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the Narrow Water. William M. Hennessy says, that Clonallan lies near the Narrow Water, at Newry. I find, also, a note in
his handwriting, to this effect, "Cluain "
situated in the barony of Loner Dundalk, is described
105, pp,
sense,
The name of this church is said, however, to have
'
" See " Trias Colgan's
Thaumaturga. "
Kyles,
i6 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 2.
Article IV. —The Festival of St. Amphianus, and of his Com- panions. IntheBollandists'greatwork,"wefindsomebriefnoticesofthe
of St. '' and of St. Victor,^ with fourteen other com- Amphianus
martyrdom
panions,* as met with in several old Martyrologies, yet with some variations of
entry. In the Feilire of St. . (Engus,5 their festival is entered, likewise, while their martyrdom is commemorated, at the 2nd day of April. The exact place, where they suffered, is not noticed.
Article V. —Reputed Festival of St. Riquier, or Richarius, Abbot of Centule, France. \Sixth and Seventh Centuries. ) This St. Riquier, Riquierus, or Richarius, was Abbot of Centule, in Ponthieu. His
feast was kept, on the 2nd of April ; and, according to other accounts, on the 9th of October ; yet, the 26th of April is generally assigned for his feast. '
'
HenryFitzsimon placeshim,asRiquierus,3intheCalendarofIrishSaints;
yet, on no fair grounds that we can discover, if it be not, that his instructors were Irishmen. ^
A—rticle VI. —Reputed Festival of St. Nica—perhaps St. Nice- Tius BishopofLyons,France,orSt. Nicasius,BishopandMartyr. The festival in honour of Nica,' Bishop, was celebrated, on this day, as we read, in the Martyrology of Donegal. ^ With Irish hagiology, the present holy man appears to have had no special connexion ; but, it must be apparent, that either St. Nicetus,3 Bishop of Lyons, who flourished in the sixth century, or St. Nicasius,^ Bishop and Martyr, mentioned in certain written additions s of a Carthusian, at Bruxelles, to a copy of Greuen,* can only be meant.
Article VII. —Festival of St. Eustasius, Abbot of Luxeu, France. In various old Martyrologies, such as in those of Usuard,' of Tournay, of Utrecht, of Bruxelles, of Laetiensis, and of Altempsia, as also in a Supple- ment to the Martyrology of St. Jerome, printed at Paris, there is an entry of
"3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
"
^ gee D. Philippo O'SulIevano Bearro, Historic Catholics Ibernise Compen-
92, 93. — Article IV.
See "Acta torn, Sanctorum," diura,"
De Sanctis Martyribus
Galesinus omits his name.
3 His name is omitted in a Manuscript
Martyrology of St. Cyriacus, often quoted in the notes of Baronius.
* The number varies, in some accounts.
5 The following is from the Leabhar Br—eac
tomus i. , Aprilis i.
Afris Amphiano, Victore et aliis xiv. , p. 66.
preceding day, in the Acts of St. Caidoc, and of St. Frico—r, or Adrian.
'
Article vi. In a note. Dr. Todd here
'
copy, as edited by Dr. Whitley Stokes
THopftu<i5<lnibip<siii oiAtnbA Tjemun •oubicVi
X)i\ebt\<iiri5 iAi\CAch caIat) ipnpT) foe^N Tub<ich.
"Amphianus' great host, for which the demon was sorrowful, passed after a hard battle into the noble happy peace. "
Article v. —' See "Les Petits BoUan-
distes Vies des Saints," tome v. , xxvi« Jour
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
92, 93.
3 See an account of him, in the Bollandists'
"ActaSanctorum,"tomusi. , Aprilisi. De
Sancto Nicetio, Episcopo Lugdunensi in Gallia. His Acts are compiled from various sources. See pp. 95 to lot.
* The day for his deposition is set down as the 12th of December,
s Thus is the feast entered, at this date :
S. Nicasii, Episcopi et Martyris, Remis Translatio.
'"
See the Bollandists' Acta Sanctorum,"
d'Avril, pp. 33 to 36. '
tomus i. , Aprilis i. saints, p. 58. — Article vii.
Among the pretermitted
' In the
"CataJojiusaliquorum Sanctorum Hiber- nise. "
Manuscript copy,
:
lib. iv. ,
* See the account, already given, at the
i. ,
cap. xii. , p. 56.
says, at this name Nica : " The more recent '
hand adds, Marian. Est Nicetus de quo Martyrol. Romanum hac die. "
April 3. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 17
St. Eustasius, Abbot of the Monastery of Luxeu, at the 2nd of April. His Acts have been given, in our previous volume, at the 29th of March. The
'
BoUandists have a notice of him, at this day ; but, it is unnecessary, to de-
vote further space, in consideration of the subject.
%W^ liap of apn'I.
ARTICLE I. —ST. CUANAN GLINNE, ABBOT OF MAGH-BILE, OR MOVILLE, COUNTY OF DERRY.
[EIGHTH CENTURY. \
seems likely enough, that the present holy man was bom before the
IT
close of the seventh as he
this before the middle of life,
departed
the eighth century. He was created Abbot over the famous monastery of
Magh-Bile,' now known as Moville, in the diocese of Deny. This word, "»
age,
Magh-Bile, is rendered, Campus arboris Sacri," in Latin ; it means, in
"the -English, plain
of the sacred tree. " It is
this —had been probable, place
—n, that in ancient times, some sacred tree an
so called, for the reaso object
of religious veneration stood near the site of a church, or monastery, here founded. Another church, known as Magh Bile, or Moville, was situated,
in the parish of Newtownards,' not far from the head of Strangford Lough ;< and this had been founded, by St. Finian,s or Findbarr, before or about the middle of the sixth century. * St. Cuanan Glinne died, on the 3rd day of April, A. D. 742, according to Colgan i and the Annals of the Four Masters. * The Annals of t[lster, however, place his death, at a. d. 746. 9 The BoUan-
dists '°
merely
allude to his name and
festival,
at this date.
which belonged to St Germain des Fres, Paris.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," torous i. ,
a prominent place in the Irish Annals, is not noticed, at least under its usual name, in the Taxation. Its ruins are 107 feet in length, and its cemetery is the parish burial- ground of Newtownards. "—Ord. Survey, s.
' His feast occurs, at the loth of Sep-
tember.
•"
See Dr. Lanigan's Ecclesiastical His-
tory of Ireland," vol. ii. , chap, x. , sect, vi. ,
p. 25.
' According to Colgan, in his notice of St.
Aprilis i. p. 56.
Article
—
—
tics of Down, Connor' and Dromore," n. (r), p. 14.
Among the pretermitted feasts,
i.
' It was otherwise called
6.
Dr. Reeves' "Ecclesiastical
Antiqui-
Norborgh, or Maydbylly, as we find from the "Acts of Archbishop Colton in his Metropolitan Vbitation of the Diocese of Derry, A. D. Mcccxcvil. ," &c. Edited by
Rev. Dr. Reeves.
(o, p, X. ) * "
See pp. 65, 58, with nn.
i. e. Arbor sacer-
BiU-Magh-a-dair,
campi-Quercus sive adorationis, arbos erat
in agro Clarense," &c. —Dr. O'Conor's Cuanna, Abbot of Lismore. See "Acta
" Rerum Hibemicarum Scriptores," torn. i.
Prolegomena, pars i. , p. 26, and n. 2.
' This parish, in the baronies of Lower
Ardsand of LowerCastlereagh, is described. on the "Ordnance Survey 'lownland Maps for the County of Do«p," Sheets I, 2, 5, 6, II.
* " About a mile N. E. of the town of Newtownards stood the abbey church of Moville (m^g biU), which, though founded so early as the sixth century, and occupying
Sanatorum Hibemise," iv. Februarii, n. 2,
p. 251.
• See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 342, 343.
» " Cuanan (linne AhhasMaigi-6i/e mori- tur. "—Dr. O'Conor's " Rerum Hibemica- rum Scriptores," torn. iv. Annales
Ultonienses, pars, i. , p. 91.
'° See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Aprilis iii. Among the pretermitted sainU, pp. 235, 236.
B
i8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[April 3.
Article II. —St. Coman, son of Domainghin. The Martyrology of ' inserts an at the of April, St. Coman, who is
Tallagh entry, 3rd
regar—ding
suppose him from the name of their
Called the son of — We Domangin. may
from the
respective fathers to have been a distinct person St. Comman,'
who gave name to Roscommon,3 where, at present, are to be seen the ruins * of a beautiful Dominican Abbey,' founded by Phelim Mac Cathal Crovdearg O'Conor, King of Connaught, a. d. 1257,* and who was buried there,' in the
Roscommon Abbey, County of Roscommon.
year1265. ^ Onthisday,likewise,wefindrecorded,intheMartyrologyof Donegal,? as having veneration paid to him, a St. Coman, the son of Do- mainghin.
Similartothisrecord,intheIrishCalendar,whichbelongedto the Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, at the Third of April Nones,
corresponding with the same day of this month, we meet only the entry of
one saint. " The Bollandists " that he have been the same conjecture, may
as Cuanna, Abbot of Maghbile.
Article ii. —' Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. XX. The Franciscan copy has
ConiAn Td-ic X)omori5ifi.
"
His feastoccurs, at the 26th of December. 3 This is a parish, in the barony of Ballin-
Ireland," vol. iil. , p. J 7 1.
7 His tomb is yet preserved, within the
choir, where the high altar once stood, and a drawing of this monument, with an account of the founder, will be seen, in the
tubber South, and it is described, on the "Irish Penny Magazine," vol. i. , No. 37,
"
County of Roscommon," Sheets 39, 40, 41,
The town itself is on Sheet
pp. 293, 294. The drawing and article are by D. C. Grose, Esq.
* See Archdall's "Monasticon Hibemi.
cum," p. 621.
« Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
92> 93-
"> He is called, CotnAn in<sc TJomAinsein.
See the " Common Place Book," F. , p. 36,
Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the
42.
* The accompaning engraving, by Mrs.
Millard, is from a drawing on the wood, by William F. Wakeman, after a drawing, taken on the spot, by J. C. Fitz-Gerald
Kenny, Esq. , in the year 1848.
5 See an account of it, in Lewis' "Topo-
now preserved in the Royal Irish Academy. ""
graphical Dictionary of Ireland," vol. ii. , pp. 525 to 527.
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Aprilis iii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 236.
f See " The Parliamentary Gazetteer of
39.
April 3. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 19
Article III. —St. Benatius, Patron of Cill-Chuile, now Kill- cooLEY, County of Roscommon. A Catalogue of the churches, in the diocese of Elphin, has a St. Benatius, Patron of Cill-Chuile, or Kill-Chuile church—now Killcooley'—in the Deanery of Sil-muiredhaigh. He was venerated, on the 3rd of April'
Article IV. Reputed Feast of St. Fechuon, or Faelchu, Abbot ——
of Iona. [Seventh and Eighth Centuries. '] At this date although it does not appear from our Calendars—Colgan seems to have prepared for publica- tion some Acts of a St Fechuon, an Abbot. ' He is called, likewise, Faelchu, the son of Dorben, son to Fennius, son of Ferguss, son to Liber, son of Nathi, son to Conall Gulban. ' This saint became an Abbot, over the monastery at Iona. 3 He was bom in 642, and he was elected to the seat of St. Columba in 717, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. The Community at Hy received the Roman coronal tonsure, while he was Abbot there. * It seems probable, that soon after his accession, the Columbian Congregation had been driven, by King Nechtan,' beyond the Dorsum Britanniae,* or Pictish frontier, because they had been reluctant to obey the royal decree, regarding the time for observing the Pasch, and the custom of tonsure, which had been enforced on other clerics, within his kingdom. ' He died in 720,' according to. some writers, and others have it 724. 9 His departure from life was in the eighty-second year. "
Article V. —Reputed Festival of Cucumneus, a Monk of Iona. [SixthorSeventhCentury^ Atthe3rdofApril,ColganentersCucumneus, a monk of Iona. ' It appears, he has reference to St. Cucumneus Mocukein, a nephew to the great St. Columkille,' and whose sister Sinecha' was mothertotheholymannoticed. Hewasadevoutpriest,wholivedtoagreat
age, and happily departed this life, at Iona.
Article VI. —Festival of St. JEvagrius, and of his Companions, Martyrs,atTomis,inScythia. IntheFeilireofSt. ^ngus,"atthe3rd
Articlk III. —' The parish of Killcooley, u the Grampion Hills, dividing Perthshire
in the barony and county of Roscommon, is from Argyleshire. ""
described, on the Ordnance Survey Town-
land Maps for the County of Roscommon," Sheets 22, 28. The townland is on . Sheet 28.
'See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Septlma Viu S. Patricii, pars, ii. , cap. xlviii. , lii, p. 136, and n. 109, pp. 177, 178.
' See Venerable Bede's Historia Eccle- tiastica Gentis Anglorum," lib. v. , cap. 21.
• See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 318, 319. The Annals of Ulster have it, at A. D. 723. See n. (e). Ibid.
Article iv. —' See "
Actuum
' This is
'" See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
Sanctorum MS. ordine qujs habentur,
Mensium et Dienim. '*
*
According to the Sanctilogiam Genealo- gicum, cap. i.
J See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbz, cap. iii. , p. 481. Also Quinta Appendix, cap.
"LifeofSt. Columba. " AdditionalNotes O, pp. 381, 382.
iii. , sect, v. , p. 502.
Article v.
turga. " Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbjt," sect, v. , p. 501, and ibid. Quarta Appendix, cap. -li. , x. , num. 5, pp. 478, 489.
'His Life occurs, at the 9th of June.
"
*
According
to the Annalist
Tigemach,
at
Catalogus
Tigemach's computation.
3 She is called
' He is called Naiton, by Venerable See Kev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's Life of
Bede. St. Columba. " Additional Notes A, p. * Now that great mountain chain, known 347.
A. D. 718.
—'Sec "Trias Thauma-
mater virorum -Mocucei. " "
20 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 3.
of April, we have an eulogy of St. Evagrius and of his companions, who suffered martyrdom, on this day. While one version sets down the number
of at another makes it forty. ' The Bollandists ' give us the martyrs seventy,
following names, at this date, viz. : S. Evagrius, S. Benignus,* S. Chiristus, S. Arestus, S. Sinnidia, S. Rufus, S. Patricius, and S. Zosimus. They have a special Article, likewise, relating to the various Martyrologies, which have recorded them, with differences of entry and of statement. ' The place, where those valiant champions of Christ suffered, was at a city, called Tomis,* in Scythia. 7
Article VII. —Reputed Festival of a St. Dimaus, or Dinaus, a
'
Monk, in Scotia. At the 3rd of April, the Bollandists take notice, that
citing Wion's Martyrology,' David Camerarius^ has placed Dimaus, or Dinaus, with the title of a saint. John Lesley places him, likewise, among the renowned men, who, in the seventh century, by their lives, examples, and learning, made Scotland so remarkable. '*
Article VIII. —Reputed Festival of St. Eustasius, Abbot.
Ina
Manuscript Martyrology of St. Martin, at Treves, there is an entry of St. Eustasius, Abbot, who is thought, by the Bollandists ' to have been no other
than St. Eustasius, Abbot of Luxeu, whose life has been given already, at the 29th of March.
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of Helias, a Solitary, and Abbot
OVER the Scottish Pilgrims, at Cologne. According to Thomas
Dempster, who cites Marianus, in his Scottish Martyrology," the present devout man was Abbot over the houses of St. Martin and of St. Pantaleon, at Cologne. He also was known as the Solitary ; probably, because he chose to lead the life of a recluse. The Bollandists ' remark, that his feast, at this day, is not among the Cologne festivals, as noted by Gelenius, but rather it is to be found, at the 12th of April.
Article vi. — This is the stanza
by Dr. Whitley Stokes, with its transla- tion :—
sLtidg euAjAip UAfAlt, <jj~[\<jUvi*Aech^-ecAib Xxx. 'DO|\i5Aib
' In some old this is called Manuscripts,
Theumis, Thomas, and Eumis, which are probably clerical errors.
' In certain ancient Martyrologies, errors areto be found, making the place Cilicia and Sicilia; also,SiciaandNiceaMeeaareto be met with, a misspelling in the later re- cords.
^]\'oib
C4inib cecAib.
—'
" Noble Evagrius' host went from paths of
tribulations, seventy kings with two fair hundreds. "
" This is the copy, belonging to the Bod- leian Library, at Oxford, and marked Rawlinson, B. 512.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Aprilis iii.