s "A
Commandery
for Knights of the Order of St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v8
Vita S.
Finniani seu Finneni Abbatisde Cluain-Eraird, cap.
xvii.
,
of
Clonard, although afterwards a dependency of the latter monastery. In the Litany of dingus, he invokes the prayers of twelve belonging to St. Finnian's family, interred at Ard-bren-ndomnuich.
p. 395.
:
have in date the foundation preceded
cient and Modern," vol. i. , chap, ii. , We are informed, that this place was p. 12.
8
See ibid. , n. 21, p. 398. 9 See Rev. Dr. Lanigan's
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, ix. , sect.
viii. , p. 465.
10
tion of Clonard, at a. d. 544. See " Biitan- nicarum Ecclesiaium Antiquitates," Index Chronologicus, p. 530.
" See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Iliber-
nia. ," xxiii. Februarii. Vita S. Finniani,
cap. xix. , p. 395.
M See Rev. Anthony Cohan's " Ecclesias-
tical History of the Diocese of Meath, An-
Archbishop Ussher places the founda-
August 21. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 307
employed, sent Senach one day to see them at their several tasks. Our
saint found them all engaged at work, although differently employed ; some
being occupied in manual labour, while others were studying the Holy
Scriptures. Among them, St. Columba,^ son to Crimthann, was found in
prayer, with his hands extended towards Heaven, while birds alighted on
him. When Senach related this circumstance to his master, Finnian said :
" He it is, who shall administer the holy Sacrament to me, at the hour of
1
my departure. " '* It seems most likely, that Senach lived under the rule and
discipline of his celebrated master, St. Finian, until the latter departed this
life, on the 12th of December, and about the middle of the sixth century. 15
Senach profited so much by those lessons of piety and of learning he had
received in earlier years, that in course of time, he became the chosen suc-
16
cessor of Finnian.
Whether or not, Senach immediately succeeded St. Finnian, as Abbot of
Clonard, is unknown ; however, our saint enjoyed this dignity not long after his death, and we may suppose, his character well qualified him. He also discharged the office of Bishop. The Martyrology of Donegal,^
at the 21st of August, styles him Senach, Bishop, of Cluain-fhoda Fine, in Fir-tulach, i. e. , Cluain-fhoda Librein. However, an error committed by the commentator on the "Feilire" of ^Engus, as found in the Leabhar Breac copy, appears to have led the O'Clerys to mistake the locality, which had special connexion with the memory of this holy prelate. We do not know of any Finnen connected with Cluain-fhoda Fine or Cluain-fhoda Librein, now Clonfad, in the barony of Fertullagh, and county of Westmeath,18 whereas St. Finian was the well-known patron of Clonard in the county of Meath. To this latter place must be assigned the present holy man, notwith- standing contrary statements. But, it must not be forgotten, that the relics of St. Finian were long preserved at Clonfad,^ and it is thought, also, that he founded its monastery, although St. Etchen20 is held to have been its chief
patron. The present saint seems to have succeeded soon after St. Finian's death, and to have had a long term of rule, both over the monastery, and as
monastery of Cluain-foda Libren is supposed to have perished during the Danish wars, although it seems to have remained to the close of the tenth
He died on the 21st of a. d. 2 - At this same day August, 587.
bishop.
year is the following record, "St. Seanach, Bishop of Cluain-Iriard, died. 22 Probably this saint was connected both with Clonfad, or Cluain-foda-fine in Westmeath, as likewise with Clonard, in the county of Meath. 23 The
century.
24 UndertheheadofCluain
Foda-Fine,
2s DualdMacFirbislikewise
13 His festival occurs, at 13th of Decern- ber.
14 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," xxiii. Februarii. VitaS. Finniani, cap.
^ This is a locality, about five miles and
a-half south-east from Mullingar, in the
county of Westmeath, and making some claims to have been an ancient bishopric.
xx. , p. 395. See
Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland,"
*3 While the Four Masters place his death at A. D. 548, the Annals of Inisfallen have it A. D. 551, and Rev. Dr. Lanigan, at a. d.
"
20
See an account of him, in the Second
<j$2. See
n. 74, pp. 24, 25.
Volume of this work, at the nth of Feb-
ruary, Art. ii.
ZI "
See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," xxiii. Februarii. Vita S. Finniani, Appendix, cap. i. , p. 406.
Ecclesiastical History of Ire- land," vol. ii. , chap, x. , sect, v. , p. 22, and
16
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nix," xxiii. Februarii. Vita S. Finniani,
22
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the
cap. xvii. , p. 395. Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 212, 213.
J? Edited by Drs. Todd and 2* See Rev. A. ** Diocese Reeves, pp. Cogan's
226, 227.
18
See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (n), p. 452.
of Meath, Ancientand Modern," vol. iii. , chap.
lxxiv. , p. 555.
s*
"
vol. i. , p. 440.
See#*tf. , p. 556.
3 o8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 21.
enters Senach, bishop, adding that he was from Cluain-foda-fine, in Fera tulach, i. e. , Cluain foda-Librein. We are informed, moreover, that the
Article II. —St. Celba, or Caelbadh,of Ctll-Caelbadh, probably
comarb and disciple of St. Finnen of Clonal d, was this bishop Senach. The feast of St. Senaich is entered in the Kalendar of Drummond2
21st of August.
Kilbeg or Kilmainhambeg, County of Meath. The published 1
Martyrology of Tallagh, registers Celba, at the 21st of August. In that copy, contained in the Book of Leinster, this name is united
2
with that of another saint, at the present date. From the following
account of his locality, lying on the north side of Ceananus, now Kells, in
the County of Meath, it may be possible to identify his church. The Martyrology of Donegal mentions Caelbadh, of Cill Caelbaidh, on the north side of Ceananus,* as having been venerated, at this same date. Kilbeg5 or Kilmainham-beg,6 a parish in the barony of Lower Kells, and in the County of Meath, seems to be the most probable identification for the site of this saint's former church. It appears also to have given name to
that place.
Article III. —St. Masse, or Maisse, Virgin. Sheltered from the
baneful influence of a corrupt world, this holy Virgin grew each day in goodness, unconscious of evil, and in innocence like the angel who watched over her. The name of Masse occurs in the Martyrology of
2
Maisse, Virgin, appears in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 21st of
August. In the table, superadded to this latter work, after her name, we find the word species occurring. 3
Article IV—Sr. Uncan or Unchan Tughneda. No doubt, from his early days, the ambition of this saint received a right direction. Yet
Both in the and unpublished published
1 at the 21st of
copies, this name is united with that Celba, already noticed. Nothing, how- ever, seems to be known, regarding her place or period. The name of
Tallagh
August.
those and his subsequent years are buried in obscurity.
According to the
published Martyrology
of
Tallagh,
1 veneration was
given
to Unchan
=s Now Clonfad in the barony of Fartul-
lagh, County of Westmeath. See William
M. Hennessey's note.
26
See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 102, 103. —
de Lacy, Lord of Meath ; and a lease of it
"
*i Thus: xii. Kal. Sept. Item apud dall's "Monasticon Hibernicum," pp. 551
Hiberniam Sancti Episcopi et Confessoris Senaich. "—Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 22.
Article 11. —'Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxii.
2 In this manner CetbAe Agup ITUppe.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
226, 227. *TheancientnameforKells.
s "A Commandery for Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem was founded here, in the reign of Richard I. by Walter
to 554.
Article ill. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxxii. •
*
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 226, 227.
3 See ibid. , pp. 440, 441. Dr. Reeves interprets this word as the Latin equivalent for her name, Maisse, which in Irish signi- tiesbeauty. SpeciosaoccursintheMartyr- o'. ogy of Molanus, at the 18th March.
Article 1 v. — "Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxii.
was granted, in the year 1500, by the Prior of Kilmainham, to Peter Barnwell of Stack*
alien. "
—" Gazetteer of Ire- Parliamentary
land," vol. ii. , p. 363.
6 See an account of its history in Arch-
26 ? , at the
August 21. ] LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS. 369
2
Tughneda, at the 21st of August. It seems a difficult matter to identify his
place, at present, or to find the time when he flourished. The simple entry,
Uncan, appears in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 at this same date. In life, he must have been respected, and his time must have been greatly spent in prayer for himself and others.
Article V. —St. Mogin Mor, or Moghin. The name of Mogin Mor, 12
is set down in the published Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 21st of August.
The suffix " Mor, signifying
seems to indicate, that he was a
of distinction. However, in the O'Clerys' Calendar,* he is called simply
Moghin, on this day.
Article VI. —Reputed Feast of St. Sevilon, a Scottish Bishop, ofVerda,Saxony. FerrariusquotesaCalendarandtheScottishBreviary, for the festival at the 21st of August of St. Sevilon, one of those, who, in the time of Charlemagne, brought the Faith to the Saxons. He is said to have been a Bishop of Verda, in Saxony. He is commemorated by Dempster.
the 1 who note such at this date, desire to However, Bollandists, particulars,
acquirefurtherinformationregardinghim. Atthe21stofAugust,Dempster introduces the name of Ceuilon, Bishop of Verda, into his Menologium
2
great/'
person
In his Ecclesiastical History,* St. Cevilo is reckoned the fifth bishop of that place, which See the Scots held for many years. 4 We do not find on what authority Dempster makes him a student of medicine, and the author of a Book intituled " Dubiorum in Hippocrate Locorum Explana-
Scotorum.
as also four " Lectionem Sacrorum. " He is said to have Books,
tionem,"
lived, in the year 827. s
Article VII. —Reputed Festival of St. Mazota, Virgin. The Bollandists l remark, that Castellan has commemorated St. Mazota, a Virgin, in Scotia, at the 21st of August ; while Dempster mentions her at the 22nd and 23rd of December. 2 This appears to have been the Mayota or Mazota, connected with Abernethy, and the dedication of the neighbouring lands to St.
3 and of which we have record in the Pictish Chronicle. * The in Brigid, story
the legend of the Breviary of Aberdeen is different. 5 The proper date for her
6
feast appears to be December 23rd, where further notices of her may be found.
p. 2
2
In the Book of Leinster copy, we find
Origine Frisonum," lib. i. , cap. xv.
s Dempster adds to the foregoing accounts :
"'
Hie est ex illis Scotis quibus Carolus
Magnus' domita Saxonia, 'dignitates con-
Alter
UncAn Uu5tiet)A.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
226, 227. Article v.
—
'Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
Belforestus lib. i.
xxxii.
cessisse,' scribit Philippus
Hist. Carolor. et alii historici Galli. ei synonymus tu—rn vivebat. "
In the Book of Leinster copy, at this same date, mogin mon is entered.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
l *'
Article vii. See Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus iv. , Augusti xxi. Among the preter-
mitted feasts, p. 397. T2"
226, 227. Articlevi. —See"ActaSanctorum,"
tomus iv. , Augusti xxi. Among the preter- mitted Saints, p. 397.
2 Thus " Verdse Ceuilonis episcopi, qui
:
unus ex iis fuit, quos historia loquitur Scotos
a Carolo Magno, ob bellicam in Saxones fortitudine—m, prsemio honoratos et hie collo-
catos, B. " Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of 28, 399.
Scottish Saints," p. 209.
3 See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Sco-
torum," torn, i. , lib. iii. , num. 357, p. 197
4
See Albertus Crantzius, "Metropolis,"
lib. ii. , andSuflridus cap. xxx. ,
Petrus,
"De or
Brigid.
See MenologiumScotorum/'inBishop Forbes' Kalendars of Scottish Saints, p. 222. 3See her life in the Second Volume of this
work, at the 1st of February, Art. i.
"
s See Pars Hyemalis, fol. xxii.
6 See also an allusion to her, at the
14th March, in the Third Volume of this
work, under the heading Art. ix. , St. Brigida
Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots, and other early Memorials of Scottish History," pp. 6,
* See William F. Skene's
«*\
3i' LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 21. ArticleVIII. —FestivalofSt,Vicentius. Inthe"Feilire"ofSt.
ancient Martyrologies. 3
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Mochteus, Abbot. The Bollandists * observe, that Whitford has set down the feast of St. Mochteus, Abbot in Ireland, at the 21st of this month. However, the true date is the
an account of him be 2 and in that connexion, may found,
the feast of St. Vincentius is noted, at the 21st of 1 The August.
Mngws,
Irish commentator on that copy in the Leabhar Breac adds, as a conjecture, that he was a Bishop, or that he may be Unnint who is in Tagmad. 2 It does not appear to be a very easy task, to discover the identity either of the person or the place, to which allusion is here made. A St. Vincent, with other companions, who were martyrs in Spain, has a festival at this date ; but, the only knowledge regarding them has been a few brief notices drawn from
on which
we have endeavoured to elucidate his Acts.
19th,
day
Article X. —Feast of St. Fincana, a Virgin and an Eremite.
1
This holy Virgin, said to have been daughter to St. Doneualdus, is recorded
by Camerarius,2 at the 21st day of August, in his Calendar. She is stated to have lived a solitary life, and to have been an eremite. She flourished in the eighth century, as her father is said to have lived during the reign of Eugenius VII. , King of Scotland. 3 He was also called Nectan, and he is stated to have reigned but two years, viz. : from a. d. 761 to 763. A writer, who has ably treated the social state of Scotland at different eras, remarks, that its caves and rocks retain traces of the early teachers of the Gospel of peace, while the old markets all over the country were named after them;* and he adds, that there were few places of any note that were not associated with the name of some early saint.
Article viii. —'See "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manu- script Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar
ofdingus. ByWhitleyStokes,LL. D. ,p. cxxiv.
3
See ibid. , p. cxxxii.
3 See the Bollandists' " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus iv. , Augusti xxi. De SS. Julio, Juli-
ano, Vincentio, Augurio et Eulodio Martyr-
ibus in — 424. Hispania, p.
Article ix. 'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Augusti xxi. Among the preter- mitted feasts, p. 396
3 In the — volume, Art. i. present
l
Doneualdi Scotici sanguinis viri sanctitas,
qui in solitudine Ovvgilluy sex prope passuum millibus ab Alecto oppido inter Pictos vitse sanctimonia insignis vixit. Huic novem erant filiae Mazoto majori no- men, Fincante alteri : cceterarum nomina vetustas abolevit. His arctissima vita de- gentibus panis ordeaceus cibus fuit, et aqua potum : semel que duntaxat in die exiguo reficiebantur cibo, perpetuse fere orationi
rei rustics tenuem vitam
aut quo susten-
tarent dedita. -. "
4 See in the series of The Historians of
Scotland, and ably edited by the late learned
the English translation by the same scholarly editor, John F. Fordun's "Chronicle of the Scottish Nation," book iii. , chap, xlvi. ,
Article x.
Fordun "Chronica Gentis Scotorum," lib. iii. , cap. xlvi. , p. 131, Edinburgh, 1871, 8vo. Also
Donevald is styled of the Den of Ogilvy, and he is mentioned by Hector Boece, in "Scotorum Historic," lib.
ix. ,fol. clxxxvii. , Editio 1 520, fol.
2 Thus " Sancta Fincana virgo Eremi—ta :
filia sancti Doneualdi, de quo supra. " Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish
Saints," p. 239.
3 This is stated by Hector Boece :
p. 125, Edinburgh, 1872, 8vo. 5"
" vente autem Eugenio septimo valuit pluri-
See Dr. John Mackintosh's History of
mum ad commovendos ad
pietatem
homines
Article —x i.
Vi-
Civilization in Scotland,"vol.
of
Clonard, although afterwards a dependency of the latter monastery. In the Litany of dingus, he invokes the prayers of twelve belonging to St. Finnian's family, interred at Ard-bren-ndomnuich.
p. 395.
:
have in date the foundation preceded
cient and Modern," vol. i. , chap, ii. , We are informed, that this place was p. 12.
8
See ibid. , n. 21, p. 398. 9 See Rev. Dr. Lanigan's
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, ix. , sect.
viii. , p. 465.
10
tion of Clonard, at a. d. 544. See " Biitan- nicarum Ecclesiaium Antiquitates," Index Chronologicus, p. 530.
" See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Iliber-
nia. ," xxiii. Februarii. Vita S. Finniani,
cap. xix. , p. 395.
M See Rev. Anthony Cohan's " Ecclesias-
tical History of the Diocese of Meath, An-
Archbishop Ussher places the founda-
August 21. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 307
employed, sent Senach one day to see them at their several tasks. Our
saint found them all engaged at work, although differently employed ; some
being occupied in manual labour, while others were studying the Holy
Scriptures. Among them, St. Columba,^ son to Crimthann, was found in
prayer, with his hands extended towards Heaven, while birds alighted on
him. When Senach related this circumstance to his master, Finnian said :
" He it is, who shall administer the holy Sacrament to me, at the hour of
1
my departure. " '* It seems most likely, that Senach lived under the rule and
discipline of his celebrated master, St. Finian, until the latter departed this
life, on the 12th of December, and about the middle of the sixth century. 15
Senach profited so much by those lessons of piety and of learning he had
received in earlier years, that in course of time, he became the chosen suc-
16
cessor of Finnian.
Whether or not, Senach immediately succeeded St. Finnian, as Abbot of
Clonard, is unknown ; however, our saint enjoyed this dignity not long after his death, and we may suppose, his character well qualified him. He also discharged the office of Bishop. The Martyrology of Donegal,^
at the 21st of August, styles him Senach, Bishop, of Cluain-fhoda Fine, in Fir-tulach, i. e. , Cluain-fhoda Librein. However, an error committed by the commentator on the "Feilire" of ^Engus, as found in the Leabhar Breac copy, appears to have led the O'Clerys to mistake the locality, which had special connexion with the memory of this holy prelate. We do not know of any Finnen connected with Cluain-fhoda Fine or Cluain-fhoda Librein, now Clonfad, in the barony of Fertullagh, and county of Westmeath,18 whereas St. Finian was the well-known patron of Clonard in the county of Meath. To this latter place must be assigned the present holy man, notwith- standing contrary statements. But, it must not be forgotten, that the relics of St. Finian were long preserved at Clonfad,^ and it is thought, also, that he founded its monastery, although St. Etchen20 is held to have been its chief
patron. The present saint seems to have succeeded soon after St. Finian's death, and to have had a long term of rule, both over the monastery, and as
monastery of Cluain-foda Libren is supposed to have perished during the Danish wars, although it seems to have remained to the close of the tenth
He died on the 21st of a. d. 2 - At this same day August, 587.
bishop.
year is the following record, "St. Seanach, Bishop of Cluain-Iriard, died. 22 Probably this saint was connected both with Clonfad, or Cluain-foda-fine in Westmeath, as likewise with Clonard, in the county of Meath. 23 The
century.
24 UndertheheadofCluain
Foda-Fine,
2s DualdMacFirbislikewise
13 His festival occurs, at 13th of Decern- ber.
14 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," xxiii. Februarii. VitaS. Finniani, cap.
^ This is a locality, about five miles and
a-half south-east from Mullingar, in the
county of Westmeath, and making some claims to have been an ancient bishopric.
xx. , p. 395. See
Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland,"
*3 While the Four Masters place his death at A. D. 548, the Annals of Inisfallen have it A. D. 551, and Rev. Dr. Lanigan, at a. d.
"
20
See an account of him, in the Second
<j$2. See
n. 74, pp. 24, 25.
Volume of this work, at the nth of Feb-
ruary, Art. ii.
ZI "
See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," xxiii. Februarii. Vita S. Finniani, Appendix, cap. i. , p. 406.
Ecclesiastical History of Ire- land," vol. ii. , chap, x. , sect, v. , p. 22, and
16
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nix," xxiii. Februarii. Vita S. Finniani,
22
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the
cap. xvii. , p. 395. Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 212, 213.
J? Edited by Drs. Todd and 2* See Rev. A. ** Diocese Reeves, pp. Cogan's
226, 227.
18
See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (n), p. 452.
of Meath, Ancientand Modern," vol. iii. , chap.
lxxiv. , p. 555.
s*
"
vol. i. , p. 440.
See#*tf. , p. 556.
3 o8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 21.
enters Senach, bishop, adding that he was from Cluain-foda-fine, in Fera tulach, i. e. , Cluain foda-Librein. We are informed, moreover, that the
Article II. —St. Celba, or Caelbadh,of Ctll-Caelbadh, probably
comarb and disciple of St. Finnen of Clonal d, was this bishop Senach. The feast of St. Senaich is entered in the Kalendar of Drummond2
21st of August.
Kilbeg or Kilmainhambeg, County of Meath. The published 1
Martyrology of Tallagh, registers Celba, at the 21st of August. In that copy, contained in the Book of Leinster, this name is united
2
with that of another saint, at the present date. From the following
account of his locality, lying on the north side of Ceananus, now Kells, in
the County of Meath, it may be possible to identify his church. The Martyrology of Donegal mentions Caelbadh, of Cill Caelbaidh, on the north side of Ceananus,* as having been venerated, at this same date. Kilbeg5 or Kilmainham-beg,6 a parish in the barony of Lower Kells, and in the County of Meath, seems to be the most probable identification for the site of this saint's former church. It appears also to have given name to
that place.
Article III. —St. Masse, or Maisse, Virgin. Sheltered from the
baneful influence of a corrupt world, this holy Virgin grew each day in goodness, unconscious of evil, and in innocence like the angel who watched over her. The name of Masse occurs in the Martyrology of
2
Maisse, Virgin, appears in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 21st of
August. In the table, superadded to this latter work, after her name, we find the word species occurring. 3
Article IV—Sr. Uncan or Unchan Tughneda. No doubt, from his early days, the ambition of this saint received a right direction. Yet
Both in the and unpublished published
1 at the 21st of
copies, this name is united with that Celba, already noticed. Nothing, how- ever, seems to be known, regarding her place or period. The name of
Tallagh
August.
those and his subsequent years are buried in obscurity.
According to the
published Martyrology
of
Tallagh,
1 veneration was
given
to Unchan
=s Now Clonfad in the barony of Fartul-
lagh, County of Westmeath. See William
M. Hennessey's note.
26
See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 102, 103. —
de Lacy, Lord of Meath ; and a lease of it
"
*i Thus: xii. Kal. Sept. Item apud dall's "Monasticon Hibernicum," pp. 551
Hiberniam Sancti Episcopi et Confessoris Senaich. "—Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 22.
Article 11. —'Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxii.
2 In this manner CetbAe Agup ITUppe.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
226, 227. *TheancientnameforKells.
s "A Commandery for Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem was founded here, in the reign of Richard I. by Walter
to 554.
Article ill. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxxii. •
*
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 226, 227.
3 See ibid. , pp. 440, 441. Dr. Reeves interprets this word as the Latin equivalent for her name, Maisse, which in Irish signi- tiesbeauty. SpeciosaoccursintheMartyr- o'. ogy of Molanus, at the 18th March.
Article 1 v. — "Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxii.
was granted, in the year 1500, by the Prior of Kilmainham, to Peter Barnwell of Stack*
alien. "
—" Gazetteer of Ire- Parliamentary
land," vol. ii. , p. 363.
6 See an account of its history in Arch-
26 ? , at the
August 21. ] LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS. 369
2
Tughneda, at the 21st of August. It seems a difficult matter to identify his
place, at present, or to find the time when he flourished. The simple entry,
Uncan, appears in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 at this same date. In life, he must have been respected, and his time must have been greatly spent in prayer for himself and others.
Article V. —St. Mogin Mor, or Moghin. The name of Mogin Mor, 12
is set down in the published Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 21st of August.
The suffix " Mor, signifying
seems to indicate, that he was a
of distinction. However, in the O'Clerys' Calendar,* he is called simply
Moghin, on this day.
Article VI. —Reputed Feast of St. Sevilon, a Scottish Bishop, ofVerda,Saxony. FerrariusquotesaCalendarandtheScottishBreviary, for the festival at the 21st of August of St. Sevilon, one of those, who, in the time of Charlemagne, brought the Faith to the Saxons. He is said to have been a Bishop of Verda, in Saxony. He is commemorated by Dempster.
the 1 who note such at this date, desire to However, Bollandists, particulars,
acquirefurtherinformationregardinghim. Atthe21stofAugust,Dempster introduces the name of Ceuilon, Bishop of Verda, into his Menologium
2
great/'
person
In his Ecclesiastical History,* St. Cevilo is reckoned the fifth bishop of that place, which See the Scots held for many years. 4 We do not find on what authority Dempster makes him a student of medicine, and the author of a Book intituled " Dubiorum in Hippocrate Locorum Explana-
Scotorum.
as also four " Lectionem Sacrorum. " He is said to have Books,
tionem,"
lived, in the year 827. s
Article VII. —Reputed Festival of St. Mazota, Virgin. The Bollandists l remark, that Castellan has commemorated St. Mazota, a Virgin, in Scotia, at the 21st of August ; while Dempster mentions her at the 22nd and 23rd of December. 2 This appears to have been the Mayota or Mazota, connected with Abernethy, and the dedication of the neighbouring lands to St.
3 and of which we have record in the Pictish Chronicle. * The in Brigid, story
the legend of the Breviary of Aberdeen is different. 5 The proper date for her
6
feast appears to be December 23rd, where further notices of her may be found.
p. 2
2
In the Book of Leinster copy, we find
Origine Frisonum," lib. i. , cap. xv.
s Dempster adds to the foregoing accounts :
"'
Hie est ex illis Scotis quibus Carolus
Magnus' domita Saxonia, 'dignitates con-
Alter
UncAn Uu5tiet)A.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
226, 227. Article v.
—
'Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
Belforestus lib. i.
xxxii.
cessisse,' scribit Philippus
Hist. Carolor. et alii historici Galli. ei synonymus tu—rn vivebat. "
In the Book of Leinster copy, at this same date, mogin mon is entered.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
l *'
Article vii. See Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus iv. , Augusti xxi. Among the preter-
mitted feasts, p. 397. T2"
226, 227. Articlevi. —See"ActaSanctorum,"
tomus iv. , Augusti xxi. Among the preter- mitted Saints, p. 397.
2 Thus " Verdse Ceuilonis episcopi, qui
:
unus ex iis fuit, quos historia loquitur Scotos
a Carolo Magno, ob bellicam in Saxones fortitudine—m, prsemio honoratos et hie collo-
catos, B. " Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of 28, 399.
Scottish Saints," p. 209.
3 See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Sco-
torum," torn, i. , lib. iii. , num. 357, p. 197
4
See Albertus Crantzius, "Metropolis,"
lib. ii. , andSuflridus cap. xxx. ,
Petrus,
"De or
Brigid.
See MenologiumScotorum/'inBishop Forbes' Kalendars of Scottish Saints, p. 222. 3See her life in the Second Volume of this
work, at the 1st of February, Art. i.
"
s See Pars Hyemalis, fol. xxii.
6 See also an allusion to her, at the
14th March, in the Third Volume of this
work, under the heading Art. ix. , St. Brigida
Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots, and other early Memorials of Scottish History," pp. 6,
* See William F. Skene's
«*\
3i' LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 21. ArticleVIII. —FestivalofSt,Vicentius. Inthe"Feilire"ofSt.
ancient Martyrologies. 3
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Mochteus, Abbot. The Bollandists * observe, that Whitford has set down the feast of St. Mochteus, Abbot in Ireland, at the 21st of this month. However, the true date is the
an account of him be 2 and in that connexion, may found,
the feast of St. Vincentius is noted, at the 21st of 1 The August.
Mngws,
Irish commentator on that copy in the Leabhar Breac adds, as a conjecture, that he was a Bishop, or that he may be Unnint who is in Tagmad. 2 It does not appear to be a very easy task, to discover the identity either of the person or the place, to which allusion is here made. A St. Vincent, with other companions, who were martyrs in Spain, has a festival at this date ; but, the only knowledge regarding them has been a few brief notices drawn from
on which
we have endeavoured to elucidate his Acts.
19th,
day
Article X. —Feast of St. Fincana, a Virgin and an Eremite.
1
This holy Virgin, said to have been daughter to St. Doneualdus, is recorded
by Camerarius,2 at the 21st day of August, in his Calendar. She is stated to have lived a solitary life, and to have been an eremite. She flourished in the eighth century, as her father is said to have lived during the reign of Eugenius VII. , King of Scotland. 3 He was also called Nectan, and he is stated to have reigned but two years, viz. : from a. d. 761 to 763. A writer, who has ably treated the social state of Scotland at different eras, remarks, that its caves and rocks retain traces of the early teachers of the Gospel of peace, while the old markets all over the country were named after them;* and he adds, that there were few places of any note that were not associated with the name of some early saint.
Article viii. —'See "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manu- script Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar
ofdingus. ByWhitleyStokes,LL. D. ,p. cxxiv.
3
See ibid. , p. cxxxii.
3 See the Bollandists' " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus iv. , Augusti xxi. De SS. Julio, Juli-
ano, Vincentio, Augurio et Eulodio Martyr-
ibus in — 424. Hispania, p.
Article ix. 'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Augusti xxi. Among the preter- mitted feasts, p. 396
3 In the — volume, Art. i. present
l
Doneualdi Scotici sanguinis viri sanctitas,
qui in solitudine Ovvgilluy sex prope passuum millibus ab Alecto oppido inter Pictos vitse sanctimonia insignis vixit. Huic novem erant filiae Mazoto majori no- men, Fincante alteri : cceterarum nomina vetustas abolevit. His arctissima vita de- gentibus panis ordeaceus cibus fuit, et aqua potum : semel que duntaxat in die exiguo reficiebantur cibo, perpetuse fere orationi
rei rustics tenuem vitam
aut quo susten-
tarent dedita. -. "
4 See in the series of The Historians of
Scotland, and ably edited by the late learned
the English translation by the same scholarly editor, John F. Fordun's "Chronicle of the Scottish Nation," book iii. , chap, xlvi. ,
Article x.
Fordun "Chronica Gentis Scotorum," lib. iii. , cap. xlvi. , p. 131, Edinburgh, 1871, 8vo. Also
Donevald is styled of the Den of Ogilvy, and he is mentioned by Hector Boece, in "Scotorum Historic," lib.
ix. ,fol. clxxxvii. , Editio 1 520, fol.
2 Thus " Sancta Fincana virgo Eremi—ta :
filia sancti Doneualdi, de quo supra. " Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish
Saints," p. 239.
3 This is stated by Hector Boece :
p. 125, Edinburgh, 1872, 8vo. 5"
" vente autem Eugenio septimo valuit pluri-
See Dr. John Mackintosh's History of
mum ad commovendos ad
pietatem
homines
Article —x i.
Vi-
Civilization in Scotland,"vol.
