"
TheMartyrologyofTallagh
records,
of "' Tallagh
the name
April.
of "' Tallagh
the name
April.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v4
xxxix.
, pp.
17, 18.
some;other
authorities.
inLiberPontificalis.
Histoire
ther, printed at Cologne
"
graphic Universelle," &c. , tomeix. , col. 345.
=5 See M. Le Dr. Hoeffer's
Nouvelle Bio-
Lubeck, 1490, in Greven's additions to Usuard,
April 6. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 53
greater number of our Calendarists place his departure, at the viii. of the
April ldes,59 which corresponds with the 6th day of the present month. *° During his lifetime, this Pope had ornamented the cemetery of Priscilla '' with
paintings,^^ in which the synod assembled at Ephesus was represented. In that cemetery, his remains were interred. An original epitaph recorded. ^J that he was an excellent bishop, honoured and beloved by every one, and who, for the sanctity of his life, enjoyed the sight of Jesus Christ, and the eternal honour of the saints. ** After some time, the remains of St. Celestine were removed to the Church of St. Praxedes. This translation is said to have taken place, in the year 817, during the Pontificate of Pope Pascal. At a later period, although the time is not precisely known, the city of Mantua acquired his precious relics; and each year, at the present date, a Double Office, taken from the Annals of Baronius, has been recited to honour him.
Among the Irish Proper Offices,'' composed by Bishop De Burgo, there is a Duplex Majus, for the Feast of St. Celestine I. , Pope and Confessor, and the Lessons are taken from more ancient sources. '* Some portions of this saint's relics are thought to have been kept, at Rome, in the Church of St. Paul, without the walls,*' The Roman Martyrology enters the festival for Pope St. Celestine I. , with an eulogy pronounced, at the 6th day of April. ** The BoUandists, with most of our Irish and more recent Calendars, counten- ance this arrangement In Scotland, likewise, Pope St. Celestine was vene- rated, on the 6th day of April. ** This was owing to his having originated the introduction of Christianity in that country, by procuring through St. Palla- dius the Gospel to be preached for its people.
Article IV. —St. Cathur, or Cathub, Bishop of Achadhcinn, PROBABLVAuGHNAKEELy,CouNTYOFANTRIM. Sacredbiographyshould be a record of useful individual traits of character, and of social facts, on which religious philosophy, as a science, might be based. But, we have, very fre-
»Thus, Anastasius, Luitprandus, Abbo Floriacensis, with the Liber Poiitific. ili*, Ciaconius, the . Manuscript Gesta Pontifi- cum ; ar. d, likewise, the Martyrologies of Bellinus, M. iurolycus, Kelicius, Galesinius, Canisius ; in the ancient Kalendars of llie Missal and Breviary of Milan, in the Roman Martyruloj^, as also in several other Manu- script? .
'"The Rev. Alban Butler has his death assipneil to Ihelst of August, A. D. 432. See "Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. iv. , April vi.
. See cap.
Debita quae Sanctis aeteriios reddit honores,
Corporis hie tumulus : requiescant Oisa, cinisque :
Nee perithinc alicjuid : Domino caro cuncta resurgit.
Terrenum nunc terra tegit, mens nes cia mortis
- " It was on the Salarian
—Gruterus, In Antiquis Inscriptlonibus, p. 1 171.
' See Tellemont, tome xiv. , p. 148.
way. Aringhus, lib. iv. Romx Subterranese,
'5 See L)e " Officia Sanc- Burgo's Propria
torum Hiberni;e,"Dievi. Aprilis, pp. 4St047. "Ex Proprio Basilicarum Laterallensis,
Vaticanae et Liberianae, Urbis.
" According to Octavius Pancirolus in
Thesuaro abscondito Urbis, kegione 2,
Ecclesia
"See "Martyrologium Romanum," p.
154. Editio Romie, a. d. 1586.
'» Thus, as we find the entry, in the Kalen-
dar of Adam King : "Cctlestinus Pape
success, t—o Bonifacus vnder Theodos. ye
xxvi;i.
''
Allusion is made to this tradition, by Pope Hadrian I. , in his Epistle to Charle-
magne, King of the Franks.
'J It bore the following inscription
:
—
42.
"
Priesul Apostolicx Sedis, venerabilis omni
Quum rexit populo, decimum dum conderetannum
CcEle. --tinus agens, vitam migravit in iUam,
Vivit, et aspectu fruitur bene conscia Christi.
zounger. " Bisiiop Forbes' Scottish Saints," p, 149,
"
Kalendars of
54
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 6.
quently, in the case of Ireland's saints, materials too scanty for information,
and instruction, in most of our hagiographical essays. The Bollandists have a mere notice to this holy man, but his name is incorrectly given. ' St. Cathub was born, in the early part of the fifth century, and in the year 404. He was son of Fergus. " The present holy man has been classed, but incor- rectly, among the disciples of St. Patrick. s He is said to have been bishop of Achadh-cinn, or Achid-cinn. Some authorities only style him Abbot. His place is supposed to have been identical with the present Aughnakeely,5 one* of the four townlands of Craigs,' barony of Kilconway, and county of Antrim. In Colgan's time, it was called Achadh na Cille, and it lay within the boundaries of Dalriadia. ^ At this spot, there was an ancient burial ground,9 although its name is not marked on the Ordnance Survey Maps. A
'° has
at the southern boundary of Kilconway, which is but a short distance from
this place," It has been conjectured, that Loch Cathbadh, Latinized, Lacus
Cathbadii, adjoining Dal-aradia, may have taken its denomination, from the present holy man. " He flourished before and after the commencement of
the sixth century, and he died, on the 6th of April, a. d. 554. "3 It is said, that he lived, for one hundred and fifty years. '* This account also agrees with a statement in the " Chronicon Scotorum ;'5 but, the year of his death was 555, according to the latter authority. It must be observed, that Rev. Dr. Lanigan doubts the attainment of his extraordinary term of life,'* and
Article iv, —' They call him Carhubius * See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Episcopus, in the "Acta Sanctorum," Vita S. Patricii, pars, ii. , cap. cxxx. , p.
very capable investigator
remarked,
that or the Route, ends Dalriada,
tomus i. , Aprilis vi. Among the pretermitted saints, page 531.
" So states the Irish Calendar of the O'Clerys, from other sources.
"
Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap.
xxiii. , p. 269.
* In the Annals of Ulster, n^j'aKW. 554, he
is called " Cathal mac Feigusa, Episcopus Achid-cinn.
5 See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
146, and n. 195, p. 182.
5 See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesiasti-
cal [Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro- more," for further account of this place and of its saint. Kote(n. ) pp. 89, 90, and Ap- pendix LL, p. 377.
3 See Colgan's
for the county of Antrim," sheet 32. '"
The others are Groogagh, Carliunny and
Grannagli.
' The Rev. William Reeves observes :
"The townlands of Craigs, until lately, be-
longed to the parish ofAlioghill; but in 1840 they, and twenty-one townlands more, were, by Act of Council, severed from it, and formed into a new parish called Craigs, which m. iy be considered as the modern re-
presentative of the Clenily of the Taxation. The parish of Kilconriola, which at the Dis- solution was an appropriation of Muckamore Priory, is not mentioned in tlie Taxation ; which may be accounted for either by sup- posing it to be rated, inter alia, with the house to which it was attached ; or that at
p.
I.
'* "
the date of the Taxation it formed part of identified. ""
He says
Cathub having lis'ed to the aye of about 1 50
""
and Dromore. (n. ) pp. 89, 90, been in . St. Patrick's time. " Ecclc^iasti-
which is very likely, from the in- distinct boundary between the two, and the shape of Kinconriola, which resembled —a
There is a story concerning years. It was, I suspect, patched up in con-
Ahoghill
;
:
strip cut off the east side of Ahoghill. "
of his been confounded having
seqitence
'Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor with a priest Cathbad, who i—s said to have
'°
Tlie Rev. William Reeves.
" Again, Colgan conjectures, that this spot may be the AXchAU-Cinn, mentioned by Tigernach and by the Four Masters, at tlie year 554. Archdall converts into a certainty,
what Colgan here merely stated as a specu- lation. See Monasticon Hibernicum,"
See Colgan s Trias Thaumaturga ;" Septima or Vita Tripartita S. Patricii, pars, ii. , cap. cxxx. , p. 182, n. 195.
3 See the " Annals of Ulster. "
't " The Age of Christ, 554. The sixteenth
year of Diarmaid. St. Cathub, son of
Fearghus, Abbot of Achadh-cinn, died on the 6ih of Aprd. One hundred and—fifty
years was the length of his life. " O'Donov. an's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 190, 191 ; and n (o). Ibid.
'5EditedbyWilliamM. Hennessy. See
p. 5'- -"According to Mr. Hennessy, the
place of this saint has not been sufficiently
Dr.
April 6. 1 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
55
accounts for the story of that great age, on a conjecture of his own. Colgan
suspected, that the priest, named Fothrath "' or Cathbad,'* who was placed over a church at Fothrat, might have been the same as St. Cathub, who was reveredatAchadcinn,orAchadnacill. "' Yet,thislatterplaceisnotnamed in the Tripartite, nor in any of St. Patrick's various Acts. '° The Martyrology
gal," Cathur, son of Fergus, Bishop, over Achadh-cinn.
Article V. —St. Berchan, or Bercham, said to have been Bishop
OF THE Orkney Islands, Scotland. The youth of this holy man was
passed, in the monastery of St. Columbn, not far from the province of Stirling, where he was celebrated. ' He went tolnchmahome, in the lake of Menteiih. St.
Berchan, was a bishop in the Orkneys,' according to theNfartyrologiesof King,3 of Dempster,* and of Camerarius. s However, this does not seem to be cer-
tain. * His feast occurs, at the 6th of April, in the Scottish Calendars ; how- ever, he seems to be confounded, with St. Berchan,' Bishop of Cluainsosta,
or Clonsost, in Ui-Failghe. It is said, that Kilbarchan,* in Renfrew, takes itsnamefromhim. ' TherewasaChurchofKilbarchan,possessedbythe
AbbeyofPaisley. " Afinecrossistobeseen,"intheparishofHouston," in the barony of Barochan, perhaps called after this saint. Other memorials '3 of him are to be met with in Scotland ; and, these serve to identify him with
St. Berchan, venerated in Ireland, at the 4th of August.
Article VI. —The Ordination of St. Patrick. \Fifth Century. ^ The
' BoUandistsmerelynoticethisFeast.
" TheMartyrologyofTallagh records,
of "' Tallagh
the name
April. On this day was venerated, according to the Martyrology of Done-
registers
merely,
as at the 6th of Cathub, Bishop,
cal History of Ireland," vol. ii. , chap. xL, tec. vi. , n. 65, p. 105. Dr. Lanigan almost invariably considers as fabulous any age of
an Irish saint, exceefiing 100 years. See,
also, iiiiJ. , vol. i. , chap, vi. , sect, iii. , n. 22,
pp. 267, 268.
' The modem name of Fothrath, or FotK-
ratease, is not known.
''See "Trias Thaumaturga," Serptima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , tap. cxxx. , p. I46.
''SeeColgan's"TriasThaumaturga,"n. 195, p. 182.
where we read : "6 Die. Sanctus Her- chamus vel Berthanus Episcopus Orcaden-
"*
this church was built by St. Patrick. See " Monasticon Hibemicum," p. 1.
of St. Columba," p. 315, n. '° "
Archdall tells us, notwithstanding, that
See Origines Parochiales," vol. i. , p. " A fine represent. ition of it will be found,
" Edited Rev. Dr.
by Kelly, p.
Stuart's " . Stones of . Sculptured
xx. In in
the Franciscan copy, we find CAchubi Scotland," vol. i. , p. 35, plates 115, 116.
" See "Old Statistical Survey of Scot- *" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. land," vol. i. , p. 326.
Jan. , 1578 (Regis! .
96,97- —
Akticlk v. According Cameranus, Burgh Tain,
' to of loth
at p. 127. Magni Sigi'. li, lib. xxxvii. No. 89), one of the '"
. See an account of him, in Bishop Forbes' fairs mentioned is Dies S. Barquhani qui " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 279. est tercius dies post festum S. Petri ad Vin-
J at 6th, we read " S. cula vocat Lambmes. "—Bishop Forbes'
:
Tiius, Apryll
Bercham bishop and c—onfess, in Scotland
"Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 279.
of
* "—at
Thus, quoting King, at vi. Kirkux Ber- mitted festivals, p. 531.
' Rev. Dr. xx. In the thami episcopi Orcaiium Sanctissimi. " Edited by Kelly, p.
IHJ. , " Menologium Scotorum," p. 196. Franciscan copy, we find Op'oino. cio pAC-
vnder King Kennede. " IHd. Kalendar
Sanctorum," tomus i. , Aprilis vi. Among the preter-
AtJam King, p. 149.
s See Scottish entries in his Calendar,
picii.
—UnJ.
' No notice of him is to be found, in the
sis et Confessor. "
p. 236.
"
Rev. . Mackenzie E. C. Walcott's Monasticon," at the account of Kirkwall, See of Orkney, pp. 1 73 to 178.
' His feast occurs, at the 4th of August. 'See "Old Statistical Survey of Scot-
land," vol. XV. , p. 482. »SeeRev. Dr. Reeves'Adamnan's Life
John
'^ " In the charter of to the privileges
Article
vi. — See "Acta
Scoli-
"
S6 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[April 6.
"
the Ordina- tion of St. Patrick," refers to his sacredotal ordination, or to his episcopal consecration,cannotbeexactlydetermined. Itisprobable,however,itmust be coupled with the latter, as more in accordance with ecclesiastical usage. Even at the present time, it is customary, to commemorate the anniversary of
a Bishop's consecration, by a prayer, added to the Mass, offered on that day,
within his own diocese. In the published Martyrology of Donegal,3 the editor
remarksinanote "Themorerecenthandadds ' OrdinatioS. Patricii, : here,
Article VII. —St. Aedhech, or Aidech. Such a record is found, in
the Martyrology of 'I'allagh,' at the 6th of April. The Bollandists call him
Aidecus. " We read, likewise, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ that Aedhech < was venerated on this day. We know of little regarding him, the period when he lived, or the locality with which he had been connected.
Article VIII. —Feast of the Translation of St. Rupert's Relics. The feast of the Translation of St. Rupert's Relics is placed by Ferrarius,' at the 6th of April. His Acts are already given, at the 27th of March, and to these the reader is referred.
Article IX. —Festival of St. Herenius, Bishop. With high com-
mendation, the "Feilire"' of St. ^ngus mentions the present holy man, as havingbeencommemoratedintheIrishChurch. Herenas,theBishop,with
his companions, suffered for the Faith, at Nicomedia, in Bithynia ;^ but, of tiieir personal history, little seems to be known, nor are the difierent Martyr-
ologies agreed, as to their number and names. Thus, Firmus, Bishop and Martyr, at Nicomedia, with twenty-eight companions in suffering, will be found,inaManuscriptofUtrecht;3 whiletheMartyrologyofTallaghenters Hereneus, Bereneus, Firmus, Solutor, Quartila, Ciriacius and Moyses. *
at this date, Ordinatio Patricii. Whether this entry, meaning,
"
supply an obvious omission of the compilers.
Mart. Taml,'
as if it were deemed by the writer a matter of importance, to
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
96, 97.
Article vii. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. XX. In the fianciscan copy are
two different renderings of this name -Aioecli
and •<Vex)e<M.
=""
See ActaSanctorum tomusi. ,Aprilis
It is thus tianslated by Dr. Whitley Stokes:—
"——
Herenius the bishop, great is his
thousand was a beautiful bush with vir-
ginity,
,g^^^„^^^^^^^of^^ ;„4,,^g^,,,^,,.
^,^1^, . . ^^j^ Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
^|_ p^SanctisMartyribusNicomediensibus, Firmo, Herenxo Episcopo, Himnaro, Solu- j^^^^ Quiriaco, Moyse, Romano, Successo, Quartilla, Romana, Donato, Sixto. Victore, 5,,;,; (^ y^tyro. Their commemo- ration is written, by Father Godefrid Hen-
'
the preterm, ted samts, p. 531. Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
"•,3 ^? °'l\
Aprilis
?
. T^T. J1
.
Mn a note, Dr. Todd
says,
1•
at this word
Aedhech.
Article viii. -- See "CatalogusGene-
rahs Sanctorum.
Artici. e i. x. -' The followmg is the
text of this notice :- Tlei\eniu|- ince|"cop
mile
<! iC<smo]\d
bacam -oo)'! " conuAige hipiAX)Aic pno pini.
,,„ , „
a fair vine in God. '
g
3 Belonging to the Collegiate Church of
St. Mary.
* and Romanus, Gaius, Donatus, Victor,
Sextus are the names interposed.
,^i,^„^ ^j
April 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 57
^ftjcntft ©ap of april.
ARTICLE I. —ST. FINAN, PATRON AND ABBOT OF KINNETTV', KING'S COUNTY.
[SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. }
CHAPTER I .
INTRODUCTION—SOURCES FOR ST. FINAN's BIOGRAPHY—PREDICTION OF ST. ABBAN— ST. FISAN's PARENTAGE AND NATIVITY—HIS EARLY BOYHOOD AND TUITION UNDER ST. BRENDAN—ST. FINAN IS RECOMMENDED TO FOUND A MONASTERY AT KINNETTY—HIS SUBSEQUENT ACTS.
distinguished holy men, our present subject of biography
AMONG a had to occupied deservedly high position. Colgan promised give
the Life of St. Finan, at this day.
some;other
authorities.
inLiberPontificalis.
Histoire
ther, printed at Cologne
"
graphic Universelle," &c. , tomeix. , col. 345.
=5 See M. Le Dr. Hoeffer's
Nouvelle Bio-
Lubeck, 1490, in Greven's additions to Usuard,
April 6. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 53
greater number of our Calendarists place his departure, at the viii. of the
April ldes,59 which corresponds with the 6th day of the present month. *° During his lifetime, this Pope had ornamented the cemetery of Priscilla '' with
paintings,^^ in which the synod assembled at Ephesus was represented. In that cemetery, his remains were interred. An original epitaph recorded. ^J that he was an excellent bishop, honoured and beloved by every one, and who, for the sanctity of his life, enjoyed the sight of Jesus Christ, and the eternal honour of the saints. ** After some time, the remains of St. Celestine were removed to the Church of St. Praxedes. This translation is said to have taken place, in the year 817, during the Pontificate of Pope Pascal. At a later period, although the time is not precisely known, the city of Mantua acquired his precious relics; and each year, at the present date, a Double Office, taken from the Annals of Baronius, has been recited to honour him.
Among the Irish Proper Offices,'' composed by Bishop De Burgo, there is a Duplex Majus, for the Feast of St. Celestine I. , Pope and Confessor, and the Lessons are taken from more ancient sources. '* Some portions of this saint's relics are thought to have been kept, at Rome, in the Church of St. Paul, without the walls,*' The Roman Martyrology enters the festival for Pope St. Celestine I. , with an eulogy pronounced, at the 6th day of April. ** The BoUandists, with most of our Irish and more recent Calendars, counten- ance this arrangement In Scotland, likewise, Pope St. Celestine was vene- rated, on the 6th day of April. ** This was owing to his having originated the introduction of Christianity in that country, by procuring through St. Palla- dius the Gospel to be preached for its people.
Article IV. —St. Cathur, or Cathub, Bishop of Achadhcinn, PROBABLVAuGHNAKEELy,CouNTYOFANTRIM. Sacredbiographyshould be a record of useful individual traits of character, and of social facts, on which religious philosophy, as a science, might be based. But, we have, very fre-
»Thus, Anastasius, Luitprandus, Abbo Floriacensis, with the Liber Poiitific. ili*, Ciaconius, the . Manuscript Gesta Pontifi- cum ; ar. d, likewise, the Martyrologies of Bellinus, M. iurolycus, Kelicius, Galesinius, Canisius ; in the ancient Kalendars of llie Missal and Breviary of Milan, in the Roman Martyruloj^, as also in several other Manu- script? .
'"The Rev. Alban Butler has his death assipneil to Ihelst of August, A. D. 432. See "Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. iv. , April vi.
. See cap.
Debita quae Sanctis aeteriios reddit honores,
Corporis hie tumulus : requiescant Oisa, cinisque :
Nee perithinc alicjuid : Domino caro cuncta resurgit.
Terrenum nunc terra tegit, mens nes cia mortis
- " It was on the Salarian
—Gruterus, In Antiquis Inscriptlonibus, p. 1 171.
' See Tellemont, tome xiv. , p. 148.
way. Aringhus, lib. iv. Romx Subterranese,
'5 See L)e " Officia Sanc- Burgo's Propria
torum Hiberni;e,"Dievi. Aprilis, pp. 4St047. "Ex Proprio Basilicarum Laterallensis,
Vaticanae et Liberianae, Urbis.
" According to Octavius Pancirolus in
Thesuaro abscondito Urbis, kegione 2,
Ecclesia
"See "Martyrologium Romanum," p.
154. Editio Romie, a. d. 1586.
'» Thus, as we find the entry, in the Kalen-
dar of Adam King : "Cctlestinus Pape
success, t—o Bonifacus vnder Theodos. ye
xxvi;i.
''
Allusion is made to this tradition, by Pope Hadrian I. , in his Epistle to Charle-
magne, King of the Franks.
'J It bore the following inscription
:
—
42.
"
Priesul Apostolicx Sedis, venerabilis omni
Quum rexit populo, decimum dum conderetannum
CcEle. --tinus agens, vitam migravit in iUam,
Vivit, et aspectu fruitur bene conscia Christi.
zounger. " Bisiiop Forbes' Scottish Saints," p, 149,
"
Kalendars of
54
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 6.
quently, in the case of Ireland's saints, materials too scanty for information,
and instruction, in most of our hagiographical essays. The Bollandists have a mere notice to this holy man, but his name is incorrectly given. ' St. Cathub was born, in the early part of the fifth century, and in the year 404. He was son of Fergus. " The present holy man has been classed, but incor- rectly, among the disciples of St. Patrick. s He is said to have been bishop of Achadh-cinn, or Achid-cinn. Some authorities only style him Abbot. His place is supposed to have been identical with the present Aughnakeely,5 one* of the four townlands of Craigs,' barony of Kilconway, and county of Antrim. In Colgan's time, it was called Achadh na Cille, and it lay within the boundaries of Dalriadia. ^ At this spot, there was an ancient burial ground,9 although its name is not marked on the Ordnance Survey Maps. A
'° has
at the southern boundary of Kilconway, which is but a short distance from
this place," It has been conjectured, that Loch Cathbadh, Latinized, Lacus
Cathbadii, adjoining Dal-aradia, may have taken its denomination, from the present holy man. " He flourished before and after the commencement of
the sixth century, and he died, on the 6th of April, a. d. 554. "3 It is said, that he lived, for one hundred and fifty years. '* This account also agrees with a statement in the " Chronicon Scotorum ;'5 but, the year of his death was 555, according to the latter authority. It must be observed, that Rev. Dr. Lanigan doubts the attainment of his extraordinary term of life,'* and
Article iv, —' They call him Carhubius * See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Episcopus, in the "Acta Sanctorum," Vita S. Patricii, pars, ii. , cap. cxxx. , p.
very capable investigator
remarked,
that or the Route, ends Dalriada,
tomus i. , Aprilis vi. Among the pretermitted saints, page 531.
" So states the Irish Calendar of the O'Clerys, from other sources.
"
Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap.
xxiii. , p. 269.
* In the Annals of Ulster, n^j'aKW. 554, he
is called " Cathal mac Feigusa, Episcopus Achid-cinn.
5 See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
146, and n. 195, p. 182.
5 See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesiasti-
cal [Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro- more," for further account of this place and of its saint. Kote(n. ) pp. 89, 90, and Ap- pendix LL, p. 377.
3 See Colgan's
for the county of Antrim," sheet 32. '"
The others are Groogagh, Carliunny and
Grannagli.
' The Rev. William Reeves observes :
"The townlands of Craigs, until lately, be-
longed to the parish ofAlioghill; but in 1840 they, and twenty-one townlands more, were, by Act of Council, severed from it, and formed into a new parish called Craigs, which m. iy be considered as the modern re-
presentative of the Clenily of the Taxation. The parish of Kilconriola, which at the Dis- solution was an appropriation of Muckamore Priory, is not mentioned in tlie Taxation ; which may be accounted for either by sup- posing it to be rated, inter alia, with the house to which it was attached ; or that at
p.
I.
'* "
the date of the Taxation it formed part of identified. ""
He says
Cathub having lis'ed to the aye of about 1 50
""
and Dromore. (n. ) pp. 89, 90, been in . St. Patrick's time. " Ecclc^iasti-
which is very likely, from the in- distinct boundary between the two, and the shape of Kinconriola, which resembled —a
There is a story concerning years. It was, I suspect, patched up in con-
Ahoghill
;
:
strip cut off the east side of Ahoghill. "
of his been confounded having
seqitence
'Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor with a priest Cathbad, who i—s said to have
'°
Tlie Rev. William Reeves.
" Again, Colgan conjectures, that this spot may be the AXchAU-Cinn, mentioned by Tigernach and by the Four Masters, at tlie year 554. Archdall converts into a certainty,
what Colgan here merely stated as a specu- lation. See Monasticon Hibernicum,"
See Colgan s Trias Thaumaturga ;" Septima or Vita Tripartita S. Patricii, pars, ii. , cap. cxxx. , p. 182, n. 195.
3 See the " Annals of Ulster. "
't " The Age of Christ, 554. The sixteenth
year of Diarmaid. St. Cathub, son of
Fearghus, Abbot of Achadh-cinn, died on the 6ih of Aprd. One hundred and—fifty
years was the length of his life. " O'Donov. an's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 190, 191 ; and n (o). Ibid.
'5EditedbyWilliamM. Hennessy. See
p. 5'- -"According to Mr. Hennessy, the
place of this saint has not been sufficiently
Dr.
April 6. 1 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
55
accounts for the story of that great age, on a conjecture of his own. Colgan
suspected, that the priest, named Fothrath "' or Cathbad,'* who was placed over a church at Fothrat, might have been the same as St. Cathub, who was reveredatAchadcinn,orAchadnacill. "' Yet,thislatterplaceisnotnamed in the Tripartite, nor in any of St. Patrick's various Acts. '° The Martyrology
gal," Cathur, son of Fergus, Bishop, over Achadh-cinn.
Article V. —St. Berchan, or Bercham, said to have been Bishop
OF THE Orkney Islands, Scotland. The youth of this holy man was
passed, in the monastery of St. Columbn, not far from the province of Stirling, where he was celebrated. ' He went tolnchmahome, in the lake of Menteiih. St.
Berchan, was a bishop in the Orkneys,' according to theNfartyrologiesof King,3 of Dempster,* and of Camerarius. s However, this does not seem to be cer-
tain. * His feast occurs, at the 6th of April, in the Scottish Calendars ; how- ever, he seems to be confounded, with St. Berchan,' Bishop of Cluainsosta,
or Clonsost, in Ui-Failghe. It is said, that Kilbarchan,* in Renfrew, takes itsnamefromhim. ' TherewasaChurchofKilbarchan,possessedbythe
AbbeyofPaisley. " Afinecrossistobeseen,"intheparishofHouston," in the barony of Barochan, perhaps called after this saint. Other memorials '3 of him are to be met with in Scotland ; and, these serve to identify him with
St. Berchan, venerated in Ireland, at the 4th of August.
Article VI. —The Ordination of St. Patrick. \Fifth Century. ^ The
' BoUandistsmerelynoticethisFeast.
" TheMartyrologyofTallagh records,
of "' Tallagh
the name
April. On this day was venerated, according to the Martyrology of Done-
registers
merely,
as at the 6th of Cathub, Bishop,
cal History of Ireland," vol. ii. , chap. xL, tec. vi. , n. 65, p. 105. Dr. Lanigan almost invariably considers as fabulous any age of
an Irish saint, exceefiing 100 years. See,
also, iiiiJ. , vol. i. , chap, vi. , sect, iii. , n. 22,
pp. 267, 268.
' The modem name of Fothrath, or FotK-
ratease, is not known.
''See "Trias Thaumaturga," Serptima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , tap. cxxx. , p. I46.
''SeeColgan's"TriasThaumaturga,"n. 195, p. 182.
where we read : "6 Die. Sanctus Her- chamus vel Berthanus Episcopus Orcaden-
"*
this church was built by St. Patrick. See " Monasticon Hibemicum," p. 1.
of St. Columba," p. 315, n. '° "
Archdall tells us, notwithstanding, that
See Origines Parochiales," vol. i. , p. " A fine represent. ition of it will be found,
" Edited Rev. Dr.
by Kelly, p.
Stuart's " . Stones of . Sculptured
xx. In in
the Franciscan copy, we find CAchubi Scotland," vol. i. , p. 35, plates 115, 116.
" See "Old Statistical Survey of Scot- *" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. land," vol. i. , p. 326.
Jan. , 1578 (Regis! .
96,97- —
Akticlk v. According Cameranus, Burgh Tain,
' to of loth
at p. 127. Magni Sigi'. li, lib. xxxvii. No. 89), one of the '"
. See an account of him, in Bishop Forbes' fairs mentioned is Dies S. Barquhani qui " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 279. est tercius dies post festum S. Petri ad Vin-
J at 6th, we read " S. cula vocat Lambmes. "—Bishop Forbes'
:
Tiius, Apryll
Bercham bishop and c—onfess, in Scotland
"Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 279.
of
* "—at
Thus, quoting King, at vi. Kirkux Ber- mitted festivals, p. 531.
' Rev. Dr. xx. In the thami episcopi Orcaiium Sanctissimi. " Edited by Kelly, p.
IHJ. , " Menologium Scotorum," p. 196. Franciscan copy, we find Op'oino. cio pAC-
vnder King Kennede. " IHd. Kalendar
Sanctorum," tomus i. , Aprilis vi. Among the preter-
AtJam King, p. 149.
s See Scottish entries in his Calendar,
picii.
—UnJ.
' No notice of him is to be found, in the
sis et Confessor. "
p. 236.
"
Rev. . Mackenzie E. C. Walcott's Monasticon," at the account of Kirkwall, See of Orkney, pp. 1 73 to 178.
' His feast occurs, at the 4th of August. 'See "Old Statistical Survey of Scot-
land," vol. XV. , p. 482. »SeeRev. Dr. Reeves'Adamnan's Life
John
'^ " In the charter of to the privileges
Article
vi. — See "Acta
Scoli-
"
S6 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[April 6.
"
the Ordina- tion of St. Patrick," refers to his sacredotal ordination, or to his episcopal consecration,cannotbeexactlydetermined. Itisprobable,however,itmust be coupled with the latter, as more in accordance with ecclesiastical usage. Even at the present time, it is customary, to commemorate the anniversary of
a Bishop's consecration, by a prayer, added to the Mass, offered on that day,
within his own diocese. In the published Martyrology of Donegal,3 the editor
remarksinanote "Themorerecenthandadds ' OrdinatioS. Patricii, : here,
Article VII. —St. Aedhech, or Aidech. Such a record is found, in
the Martyrology of 'I'allagh,' at the 6th of April. The Bollandists call him
Aidecus. " We read, likewise, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ that Aedhech < was venerated on this day. We know of little regarding him, the period when he lived, or the locality with which he had been connected.
Article VIII. —Feast of the Translation of St. Rupert's Relics. The feast of the Translation of St. Rupert's Relics is placed by Ferrarius,' at the 6th of April. His Acts are already given, at the 27th of March, and to these the reader is referred.
Article IX. —Festival of St. Herenius, Bishop. With high com-
mendation, the "Feilire"' of St. ^ngus mentions the present holy man, as havingbeencommemoratedintheIrishChurch. Herenas,theBishop,with
his companions, suffered for the Faith, at Nicomedia, in Bithynia ;^ but, of tiieir personal history, little seems to be known, nor are the difierent Martyr-
ologies agreed, as to their number and names. Thus, Firmus, Bishop and Martyr, at Nicomedia, with twenty-eight companions in suffering, will be found,inaManuscriptofUtrecht;3 whiletheMartyrologyofTallaghenters Hereneus, Bereneus, Firmus, Solutor, Quartila, Ciriacius and Moyses. *
at this date, Ordinatio Patricii. Whether this entry, meaning,
"
supply an obvious omission of the compilers.
Mart. Taml,'
as if it were deemed by the writer a matter of importance, to
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
96, 97.
Article vii. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. XX. In the fianciscan copy are
two different renderings of this name -Aioecli
and •<Vex)e<M.
=""
See ActaSanctorum tomusi. ,Aprilis
It is thus tianslated by Dr. Whitley Stokes:—
"——
Herenius the bishop, great is his
thousand was a beautiful bush with vir-
ginity,
,g^^^„^^^^^^^of^^ ;„4,,^g^,,,^,,.
^,^1^, . . ^^j^ Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
^|_ p^SanctisMartyribusNicomediensibus, Firmo, Herenxo Episcopo, Himnaro, Solu- j^^^^ Quiriaco, Moyse, Romano, Successo, Quartilla, Romana, Donato, Sixto. Victore, 5,,;,; (^ y^tyro. Their commemo- ration is written, by Father Godefrid Hen-
'
the preterm, ted samts, p. 531. Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
"•,3 ^? °'l\
Aprilis
?
. T^T. J1
.
Mn a note, Dr. Todd
says,
1•
at this word
Aedhech.
Article viii. -- See "CatalogusGene-
rahs Sanctorum.
Artici. e i. x. -' The followmg is the
text of this notice :- Tlei\eniu|- ince|"cop
mile
<! iC<smo]\d
bacam -oo)'! " conuAige hipiAX)Aic pno pini.
,,„ , „
a fair vine in God. '
g
3 Belonging to the Collegiate Church of
St. Mary.
* and Romanus, Gaius, Donatus, Victor,
Sextus are the names interposed.
,^i,^„^ ^j
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^ftjcntft ©ap of april.
ARTICLE I. —ST. FINAN, PATRON AND ABBOT OF KINNETTV', KING'S COUNTY.
[SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. }
CHAPTER I .
INTRODUCTION—SOURCES FOR ST. FINAN's BIOGRAPHY—PREDICTION OF ST. ABBAN— ST. FISAN's PARENTAGE AND NATIVITY—HIS EARLY BOYHOOD AND TUITION UNDER ST. BRENDAN—ST. FINAN IS RECOMMENDED TO FOUND A MONASTERY AT KINNETTY—HIS SUBSEQUENT ACTS.
distinguished holy men, our present subject of biography
AMONG a had to occupied deservedly high position. Colgan promised give
the Life of St. Finan, at this day.
