6 The Martyrology of Donegal,* at this same date, has entered
Maelodhar
of Bri-molt.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v7
2"
Character," &c, vol. ii. , p. 385.
20 These memorials are very well set forth
"
Tulach," where St. Scotha is venerated, on the 16th of July. See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," xiii. Martii, Vita S. Mochoemoci,
in Rev. A. Cogan's
Ecclesiastical History
of the Diocese of Meath, Ancient and n. 17, p. 597.
Modern," vol. i. , chap, vii. , pp. 48 to 54.
21 It consists of a main building, with two
connected wings.
22 See " Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ire-
land," vol, i. , pp. 49, 50.
23 The accompanying illustration taken
from a photograph, and drawn on the wood by William F. Wakeman, has been engraved by Mrs. Millard.
24 See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. i. , chap. vii. , p. 49.
3 See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath,
Ancient and Modern," vol. iii. , chap, lxxiv. , pp. 556, 557' See also Acts of S. Foillan or Faelan, at the 26th of August.
zs His feast occurs on the 4th of ber.
Septem-
25 His term of years is said to have been one hundred and eighty-nine.
2? These Annals again enter it at A. D. 662,
Colgan calls it, Ecclesia de Cluain-
4 It is marked, on the "Ordnance
Survey
Townland Maps for the County of West-
meath," sheets 9, 14. s"
See Lewis' Topographical Dictionary
of Ireland," vol. i. , p. 310. 6"
S ee Letters containing Information re lative to the Antiquities of the County of Westmeath, collected during the Progress of
250
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 16.
21
built since 1766, from designs by James Wyatt, Esq. , the material being the celebrated limestone abounding in that neighbourhood. An extensive, finely planted and tastefully embellished demesne surrounds it. In the graveyard adjoining the Protestant church and within it, there are several interesting monuments erected. to^distinguished persons. "
tural palace,
Ardbraccan Church, County of Meath.
ing amid the finely grown trees surrounding it, occu- pies the site of the early monastic buildings. Ac- cording to one statement, having governed at Ard- braccan for some time, St. Bracan proceeded to the west of Ireland, where on the large Island of Aran,
off the Bay of Galway, he
built the church called after him Templebraccan, where his residence was fixed. There, too, he is said to have died, and that his festival had been celebrated on the 1st of May. Again, a feast has been assigned to him at the 6th of December. 2* However, we have good reason for believing, that the St. Bracan of Ardbraccan must have been distinct from St. Bracan of Aran. It seems probable, that after com- pleting a certain term of rule as Abbot, and perhaps Bishop, in Aran, he died and had been buried there, some time in the earlier part of the seventh century. Our reasons for supposing that the present St. Bracan did not live to a. d. 650
3
are, that he had been succeeded by St. Ultan, s wno is said, to have attained
an a6 and to have died a. d. the author of the Annals extraordinary age 653, by
2
of Clonmacnoise, or a. d. 656, according to the Annals of Ulster 7 and those
oftheFourMasters,28onthe4thdayofSeptember. TheMartyrologyof
Donegal,
2? at the 16th of the saint ofwhom we have been July, designates
the Ordnance Survey in 1837," vol. i. Letter of John O'Donovan, dated Castle- town Delvin, October 5th, 1837, p. 254.
7 See his Life, at the 8th of March, in the
Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
8"
See Rev. \)x. Lanigan's Ecclesiastica
Ardbraccan was subse- quently a rectory and parish, in the barony of Lower Navan, and near the town of that name, in the county of Meath. Around the village which is here, there is a large ex- tent of rich land, while a conspicuous and finely wooded hill, on which the village stands, and not far from the southern bank of the Blackwater River, pre- sents a picturesque appear- ance to the visitor. It is
probable, that the present 2
Protestant church, 3 having a square tower, surmounted by a narrow spire and show-
July 16. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 251
treating as Brecan, of Cluain-catha, in Inis Eoghain ; yet, we cannot be at all sure, that the O'Clerys are to be relied on implicitly, for those notices which they have furnished and applied at this date to the present saint.
Article IT. —St. Scoth, Virgin, of Cluain-mor-Moescna, probably Clonmaskill,CountyofWestmeath. IntheMartyrologyofTallagh,1 atthe16thofJuly,appearsthenameScoth,Cluanamoescna. 8 Thisappears
to be identical with Clonmaskill, in the barony of Fertullagh, county of West- meath. 3 Or it may be Clonmaskill/ in the parish of Castletowndelvin, and
barony of Delvin, in the same county. At an early period after the Anglo- Norman Invasion, Hugh de Lacy built here a castle for his brother-in-law, Sir Gilbert de Nugent, who resided in it for a time, while its ruins now occupy the sides of a quadrangular fort, having had a round tower at each corner, s This was anciently the seat of the Barons of Delvin. 6 There is a St. Scota, referred to in the Life of St. Senan, Abbot of Iniscattery. ? She is called the daughter of Cobhtach, and she is also regarded as his paternal aunt. Her festival is supposed to have fallen on this day. If the identification be correct, she must have been born about or after the middle of the fifth century. Towards the close of his life, St. Senan wished to visit her cell. This must have happened, it seems probable, after the middle of the sixth century. The nunnery of this
8
St. Scoth, or Scota, seems to have been not far from the monastery, which
was in the district, known as Irros, in the county of Clare. For an account of
the St. Scota, we are referred — to the
present by Colgan,* Martyrologies
of
—gh,ofMarianusandof^Engus,atthe18th probablyamistakeforthe Talla
1 6th of July. Her religious house was situated a few miles northwards from
Mullingar. This monastery is supposed to have perished during the Danish wars. 10 ThenameofthisholywomanisenteredintheMartyrologyofDone-
11 at this same as of Cluain mdr Moescna. gal, date, Scoth, Virgin,
Article III. —St. Torptha, or Torbach Mac Gorman, Archbishop
of Armagh. [Eighth and Ninth Centuries. '] At the 16th of July, the 12
Martyrologies of Tallagh, and of Donegal, register simply the name, Torptha. He was identical with a celebrated Archbishop of Armagh, whose father's name was Gorman. He descended from the Kinel-Torbaich, i. e. , theHyKellaich,3oftheBregiandistrict,*intheeastofMeath. s Hewasan admirablelectorandabbotofArd-Macha. Heonlysatforoneyear,after
been elevated to the 6 He is known as Torbach primatial dignity.
having
MacGorman. Hedepartedthislife,onthe16thofJuly,a. d. 807,7orrecte
8
812.
p. 557.
11 Edited
by
Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp.
6 See Harris' Ware, vol. i. ,
of Armagh," pp. 42, 43.
"Archbishops
194, 195. Article hi.
Kelly, p. xxix. 2
—
1
Edited by Rev. Dr.
7 " Acta Sanctorum
See Colgan's Hiber-
of Ireland," vol. sect. i. , chap, ix. ,
3 From this descended Conn na family
mbocht, or "Conn of the poor," owing to the number he supported, at Clonmacnoise.
4 See ColganV*Trias Thaumaturga,"Sep-
tima Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, pars iii. ,
p. 294.
sSeeDr. Lanigan's" Ecclesiastical History
of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, xx. , sect. xi. ,p. 252.
History
iv. , n. 52, pp. 446,447, and vol. ii. , chap, xi. , sect, iv. , n. 30, p. 92.
9 See " Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," viii. Martii, n. 27, p. 536.
10
See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath,
AncientandModern,"vol. iii. , chap. Ixxiv. ,
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
episcopo Ardmachano, cap. v. , p. ^73-
x 94> I 95-
8"
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the
niae," xix. Februarii De S. Nuadato Archi-
2:52 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. (July 16.
Article IV. —St. Maelodhar, of Bri-molt, now Primult, King's County. A festival in honour of Maelodhar, of Bri-molt, is inserted in the
of 1 at the 16th of Martyrology Tallagh,
July.
fies Bri-molt with the present Primult or Ballyburley, in the barony of
Warrenstown, King's County. Maolodhran seems to have been another formofthissaint'sname. TheunitedparishesofPrimultorBallyburleyand Coolcor are situated, partly in the barony of Warrenstown 2 and partly in that
of Lower Philipstown,3 King's County, and they are now so thoroughly con- solidated, that their former separate ecclesiastical history, as also their civil statistics, cannot well be stated. * They were rectories in the diocese of Kil- dare. 5 The River Mongach, at this locality, is said to have formed the southern mere of Ancient Meath.
6 The Martyrology of Donegal,* at this same date, has entered Maelodhar of Bri-molt.
ArticleV. —TranslationoftheBodyofSt. Bertin,Abbot. On
the 1 6th of July, a. d. 846, the holy Abbot Floquinus raised the body of St.
Bertin, buried in the Abbey of Sithiu, and had it transferred to a more distin-
guished position.
" the small. "1 The
simple
record, Gobban, occurs in the of Martyrology
1
Wherefore, an ancient Kalendar of Bruxelles alludes to
thiseventastheElevationoftheRemainsofSt. Bertin,Abbot. Thiscom-
memoration is to be found, likewise, in a Manuscript Usuard, belonging to
Tournay. The Bollandists 2 notice this celebration. Arnold Wion 3 and Dempster 4 both commemorate this Festival. The chief feast of St. Bertin
is at the 5th of September.
Artic—le VI. —St. Gobban, Beg. At this date—xvii. of the August Kalends theIrishKalendarsintroduceaFeastforaSt. Gobban,surnamed
2 at the 16th of
date, the name is written Gobban, Beg. We may presume, he had been so denominated from his small stature for the word " little. " In
Tallagh,
July.
In the
of at the same Martyrology Donegal,*
; beg signifies
the Irish Calendar, among the Ordnance Survey muniments, he is set down at
Article VII. —St. Tenenan, or Tenan, Bishop of Leon, Britany. Albert Le Grand has an account of St. Tenenan at the 16th of July. His
the xvii. of the August Kalends—July 16th—under a similar appellation. *
Four Masters," v—ol. i. ,
Article v. — 1 nus.
a
to Mola-
420, 421. Article iv. Edited by Rev. Dr.
According
•
This portion contains 5,433a. 6p.
3 This portion contains 2,435a.
4 The union is represented, on "Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the King's
land," vol. i. , 157.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Julii xvi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 123.
3 In " Lignum Vita;. "
4 In " Menologium Scoticum" thus :" xvi.
Kelly, p. xxix.
2
sheets County," 3,
In
abbatem translatio. VV. " Bishop Forbes'
4, 10, 1 1.
5 See " Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ire-
Sithiu Bertini abbatis —
per Folquinum
6
By John O'Donovan. See "Letters con-
tuning Information relative to the Antiqui-
ties of the King's County, collected during
the Progress o' the Ordnance Survey in
1837," vol. i. , D. 139.
7 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
1 94- r 95-
Sanctorum Hibernise," xvi. Januarii, Vita S. Fursaei, lib. iii. , n. 6, p. 92.
2
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves pp.
194, 195.
4 Thus "$obbAn beg. —"Common Place
pp.
"
Kalendars of S—cottish Saints," p. 206.
•
Article vi. See Colgan's "Acta
William M. identi- Hennessy
July i6. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAiNTS. 253
father was a prince, called Tinidorus, said to have been the nephew of St.
or 1 who flourished in the sixth who Ioava, Jovava, century. Lobinean,
treats of him, states, that Tenenan or Tinidor belonged to the Island of Great Britain, and that he was a priest before he passed over to Armorica. For a long time, he lived unknown in the woods, and near a place where Lander- neau has since been built. Thence he was drawn, notwithstanding his own reluctance, to become a bishop. After the death of St. Goluenus, according to one account, St. Tenenanus was called on to rule over the See of Leon, in Britany. According to Lobineau, he ruled after Cetomerin. 2
Article VIII. —Visit of St. Livnius to the Monastery of Ghent, Belgium. At the xvii. Kalends of August—16th of July—a. d. 563, St. Livnius, with three disciples, dear to him and to God, visited the Coenobium ofGhent. TherewashekindlyreceivedbyAbbotFlorbertandhismonks. His Acts may be found, at the 12th of November.
Article IX. —Feast of St. Sinach Mac Dara, Patron of Moyras Parish,CountyofGalway. Thisdayiskeptafestivalinhonouroftheir Patron, St. Sinach Mac Dara, by the people of Moyras Parish. The Life of this saint is to be found, at the 28th day of September, which is that for his principal feast.
ArticleX. —FestivaloftheChild-MartyrMammes. Intheearly
1
Irish Church, as we learn from the "Feilire" of St. ^Engus, on the 16th of
Book F," p. 63. demy.
Article vii.
of March.
In the Royal Irish Aca-
-Aicclnmp momeeir 1cin puncVnb p? na
Bavenis,
"
Recueildes Chroniques de Flan-
—
'
See his
at the 2nd
Viimcliom ,oAil pirochtu ir Cobnan el<M.
Ipvine nopjicclum 'Oo-oicliAn mochinA'o 5aj\ ctAn conbAtn outrun IticjuAn untAl it>An.
Coctfax, •oomrnef [c] aI It-main ecAi AbbAfo
CopAicciun ACAfobpn InAimpn AtiAmij;.
These lines are thus rendered into English :—
" I beseech Mammes,
Among ancient seniors, Findchua and Colman Ela,
That they come into my company.
For this I beseech them
To expel my sins,
Short be the time till they remember
me,
The three, humble, pure.
M Let them come to attend me
3"
See Historie de Bretagne," tome i. ,
liv. ii. , num. cexx. , p. 76.
Article viii. —r See Chronicon Sancti
dre. " Par J. J. De Smet, Chanoine de la
Cathedrale de St. Bavo a Gand, tome Ier,
p. 461. —""
Article x. ' In the Leabhar Breac copy, is the following Stanza, with its English translation by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. :—
"OociqrA ceclroiA
O Chmfc acVic coned^ lege cofbuAg ptAbAir* InmACAm mAmectp
"
only ask it, the prayer, w—ith the gentle host,
of the child Mammes. " "Transactions
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , parti. On the Calendar of
Oengus, pp. cxi.
Everydaywillgotothee, ofChristifthou
*
are quoted thus :
In addition to this, some Irish stanzas
Life,
Cocipac
" of
At the hour of death's
warning
254 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 17. July, the child-martyr Mammes was venerated. A commentary annexed tells
2
Little seems to beknownregardingthissaint,whoiscommemoratedbytheBollandists3 at this date, and who is thought to have suffered martyrdom at Caesarea in
Cappadocia. HeisnoticedinoldcopiesofSt. Jerome'sMartyrology.
ArticleXI. —ReputedFeastofSt. Hillarmus. TheMartyrology
of Tallagh registers Hillarmus, as having a festival at this date. His name does not appear, however, to be that of an Irish saint, and it may have been in-
tended for Hilarious, martyr at Ostia, or for Helerius, martyr inCsesarea added,
an Island in the British Sea, or Hilarius, martyr : all of whom are commemo-
2 rated,atthe16thofJuly,inancientCalendars. But,indeed,theentrymust
have been intended for St. Elier, or Helier,^ a holy hermit, who lived in the
Island of Jersey,* off the coast of Normandy, and who had been converted
to the true faith by St. Marcou,5 a saintly abbot of Armorica. He then led
a solitary life in a cave, on the Island of Jersey, where he was murdered by
robbers or infidel barbarians. The chief town on that Island still bears his
name. Heisvenerated,atthisday,andhisfeastisspeciallyrecordedinthe
6
us, that he suffered martyrdom, at the early age of twelve.
French Breviaries.
£>ebentttntd JBaj) of Sulin +
ARTICLE I. —ST. FREDIGAND OR FRIDEGANDUS, ABBOT AT DEUREN, NEAR ANTWERP, BELGIUM.
[ABOUT THE SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
the virtues of our primitive saints, their love for prayer was
AMONG remarkable. Besides the
always very morning
and other stated times, also, at which they assembled to pray.
had Many even rose
They were taught,
in the night, to occupy themselves in this holy exercise.
moreover, to profit of the intervals from sleep, by reciting the Lord's prayer, or
some verses of the Psalms. Every morning, they repeated the Apostles' Creed,
which they were careful to use on all occasions of danger, as the symbol and shield, which so well guarded their faith. Thus were their minds constantly elevated towards God, and their affections centered in him.
Like many accounts regarding the early saints, those relating to St. Fredegandus are unsatisfactory, for want of consistency and agreement on
That I may see their semblance
At the time of their protection (? ). "
3 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the
Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. vii. , July xvi.
—Ibid. , pp. cxviii. , cxix. "
3 See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Julii xvi. De SS. Paulo et Mammete Mart.
* See an
governing Island and its history, in Samuel Lewis' "Topographical History of Eng-
Caesarese in Cappadocia. x
Article XI. — Edited by Rev. Dr. land," vol. ii. , pp. 632 to 639.
Kelly, p. xxix. 2SeetheBollandists'"ActaSanctorum,"
tomusiv.
Character," &c, vol. ii. , p. 385.
20 These memorials are very well set forth
"
Tulach," where St. Scotha is venerated, on the 16th of July. See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," xiii. Martii, Vita S. Mochoemoci,
in Rev. A. Cogan's
Ecclesiastical History
of the Diocese of Meath, Ancient and n. 17, p. 597.
Modern," vol. i. , chap, vii. , pp. 48 to 54.
21 It consists of a main building, with two
connected wings.
22 See " Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ire-
land," vol, i. , pp. 49, 50.
23 The accompanying illustration taken
from a photograph, and drawn on the wood by William F. Wakeman, has been engraved by Mrs. Millard.
24 See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. i. , chap. vii. , p. 49.
3 See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath,
Ancient and Modern," vol. iii. , chap, lxxiv. , pp. 556, 557' See also Acts of S. Foillan or Faelan, at the 26th of August.
zs His feast occurs on the 4th of ber.
Septem-
25 His term of years is said to have been one hundred and eighty-nine.
2? These Annals again enter it at A. D. 662,
Colgan calls it, Ecclesia de Cluain-
4 It is marked, on the "Ordnance
Survey
Townland Maps for the County of West-
meath," sheets 9, 14. s"
See Lewis' Topographical Dictionary
of Ireland," vol. i. , p. 310. 6"
S ee Letters containing Information re lative to the Antiquities of the County of Westmeath, collected during the Progress of
250
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 16.
21
built since 1766, from designs by James Wyatt, Esq. , the material being the celebrated limestone abounding in that neighbourhood. An extensive, finely planted and tastefully embellished demesne surrounds it. In the graveyard adjoining the Protestant church and within it, there are several interesting monuments erected. to^distinguished persons. "
tural palace,
Ardbraccan Church, County of Meath.
ing amid the finely grown trees surrounding it, occu- pies the site of the early monastic buildings. Ac- cording to one statement, having governed at Ard- braccan for some time, St. Bracan proceeded to the west of Ireland, where on the large Island of Aran,
off the Bay of Galway, he
built the church called after him Templebraccan, where his residence was fixed. There, too, he is said to have died, and that his festival had been celebrated on the 1st of May. Again, a feast has been assigned to him at the 6th of December. 2* However, we have good reason for believing, that the St. Bracan of Ardbraccan must have been distinct from St. Bracan of Aran. It seems probable, that after com- pleting a certain term of rule as Abbot, and perhaps Bishop, in Aran, he died and had been buried there, some time in the earlier part of the seventh century. Our reasons for supposing that the present St. Bracan did not live to a. d. 650
3
are, that he had been succeeded by St. Ultan, s wno is said, to have attained
an a6 and to have died a. d. the author of the Annals extraordinary age 653, by
2
of Clonmacnoise, or a. d. 656, according to the Annals of Ulster 7 and those
oftheFourMasters,28onthe4thdayofSeptember. TheMartyrologyof
Donegal,
2? at the 16th of the saint ofwhom we have been July, designates
the Ordnance Survey in 1837," vol. i. Letter of John O'Donovan, dated Castle- town Delvin, October 5th, 1837, p. 254.
7 See his Life, at the 8th of March, in the
Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
8"
See Rev. \)x. Lanigan's Ecclesiastica
Ardbraccan was subse- quently a rectory and parish, in the barony of Lower Navan, and near the town of that name, in the county of Meath. Around the village which is here, there is a large ex- tent of rich land, while a conspicuous and finely wooded hill, on which the village stands, and not far from the southern bank of the Blackwater River, pre- sents a picturesque appear- ance to the visitor. It is
probable, that the present 2
Protestant church, 3 having a square tower, surmounted by a narrow spire and show-
July 16. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 251
treating as Brecan, of Cluain-catha, in Inis Eoghain ; yet, we cannot be at all sure, that the O'Clerys are to be relied on implicitly, for those notices which they have furnished and applied at this date to the present saint.
Article IT. —St. Scoth, Virgin, of Cluain-mor-Moescna, probably Clonmaskill,CountyofWestmeath. IntheMartyrologyofTallagh,1 atthe16thofJuly,appearsthenameScoth,Cluanamoescna. 8 Thisappears
to be identical with Clonmaskill, in the barony of Fertullagh, county of West- meath. 3 Or it may be Clonmaskill/ in the parish of Castletowndelvin, and
barony of Delvin, in the same county. At an early period after the Anglo- Norman Invasion, Hugh de Lacy built here a castle for his brother-in-law, Sir Gilbert de Nugent, who resided in it for a time, while its ruins now occupy the sides of a quadrangular fort, having had a round tower at each corner, s This was anciently the seat of the Barons of Delvin. 6 There is a St. Scota, referred to in the Life of St. Senan, Abbot of Iniscattery. ? She is called the daughter of Cobhtach, and she is also regarded as his paternal aunt. Her festival is supposed to have fallen on this day. If the identification be correct, she must have been born about or after the middle of the fifth century. Towards the close of his life, St. Senan wished to visit her cell. This must have happened, it seems probable, after the middle of the sixth century. The nunnery of this
8
St. Scoth, or Scota, seems to have been not far from the monastery, which
was in the district, known as Irros, in the county of Clare. For an account of
the St. Scota, we are referred — to the
present by Colgan,* Martyrologies
of
—gh,ofMarianusandof^Engus,atthe18th probablyamistakeforthe Talla
1 6th of July. Her religious house was situated a few miles northwards from
Mullingar. This monastery is supposed to have perished during the Danish wars. 10 ThenameofthisholywomanisenteredintheMartyrologyofDone-
11 at this same as of Cluain mdr Moescna. gal, date, Scoth, Virgin,
Article III. —St. Torptha, or Torbach Mac Gorman, Archbishop
of Armagh. [Eighth and Ninth Centuries. '] At the 16th of July, the 12
Martyrologies of Tallagh, and of Donegal, register simply the name, Torptha. He was identical with a celebrated Archbishop of Armagh, whose father's name was Gorman. He descended from the Kinel-Torbaich, i. e. , theHyKellaich,3oftheBregiandistrict,*intheeastofMeath. s Hewasan admirablelectorandabbotofArd-Macha. Heonlysatforoneyear,after
been elevated to the 6 He is known as Torbach primatial dignity.
having
MacGorman. Hedepartedthislife,onthe16thofJuly,a. d. 807,7orrecte
8
812.
p. 557.
11 Edited
by
Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp.
6 See Harris' Ware, vol. i. ,
of Armagh," pp. 42, 43.
"Archbishops
194, 195. Article hi.
Kelly, p. xxix. 2
—
1
Edited by Rev. Dr.
7 " Acta Sanctorum
See Colgan's Hiber-
of Ireland," vol. sect. i. , chap, ix. ,
3 From this descended Conn na family
mbocht, or "Conn of the poor," owing to the number he supported, at Clonmacnoise.
4 See ColganV*Trias Thaumaturga,"Sep-
tima Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, pars iii. ,
p. 294.
sSeeDr. Lanigan's" Ecclesiastical History
of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, xx. , sect. xi. ,p. 252.
History
iv. , n. 52, pp. 446,447, and vol. ii. , chap, xi. , sect, iv. , n. 30, p. 92.
9 See " Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," viii. Martii, n. 27, p. 536.
10
See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath,
AncientandModern,"vol. iii. , chap. Ixxiv. ,
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
episcopo Ardmachano, cap. v. , p. ^73-
x 94> I 95-
8"
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the
niae," xix. Februarii De S. Nuadato Archi-
2:52 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. (July 16.
Article IV. —St. Maelodhar, of Bri-molt, now Primult, King's County. A festival in honour of Maelodhar, of Bri-molt, is inserted in the
of 1 at the 16th of Martyrology Tallagh,
July.
fies Bri-molt with the present Primult or Ballyburley, in the barony of
Warrenstown, King's County. Maolodhran seems to have been another formofthissaint'sname. TheunitedparishesofPrimultorBallyburleyand Coolcor are situated, partly in the barony of Warrenstown 2 and partly in that
of Lower Philipstown,3 King's County, and they are now so thoroughly con- solidated, that their former separate ecclesiastical history, as also their civil statistics, cannot well be stated. * They were rectories in the diocese of Kil- dare. 5 The River Mongach, at this locality, is said to have formed the southern mere of Ancient Meath.
6 The Martyrology of Donegal,* at this same date, has entered Maelodhar of Bri-molt.
ArticleV. —TranslationoftheBodyofSt. Bertin,Abbot. On
the 1 6th of July, a. d. 846, the holy Abbot Floquinus raised the body of St.
Bertin, buried in the Abbey of Sithiu, and had it transferred to a more distin-
guished position.
" the small. "1 The
simple
record, Gobban, occurs in the of Martyrology
1
Wherefore, an ancient Kalendar of Bruxelles alludes to
thiseventastheElevationoftheRemainsofSt. Bertin,Abbot. Thiscom-
memoration is to be found, likewise, in a Manuscript Usuard, belonging to
Tournay. The Bollandists 2 notice this celebration. Arnold Wion 3 and Dempster 4 both commemorate this Festival. The chief feast of St. Bertin
is at the 5th of September.
Artic—le VI. —St. Gobban, Beg. At this date—xvii. of the August Kalends theIrishKalendarsintroduceaFeastforaSt. Gobban,surnamed
2 at the 16th of
date, the name is written Gobban, Beg. We may presume, he had been so denominated from his small stature for the word " little. " In
Tallagh,
July.
In the
of at the same Martyrology Donegal,*
; beg signifies
the Irish Calendar, among the Ordnance Survey muniments, he is set down at
Article VII. —St. Tenenan, or Tenan, Bishop of Leon, Britany. Albert Le Grand has an account of St. Tenenan at the 16th of July. His
the xvii. of the August Kalends—July 16th—under a similar appellation. *
Four Masters," v—ol. i. ,
Article v. — 1 nus.
a
to Mola-
420, 421. Article iv. Edited by Rev. Dr.
According
•
This portion contains 5,433a. 6p.
3 This portion contains 2,435a.
4 The union is represented, on "Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the King's
land," vol. i. , 157.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Julii xvi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 123.
3 In " Lignum Vita;. "
4 In " Menologium Scoticum" thus :" xvi.
Kelly, p. xxix.
2
sheets County," 3,
In
abbatem translatio. VV. " Bishop Forbes'
4, 10, 1 1.
5 See " Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ire-
Sithiu Bertini abbatis —
per Folquinum
6
By John O'Donovan. See "Letters con-
tuning Information relative to the Antiqui-
ties of the King's County, collected during
the Progress o' the Ordnance Survey in
1837," vol. i. , D. 139.
7 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
1 94- r 95-
Sanctorum Hibernise," xvi. Januarii, Vita S. Fursaei, lib. iii. , n. 6, p. 92.
2
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves pp.
194, 195.
4 Thus "$obbAn beg. —"Common Place
pp.
"
Kalendars of S—cottish Saints," p. 206.
•
Article vi. See Colgan's "Acta
William M. identi- Hennessy
July i6. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAiNTS. 253
father was a prince, called Tinidorus, said to have been the nephew of St.
or 1 who flourished in the sixth who Ioava, Jovava, century. Lobinean,
treats of him, states, that Tenenan or Tinidor belonged to the Island of Great Britain, and that he was a priest before he passed over to Armorica. For a long time, he lived unknown in the woods, and near a place where Lander- neau has since been built. Thence he was drawn, notwithstanding his own reluctance, to become a bishop. After the death of St. Goluenus, according to one account, St. Tenenanus was called on to rule over the See of Leon, in Britany. According to Lobineau, he ruled after Cetomerin. 2
Article VIII. —Visit of St. Livnius to the Monastery of Ghent, Belgium. At the xvii. Kalends of August—16th of July—a. d. 563, St. Livnius, with three disciples, dear to him and to God, visited the Coenobium ofGhent. TherewashekindlyreceivedbyAbbotFlorbertandhismonks. His Acts may be found, at the 12th of November.
Article IX. —Feast of St. Sinach Mac Dara, Patron of Moyras Parish,CountyofGalway. Thisdayiskeptafestivalinhonouroftheir Patron, St. Sinach Mac Dara, by the people of Moyras Parish. The Life of this saint is to be found, at the 28th day of September, which is that for his principal feast.
ArticleX. —FestivaloftheChild-MartyrMammes. Intheearly
1
Irish Church, as we learn from the "Feilire" of St. ^Engus, on the 16th of
Book F," p. 63. demy.
Article vii.
of March.
In the Royal Irish Aca-
-Aicclnmp momeeir 1cin puncVnb p? na
Bavenis,
"
Recueildes Chroniques de Flan-
—
'
See his
at the 2nd
Viimcliom ,oAil pirochtu ir Cobnan el<M.
Ipvine nopjicclum 'Oo-oicliAn mochinA'o 5aj\ ctAn conbAtn outrun IticjuAn untAl it>An.
Coctfax, •oomrnef [c] aI It-main ecAi AbbAfo
CopAicciun ACAfobpn InAimpn AtiAmij;.
These lines are thus rendered into English :—
" I beseech Mammes,
Among ancient seniors, Findchua and Colman Ela,
That they come into my company.
For this I beseech them
To expel my sins,
Short be the time till they remember
me,
The three, humble, pure.
M Let them come to attend me
3"
See Historie de Bretagne," tome i. ,
liv. ii. , num. cexx. , p. 76.
Article viii. —r See Chronicon Sancti
dre. " Par J. J. De Smet, Chanoine de la
Cathedrale de St. Bavo a Gand, tome Ier,
p. 461. —""
Article x. ' In the Leabhar Breac copy, is the following Stanza, with its English translation by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. :—
"OociqrA ceclroiA
O Chmfc acVic coned^ lege cofbuAg ptAbAir* InmACAm mAmectp
"
only ask it, the prayer, w—ith the gentle host,
of the child Mammes. " "Transactions
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , parti. On the Calendar of
Oengus, pp. cxi.
Everydaywillgotothee, ofChristifthou
*
are quoted thus :
In addition to this, some Irish stanzas
Life,
Cocipac
" of
At the hour of death's
warning
254 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 17. July, the child-martyr Mammes was venerated. A commentary annexed tells
2
Little seems to beknownregardingthissaint,whoiscommemoratedbytheBollandists3 at this date, and who is thought to have suffered martyrdom at Caesarea in
Cappadocia. HeisnoticedinoldcopiesofSt. Jerome'sMartyrology.
ArticleXI. —ReputedFeastofSt. Hillarmus. TheMartyrology
of Tallagh registers Hillarmus, as having a festival at this date. His name does not appear, however, to be that of an Irish saint, and it may have been in-
tended for Hilarious, martyr at Ostia, or for Helerius, martyr inCsesarea added,
an Island in the British Sea, or Hilarius, martyr : all of whom are commemo-
2 rated,atthe16thofJuly,inancientCalendars. But,indeed,theentrymust
have been intended for St. Elier, or Helier,^ a holy hermit, who lived in the
Island of Jersey,* off the coast of Normandy, and who had been converted
to the true faith by St. Marcou,5 a saintly abbot of Armorica. He then led
a solitary life in a cave, on the Island of Jersey, where he was murdered by
robbers or infidel barbarians. The chief town on that Island still bears his
name. Heisvenerated,atthisday,andhisfeastisspeciallyrecordedinthe
6
us, that he suffered martyrdom, at the early age of twelve.
French Breviaries.
£>ebentttntd JBaj) of Sulin +
ARTICLE I. —ST. FREDIGAND OR FRIDEGANDUS, ABBOT AT DEUREN, NEAR ANTWERP, BELGIUM.
[ABOUT THE SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
the virtues of our primitive saints, their love for prayer was
AMONG remarkable. Besides the
always very morning
and other stated times, also, at which they assembled to pray.
had Many even rose
They were taught,
in the night, to occupy themselves in this holy exercise.
moreover, to profit of the intervals from sleep, by reciting the Lord's prayer, or
some verses of the Psalms. Every morning, they repeated the Apostles' Creed,
which they were careful to use on all occasions of danger, as the symbol and shield, which so well guarded their faith. Thus were their minds constantly elevated towards God, and their affections centered in him.
Like many accounts regarding the early saints, those relating to St. Fredegandus are unsatisfactory, for want of consistency and agreement on
That I may see their semblance
At the time of their protection (? ). "
3 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the
Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. vii. , July xvi.
—Ibid. , pp. cxviii. , cxix. "
3 See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Julii xvi. De SS. Paulo et Mammete Mart.
* See an
governing Island and its history, in Samuel Lewis' "Topographical History of Eng-
Caesarese in Cappadocia. x
Article XI. — Edited by Rev. Dr. land," vol. ii. , pp. 632 to 639.
Kelly, p. xxix. 2SeetheBollandists'"ActaSanctorum,"
tomusiv.
