No More Learning

Todd and Reeves' 434, 435-
edition, pp.
36 The Twelfth Chapter of St. Patrick's
Life, as found in the Codex Alnensis, is
incorrectly quoted as authority for this
statement ; but, in a subjoined note, Dr.
Todd remarks, that the right reference is, not Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. On the cap. 12, hut cap 37.
Colgan's
Thaumaturga,"
" Trias
CalendarofOengus,p. cxxxvii.
3? See
Vita Quarta S. Patricii. cap. xxxvii, p. 39.
38
See ibid. Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. xxxi. , p. 14.
39 See ibid.
40
See ibid. , nn. 53, 54, p. 19.
41 See Rev. James O'Laverty's " Histori-
2
It states, that in Sillan's eyebrow was a poisonous hair, and that whoever saw it first each day died, until Molaissi of Leighlin took out that hair, when he died imme- diately afterwards. It is also stated, that every wretched man in a heavy disease desired to see the hair, so that he might die
cal Account of the Diocese of Down and at once. The comment adds, that the Connor," vol. i. Parish of Bright, p. 147. present saint was Sillan of Imbliuch Cassain
42 See '-Trias Thaumaturga," Secunda of Cualinge. See ibid. , pp. cxliv. , cxlv. Vita S. Patricii, nn. 53, 54, p. 20. 3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxiv. In
43
See ibid. Quarta Vita S. Patricii, cap. the Book of Leinster copy is SilUvm m xxxvii, and nn. 30, 31, pp. 39, 49. Imlich Car-fAin in Cu^lingi.
44 See "Ecclesiastical Antiquities of 4 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- Down, Connor, and Dromore," Appendix nise. " xv. Februarii. Vita S. Berachi. Sup-
LL. p. 380.
plementum, n. 6, p. 348.
Article 11. —'In the —
'iLeabhar Breac"
" O'Dubhagain
copy is the following stanza
:
1 the scholiast has praise. However,
2 in reference to him. A festival is
Hyacinthus which was with abundance of sorrow. Sillan the psalm ofevery sick ma—n in fair Imblinch (Cassain) is sung. "
" Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy,"
5
See
Topographical Poems of John and Gilla nanaomh O'Huidh-
Cuailge
S
274 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September ii.
Imleach Cassain's modern equivalent must be sought for in some townland denomination not far from Carlingford Lough or Dundalk Bay. By Marianus O'Gorman, the festival of Sillan has been set down at the nth of September. At the same date, in the of 6 his name also as
Martyrology Donegal, appears, Siollan, of Imleach Cassain,in Cuailgni; or of Imlach-caoin,in Tir Aedha, and, ' he is said to have been interred or honoured, at Inis Cameda, in Loch Eirne. Tir Aedha is now commensurate with the barony of Tirhugh, in the southern part of Donegal County, and there Imleach-caoin was situated, state the O'Clerys. The ancient name of Inish Coimeda may not at present
be easily discovered, among the many modern designations that are applied to the numerous islands, which dot the surface of the beautiful Lough
Erne. Veneration for this saint prevailed in Scotland, and his name is
registered in the Kalendarium Drummondiense,8 at the iii. of the September Ides, corresponding with the nth of the month.
Article III. —Reputed Festival for the Transfer of St. Bathen's Relics, and the Miracle of St. Duthac's Arm. At the nth of Sep- tember, Thomas Dempster * has a Festival to commemorate the Removal and Deposition of the Relics of St. Bathenus, Abbot of Himba. They were borne to the Monasterium Divini Ruris, according to his account ; and for
2 thisstatementheseemstoquotetheScotichronicon andRaphaelHolinshed,
or Roger Hoveden. In Adamnan's Life of St. Columba, allusion to the Island of Hinba or Himba frequently occurs,3 and that it was one of the Hebrides, lying to the North of Iona, has been ascertained, yet it has not
been satisfactorily identified by modern archaeologists. * Father Innes supposes it is probable, that Himba was what is since known as Ouyst or the Long Island. 5 Writing about the Parish of Jura, and treating on the Islands of Colonsay and Oransay, the Rev. Alexander Kennedy, minister, states : " Previously to the occupation of the Western Islands by the Scandinavians,
6
the larger island, (if not both,) seems to have been called Hymba. " Thomas Dempster states, that in the town of Thana, St. Duthac was vene-
rin. " Edited by John O'Donovan, LL. D. , work quoted— if it exists—is now to be
found.
3 See the Rev Dr. Reeves' edition of that
work, at lib. i. , cap. 21, pp. 50, 51, and n. 7 In a Note, Dr. Todd says, at the same (a), cap. 45, pp. 86, 87, and n. (b), lib. ii. ,
(n. ) 183, p. xxviii.
6 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
244, 245.
words, " He is," in the edited work ;" i. e. is buried, or honoured. "—/£*>/.
8 Thus: " Et in Hibernia Sancti Sillani confessoris. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars
cap. 24, pp. 134,135, and n. (a), lib. iii. , cap. 5, p. 197, and 11. (b), cap. 17, p. 219, and n. (a), cap. 18, p. 222, and n. (a), cap. 23, p. 237, and n. (f. )
4 Dr. Reeves thinks it may not be dififer- ent from the Elena insula, mentioned by Adamnan, in lib. ii. , cap. 18; and, if so,
abbatis Insula Himba reliquiarum adpor- Elachnare, or Eileannnaomh, holy island," tatio eo, et reconditio. C. ad pontem Sterui- one ©f the Garveloch Isles, lying north- lini miraculum Duthaci, quo Angli clade west of Scarba, and the Helant Letieow of ingenti fusi. U. S. '' — Bishop Forbes'
" Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 211. .
of Scottish Saints—," p. 24. Article hi. ' In the "
Menologium Scoticum" is the following entry for this
date: " Monasterio di. vini ruris Batheni he would be inclined to identify it with "
a " A Magno Maculone excriptum. " It ""
s See his Civil and Ecclesiastical His-
tory of Scotland," p. 189.
6 See "New Statistical Account of
makes. We know not where the present p. 544.
must be remarked, that in the Menologium Scoticum," Dempster neither gives chapter
nor of a writer or his work, to page
verify
the generally questionable references he Scotland," vol. . vii. , part ii. Argyle,
Fordun's " Scotichronicon," vol. i. , lib. ii. , cap. x. , p. 43. William F. Skene's edition, Edinburgh, 1871, 8vo.
September ii. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 275
rated on the 8th of March, 7 according to Adam King's Kalendar, 8 and that the Miracle of his Arm takes place on the xi. of September. 9
1
Article IV. —Reputed Festival of a St. Batheneus.
Henry Fitzsimon,inhisCatalogusaliquorumSanctorumIberniae, citestheLifeof St. Columba 2 and the English Martyrology, for placing the Festival of St.
Batheneus, at the nth of September. There are many forms of this saint's name, such as Baithan, Boetan, Baoton, Buadan, Boedan, Da Buedoc,3 Baotan, Baothan, Baothin, Baoitin, Baoithin,* Baitan—, Bathan, Baithon, and
ifBeoanandBean thenamesofsaintsin Ireland and Scotland be not other forms of it. In like manner, there
Bothan. s It be —
may questioned,
are various festivals for saints so distinguished: thus, at January 9th/ 12th,
7
14th, 23rd ;*3
14at
26th;'-' and at December
jsand 16atOctober 17 18 18th; 6th, 12th,
8 and
9 at
February 5th
10 and 11 at March1st12 and 19th;
29th; May 22nd;
16th. 21 Among all these saints and feasts, there is no such name on record at the nth of September; but, this entry most probably refers to the festival for the Transfer of St. Bathen's
Relics.
at 12th, 19 and
June 9th
ArticleV. —St. Daniel,BishopofBangor,CountyofDown. In 1
the Martyrology of Tallagh, we find the name of Daniel, Bishop of Benn- chair,entered,ashavingbeenvenerated,atthenthofSeptember. Weare informed, that according to the custom of the time when he lived, several bishops exercised their office in the Church of Ireland, while discharging the
2
functions of Abbots. These belonging to Bangor were usually styled
successors of 3 In the of 4 at this same Comgall. Martyrology Donegal,
date, is the entry, Daniel, Bishop, of Bennchor. The time when he lived is not
7 See an account of him, at that date, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. iii.
8 1 do not find this Translation of Relics noted, in any of the published Scottish Kalendars, at the nth of September; nor is the town of Thana mentioned by Adam King, at the 8th of M^rch.
I0 See in the Second Volume of this work
Baothan, Art. vii.
" See ibid.
, Baoithin or Baetin, Art. ii.
'2
See in Jhe Third Volume of this work, Art. iii.
I3 See ibid. , Baetan or Boetan, Art. xiii.
** See in the Fifth Volume of this work,
9 For the foregoing notice, Dempster Baoithin, Art. ii.
quotesBoece. — ARTICLE iv.
l
^ See in the Sixth Volume of this work,
See O'Sullivan Beare's Baithine or Baoethine, Art. iii.
" l6
Histjrice Catholicse Hibernice Compen- See ibid. , Baithin or Baothan, Art. ii.
dium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 52. ^See in the Tenth Volume of this work,
2
It is difficult to find in any of St. Baoithin.
Columba's Lives, where the authority can be found, for placing St. Bathenus and his Festival at this day.
l8
See ibid. , Baoithin.
'» See ibid. , Baoithin, Lesi.
20
See ibid. , Beoah.
2I See in the Twelfth Volume of this
Bean.
Article v. —1 Edited
by
See in his Commentaries on the Life of
3 See
niae," Martii i.
n. 1,
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber- De S. Baitano sive Boetano,
work,
Colgan's
p. 437.
Rev. Dr.
p. xxxiv. In the Book of Leinster copy we
4 See the "Martyrology of Donegal," edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
362 to 365.
s See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of
Scottish Saints," pp. 274, 276.
•See in the First Volume of this work, at
that date, Baithin, Art. viii.
7 See ibid. , Baothin or Baithin, Art. viii. • See ibid. , Baetan or Baoden Mor. , Art. i. 9 See ibid. , Baeithin, Art. vi.
read "Daniel epr* ben.
2
St". Comgall, Fleming's "Collectanea
Sacra," pp. 315, 316, num. 68.
3 See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesias-
tical Antiquities of Down, Connor, and
Dromore," Appendix A. , p. 152.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
244, 245.
Kelly.
276 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [Septemberit.
mentioned. At this date, Marianus O'Gorman notices the good and great Daniel. Under the head of Bennchor, Duald Mac Firbis also enters
6
He moreover, in the Calendar compiled by the Rev. William Reeves. 7
Daniel, Bishop of Bennchor, at the nth of September.
Article VI. —St. Conamhail, Son of Failbhe, Abbot of Iona. —
Set down in the
1
and
and of Marianus O'Gorman, at the nth of September, we find the name of Conamhail or Conomal. He is somewhat differently described, elsewhere,
[Seventh
and an account of his
Martyrologies
Tallagh
Eighth Centuries]
of
him. 2 he is By Tighernach,
family
line
distinguishes
called Conmael. This holy man was the son of Failbhe. He belonged to
the Clann Colla, and therefore he was of the Airghialla or Oriellians. He
descended from the race of Colla Uais,3 monarch of Erin. Conamhail
seems early to have embraced the religious state of life, and to have lived as
a member of the community at Iona, while the celebrated Adamnan* was
Abbot. On the death of this latter, he immediately succeeded, being the
first Abbot of Hy, whose descent is referred to a different house from that of
Conal Gulban. s During the term of his office, Dunchad is stated to have
held the principatus of Hy, in a. d. 706 6 or 707;? by which we may
understand, either that he had been appointed in consequence of the age or
infirmities of Conamhail to administer the affairs of the society as a ianist
8
or that some schism arose in the Monastery, possibly on the Paschal
abbot ;
question, and which led to a rival appointment. 9 This Abbot of Iona died
a. d. IO to the Annals of the Four Masters. 11 The 708, according
Martyrology ofDonegal, atthissamedate,records,Conamhail,sonofFailbhe.
6
According to the Annals of Ulster. See
12
Article VII. —Reputed Festival of a St. Queranus, Abbot of Foilen, in Scotia. Among the Scottish Entries in the Kalendar of David
1 there is a festival at the nth of for a St. Camerarius, September
Queranus, Abbot of Foilen, in Scotia. 2 This statement is given by the Bollandists, on
his authority, at the present date,3 with a reference to the 9th of September. As we have already seen, at the latter day, Father Suyskens* and others have
5 See Archdall's " Monasticon Hiberni- cum," p. 108.
6
See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. , parti. , pp. 88, 89.
7 See " Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down,
Connor, and Dromore," Appendix LL. , p.
380.
Article VI. —'Edited Rev. Dr.
by Kelly,
p. xxxiv. In that copy contained in the Book of I. einster is the entry ConamAil.
e Rev. Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores," tomus ii. Tiger- nachi Annales.
3 He began to reign in a. d. 323, and in 326, he and his brothers were expelled to Scotland. They returned to Ireland the year following, and accepted service under Muircadhach Tireach, the reigning king. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 122, 123.
* See his Life, at the 23rd of this month, in the present volume.
5 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life
of St. Columba. " Additional Notes, O, p.
378.
-OmnAlA nla-oh, edited with translation and notes by William M. Hennessy, vol. i. , pp. 156,157.
7 According to Tigernach.
8 He was a promoter of the Roman observance for Easter.
9 See Rev. Dr. O'Conor's "Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores," tomus iv. , n. p. 72.
I0 See "Trias Colgan's
Thaumaturga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Columba? , cap.
iii. , sect, v. , p. 501.
" See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , pp.
30S, 309.
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
244, 245. — Article VII.
'
"11 Die. Sanctus Queranus Abbas Foilensis in
Scotia. "
Thus entered
:
3"
See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of
Scottish Saints," p. 240.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii.
Septembris xi. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 744.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. Septembrisix. DeS. KieranoseuQuerano, Abbate Cluain-mic-noisensi, Commentaries Hisloricus, sect, i. , num. 3, 4, 5, 6, p. 371.
is noticed,
September ii. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 277
given reasons for supposing him to have been confounded with St. Kiaran of Clonmacnoise. However, Camerarius s and Lubinus,6 who scarcely distinguish between both, make the abbot of Clonmacnoise different from him of Foilen. In a Missal, published by order of Pope Clement XII. , there is a festival prescribed for a St. Kiran, Abbot and Patron of Foilen. 7 It seems difficult to find any place bearing such a name in Ireland, or in any part of Great Britain. Although Father Suyskens adopts the opinion, that through some mistake, this festival had been intended to commemorate St. Kyran of Clonmacnoise, and whose true feast had been fixed for Sepember 9th, where we have already treated about him ; he still allows it might be conjectured, that there had been some one bearing the name of the patron of Clonmacnoise in a monastery which followed his rule, or perhaps the editor of the Missal adopted the authority of Camerarius or Lubinus, notwithstanding the unknown
sources from which their statements had been derived.