^ According to the
Martyrology
of Donegal,3 veneration was given, at this date to xModune.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v5
xxv.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Mail xxix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 3.
= He ruled only from A. D. 37 to A. D. 39, when he was slain by Fiacha Finnfolaidh. See Dr. John O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 96 to 99.
^ They were in the county of Down. i\lac Donlevy, who offered such a brave resistance to John De Courcy, in the twelfth century, was head of this family. See ibid. , n. (t).
the Royal Irish Academy," vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by Dr. Whitley Stokes, LL. D. p. xci.
,
9 See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesias- tical Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro- more," n. (s), pp. 23, 24.
'° See also, Appendix R, p. 234, and Appendix LL, p. 378, ibid.
" This townland contains 267a. 3r. l8p.
'- It is in the barony of Upper Ards, and it is described, on the " Ordinance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Down,", sheets 25, 32.
'^ See "Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ire- land," vol. i. , p. 191.
'* Thus rendered into English, "i. e. , another woman from Daire Ingen Aillen in ArdUlad. "
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virgin's name has been noticed in a stanza ^ of that metrical Calendar, we infer, she was a daughter of Aillen, or Allen. In the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at this date, the entry is, Cumne, Virgin, i. Ingen Alleain, in Aird UUadh. The Bollandists* notice her, at the 29th of May, as Cumania, filia Alleani in Ard- vladh, while quoting the same authority. She descended from the race of Fiatach Finn s—head of the Dal-Fiatach ^ and monarch of Erin—in this wise. Her father Aillen was son of Baedan, son to Echaid, son of Brian, son to Enna, son of Cathbu, son of Echaid Gunnat, son of Fiacc of Dal Fiatach. ? In another place, she seems to have been connected with a church, in the ter- ritory of Dal-m-Buinne—in Latin Dalmunia—but the exact site is now unknown. To it, allusion appears to be made, in the " Felire " of ^ngus, at the29thofMay. Analternativeconjectureofacommentatorseemstobe, that a Cill Ingen Aillen, in Idrone territory, county of Carlow, may have been herplace. ^ ThechurchofCumain,aswearetold,9layintheArdsofUlster. '° Her place has been identified with Derry,^' "an oak wood," and a townland in the parish of Ballyphillip,^- county of Down. The surface of that parish forms a chief part of what is called Little Ardes, and it lies between the neck or sound of Lough Strangford and the Irish Sea. The land of this parish is extremely fertile. ^3 At its north end are the ruins of chapels, unroofed, and side by side. The space between them does not exceed 22 1^ feet. They appear to be very ancient, and built with adhesive clay, instead of mortar. The northernmost building is 26 feet long, by i6|- broad. The other, less dilapidated, is 24 feet long, by i6|- broad j its side walls are 5-|- feet high, and the east wall is 15 feet. Here, the virgin's feast wasformerlykept,asagloss^+ontheMartyrologyof^ngusstates. '5 Inthe
small parish of Ballyphilip, the chief town is Portaferry, which stands on the east shore of the strait or entrance-channel to Lough Strangford. A large sweep of this very picturesque gulf, and a variegated view of its shores, may be seen from the vicinity of Portaferry, and within the demesne here, there is an old ruined castle, built by De Courcey. It afterwards became the resi- dence of the Savage family. ^^ The town seems to have sprung up under their protection ;'? but, the site of the former parish church is said to have been at
^ It is thus translated, in a work of Rev. Hui-Drona besides. " See/' Transactions of
'= Colgan conjectures this gloss to have 7 According to the scholiast, on the been written, by St. zEngus himself ; and,
" Feilire of St. . ^ngus," in the " Leabhar Breac. "
** There is a gloss, thus Anglicized : " i. e. , a woman, i. e. , virgin, in Dal-Buinde she is. There is a cell of the daughter of Aillen, in
in such case, the founding of this church must be referred to a date, anterior to A. D. 800.
'^ According to an inscription on the arms of the Savages, placed over the door, this
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 29.
Ballyphilip, where there is an old building. '^ Also, on this day, veneration was given, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal,'^ to Commain, Virgin, of Daire-inghen-AUen, in Uladh.
Article III. St. Buriena, Virgin, of Cornwall, England. The Acts of this saint have not been recovered,' if they formerly existed. How- ever, it is stated,^ that in the church of Exeter, they had been preserved among its dyptics ; although. Father Michael Alford,3 when treating about the Irish Saints that made their home in Cornwall, had not been able to verify that statement. Short notices of her have been inserted, in the great Bollan- distcollection. * Theseconsistofonlytwoparagraphs. Onthe29thofMay, in the first edition of his English Martrology,5 John Wilson commemorates St. Buriena, an Irish Virgin. She is said, to have been born of noble parents inIreland,andthenceSt. BurienapassedovertoEngland. There,forsome time, she lived in the practice of great virtue, and leading a holy life, on a promontory of Cornwall, where she erected an oratory. ^ She also wrought various miracles. She was honoured of old, with several other Irish saints, in
Cornwall; and, the people of this district seem to have regarded them, as their special patrons, for nearly all the Cornish towns are named after Irish saints. ? There, too, St. Buriena departed this life, in the odour of sanctity ; and, she was buried ^ on the promontory of Cornubia,? where now is St. Buriens. What- ever importance it possessed in former times, during the sixteenth century, it had dwindled down to a hamlet, containing only about eight houses. A fine church,dedicatedtothisholyvirgin,wasthereerected. '° Atfirst,itwascalled Eglis Buriens, in Latin, Ecclesia Buriense. There is still the town and a church—with a lofty tower rising high over the sea—bearing her name in that country, and situated in the Hundred of Penwith. Near the south porch of the church is an ancient cross, while there is another close to the church- yard. " The former religious house here was exempted from all episcopal and other authority, except from that of the Church of Rome. " To this place was added a collegiate church,'3 thought to have been built by King Athelstan. '* He formerly had granted the privilege of sanctuary to it, in the year 936. 's During the reign of William the Conqueror, a chapter of
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castle was enlarged and completed in 1636. '7 See " Parliamentary Gazetteer of lie-
land," vol. iii. , p. So.
'* See Walter Harris' " Ancient and Pre-
sent State of the Couniy of Down," chap, iii. , sect, i. , pp. 20 to 23.
'9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 140, 141.
Article HI. —' Bishop Challenor, who mentions this holy woman in his " Biilannia Snncta," makes this statement, at part i. , p. 334.
'By Philip Ferrarius, in " Catalogus Generalis Sanctorum. "
3 In " Annalcs Ecclesiw Britannicje," tomus i. , num. vi. , at a. d. cccclx. , p. 607.
^ See Rev. William Borlase's " Antiqui- ties. Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall," vol. i. , book iv. , chap. xi. , sect, iv. , p. 383.
» This district lay within the territory of the Danmonii, and it is treated about in Cough's Camden's " Britannia," vol. i. , p. 12.
'° For these statements, John Wilson cites the ancient records of Cornwall, and the Register of this Church, in his " iVfartyro- logium Anglicanum,"at the 29th of May.
" See Samuel Lewii' "Topographical
Dictionary of England," vol. i. , pp. 437,
438.
" See Rev. William Borlase's " Antiqui-
< Sec " Acta Sanctoium,"tomus vii. . Maii ties, Historical and Monumental, of tlie
xxix. De Santta Bvricna Virgine in Cornv- bia Anglire Provincia.
5PublishedA. I). 1608.
' See John Leland's " Itinerary," vol. iii. ,
County of Cornwall," vol. i. , book iv. , chap, xi. , sect, iv. , p, 3S4.
'3ADeanandthreePrebendswereinthe college,
'* After returning from subduing the 'See Cough's Camden's "Britannia," Scilly Islands. See Cough's Camden's vol. i. , p. 3. " Britannia," when treating about Cornwall,
pp. 7, 8.
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^° Published A. D. 1640.
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Canons was attached to it, and a tract of land, which was near, belonged to them. '^ In the anonymous Catalogue of Irish Saints, '7 there is a Buriena, Virgin, at the 29th of May. At the same date, Father Henry Fitzsimons '^ enters Burena, Virgin, on his list of saints. '9 Again, a festival has been assigned to her, at the 19th of June, in the second edition of the " Martyro- logium An"licanum. "^°
Article IV. St. Modune, or Duonius. Marianus O'Gorman places Modwinus, at the 29th of May. ' The BoUandists also notice him, on this day.
^ According to the Martyrology of Donegal,3 veneration was given, at this date to xModune. ^ It is thought, by Colgan, St. Moduinus must be the same as the St. Duonius, Abbot, mentioned by Jocelin, in his Acts of St. Patrick. 5 As if some doubt were entertained, regarding this entry, the more recent hand, in the copy ot O'Clerys' Calendar, has allusion^ to the Roman Martyrology,? and to Martyrs named Conus and Conellus. As if—after having made the requisite examination—he adds : " But there is no mention of Conus and Conellus, in either the Irish or Roman Calendar. "^ St. Duonius is entered, likewise, on Henry Fitzsimon's List. 9
Article V. St. Maeltuile, probably of Dvsart, County ov Westmeath. The Martyrology of Tallagh ' registers this name simply, at the 29th of May. The BoUandists cite this authority, and, at the same date, refer to him. ^ They also quote Colgan, who mentions 3 a Moeltulius, the son of Gobhan, Abbot in East Aran,'^ who died a. d. 865 ;5 but, he is not identified with the present holy man. Indeed, it is altogether likely, they were different persons. It is probable, the present St. Maeltuile is identical with a saint of the same name, reverenced on the 30th of July, at Dysart,^ in the county of
vol. iii. , p. 756.
'5 See Father Michael Alford's " Annales
Ecclesias Britannicte," tomus iii. , at a. d. UCCCCXXXVI. , num. iv. , p. 936.
'* A more complete account of its history will be found, in Sir William Dugdale's " Monasticon Anglicanum," &c. , edited by John Caley, Henry Ellis and Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, D. D. , vol. iv. , part iii. , pp. 1448,
1449.
'7 Published by O'Sullevan Beare.
'^ On the authority of the English Martyro-
logy.
'9 See O'Sullevan Beare's " Historiae
Catholicse Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 50, 53.
S. Patricii, cap. xxxii. , p. 72, and note 33, p. no.
' In Roman characters are these words : " Conon cum filio passus Isaurite. "
^ In the " Martyrologium Romanum," we read at this date : " Apud Iconium Isauriae civitatem passio Sanctorum Cononis et filii ejus annprum duodecim," &c. See Quarto Kalendas Junii, Luna 29, p. 76.
^ See Rev. Drs. Todd's and Reeves' edition of the " Martyrology of Donegal," n. 2, p. I4I.
9 vSee " Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum Ibernias. " No feast, however, is entered for this saint, in O'Sullevan Beare's " Historise Catholicse Iberniae Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 53.
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Article iv. —'
Conon fA mAc, i. e. , " Conon and his son. "
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Mali xxix. Among the pretermitted saints, p 3.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 140, 141.
* Dr. Todd in a note says at this entry of Modune. "The more recent hand adds here, 'Vide an sit Dunnius de quo in vita S.
Article v. p. xxv.
Marianus O'Gorman has
'
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
"
5 See "Trias Thaumaturga," Sexta Vita
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. ,
Maii xxix. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 3.
3 . Qgg "Acta Sanctorum Hibernice,"
Martii xxi. Appendix ad Acta S. Endei, cap. vii. , p. 715.
'^ Now known, as Inisheer, the most easterly of the three Aran Islands.
^ See Dr. John O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Musters," vol. i. , pp. 502, 503.
" The parish of this name is in three dis-
Patricii, c. (32). '
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Westmeath. 7 Therewasanabbeyhere,andformerlytheplacewascalled Disert-Maoltuile. In the reign of King Edward II. , a certain John de Fresingfeld was presented to the parish of Dysart,^ and, again, in the reign of King Henry IV. ,9 we have notice of an exchange of parishes between Nicholas Moynagh, Pastor of Dysart, and Richard King, Vicar of Faghly. "° This parish of Dysart was formerly called Disert-Maeltuile, which means St. Mael- tuile's Desert or Wilderness—owing probably to its retired situation. A festival in honour of Maeltuile was celebrated, on this day, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal. " A commentator on this work adds, that he was an Abbot, and that he knew not whether he had been a bishop. He also remarks, there is a Cill Maoltuile, a parish church in Disert- Midhe, in the diocese of Meath. Its old church, finely situated on the western bank of Lough Ennell, measures seventy-three feet, by twenty feet, three inches. Tobar-Muhilly, which is near the churchyard, used to be fre- quented by pilgrims, on the 29th of May. '^ It is called after the patron of this parish, St. Maeltuille. His well, and his yellow bell, his baculus, and his statue, were there, in the seventeenth century. His baculus or pastoral staff worked miracles on perjurers,'3 before they left his church. However, in our Calendar, at the 30th of July, the Martyrology of Tallagh '^ commemo- rates a Maoltuile mac Mochuire, without naming his place ; while the Martyr- ology of DonegaV^at the same date, has Maeltuile, son of Nochaire, of Disert Maeltuile,belongingtotheraceofLaeghaire,sonofNiall. Inthelastvolume of his valuable work, the Rev. Anthony Cogan seems to entertain the opinion, that he—and not the Maeltuile venerated on this day—had been the founder of Disert-Maeltuile, in Westmeath. '^ The parish of Dysart ^7 extends along the west and south sides of the beautiful Lough Ennel, near MuUingar; and, it consists, for the most part, of profitable land. '^
Article VI. St. Mobecce, of Trilick, County of Tyrone. An entry is found, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 29th of May, of Mobeccu, without any other addition. On the same authority, the Bollan- dists ^ enter Mo-beccus, at this date. He is said to have been reverenced at Trelic. This is thought to be identical with the present Trellick,3 in the
distinct baronies, viz. : Moyashel and Mag- punishment for their crime, and before they heiadernon, 5,834a. 2r. jip. ; JNIoycasliel, left the church. See the Martyrology of
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1,245a. 3r. 34p. ; Rathconratli, 336a. or. 24p. It is shown, on the "Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Westmeath," sheets 18, 25, 32. The townland proper is within Moyashel and Maglieradernon, sheet 25.
7 . See Rev. A . Cogan s " History of the Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern,'' vol. iii. , chap. Ixxiv. , p. 559.
* According to Pat. 2.
9 According to 2'at. 8.
" See Rev. Anthony Cogan's " Diocese of
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. ii. , chap, xviii. , sect. 5, p. 424.
" Edited by Drs. Xodd and Reeves, pp. 140, 141.
" See Rev. Anthony Cogan's " Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern,'' vol. ii. , chap, xviii. , sect. 5, p. 424.
Donegal, edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 444, 445.
'* Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxx.
'5 Edited by Dis. Todd and Reeves, pp. 204, 205.
'" See the " Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. iii. , chap. Ixxiv. . p. 599. ' Its situation is shown, in Daniel Augus-
tus Beauford's " Map of the Diocese of Meath.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Mail xxix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 3.
= He ruled only from A. D. 37 to A. D. 39, when he was slain by Fiacha Finnfolaidh. See Dr. John O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 96 to 99.
^ They were in the county of Down. i\lac Donlevy, who offered such a brave resistance to John De Courcy, in the twelfth century, was head of this family. See ibid. , n. (t).
the Royal Irish Academy," vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by Dr. Whitley Stokes, LL. D. p. xci.
,
9 See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesias- tical Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro- more," n. (s), pp. 23, 24.
'° See also, Appendix R, p. 234, and Appendix LL, p. 378, ibid.
" This townland contains 267a. 3r. l8p.
'- It is in the barony of Upper Ards, and it is described, on the " Ordinance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Down,", sheets 25, 32.
'^ See "Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ire- land," vol. i. , p. 191.
'* Thus rendered into English, "i. e. , another woman from Daire Ingen Aillen in ArdUlad. "
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virgin's name has been noticed in a stanza ^ of that metrical Calendar, we infer, she was a daughter of Aillen, or Allen. In the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at this date, the entry is, Cumne, Virgin, i. Ingen Alleain, in Aird UUadh. The Bollandists* notice her, at the 29th of May, as Cumania, filia Alleani in Ard- vladh, while quoting the same authority. She descended from the race of Fiatach Finn s—head of the Dal-Fiatach ^ and monarch of Erin—in this wise. Her father Aillen was son of Baedan, son to Echaid, son of Brian, son to Enna, son of Cathbu, son of Echaid Gunnat, son of Fiacc of Dal Fiatach. ? In another place, she seems to have been connected with a church, in the ter- ritory of Dal-m-Buinne—in Latin Dalmunia—but the exact site is now unknown. To it, allusion appears to be made, in the " Felire " of ^ngus, at the29thofMay. Analternativeconjectureofacommentatorseemstobe, that a Cill Ingen Aillen, in Idrone territory, county of Carlow, may have been herplace. ^ ThechurchofCumain,aswearetold,9layintheArdsofUlster. '° Her place has been identified with Derry,^' "an oak wood," and a townland in the parish of Ballyphillip,^- county of Down. The surface of that parish forms a chief part of what is called Little Ardes, and it lies between the neck or sound of Lough Strangford and the Irish Sea. The land of this parish is extremely fertile. ^3 At its north end are the ruins of chapels, unroofed, and side by side. The space between them does not exceed 22 1^ feet. They appear to be very ancient, and built with adhesive clay, instead of mortar. The northernmost building is 26 feet long, by i6|- broad. The other, less dilapidated, is 24 feet long, by i6|- broad j its side walls are 5-|- feet high, and the east wall is 15 feet. Here, the virgin's feast wasformerlykept,asagloss^+ontheMartyrologyof^ngusstates. '5 Inthe
small parish of Ballyphilip, the chief town is Portaferry, which stands on the east shore of the strait or entrance-channel to Lough Strangford. A large sweep of this very picturesque gulf, and a variegated view of its shores, may be seen from the vicinity of Portaferry, and within the demesne here, there is an old ruined castle, built by De Courcey. It afterwards became the resi- dence of the Savage family. ^^ The town seems to have sprung up under their protection ;'? but, the site of the former parish church is said to have been at
^ It is thus translated, in a work of Rev. Hui-Drona besides. " See/' Transactions of
'= Colgan conjectures this gloss to have 7 According to the scholiast, on the been written, by St. zEngus himself ; and,
" Feilire of St. . ^ngus," in the " Leabhar Breac. "
** There is a gloss, thus Anglicized : " i. e. , a woman, i. e. , virgin, in Dal-Buinde she is. There is a cell of the daughter of Aillen, in
in such case, the founding of this church must be referred to a date, anterior to A. D. 800.
'^ According to an inscription on the arms of the Savages, placed over the door, this
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 29.
Ballyphilip, where there is an old building. '^ Also, on this day, veneration was given, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal,'^ to Commain, Virgin, of Daire-inghen-AUen, in Uladh.
Article III. St. Buriena, Virgin, of Cornwall, England. The Acts of this saint have not been recovered,' if they formerly existed. How- ever, it is stated,^ that in the church of Exeter, they had been preserved among its dyptics ; although. Father Michael Alford,3 when treating about the Irish Saints that made their home in Cornwall, had not been able to verify that statement. Short notices of her have been inserted, in the great Bollan- distcollection. * Theseconsistofonlytwoparagraphs. Onthe29thofMay, in the first edition of his English Martrology,5 John Wilson commemorates St. Buriena, an Irish Virgin. She is said, to have been born of noble parents inIreland,andthenceSt. BurienapassedovertoEngland. There,forsome time, she lived in the practice of great virtue, and leading a holy life, on a promontory of Cornwall, where she erected an oratory. ^ She also wrought various miracles. She was honoured of old, with several other Irish saints, in
Cornwall; and, the people of this district seem to have regarded them, as their special patrons, for nearly all the Cornish towns are named after Irish saints. ? There, too, St. Buriena departed this life, in the odour of sanctity ; and, she was buried ^ on the promontory of Cornubia,? where now is St. Buriens. What- ever importance it possessed in former times, during the sixteenth century, it had dwindled down to a hamlet, containing only about eight houses. A fine church,dedicatedtothisholyvirgin,wasthereerected. '° Atfirst,itwascalled Eglis Buriens, in Latin, Ecclesia Buriense. There is still the town and a church—with a lofty tower rising high over the sea—bearing her name in that country, and situated in the Hundred of Penwith. Near the south porch of the church is an ancient cross, while there is another close to the church- yard. " The former religious house here was exempted from all episcopal and other authority, except from that of the Church of Rome. " To this place was added a collegiate church,'3 thought to have been built by King Athelstan. '* He formerly had granted the privilege of sanctuary to it, in the year 936. 's During the reign of William the Conqueror, a chapter of
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castle was enlarged and completed in 1636. '7 See " Parliamentary Gazetteer of lie-
land," vol. iii. , p. So.
'* See Walter Harris' " Ancient and Pre-
sent State of the Couniy of Down," chap, iii. , sect, i. , pp. 20 to 23.
'9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 140, 141.
Article HI. —' Bishop Challenor, who mentions this holy woman in his " Biilannia Snncta," makes this statement, at part i. , p. 334.
'By Philip Ferrarius, in " Catalogus Generalis Sanctorum. "
3 In " Annalcs Ecclesiw Britannicje," tomus i. , num. vi. , at a. d. cccclx. , p. 607.
^ See Rev. William Borlase's " Antiqui- ties. Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall," vol. i. , book iv. , chap. xi. , sect, iv. , p. 383.
» This district lay within the territory of the Danmonii, and it is treated about in Cough's Camden's " Britannia," vol. i. , p. 12.
'° For these statements, John Wilson cites the ancient records of Cornwall, and the Register of this Church, in his " iVfartyro- logium Anglicanum,"at the 29th of May.
" See Samuel Lewii' "Topographical
Dictionary of England," vol. i. , pp. 437,
438.
" See Rev. William Borlase's " Antiqui-
< Sec " Acta Sanctoium,"tomus vii. . Maii ties, Historical and Monumental, of tlie
xxix. De Santta Bvricna Virgine in Cornv- bia Anglire Provincia.
5PublishedA. I). 1608.
' See John Leland's " Itinerary," vol. iii. ,
County of Cornwall," vol. i. , book iv. , chap, xi. , sect, iv. , p, 3S4.
'3ADeanandthreePrebendswereinthe college,
'* After returning from subduing the 'See Cough's Camden's "Britannia," Scilly Islands. See Cough's Camden's vol. i. , p. 3. " Britannia," when treating about Cornwall,
pp. 7, 8.
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Canons was attached to it, and a tract of land, which was near, belonged to them. '^ In the anonymous Catalogue of Irish Saints, '7 there is a Buriena, Virgin, at the 29th of May. At the same date, Father Henry Fitzsimons '^ enters Burena, Virgin, on his list of saints. '9 Again, a festival has been assigned to her, at the 19th of June, in the second edition of the " Martyro- logium An"licanum. "^°
Article IV. St. Modune, or Duonius. Marianus O'Gorman places Modwinus, at the 29th of May. ' The BoUandists also notice him, on this day.
^ According to the Martyrology of Donegal,3 veneration was given, at this date to xModune. ^ It is thought, by Colgan, St. Moduinus must be the same as the St. Duonius, Abbot, mentioned by Jocelin, in his Acts of St. Patrick. 5 As if some doubt were entertained, regarding this entry, the more recent hand, in the copy ot O'Clerys' Calendar, has allusion^ to the Roman Martyrology,? and to Martyrs named Conus and Conellus. As if—after having made the requisite examination—he adds : " But there is no mention of Conus and Conellus, in either the Irish or Roman Calendar. "^ St. Duonius is entered, likewise, on Henry Fitzsimon's List. 9
Article V. St. Maeltuile, probably of Dvsart, County ov Westmeath. The Martyrology of Tallagh ' registers this name simply, at the 29th of May. The BoUandists cite this authority, and, at the same date, refer to him. ^ They also quote Colgan, who mentions 3 a Moeltulius, the son of Gobhan, Abbot in East Aran,'^ who died a. d. 865 ;5 but, he is not identified with the present holy man. Indeed, it is altogether likely, they were different persons. It is probable, the present St. Maeltuile is identical with a saint of the same name, reverenced on the 30th of July, at Dysart,^ in the county of
vol. iii. , p. 756.
'5 See Father Michael Alford's " Annales
Ecclesias Britannicte," tomus iii. , at a. d. UCCCCXXXVI. , num. iv. , p. 936.
'* A more complete account of its history will be found, in Sir William Dugdale's " Monasticon Anglicanum," &c. , edited by John Caley, Henry Ellis and Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, D. D. , vol. iv. , part iii. , pp. 1448,
1449.
'7 Published by O'Sullevan Beare.
'^ On the authority of the English Martyro-
logy.
'9 See O'Sullevan Beare's " Historiae
Catholicse Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 50, 53.
S. Patricii, cap. xxxii. , p. 72, and note 33, p. no.
' In Roman characters are these words : " Conon cum filio passus Isaurite. "
^ In the " Martyrologium Romanum," we read at this date : " Apud Iconium Isauriae civitatem passio Sanctorum Cononis et filii ejus annprum duodecim," &c. See Quarto Kalendas Junii, Luna 29, p. 76.
^ See Rev. Drs. Todd's and Reeves' edition of the " Martyrology of Donegal," n. 2, p. I4I.
9 vSee " Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum Ibernias. " No feast, however, is entered for this saint, in O'Sullevan Beare's " Historise Catholicse Iberniae Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 53.
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Article iv. —'
Conon fA mAc, i. e. , " Conon and his son. "
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. , Mali xxix. Among the pretermitted saints, p 3.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 140, 141.
* Dr. Todd in a note says at this entry of Modune. "The more recent hand adds here, 'Vide an sit Dunnius de quo in vita S.
Article v. p. xxv.
Marianus O'Gorman has
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Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
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5 See "Trias Thaumaturga," Sexta Vita
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vii. ,
Maii xxix. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 3.
3 . Qgg "Acta Sanctorum Hibernice,"
Martii xxi. Appendix ad Acta S. Endei, cap. vii. , p. 715.
'^ Now known, as Inisheer, the most easterly of the three Aran Islands.
^ See Dr. John O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Musters," vol. i. , pp. 502, 503.
" The parish of this name is in three dis-
Patricii, c. (32). '
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 29.
Westmeath. 7 Therewasanabbeyhere,andformerlytheplacewascalled Disert-Maoltuile. In the reign of King Edward II. , a certain John de Fresingfeld was presented to the parish of Dysart,^ and, again, in the reign of King Henry IV. ,9 we have notice of an exchange of parishes between Nicholas Moynagh, Pastor of Dysart, and Richard King, Vicar of Faghly. "° This parish of Dysart was formerly called Disert-Maeltuile, which means St. Mael- tuile's Desert or Wilderness—owing probably to its retired situation. A festival in honour of Maeltuile was celebrated, on this day, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal. " A commentator on this work adds, that he was an Abbot, and that he knew not whether he had been a bishop. He also remarks, there is a Cill Maoltuile, a parish church in Disert- Midhe, in the diocese of Meath. Its old church, finely situated on the western bank of Lough Ennell, measures seventy-three feet, by twenty feet, three inches. Tobar-Muhilly, which is near the churchyard, used to be fre- quented by pilgrims, on the 29th of May. '^ It is called after the patron of this parish, St. Maeltuille. His well, and his yellow bell, his baculus, and his statue, were there, in the seventeenth century. His baculus or pastoral staff worked miracles on perjurers,'3 before they left his church. However, in our Calendar, at the 30th of July, the Martyrology of Tallagh '^ commemo- rates a Maoltuile mac Mochuire, without naming his place ; while the Martyr- ology of DonegaV^at the same date, has Maeltuile, son of Nochaire, of Disert Maeltuile,belongingtotheraceofLaeghaire,sonofNiall. Inthelastvolume of his valuable work, the Rev. Anthony Cogan seems to entertain the opinion, that he—and not the Maeltuile venerated on this day—had been the founder of Disert-Maeltuile, in Westmeath. '^ The parish of Dysart ^7 extends along the west and south sides of the beautiful Lough Ennel, near MuUingar; and, it consists, for the most part, of profitable land. '^
Article VI. St. Mobecce, of Trilick, County of Tyrone. An entry is found, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 29th of May, of Mobeccu, without any other addition. On the same authority, the Bollan- dists ^ enter Mo-beccus, at this date. He is said to have been reverenced at Trelic. This is thought to be identical with the present Trellick,3 in the
distinct baronies, viz. : Moyashel and Mag- punishment for their crime, and before they heiadernon, 5,834a. 2r. jip. ; JNIoycasliel, left the church. See the Martyrology of
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1,245a. 3r. 34p. ; Rathconratli, 336a. or. 24p. It is shown, on the "Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Westmeath," sheets 18, 25, 32. The townland proper is within Moyashel and Maglieradernon, sheet 25.
7 . See Rev. A . Cogan s " History of the Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern,'' vol. iii. , chap. Ixxiv. , p. 559.
* According to Pat. 2.
9 According to 2'at. 8.
" See Rev. Anthony Cogan's " Diocese of
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. ii. , chap, xviii. , sect. 5, p. 424.
" Edited by Drs. Xodd and Reeves, pp. 140, 141.
" See Rev. Anthony Cogan's " Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern,'' vol. ii. , chap, xviii. , sect. 5, p. 424.
Donegal, edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 444, 445.
'* Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxx.
'5 Edited by Dis. Todd and Reeves, pp. 204, 205.
'" See the " Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. iii. , chap. Ixxiv. . p. 599. ' Its situation is shown, in Daniel Augus-
tus Beauford's " Map of the Diocese of Meath.
