In the Franciscan copy, the
entry seems to be CoriAnuf pi.
entry seems to be CoriAnuf pi.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v3
262, and n.
143, p.
265.
3' His nephew Lothaire I. appointed the learned Dungal to conduct the University of Pavia, with many other less celebrated schools, in Italy. See " Irish Folk-lore," by Lageniensis, chap, xxx. , page 276.
"
going accounts, he has taken ex archivis
ecclesise Arelatensis. " See, also. Father
3* See Antonius' " Historia. " The fore-
White's " cap. v. , pp. 61, 62.
Apologia pro Hibernia,"
Stephen
33 See Rev. Dr.
of
Lanigan's
" Ecclesiastical
Ireland," sect, iii. , n. 14, p. 215.
vol.
History
iii. ,
chap, xx. ,
3* According to Joannes Rossus Warwic-
ensis, in his book " De Regibus. "
3S See the account left us, by the Monk of
" *^ St. Gall, De Gestis Caroli Magni," in
According to the Monk of St. Gall,
Canisius' "
tomus
who him from the Irish distinguishes
Albinus. ''* Some
England.
when he went back to where 793, France,
his remaining days were spent.
Antiquaj Lectiones," pars. 3. Edition oi Basnage.
ii. ,
3* This
tion of A. D. 775, or of 776, against the
later, Alcuin to proceeded
appears
to have been the
expedi-
years
There he remained, until 792 or
" Historic Ecclesias- tique," tome ix. , lib. xhv. , num. xii. , pp.
442, 443-
Saxons. See
Fleury's
before the —
France, great English scholar,
9o8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [MaRch 20.
Adrian, as one of his ambassadors, in 773/7 It is supposed,*^ that he was the Irish Albinus, favoured so greatly by the Emperor,+9 as had been, Uke- wise, his couniryman Clemens, the companion of his travels. Towards the latter end of 774, Charlemagne got possession of Pavia, where Albinus after- wards taught, under his patronage, and where it is said he died, leaving some writings,regardingwhichdifferentopinionshavebeencirculated. Clemensis stated to have been the real founder of the University, established by Charle- magne at Paris, according to various writers. 5° Those appointments have been referred to a. d. 792. 5^ Among the pupils of Clement the Scot were Mo- destus and Candidus,52 sent by Abbot Ratgarss to be instructed in the classic branches of learning, then comprised under the denomination of grammar. 54 The place where Clemens kept his school has not been so clearlyascertamed. 55 Severalhaveasserted,thatitwasatParis,^^andeven that he was the first founder of the celebrated University established, in that
However, Charlemagne had other places, where he was accustomed to reside, and it may be probable, that in one of these localities, the school ofClemenshadbeenfirstestablished. Boyswereleftunderhiscare,bythe
Emperor, during his absence on warlike expeditions. Returning on one occasion from a campaign, the illustrious monarch desired those boys to be examined in his presence, to find what progress they had made in classical and scientific studies. It is remarked, that while he found the sons of the nobility had neglected their books and lessons, the boys of an inferior rank in society had made a wonderful proficiency. That just monarch thereupon solemnly averred, when distributing preferment and places, he would have regard, solely to merit and to learning, and that he should make no distinc- tion on the score of rank or birth. s^ In the year 802, Clemens was alive and teaching, and if he were the Clemens, who wrote the Lifers of the Emperor Charlemagne,^" he must have lived, after the death of his celebrated
sovereign. ^* Hishistoryhasbeengreatlyconfused,owingtothecircumstance, that he has been confounded with Claudius Scotus, who flourished about the
city. S7
*s See Bracket's " Historia Philosophise,"
torn, iii. , p. 629
^* From Anastasius Bibliothecarius.
47 See Mabiilon's "Annales Ordinis S.
Benedict! ," tomus ii,, lib. xxiv. , sect, xlv. ,
S3 He became Abbot of Fulda, a. d. 802, and this happened soon after his accession.
s* See Mabiilon's "Annaks Ordinis S. Benedicti. " at the year mentioned. Toraus ii. , lib. xxvii. , sect, xi. , p. 359. Also, lib. xxix. , sect, xxvi. , p. 472.
ss The Monk of St. Gall does not mention
the place.
56 Such as Vincentius Bellovacensis.
s? There was no University at Paris, in his lime, and until abi)Ut the end of the elevcnih century, even the enibryt) of one had not been established. See article Uni-
"
versite in the French
ss This is related, by the Monk of St.
Gall, in his work, " De Gestis Caroli Magni. " See, also, Rev. Dr. Lanigan's "Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. iii. , chap, xx. , sect, iii. , p. 214, and n. 18,
p. 217.
^9 in his commentaries on the Roman
Commonwealth, by Wolfgang Lazius, this biography is quoted. See Sir James Ware, " De Scriptoribus Hiberniae," lib. i. , cap. v. , p. 41.
*° P •. Lanigan deems this very probable.
p. 226. " 48 See Dr. Lanigan's
Ecclesiastical His- tory of Ireland," voh iii. , chap, xx. , sect.
iii. , p. 213.
49 He is noted, as "Albinum deliciosum
ipsius regis," by Mabillon.
S" See the authorities cited, by Claude
Robert, in "Gallia Christiana," when treat- ing about Deofrid, in his List of the Bishops of Paris, num. 41. Other writers state, that William Clemens, Joannes Scotus, Raban and Alcuin were the founders, and as Hector Boetius adds " cum valida Scoto-
Encyclopedie. "
rum manu. " x. , p. 194.
"
Hystorise Scotorum," lib.
5' See Sir James Ware, " De Scriptoribus Hiberniae," lib. i. , cap. v. , p. 38.
s= These were directed to Clemens for in- struction by Ratgar, Abbot of Fulda, when he sent Rabanus Maurus and Hatto, to Tours, for the purpose of stuuying under Alcuin. This we le rn, from Brower's notes to the Poems of St. Raban.
'•
on the 28ih of
" Hisioire
January,
a. d.
814.
See
Fleury's
ouarlem. igne died,
March 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 909
year 820, according to Cardinal Bellarmine. ^^ Several tracts have been attributed to our Clemens ;^3 but, it is not certain, that he was the author of all these productions/* According to Sir James \Vare,^5 Clemens, the com-
"
panion ot Albinus, wrote
possibly be distinguished from another Clemens, who wrote "Vita Caroli Magni," as also from Claudius,^° a pious and learned man, who flourished A. D. 815. In closing his very obscure account, Colgan states, that Clement is said to have been living a. d. 818, and to have died on the viii. Kalends of April, at Auxerre, where he was buried in the church of St. Amator. ^7 Quoting Arnold Wion, Thomas Dempster notices, at the 20th of March, a festival for Claudius, Bishop of Auxerre, and founder of the Pans Academy. ^^ This latter is confounded with our Clemens,^? who, as it appears, lived on earth, until after the commencement of the ninth century.
Article III. —St. Himelinus, Confessor. On the authority ot Mo- lanus, at the 20th of March, St. Himelinus is entered in Henry Fitzsimons' Catalogue of Irish Saints. ^ He is, apparently, the saint mentioned already, at the loth day of this month.
Article IV. —St, Caman, or Conan, or Conarius, son of Corre. We find the name, Caman mac Corae, inserted in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 20th of March. The BoUandists^ have the entry Conarius, son of Corra. The festival of Conan, son of Corre, is recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 on this day.
Article V. —St. Aedhan, of Cluain-maelain, probably, Clon- MELLON, County of Westmeath. l"he Martyrology of Tallagh' records thisholyman,atthe20thotMarch. Theplacemaybeidenticalwiththat locality, formerly denominated Cluain-Milain, z>. , Milan's Lawn or Meadow,
Ecclesiastique," tome x. , liv. xlvi. , num. Libros Josuse, Judicum, Ruthae, et in
ix. , pp. 143, 144.
^' See the seventh Tome of his collected
" Summam quandum ;" Homilias ;" and
works, 270.
Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis,
p.
Evangelistaram
^' For this statement, he quotes Claude
" De
"
" De Concordia. "
*3 Among those, which pass under his
"
Robert and Demochares, in Catalogus
Grammatica qusedam Collectanea;" and, he may
name, are "Sumnia Quasdam," and " De Episcoporum Antissiodorensium. "
'
Colgan, was a Spaniard. See " Acta Sanc-
torum Hibemiae," xx. Martii. De S. Cle-
mente —Claudio, prsenonune p. 703.
'
Article hi. See O'Sullevan Beare's
"Historiae Catholicse Hibernise Compen-
dium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 55, Article IV. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xix.
In the Franciscan copy, the
entry seems to be CoriAnuf pi. Co|\j\4e.
^
See"ActaSanctorum,"tomusiii. , xx. Martii. Among the pretermitted sainis, p. 76.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
EvangelI staium Concordia ;" but, rather, it
is thought, these should be assigned to one
Clementus Canonicus Lanthoniensis, about
whom Bale writes. See "Scriptorum Claude, Bishop of Turin, who, according to
lUustrium Majoris Britannise," &c. Centur, 3, num. 2.
** Various \vriters have made him the
author of works, usually ascribed to Clau-
dius ; and, again, owing to this confusion, the latter has been supposed the writer of tracts, which perhaps Clemens wrote. See
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. lii. , chap, xx. , sect, iii. ,
and n. 25, pp. 214, 215. 219.
*5 See " De Scriptoribus Hibernise," lib.
i. , cap. v. , p. 41.
** In aduition to the work, " Commenta-
rium in S. Matlheum. " Claudius is said to have composed the following books: "In
Rev. Di. Lanigan's
omnes Epistolas S. Pauli ;"
Commentaria
Kelly, p. xix.
find ^iWAntif ©e CltiAin moetAin.
in Pentateuchum j"
"
" Commentaria in
Psalmos ;"
"
Memoriale Historiarum ;"
*^ "
See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of
Scottish Saints,
^ He has been confounded, also, with
80, 81. Article v.
—'
Edited by Rev. Dr. * In the Franciscan copy, we
p. 195.
910 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 20.
now Clonmellon, a small town in the barony of Delvin, and county of West-
meath. ' Marianus O'Gorman records ^danus, of Cluain-moelain, at this
date. We find the name, Aedh^n, of Cluain-maeldin, also set down, in the
Martyrology of Donegal,3 as having a festival, at this date. The Bollandists* enter his feast, likewise, on the 20th of March.
, Article VI. —Muccin, or Muccinus. At this date, the Martyrology of Tallagh* and the Bollandists'^ record a festival, in honour of Muccin.
Article VII. —St. Cathcan, Bishop of Rath-derthaighe. A record
appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at this same date, regarding a St. Catchan. There, his locality is designated, Ratha Turthaighe. The Bol- landists* record him, likewise, as Cathchan, of Rath-dertaighe. Under the head of Rath-Darthaighe,3 (or Derthaighe), Diiald Mac Firbis enters a Cath- chan—orperhapsCathchu—bishop,atMarch20th. * Likewise,onthisday, we find entered in the Martyrology of I)onegal,5 as having veneration paid him, a St. Cathcan,^ Bishop, of Rath-derthaighe.
Article VIII. —Festival of St. Polvcronus, and of his Com- panions, Martyrs. In the old Martyrology of Tallagh, as the Bollandists observe, the following holy Martyrs are set down, at this date, viz. : Gregory,
Commodus, Fiscianus, Pomerus, Policronus, Parraenus, Chrisotheus and Helius. * Among these, Policronus is noted as a bishop, and with special eulogy, by St. yEngus the Culdee, in his " Feilire. "" At the 19th of March, the Bollandists have treated of otlier Martyrs, in Africa ;3 and, among these, the name of a Fiscianus is to be found, but it does not seem certain, that he can be identified with one of the foregoing holy athletes of Christ.
Article IX. —St. Elimia, or Felimia. Such is the entry of the Bol- landists,' quoting as authorities the Martyrologies of Tallagh, and o-
» See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (o), p. 393.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Refeves, pp.
80, 81. *See"ActaSanctorum,"tomusiii. , xx.
Martii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 76.
' In the table, subjoined to this Martyr- ology, he is likewise called Catallus, i. e. Cathal,
'
Article viii. — See "Acta Sancto-
rum," tomus iii. , Martii xx. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 76.
Article vi.
—
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
translation, has been obligingly furnished,
Professor — from the "Lcabhar by O'Looney,
Kelly, p.
also find muccinu|*.
Breac" copy
xix.
In the Franciscan
copy,
we
'See"ActaSanctorum,"tomusiii. , xx. Martii. Among the pretermitted saints,
b.
0C111.
:
kl.
ecfechc potic^NOiii noem efpuc if catjo
CechAitig ceim aj* '01^^5U Co moT> fl-^^S b<it)An«.
*' Death of Policronus
A holy bi^hcip who chastest, He proceeded in the
straightest way
With a great host who were
bravest. "
p. 76. — Article vii.
'
CAchchoirtui* 'oe TlAch 'OeAi\CAi5Vie.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," lomus iii. , xx.
Martii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 76.
3 This place has not been identified, ac-
Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xix. In the Franciscan copy, it is
cording to William M. Hennessy's note. "
Edited by
* See Proceedings of the l<oyal Irish Academy. " Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 124, 125. See, also, Colgan's "Trias Thauaiaturga. " nn. 22, 23, p. 173.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Martii xix. De Sanctis Martyribus Afris Basso seu Bassio et aliis . \x, Lucello, Fis- ciano, Pomeno, Jossero seu Josippo, Apol-
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 80,81.
"
The following stanza, with its English
March 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 911
Marianus O'Gorman, at the 20th of March. Yet, the name occurs not, either in Rev. Dr. Kelly's published copy, nor in the Manuscript copy of the Tallagh Martyrology, as preserved in the Franciscan Library, Dublin.
Article X. —Reputed Festival of Lactinus, or Lacinus, a Bishop AND Confessor, in Ireland. According to the Manuscript of Florarius, as also according to Ferarius and Dempster, the feast of Lacinus, or Lactinus, a bishop, and in Scotia, or Hibernia, belongs to the 20th of March. ' This, however, seems referable to St. Lactin, Abbot and Bishop, at Freshford, in Ireland, and who has been abready noticed at the preceding day. ^
Article XI. —Reputed Festival of St. Mochta, Bishop of Lugh-
magh, or Louth, County of Louth. {Fifth Century. \ Under the head
of Lughmhagh, now known as Louth, Duald Mac Firbis enters, Mochta,
bishop, from Lughmhagh, and it is noticed, that 300 years was his age. March* 20th seems to follow. ^
Article XII. —St. Cormanus, or Cornanus.
\Seventh Century^ According to Camerarius, a St. Cormanus, or Cornanus, was the first Apostle of the Northumbrians,' before St. Aidan, about the year 638. He is said to have been of an austere cast of mind,^ and his feast is set down at this day. If
the premises be correct, he may have been an Irish missionary, perhaps from lona.
Ctoentp-'firsit 2Bap of i^arrft^
ARTICLE I. —ST. ENDEUS OR ENDA, ABBOT OF ARRAN, COUNTY OF GALWAY.
{FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES. "^
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—birth AND FAMILY OF ST. ENDEUS—HE SUCCEEDS HIS FATHER AS REGULUS OF ORIEL—HE IS PERSUADED TO BECOME A RELIGIOUS—HE VISITS ROSNAT and ROME—he IS ORDAINIiD PRIEST, AND HE RETURNS TO IRKLAND, WHERE HE FOUNDS MONASTERIES— FROM HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, /ENGUS, KiNG OF MUNSTER, HE OBTAINS A GRANT OF THE ARAN ISLANDS.
F*^ARLY
light currachs, the little harbour of
on a warm summer day,' the writer selected one of those canvas-covered and which lay near
lonio, Animono Saturnine, Basilia et aliis
vii. , p. 26. —' Article ix.
effaced, in the original Manuscript. August igth is the festival for St. Mochta, in the
Martyrology of Donegal, and in the Martyr- ology of Tamlacht.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , XX. Martii. Among the preter-
mitted — saints," p. 76.
Article x.
==
See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish
| "Kalendars of Scottish
i. ,
Saints," p. 195. »"
part i. , pp. 118, 119.
Article xil. —' See Bishop Forbes'
"Kalendarsof ScottishSaints," pp. 236, 316.
»
bee Bellenden's Boece, vol. ii. , cap. ix. . 19.
See, also, the Boilandists' Acta Sane- torum," tomus iii. , Martii xx.
3' His nephew Lothaire I. appointed the learned Dungal to conduct the University of Pavia, with many other less celebrated schools, in Italy. See " Irish Folk-lore," by Lageniensis, chap, xxx. , page 276.
"
going accounts, he has taken ex archivis
ecclesise Arelatensis. " See, also. Father
3* See Antonius' " Historia. " The fore-
White's " cap. v. , pp. 61, 62.
Apologia pro Hibernia,"
Stephen
33 See Rev. Dr.
of
Lanigan's
" Ecclesiastical
Ireland," sect, iii. , n. 14, p. 215.
vol.
History
iii. ,
chap, xx. ,
3* According to Joannes Rossus Warwic-
ensis, in his book " De Regibus. "
3S See the account left us, by the Monk of
" *^ St. Gall, De Gestis Caroli Magni," in
According to the Monk of St. Gall,
Canisius' "
tomus
who him from the Irish distinguishes
Albinus. ''* Some
England.
when he went back to where 793, France,
his remaining days were spent.
Antiquaj Lectiones," pars. 3. Edition oi Basnage.
ii. ,
3* This
tion of A. D. 775, or of 776, against the
later, Alcuin to proceeded
appears
to have been the
expedi-
years
There he remained, until 792 or
" Historic Ecclesias- tique," tome ix. , lib. xhv. , num. xii. , pp.
442, 443-
Saxons. See
Fleury's
before the —
France, great English scholar,
9o8 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [MaRch 20.
Adrian, as one of his ambassadors, in 773/7 It is supposed,*^ that he was the Irish Albinus, favoured so greatly by the Emperor,+9 as had been, Uke- wise, his couniryman Clemens, the companion of his travels. Towards the latter end of 774, Charlemagne got possession of Pavia, where Albinus after- wards taught, under his patronage, and where it is said he died, leaving some writings,regardingwhichdifferentopinionshavebeencirculated. Clemensis stated to have been the real founder of the University, established by Charle- magne at Paris, according to various writers. 5° Those appointments have been referred to a. d. 792. 5^ Among the pupils of Clement the Scot were Mo- destus and Candidus,52 sent by Abbot Ratgarss to be instructed in the classic branches of learning, then comprised under the denomination of grammar. 54 The place where Clemens kept his school has not been so clearlyascertamed. 55 Severalhaveasserted,thatitwasatParis,^^andeven that he was the first founder of the celebrated University established, in that
However, Charlemagne had other places, where he was accustomed to reside, and it may be probable, that in one of these localities, the school ofClemenshadbeenfirstestablished. Boyswereleftunderhiscare,bythe
Emperor, during his absence on warlike expeditions. Returning on one occasion from a campaign, the illustrious monarch desired those boys to be examined in his presence, to find what progress they had made in classical and scientific studies. It is remarked, that while he found the sons of the nobility had neglected their books and lessons, the boys of an inferior rank in society had made a wonderful proficiency. That just monarch thereupon solemnly averred, when distributing preferment and places, he would have regard, solely to merit and to learning, and that he should make no distinc- tion on the score of rank or birth. s^ In the year 802, Clemens was alive and teaching, and if he were the Clemens, who wrote the Lifers of the Emperor Charlemagne,^" he must have lived, after the death of his celebrated
sovereign. ^* Hishistoryhasbeengreatlyconfused,owingtothecircumstance, that he has been confounded with Claudius Scotus, who flourished about the
city. S7
*s See Bracket's " Historia Philosophise,"
torn, iii. , p. 629
^* From Anastasius Bibliothecarius.
47 See Mabiilon's "Annales Ordinis S.
Benedict! ," tomus ii,, lib. xxiv. , sect, xlv. ,
S3 He became Abbot of Fulda, a. d. 802, and this happened soon after his accession.
s* See Mabiilon's "Annaks Ordinis S. Benedicti. " at the year mentioned. Toraus ii. , lib. xxvii. , sect, xi. , p. 359. Also, lib. xxix. , sect, xxvi. , p. 472.
ss The Monk of St. Gall does not mention
the place.
56 Such as Vincentius Bellovacensis.
s? There was no University at Paris, in his lime, and until abi)Ut the end of the elevcnih century, even the enibryt) of one had not been established. See article Uni-
"
versite in the French
ss This is related, by the Monk of St.
Gall, in his work, " De Gestis Caroli Magni. " See, also, Rev. Dr. Lanigan's "Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. iii. , chap, xx. , sect, iii. , p. 214, and n. 18,
p. 217.
^9 in his commentaries on the Roman
Commonwealth, by Wolfgang Lazius, this biography is quoted. See Sir James Ware, " De Scriptoribus Hiberniae," lib. i. , cap. v. , p. 41.
*° P •. Lanigan deems this very probable.
p. 226. " 48 See Dr. Lanigan's
Ecclesiastical His- tory of Ireland," voh iii. , chap, xx. , sect.
iii. , p. 213.
49 He is noted, as "Albinum deliciosum
ipsius regis," by Mabillon.
S" See the authorities cited, by Claude
Robert, in "Gallia Christiana," when treat- ing about Deofrid, in his List of the Bishops of Paris, num. 41. Other writers state, that William Clemens, Joannes Scotus, Raban and Alcuin were the founders, and as Hector Boetius adds " cum valida Scoto-
Encyclopedie. "
rum manu. " x. , p. 194.
"
Hystorise Scotorum," lib.
5' See Sir James Ware, " De Scriptoribus Hiberniae," lib. i. , cap. v. , p. 38.
s= These were directed to Clemens for in- struction by Ratgar, Abbot of Fulda, when he sent Rabanus Maurus and Hatto, to Tours, for the purpose of stuuying under Alcuin. This we le rn, from Brower's notes to the Poems of St. Raban.
'•
on the 28ih of
" Hisioire
January,
a. d.
814.
See
Fleury's
ouarlem. igne died,
March 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 909
year 820, according to Cardinal Bellarmine. ^^ Several tracts have been attributed to our Clemens ;^3 but, it is not certain, that he was the author of all these productions/* According to Sir James \Vare,^5 Clemens, the com-
"
panion ot Albinus, wrote
possibly be distinguished from another Clemens, who wrote "Vita Caroli Magni," as also from Claudius,^° a pious and learned man, who flourished A. D. 815. In closing his very obscure account, Colgan states, that Clement is said to have been living a. d. 818, and to have died on the viii. Kalends of April, at Auxerre, where he was buried in the church of St. Amator. ^7 Quoting Arnold Wion, Thomas Dempster notices, at the 20th of March, a festival for Claudius, Bishop of Auxerre, and founder of the Pans Academy. ^^ This latter is confounded with our Clemens,^? who, as it appears, lived on earth, until after the commencement of the ninth century.
Article III. —St. Himelinus, Confessor. On the authority ot Mo- lanus, at the 20th of March, St. Himelinus is entered in Henry Fitzsimons' Catalogue of Irish Saints. ^ He is, apparently, the saint mentioned already, at the loth day of this month.
Article IV. —St, Caman, or Conan, or Conarius, son of Corre. We find the name, Caman mac Corae, inserted in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 20th of March. The BoUandists^ have the entry Conarius, son of Corra. The festival of Conan, son of Corre, is recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 on this day.
Article V. —St. Aedhan, of Cluain-maelain, probably, Clon- MELLON, County of Westmeath. l"he Martyrology of Tallagh' records thisholyman,atthe20thotMarch. Theplacemaybeidenticalwiththat locality, formerly denominated Cluain-Milain, z>. , Milan's Lawn or Meadow,
Ecclesiastique," tome x. , liv. xlvi. , num. Libros Josuse, Judicum, Ruthae, et in
ix. , pp. 143, 144.
^' See the seventh Tome of his collected
" Summam quandum ;" Homilias ;" and
works, 270.
Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis,
p.
Evangelistaram
^' For this statement, he quotes Claude
" De
"
" De Concordia. "
*3 Among those, which pass under his
"
Robert and Demochares, in Catalogus
Grammatica qusedam Collectanea;" and, he may
name, are "Sumnia Quasdam," and " De Episcoporum Antissiodorensium. "
'
Colgan, was a Spaniard. See " Acta Sanc-
torum Hibemiae," xx. Martii. De S. Cle-
mente —Claudio, prsenonune p. 703.
'
Article hi. See O'Sullevan Beare's
"Historiae Catholicse Hibernise Compen-
dium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 55, Article IV. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xix.
In the Franciscan copy, the
entry seems to be CoriAnuf pi. Co|\j\4e.
^
See"ActaSanctorum,"tomusiii. , xx. Martii. Among the pretermitted sainis, p. 76.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
EvangelI staium Concordia ;" but, rather, it
is thought, these should be assigned to one
Clementus Canonicus Lanthoniensis, about
whom Bale writes. See "Scriptorum Claude, Bishop of Turin, who, according to
lUustrium Majoris Britannise," &c. Centur, 3, num. 2.
** Various \vriters have made him the
author of works, usually ascribed to Clau-
dius ; and, again, owing to this confusion, the latter has been supposed the writer of tracts, which perhaps Clemens wrote. See
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. lii. , chap, xx. , sect, iii. ,
and n. 25, pp. 214, 215. 219.
*5 See " De Scriptoribus Hibernise," lib.
i. , cap. v. , p. 41.
** In aduition to the work, " Commenta-
rium in S. Matlheum. " Claudius is said to have composed the following books: "In
Rev. Di. Lanigan's
omnes Epistolas S. Pauli ;"
Commentaria
Kelly, p. xix.
find ^iWAntif ©e CltiAin moetAin.
in Pentateuchum j"
"
" Commentaria in
Psalmos ;"
"
Memoriale Historiarum ;"
*^ "
See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of
Scottish Saints,
^ He has been confounded, also, with
80, 81. Article v.
—'
Edited by Rev. Dr. * In the Franciscan copy, we
p. 195.
910 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 20.
now Clonmellon, a small town in the barony of Delvin, and county of West-
meath. ' Marianus O'Gorman records ^danus, of Cluain-moelain, at this
date. We find the name, Aedh^n, of Cluain-maeldin, also set down, in the
Martyrology of Donegal,3 as having a festival, at this date. The Bollandists* enter his feast, likewise, on the 20th of March.
, Article VI. —Muccin, or Muccinus. At this date, the Martyrology of Tallagh* and the Bollandists'^ record a festival, in honour of Muccin.
Article VII. —St. Cathcan, Bishop of Rath-derthaighe. A record
appears in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at this same date, regarding a St. Catchan. There, his locality is designated, Ratha Turthaighe. The Bol- landists* record him, likewise, as Cathchan, of Rath-dertaighe. Under the head of Rath-Darthaighe,3 (or Derthaighe), Diiald Mac Firbis enters a Cath- chan—orperhapsCathchu—bishop,atMarch20th. * Likewise,onthisday, we find entered in the Martyrology of I)onegal,5 as having veneration paid him, a St. Cathcan,^ Bishop, of Rath-derthaighe.
Article VIII. —Festival of St. Polvcronus, and of his Com- panions, Martyrs. In the old Martyrology of Tallagh, as the Bollandists observe, the following holy Martyrs are set down, at this date, viz. : Gregory,
Commodus, Fiscianus, Pomerus, Policronus, Parraenus, Chrisotheus and Helius. * Among these, Policronus is noted as a bishop, and with special eulogy, by St. yEngus the Culdee, in his " Feilire. "" At the 19th of March, the Bollandists have treated of otlier Martyrs, in Africa ;3 and, among these, the name of a Fiscianus is to be found, but it does not seem certain, that he can be identified with one of the foregoing holy athletes of Christ.
Article IX. —St. Elimia, or Felimia. Such is the entry of the Bol- landists,' quoting as authorities the Martyrologies of Tallagh, and o-
» See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (o), p. 393.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Refeves, pp.
80, 81. *See"ActaSanctorum,"tomusiii. , xx.
Martii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 76.
' In the table, subjoined to this Martyr- ology, he is likewise called Catallus, i. e. Cathal,
'
Article viii. — See "Acta Sancto-
rum," tomus iii. , Martii xx. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 76.
Article vi.
—
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
translation, has been obligingly furnished,
Professor — from the "Lcabhar by O'Looney,
Kelly, p.
also find muccinu|*.
Breac" copy
xix.
In the Franciscan
copy,
we
'See"ActaSanctorum,"tomusiii. , xx. Martii. Among the pretermitted saints,
b.
0C111.
:
kl.
ecfechc potic^NOiii noem efpuc if catjo
CechAitig ceim aj* '01^^5U Co moT> fl-^^S b<it)An«.
*' Death of Policronus
A holy bi^hcip who chastest, He proceeded in the
straightest way
With a great host who were
bravest. "
p. 76. — Article vii.
'
CAchchoirtui* 'oe TlAch 'OeAi\CAi5Vie.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," lomus iii. , xx.
Martii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 76.
3 This place has not been identified, ac-
Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xix. In the Franciscan copy, it is
cording to William M. Hennessy's note. "
Edited by
* See Proceedings of the l<oyal Irish Academy. " Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 124, 125. See, also, Colgan's "Trias Thauaiaturga. " nn. 22, 23, p. 173.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Martii xix. De Sanctis Martyribus Afris Basso seu Bassio et aliis . \x, Lucello, Fis- ciano, Pomeno, Jossero seu Josippo, Apol-
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 80,81.
"
The following stanza, with its English
March 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 911
Marianus O'Gorman, at the 20th of March. Yet, the name occurs not, either in Rev. Dr. Kelly's published copy, nor in the Manuscript copy of the Tallagh Martyrology, as preserved in the Franciscan Library, Dublin.
Article X. —Reputed Festival of Lactinus, or Lacinus, a Bishop AND Confessor, in Ireland. According to the Manuscript of Florarius, as also according to Ferarius and Dempster, the feast of Lacinus, or Lactinus, a bishop, and in Scotia, or Hibernia, belongs to the 20th of March. ' This, however, seems referable to St. Lactin, Abbot and Bishop, at Freshford, in Ireland, and who has been abready noticed at the preceding day. ^
Article XI. —Reputed Festival of St. Mochta, Bishop of Lugh-
magh, or Louth, County of Louth. {Fifth Century. \ Under the head
of Lughmhagh, now known as Louth, Duald Mac Firbis enters, Mochta,
bishop, from Lughmhagh, and it is noticed, that 300 years was his age. March* 20th seems to follow. ^
Article XII. —St. Cormanus, or Cornanus.
\Seventh Century^ According to Camerarius, a St. Cormanus, or Cornanus, was the first Apostle of the Northumbrians,' before St. Aidan, about the year 638. He is said to have been of an austere cast of mind,^ and his feast is set down at this day. If
the premises be correct, he may have been an Irish missionary, perhaps from lona.
Ctoentp-'firsit 2Bap of i^arrft^
ARTICLE I. —ST. ENDEUS OR ENDA, ABBOT OF ARRAN, COUNTY OF GALWAY.
{FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES. "^
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—birth AND FAMILY OF ST. ENDEUS—HE SUCCEEDS HIS FATHER AS REGULUS OF ORIEL—HE IS PERSUADED TO BECOME A RELIGIOUS—HE VISITS ROSNAT and ROME—he IS ORDAINIiD PRIEST, AND HE RETURNS TO IRKLAND, WHERE HE FOUNDS MONASTERIES— FROM HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, /ENGUS, KiNG OF MUNSTER, HE OBTAINS A GRANT OF THE ARAN ISLANDS.
F*^ARLY
light currachs, the little harbour of
on a warm summer day,' the writer selected one of those canvas-covered and which lay near
lonio, Animono Saturnine, Basilia et aliis
vii. , p. 26. —' Article ix.
effaced, in the original Manuscript. August igth is the festival for St. Mochta, in the
Martyrology of Donegal, and in the Martyr- ology of Tamlacht.
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , XX. Martii. Among the preter-
mitted — saints," p. 76.
Article x.
==
See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish
| "Kalendars of Scottish
i. ,
Saints," p. 195. »"
part i. , pp. 118, 119.
Article xil. —' See Bishop Forbes'
"Kalendarsof ScottishSaints," pp. 236, 316.
»
bee Bellenden's Boece, vol. ii. , cap. ix. . 19.
See, also, the Boilandists' Acta Sane- torum," tomus iii. , Martii xx.
