On the
Calendar
of Oengus, p.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v5
A.
Hamilton, lib.
ii.
, sect.
88, p.
191.
'5 The local chionicler adds, " paulisper ultra villam qure nunc vocatur Suniggevvelle, inter duos rivulos amaenissimos, qui, locum ipsum quasi quendam sinum inter se conclu- dentes, gratum cernentibus proebent specta- culum et opportunum habitantibus subsi-
dium. "
'* The chronicler of Abingdon monastery
supposes, that Abban and his community be- longed to the Benedictine Order and rule.
licse Ibernice Compendium, " tomus i. , lib. i v. , cap. xii.
'9 See the Third Volume of this work, at that day, Art. x.
'7 See " Historia Monasterii de Abing- B. D. , D. D. , vol. iii. , p. 928.
don," vol. i. , lib. i. , sect, v. , p. 3. The "* See notices of St. Mochonna, of Derry-
chronicler states, that his information has been derived from earlier records of his monastery, sect, liii. , p. 120, and lib. ii. , p. 443.
'^ His name or feast is not to be found, however, in that List furnished to O'SuUevan Beare, and printed in his " Historic Catho-
Disart of Mochonna, at this date, in the Third Volume, at Art. xv.
s See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nire," Martii viii. , pp. 565, 566.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Mail xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 186.
*° See ibid. , Art. ii.
Article iv. —' p. xxiv.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
^ Here it is given as tflochonnAe.
^ in 697, by Flann Finn. See " A Die- tionary of Christian Biography," &c. , edited by William Smith, LL. D. , and Henry Wace,
237
ii&
to the I St of July.
126, 127. — Article v.
——
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [I^Iay 13.
13thofMay. TheCainAdhamhnainstates,thatMochonna,ofDoire,was one of those saints, whom Adamnan ^ found as security, to free Irish women from every slavery, and from every distress, in which they were. According to the Martyrology of Donegal,^ veneration was given, on this day, to Mochonna, of Doire.
Article V. Reputed Festival of St. Moling Luachra. \_Sa>e? iih Century. '] The death of St. Moling Luachra is set down at a. d. 696, in the Annals of the Four Masters,' at the 13th of May, although his chief
feast is assigned to the 17th of June. " His Life will be given, at this latter date.
Aritcle VL—Reputed Feast of St. Servax, or St. Ser^anus, Apostle of the Orkneys, at Pomona. [Fiflh Century. '] A festival is set down, at the 13th of INLiy, by Dempster,' for St. Servan, the Apostle,^ at Pomona, the largest of the Orkney Islands, He is said to have flourished, a. d. 440. 3 The oldest Irish documents make him aPict, by the mother's side. His mother is said, also, to have been Alma, daughter of the Cruithne King
; while his father is called Pore, King of Canaan of Egypt,* accord- ing to the Tract, ascribed to St. ^ngus the Culdee, on the Mothers of the Irish Saints. 5 It is stated, by John Lesley,^ following the authority of Boece,7 that he had been sent by St. Palladius,^ to preach
the Gosple there ; but, as the Bollandists 9 could not find the name of
Serseanus inscribed, on the older Martyrologies, they preferred waiting until
the 6th of July afforded them an opportunity for introducing the Acts of St.
Palladius, in which Serseanus might receive consideration, as being a contem-
porary and a disciple. However, his feast has been more generally ascribed
'°
Article VII. Reputed Feast of Dubliterius Fiond or Candi- Dus. At the 13th of May, the Bollandists ' have an entry of this feast, and quote for it the Martyrology of Tallagh. " The Bollandists remark, that a Dublitirius, Abbot of Clonenagh, in the diocese of Leighlin, and in the terri- tory of Leix, died a. d. 927. 3 But, they would not undertake to identify him
7 See his Life, at the 23rd of Septem- ber.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
s gee Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Culdees of the British Islands," p. 124.
* In " De Rebus Gestis Scotorum," lib. iv. , p. 157.
" See Bellenden's Boece, vol. i. . Book vii. , chap. 18, p. 286.
^ See his Life, at the 6th of July.
' See "Acta S. mclorum," tomus iii. , Maii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 187.
' See Dr. O'Donovan's edi- lion, vol. i. , pp. 298, 299.
' See n. (x), iHd.
Article vi. —' In his " Menologium Scoticum " thus: "In Pomona Oicadum maxima Servani Apostoli. K. "
" See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot- tish Saints," p. 199.
3 According to Dempster, in his "Ilistoria Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , lib. xvii. , num. 1030, p. 574.
* A Manuscript, in Archbishop Marsh's
Library, Dublin, states, that he was miracu- h. is "Dubliter ocus. " Seep. xxiv. The lously born of Obeth, King of Canaan, Franciscan copy has tJublicep p'''"^* ^^ ^his and of Alpia, daughter to the King of date.
Arabia. 3 jp the Annales Ultonienses, the death
'"See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," pp. 445 to 447.
Article vii. —' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Maii xiii. Among the pretermitted festivals, p. 186.
' The published copy of Rev. Dr. Kelly
Art. iii. — Article X.
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May 13. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 239
with the person here recorded. They observe, however, that another holy man, bearing the same name, was commemorated, at the 15th of of May.
. Article VIII. Reputed Feast of St. Dvmpna, Virgin, and of St. Gerebern,Belgium, AccordingtoSaussay,inhisGalHcMartyrology,the feast of these saints was observed, on the 13th of May, at Gheel, in Brabant. However, other calendarists refer their chief festival, to the 15th of this month,' astheBollandists= observe.
Article IX. St. or the Blessed Michomeris. At the 13th of May, Colgan appears to have intended writing the Acts of a Blessed Michome- ris, as we find from the posthumous list of his Manuscripts. We cannot dis- cover, whether or not, he should be identified with that St. Michomer, or Michomores, Confessor, of Tornodor, in Gallic Campania, whose feast has been assigned to the 30th of April. '
Article X. St. Carthagius, or Carthacus. In the anonymous catalogue, published by O'SuUevan Beare,' we find St. Carthagius entered at the 13th of May. This, however, can only be regarded as the vigil, for his proper festival. The Carthusian Martyrology and Henry Fitzsimon place St. Karthagius, Bishop, at the same date. ^" Also, is he noticed by the Bollan- dists,3whorefertoGreven,Canisius,Fcrraiius,andFitz-simon; whilethey relegate his Acts, to the day following.
Article XI. Feast of Saints Teracus and Probus. —The 12th of May is set down in the Feilire' of St. ^ngus, as the festival for Saints Teracus and Probus. These seem to have suffered martyrdom, with several other companions, at Alexandria;^ although elsewhere, except in the Tallagh
of Dublittir, priest of Armagh, crowned with martyrdom by the Gentiles, is entered at a. D. 922 al. 923. See Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores," tomus iv. , p. 255.
Dr. Whitley Stokes: "The holy family of Teracus and Probus after paths (of this world). After long bitter crosses, six persons and six hundred. "—"Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," vol. i. , parti.
On the Calendar of Oengus, p. Ixxix.
^ The scholiast on St. ^ngus has a note on noebiiniiiice]\ Ce]\<\ci, as follows, "i. in Alexandria pasi sunt. " The commentator had a different version of the Feilire, from that found in the " Leabhar Breac " which in a note, he thus introduces, lAyvi^eyvbch- pocliAib fii\Aib feifei\ Ay\ fe cecAib. uelp'c
Cige^MiAcli ^o]:epu^\
I'epuy^ a^a . m. ceuAib . 1. CijeiMiAcli t)<Mi\che.
Article viii. —^ same day.
See their Lives, at the
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Mail xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 187. —
Article ix. ' See his Acts, in the Fourth Volume of this work, at that date,
' See " Historias Catholics Ibernias Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. ,
cap. xi. , p. 50.
^ See ibid. , cap. xii. , p. 55.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
. . .
The foregomg is thus translated, by Dr.
Maii xiii. jg-
Among the pretermitted saints,
,
,,1
t^
Article xi. — '
copy we find :— ^'
In the " Leabhar Breac "
Whitley Stokes :-" After long bitter crosses, six on six hundreds.
Or thus :—
. . Tigernach thou shouldst know, Six on six hundreds. "
i-e-t^ Tigernach of Bairche. —See ibid. , p. Ixxxvi.
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
tloebnnnnceTA CenAci
Pl^oio^? ,^ {. -^ITt"^;,^ lA]\l'e|\bch|\OCnA1D f1^^A1b
. ui. ei\ A|\. «i, c. Aib. ThisstanzaisthustranslatedintoEnglish,by
—
^40 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 14.
Martyrology, we do not find tlieir names recorded in other ancient Calendars. Different are the names of those Martyrs of Alexandria, noted by the Bollan- dists,3 at this date ; and, among them are two unnamed, who might probably be Teracus and Probus. '*
ArticleXII. ReputedFeastofSj". Motomagus. IntheCatalogue of some Irish Saints, it is stated, that Father Henry Fitz-simon sets down Motomagus ;' and, he states, that in his Martyrology, Canisius has placed him,atthei8thofMay. ^ However,Fitz-simoncorrectsthisstatement,and refers his feast to the 13th of March; by which, the Bollandists 3 think, he means St. Mochoemogus,* whose Life belongs to that date.
jfdurtffntl) Hap of iiflaj)*
ARTICLE I. —ST. CARTHAGE, OR MOCHUDDA, BISHOP. ACUUT, AND PATRON, OF ITSMORE.
ISIXTII AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. \ CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—ACTS OF ST. MOCHUDDA OR CARTHAGE—PROGNOSTICATION REGARD- ING HIM—HIS PARENTAGE AND lilRTH—HIS YOUTH AND EARLY VOCATION TO THE CLERICAL STATE—EDUCATED BY ST. CARTHAGE THE ELDER—ST. MOCHUDDA BECOMES A PRIEST—HE SETTLES DOWN AT A PLACE CALLED KELLTULACH, BUT SOON HE LEAVES IT—HE VISITS ST. COMGALL AT BANGOR.
'^"T^'IIE history of St. Carthage Junior, or St. Mochuda, is one of singular
interest. Thisholymanexcelledbothinlearningandinpiety. That
J_ —even of legend over- he was a popular saint is proved from the records
colouring—with which his memory has been transmitted to us. But, no question remains in doubt, that while he lived, the right rule of Faith and dis- ciplinewasspread,throughhispersonalzealandlabours. Thisholysuperior, exact in all the duties of his sacred calling, as being to give an account one day to that great Master, who has allotted to each one of us our respective station, among his numerous family of Christians, in every age and clime. Especially, the saints were accustomed, to consecrate the beginning and end of each day, and they would not allow their worldly concerns, to interfere with or prevent
Maii xiii. De Sanctis Martyribus Alexan- drinis Aplirodisio, Agrippa, Sabino, Giiso, I. ucio, Cyrilla, Cridvla, Juviuo, ct aliis duo- bus, p. 202.
' So has Dempster in his Menology. See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 200. Also, he is noticed by Demp- ster, in his " Ilistoria Eccle-iastica Gentis
"• Tiiis is apparent, by reference to the Scotorum," tomus ii. , Ub. xii. , num. 897, Franciscan copy of the Tallagh Martyr- p. 473.
^ See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Article xii. —' This is not tlie case, Maii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints,
ology.
however, in that List of Irish Saints furnished • by him to O'Sullevan Bcarc, in *' Historia> CathoHca; Ibcrni. v Compendium," tomus i. ,
lib. iv. , cap. xii.
p. 185.
^ See his Acts, in the Third Vohnne of
this work, at lliat day, Art. i.
May 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
241
such holy occupations. Treasuring the words of Christ himself, " No man Cometh to the Father but through me," they made prayer and contemplation a pleasure and a solace. Their example made an impression on their disciples, and these loved religious exercises in their turn, finding from personal experience the advantages sure to be derived from such practices.
There are different Manuscript Latin Lives of St. Carthage extant. ' One of these is in Marsh's Library,^ and another in the Library of Trinity College,^ Dublin. TherearesomeIrishManuscriptLivesofthissaint,likewise,inSir William Betham's collections, belonging to the Royal Irish Academy, as also Tracts, attributed to him. Thus, in volumes vi. ,4 x. ,s xxi. ,^ of the O'Longan transcripts, andin anotherofthese,butwithoutanydistinctivemark,andclassed, No. 30,7areillustrationsfortheLifeofSt. Carthage. Thislattercontains,A Rule of Discipline, ascribed —Mr. O'Curry thinks improperly— to St. Mochuda of Lismore. ^ There is also a small paper MS. ,9 belonging the Messrs. Hodges and Smith collection, R. I. A. , which lias a Life of St. Mochuda of Rathin, in the King's County. Again, Michael O'Clery has transcribed two Irish Lives of St. Mochudda, or Carthac. '° A Life of St. Carthagus, first Bishop of Lismore, and commencing with the words, "Gloriosus Christi miles, Carthagus," is men- tionedbySirJamesWare. " TheperiodwhenthisLifehadbeencomposed is not mentioned, and it seems to be unknown. Colgan seems to have in- tended the insertion of Acts at this date, for St. Carthagius or Mochudda. " At this day, the Bollandists give us, also, two different Lives ofSt. Carthage. 's The first is published,'-* from a Salamancan Manuscript, collated with another, which belonged to Father Henry Fitzsimon ; and, it appears to have consti- tuted the Lessons for Matins, recited in honour of our saint, as the conclud- ing Antiphon of the Magnificat sufficiently indicates. The Second Life '5 is taken from an old Irish Manuscript. It is long and circumstantial, but, it is far from being accurate, in many of its assertions. '^ Ussher refers to both, in his
Antiquities of the British Churches. '?
Article i. — ' There is a Vita S. Car- thaci seu Mochudda, de Hibernia, ex MS. Salmanticensi (nunc in Bibl. Ducum Bur- gundiffi apud Bruxell).
^ Thus in the Manuscript, which has been called " Codex Killcenniensis " is recorded St. Carthagus, fol. 94 to 99 ; but, fol. 100 is lost. It contained the concluding portion of this Life.
3 In the Manuscript, classed E, 3, 1 1, there is a Vita S. Carthagi at fol. 60. We find missing, fol. 65, and the Life concludes at fol. 66.
* It contains, a story of St. Mochuda, at p. 114.
5 This folio paper contains 416 written pages, transcribed by Michael Oge O'Longan, between the years iSoo and 1808. It in- eludes a short monastic Rule, or fragment of one, ascribed here to St. Mochuda of Lis- more, in 5 quatrains, at p. 317.
As published, they contain various
97 written pages, transcribed lately in Cork, by some one of the O'Longans. Though the writing has a respectable appearance ; yet, this transcript is very inaccurate, and it must have been tlie production of some ignorant scribe. On the back, this MS. is lettered " Extracts from Leabhar Droma Sneachtaigh(BookofDromSneacht); byJ- Maolconaire, 1560. "
^ It contains five quatrains, at p. 67.
' This is classed, No. 150.
'" Also a Tract on St. Suanach's sons, and
on St. Mochudda. These are now preserved in the Burgundian Library of Bruxelles, fols. 265, 268, vol. xi. , and vol. iv. , part ii. , p. 45.
"See " De Scriptoribus Hibernige," lib. i. , cap. xiii. , p. 90.
'- See "Catalogus Actuum Sanctorum quse MS. habentur, ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
'3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , xiv. Mail. De S.
'5 The local chionicler adds, " paulisper ultra villam qure nunc vocatur Suniggevvelle, inter duos rivulos amaenissimos, qui, locum ipsum quasi quendam sinum inter se conclu- dentes, gratum cernentibus proebent specta- culum et opportunum habitantibus subsi-
dium. "
'* The chronicler of Abingdon monastery
supposes, that Abban and his community be- longed to the Benedictine Order and rule.
licse Ibernice Compendium, " tomus i. , lib. i v. , cap. xii.
'9 See the Third Volume of this work, at that day, Art. x.
'7 See " Historia Monasterii de Abing- B. D. , D. D. , vol. iii. , p. 928.
don," vol. i. , lib. i. , sect, v. , p. 3. The "* See notices of St. Mochonna, of Derry-
chronicler states, that his information has been derived from earlier records of his monastery, sect, liii. , p. 120, and lib. ii. , p. 443.
'^ His name or feast is not to be found, however, in that List furnished to O'SuUevan Beare, and printed in his " Historic Catho-
Disart of Mochonna, at this date, in the Third Volume, at Art. xv.
s See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nire," Martii viii. , pp. 565, 566.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Mail xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 186.
*° See ibid. , Art. ii.
Article iv. —' p. xxiv.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
^ Here it is given as tflochonnAe.
^ in 697, by Flann Finn. See " A Die- tionary of Christian Biography," &c. , edited by William Smith, LL. D. , and Henry Wace,
237
ii&
to the I St of July.
126, 127. — Article v.
——
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [I^Iay 13.
13thofMay. TheCainAdhamhnainstates,thatMochonna,ofDoire,was one of those saints, whom Adamnan ^ found as security, to free Irish women from every slavery, and from every distress, in which they were. According to the Martyrology of Donegal,^ veneration was given, on this day, to Mochonna, of Doire.
Article V. Reputed Festival of St. Moling Luachra. \_Sa>e? iih Century. '] The death of St. Moling Luachra is set down at a. d. 696, in the Annals of the Four Masters,' at the 13th of May, although his chief
feast is assigned to the 17th of June. " His Life will be given, at this latter date.
Aritcle VL—Reputed Feast of St. Servax, or St. Ser^anus, Apostle of the Orkneys, at Pomona. [Fiflh Century. '] A festival is set down, at the 13th of INLiy, by Dempster,' for St. Servan, the Apostle,^ at Pomona, the largest of the Orkney Islands, He is said to have flourished, a. d. 440. 3 The oldest Irish documents make him aPict, by the mother's side. His mother is said, also, to have been Alma, daughter of the Cruithne King
; while his father is called Pore, King of Canaan of Egypt,* accord- ing to the Tract, ascribed to St. ^ngus the Culdee, on the Mothers of the Irish Saints. 5 It is stated, by John Lesley,^ following the authority of Boece,7 that he had been sent by St. Palladius,^ to preach
the Gosple there ; but, as the Bollandists 9 could not find the name of
Serseanus inscribed, on the older Martyrologies, they preferred waiting until
the 6th of July afforded them an opportunity for introducing the Acts of St.
Palladius, in which Serseanus might receive consideration, as being a contem-
porary and a disciple. However, his feast has been more generally ascribed
'°
Article VII. Reputed Feast of Dubliterius Fiond or Candi- Dus. At the 13th of May, the Bollandists ' have an entry of this feast, and quote for it the Martyrology of Tallagh. " The Bollandists remark, that a Dublitirius, Abbot of Clonenagh, in the diocese of Leighlin, and in the terri- tory of Leix, died a. d. 927. 3 But, they would not undertake to identify him
7 See his Life, at the 23rd of Septem- ber.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
s gee Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Culdees of the British Islands," p. 124.
* In " De Rebus Gestis Scotorum," lib. iv. , p. 157.
" See Bellenden's Boece, vol. i. . Book vii. , chap. 18, p. 286.
^ See his Life, at the 6th of July.
' See "Acta S. mclorum," tomus iii. , Maii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 187.
' See Dr. O'Donovan's edi- lion, vol. i. , pp. 298, 299.
' See n. (x), iHd.
Article vi. —' In his " Menologium Scoticum " thus: "In Pomona Oicadum maxima Servani Apostoli. K. "
" See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot- tish Saints," p. 199.
3 According to Dempster, in his "Ilistoria Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , lib. xvii. , num. 1030, p. 574.
* A Manuscript, in Archbishop Marsh's
Library, Dublin, states, that he was miracu- h. is "Dubliter ocus. " Seep. xxiv. The lously born of Obeth, King of Canaan, Franciscan copy has tJublicep p'''"^* ^^ ^his and of Alpia, daughter to the King of date.
Arabia. 3 jp the Annales Ultonienses, the death
'"See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," pp. 445 to 447.
Article vii. —' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Maii xiii. Among the pretermitted festivals, p. 186.
' The published copy of Rev. Dr. Kelly
Art. iii. — Article X.
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May 13. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 239
with the person here recorded. They observe, however, that another holy man, bearing the same name, was commemorated, at the 15th of of May.
. Article VIII. Reputed Feast of St. Dvmpna, Virgin, and of St. Gerebern,Belgium, AccordingtoSaussay,inhisGalHcMartyrology,the feast of these saints was observed, on the 13th of May, at Gheel, in Brabant. However, other calendarists refer their chief festival, to the 15th of this month,' astheBollandists= observe.
Article IX. St. or the Blessed Michomeris. At the 13th of May, Colgan appears to have intended writing the Acts of a Blessed Michome- ris, as we find from the posthumous list of his Manuscripts. We cannot dis- cover, whether or not, he should be identified with that St. Michomer, or Michomores, Confessor, of Tornodor, in Gallic Campania, whose feast has been assigned to the 30th of April. '
Article X. St. Carthagius, or Carthacus. In the anonymous catalogue, published by O'SuUevan Beare,' we find St. Carthagius entered at the 13th of May. This, however, can only be regarded as the vigil, for his proper festival. The Carthusian Martyrology and Henry Fitzsimon place St. Karthagius, Bishop, at the same date. ^" Also, is he noticed by the Bollan- dists,3whorefertoGreven,Canisius,Fcrraiius,andFitz-simon; whilethey relegate his Acts, to the day following.
Article XI. Feast of Saints Teracus and Probus. —The 12th of May is set down in the Feilire' of St. ^ngus, as the festival for Saints Teracus and Probus. These seem to have suffered martyrdom, with several other companions, at Alexandria;^ although elsewhere, except in the Tallagh
of Dublittir, priest of Armagh, crowned with martyrdom by the Gentiles, is entered at a. D. 922 al. 923. See Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores," tomus iv. , p. 255.
Dr. Whitley Stokes: "The holy family of Teracus and Probus after paths (of this world). After long bitter crosses, six persons and six hundred. "—"Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," vol. i. , parti.
On the Calendar of Oengus, p. Ixxix.
^ The scholiast on St. ^ngus has a note on noebiiniiiice]\ Ce]\<\ci, as follows, "i. in Alexandria pasi sunt. " The commentator had a different version of the Feilire, from that found in the " Leabhar Breac " which in a note, he thus introduces, lAyvi^eyvbch- pocliAib fii\Aib feifei\ Ay\ fe cecAib. uelp'c
Cige^MiAcli ^o]:epu^\
I'epuy^ a^a . m. ceuAib . 1. CijeiMiAcli t)<Mi\che.
Article viii. —^ same day.
See their Lives, at the
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Mail xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 187. —
Article ix. ' See his Acts, in the Fourth Volume of this work, at that date,
' See " Historias Catholics Ibernias Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. ,
cap. xi. , p. 50.
^ See ibid. , cap. xii. , p. 55.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
. . .
The foregomg is thus translated, by Dr.
Maii xiii. jg-
Among the pretermitted saints,
,
,,1
t^
Article xi. — '
copy we find :— ^'
In the " Leabhar Breac "
Whitley Stokes :-" After long bitter crosses, six on six hundreds.
Or thus :—
. . Tigernach thou shouldst know, Six on six hundreds. "
i-e-t^ Tigernach of Bairche. —See ibid. , p. Ixxxvi.
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
tloebnnnnceTA CenAci
Pl^oio^? ,^ {. -^ITt"^;,^ lA]\l'e|\bch|\OCnA1D f1^^A1b
. ui. ei\ A|\. «i, c. Aib. ThisstanzaisthustranslatedintoEnglish,by
—
^40 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 14.
Martyrology, we do not find tlieir names recorded in other ancient Calendars. Different are the names of those Martyrs of Alexandria, noted by the Bollan- dists,3 at this date ; and, among them are two unnamed, who might probably be Teracus and Probus. '*
ArticleXII. ReputedFeastofSj". Motomagus. IntheCatalogue of some Irish Saints, it is stated, that Father Henry Fitz-simon sets down Motomagus ;' and, he states, that in his Martyrology, Canisius has placed him,atthei8thofMay. ^ However,Fitz-simoncorrectsthisstatement,and refers his feast to the 13th of March; by which, the Bollandists 3 think, he means St. Mochoemogus,* whose Life belongs to that date.
jfdurtffntl) Hap of iiflaj)*
ARTICLE I. —ST. CARTHAGE, OR MOCHUDDA, BISHOP. ACUUT, AND PATRON, OF ITSMORE.
ISIXTII AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. \ CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—ACTS OF ST. MOCHUDDA OR CARTHAGE—PROGNOSTICATION REGARD- ING HIM—HIS PARENTAGE AND lilRTH—HIS YOUTH AND EARLY VOCATION TO THE CLERICAL STATE—EDUCATED BY ST. CARTHAGE THE ELDER—ST. MOCHUDDA BECOMES A PRIEST—HE SETTLES DOWN AT A PLACE CALLED KELLTULACH, BUT SOON HE LEAVES IT—HE VISITS ST. COMGALL AT BANGOR.
'^"T^'IIE history of St. Carthage Junior, or St. Mochuda, is one of singular
interest. Thisholymanexcelledbothinlearningandinpiety. That
J_ —even of legend over- he was a popular saint is proved from the records
colouring—with which his memory has been transmitted to us. But, no question remains in doubt, that while he lived, the right rule of Faith and dis- ciplinewasspread,throughhispersonalzealandlabours. Thisholysuperior, exact in all the duties of his sacred calling, as being to give an account one day to that great Master, who has allotted to each one of us our respective station, among his numerous family of Christians, in every age and clime. Especially, the saints were accustomed, to consecrate the beginning and end of each day, and they would not allow their worldly concerns, to interfere with or prevent
Maii xiii. De Sanctis Martyribus Alexan- drinis Aplirodisio, Agrippa, Sabino, Giiso, I. ucio, Cyrilla, Cridvla, Juviuo, ct aliis duo- bus, p. 202.
' So has Dempster in his Menology. See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 200. Also, he is noticed by Demp- ster, in his " Ilistoria Eccle-iastica Gentis
"• Tiiis is apparent, by reference to the Scotorum," tomus ii. , Ub. xii. , num. 897, Franciscan copy of the Tallagh Martyr- p. 473.
^ See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Article xii. —' This is not tlie case, Maii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints,
ology.
however, in that List of Irish Saints furnished • by him to O'Sullevan Bcarc, in *' Historia> CathoHca; Ibcrni. v Compendium," tomus i. ,
lib. iv. , cap. xii.
p. 185.
^ See his Acts, in the Third Vohnne of
this work, at lliat day, Art. i.
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such holy occupations. Treasuring the words of Christ himself, " No man Cometh to the Father but through me," they made prayer and contemplation a pleasure and a solace. Their example made an impression on their disciples, and these loved religious exercises in their turn, finding from personal experience the advantages sure to be derived from such practices.
There are different Manuscript Latin Lives of St. Carthage extant. ' One of these is in Marsh's Library,^ and another in the Library of Trinity College,^ Dublin. TherearesomeIrishManuscriptLivesofthissaint,likewise,inSir William Betham's collections, belonging to the Royal Irish Academy, as also Tracts, attributed to him. Thus, in volumes vi. ,4 x. ,s xxi. ,^ of the O'Longan transcripts, andin anotherofthese,butwithoutanydistinctivemark,andclassed, No. 30,7areillustrationsfortheLifeofSt. Carthage. Thislattercontains,A Rule of Discipline, ascribed —Mr. O'Curry thinks improperly— to St. Mochuda of Lismore. ^ There is also a small paper MS. ,9 belonging the Messrs. Hodges and Smith collection, R. I. A. , which lias a Life of St. Mochuda of Rathin, in the King's County. Again, Michael O'Clery has transcribed two Irish Lives of St. Mochudda, or Carthac. '° A Life of St. Carthagus, first Bishop of Lismore, and commencing with the words, "Gloriosus Christi miles, Carthagus," is men- tionedbySirJamesWare. " TheperiodwhenthisLifehadbeencomposed is not mentioned, and it seems to be unknown. Colgan seems to have in- tended the insertion of Acts at this date, for St. Carthagius or Mochudda. " At this day, the Bollandists give us, also, two different Lives ofSt. Carthage. 's The first is published,'-* from a Salamancan Manuscript, collated with another, which belonged to Father Henry Fitzsimon ; and, it appears to have consti- tuted the Lessons for Matins, recited in honour of our saint, as the conclud- ing Antiphon of the Magnificat sufficiently indicates. The Second Life '5 is taken from an old Irish Manuscript. It is long and circumstantial, but, it is far from being accurate, in many of its assertions. '^ Ussher refers to both, in his
Antiquities of the British Churches. '?
Article i. — ' There is a Vita S. Car- thaci seu Mochudda, de Hibernia, ex MS. Salmanticensi (nunc in Bibl. Ducum Bur- gundiffi apud Bruxell).
^ Thus in the Manuscript, which has been called " Codex Killcenniensis " is recorded St. Carthagus, fol. 94 to 99 ; but, fol. 100 is lost. It contained the concluding portion of this Life.
3 In the Manuscript, classed E, 3, 1 1, there is a Vita S. Carthagi at fol. 60. We find missing, fol. 65, and the Life concludes at fol. 66.
* It contains, a story of St. Mochuda, at p. 114.
5 This folio paper contains 416 written pages, transcribed by Michael Oge O'Longan, between the years iSoo and 1808. It in- eludes a short monastic Rule, or fragment of one, ascribed here to St. Mochuda of Lis- more, in 5 quatrains, at p. 317.
As published, they contain various
97 written pages, transcribed lately in Cork, by some one of the O'Longans. Though the writing has a respectable appearance ; yet, this transcript is very inaccurate, and it must have been tlie production of some ignorant scribe. On the back, this MS. is lettered " Extracts from Leabhar Droma Sneachtaigh(BookofDromSneacht); byJ- Maolconaire, 1560. "
^ It contains five quatrains, at p. 67.
' This is classed, No. 150.
'" Also a Tract on St. Suanach's sons, and
on St. Mochudda. These are now preserved in the Burgundian Library of Bruxelles, fols. 265, 268, vol. xi. , and vol. iv. , part ii. , p. 45.
"See " De Scriptoribus Hibernige," lib. i. , cap. xiii. , p. 90.
'- See "Catalogus Actuum Sanctorum quse MS. habentur, ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
'3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , xiv. Mail. De S.
