII. —Reputed Festival of a St. Garbhan.
This day, theMartyrologyofDonegal entersthenameofGarbhan,ashavingbeen venerated. Whether he was a distinct saint from any of the preceding, or whether by some error the patronymic of a previous saint has been substi-
tuted for the proper name and be placed thus disjointed, may he qui-Vtioned. In the west of Ireland, St. Fechin,' Abbot of Fore, is said to have founded a
church, at Kill-Garbhan. 3 Judging by the denomination, however, a St. Garbhan should more likely be the founder. Without any authority, Harris
placed an abbey at Kilgarvan. * This he supposed to be in the county of Sligo. Archdall calls it Kilnagarvan, and the name is more correct. He simply speaks of it as a church. So it is called, in the second Life of St. Fechin. 5 It was a parish church, in the district of Coistealbach. It is in the county of Mayo, and within the territory of Galenga,' now the barony of Gal- len. At present, it goes by the name of Kilgarvy. It is situated, very near the barony of Leney, in the county of Sligo.
ArticleIX. —FeastoftheDeaconPeter,Martyr. IntheFelire of St. ^ngus, as we have already seen, the Irish Church honoured the holy DeaconPeter,theMartyr,atthisday,withafeast. Hesufferedmartyrdom, at Antioch, with his servant St. Hermongen, as we learn from the Bollan- disU ; yet, little seems to be . on record, regarding the time and the occasion.
^ In his German Martyrology. collated from four diRlrent Manuscripts.
In his French Martyrology. 35 See " Les Peiits BoUaiidistes Vies des
"» In Natahbus Sanctorum Canonico- SainU," tome iv. , xvii« Jour d'Avril, p.
rum.
3° In his "
467 —' Article vni.
Lignum Vitie. "
' In their respective Benedictine Martyr-
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 104, 105.
*5'o'' ,. A c
^
Hisfeastoccurs,atthezothofJanuary. 3 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nise," xx. Jaiiuarii. Vita Secunda S. Fechini,
Acta Sanctorum,' tomus ii. , Ap- nlis xvu. De S. Landrico, Ep. Melensi, &c.
•1
•
Commentanus Pravius, num. 1, pp. 487, cap. viii. , p. 134.
• See Harris' vol. ii. Ware,
^^r-L. T, .
"Antiquities of Ireland," chnp. xxxviil. , p. 268.
» The Bollandistsadd "^/translationem :
Corporum SS. Landrici Episcopi, et Dente- lini puen fratrum et filiorum S. Waldetrudis, mscripserunt suis additionibus ad Grevenum
tucdumcxcussisCartAusianiBruxelUnses. ''— ^^<^-
«
See- some account of these, in his Life,
ni:e," xx.
