Saint Canice, July 2
Canon O'Hanlon notices that Saint Canice (Kenneth, Latinised Canicus) of Kilkenny, whose feast day in Ireland is celebrated on October 11, seems to have a local celebration in Scotland on July...
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Another of the many completely obscure Irish female saints is commemorated on the Irish calendars at July 3. As is so often the case, all we know of the holy lady, Breacnat, is her name, as Canon...
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Saint Moninne, July 6
July 6 is the feast day of an early female monastic, Monnine of Killeavy, in County Armagh. Whilst there are at least a couple of Lives of Saint Monnine extant, one in the Codex Salamanticensis and...
View ArticleOentú Maelruain - The Unity of Maelruain
July 7 is the feast of of Saint Maelruain, and there is a list of his particular disciples preserved in a poem known as the Oentú Maelruain (The Unity of Maelruain) in the Book of Leinster:"Maelruain,...
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Vespers Antiphons from the Office of Saint Killian
Some selections from an Office of Saint Killian have been recorded by the medieval music ensemble Altramar. The trail of the Irish perigrini forms the theme of their collection Celtic Wanderers: The...
View ArticleSaint Senan, July 10
The name of a Saint Senan is recorded on the Irish calendars at July 10. The most famous saint of this name is the patron of Scattery Island but it is one he shares with at least twenty others. As...
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'Benedict, a strong pillar'
Although there are a number of Irish saints commemorated on July 11, I found myself interested in the noting on some of our native calendars of the feast of the Translation of the Relics of Saint...
View ArticleSaint Colmán of Clonpriest, July 12
July 12 is the feast of a County Cork saint, Colmán of Clonpriest. He shares his feast day with a neighbouring Saint Ultán. In his entry below from The Lives of the Irish Saints, Canon O'Hanlon spends...
View ArticleSaint Mosiloc of Cloonatten, July 13
July 13 is the commemoration of a County Wexford saint, Mosiloc of Cloonatten. Canon O'Hanlon brings us an account of him, as with many Irish saints there is an affectionate personal pronoun, mo, my,...
View ArticleSaint Maelceadar of Hainault, July 14
July 14 is the feast of a Belgian saint for whom some of the sources claim an Irish origin - Vincent Maldegarius of Hainault. Although the European careers of some Irish saints are very well-attested...
View ArticleThe Sons of Earcan of Brugh-Laogh, July 15
Another of the interesting groups of Irish saints are commemorated on July 15. Sometimes in dealing with saints described as the sons or daughters of a particular person the sources preserve the names...
View ArticleSaint Gobban Beg, July 16
On July 16 the Irish calendars record the name of an otherwise obscure saint, Gobban. This is an ancient Irish name derived from the word for a smith and is shared by a number of saints as well as by...
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Saint Fredigand of Deuren, July 17
Three days ago we commemorated the memory of a Belgian saint said to have been an Irishman, or at least to have spent time in this country, Saint Maelceadar (Vincent Maldegarius) of Hainault. It...
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Irish Monasteries in Germany: Cologne
As July 18 is the feast of the Irish Abbot, Minnborinus of Cologne, below is a paper by Father J.F. Hogan on the Irish monastery in that city, published at the end of the 19th century. Father Hogan...
View ArticleSaint Ciarán of Tigh-na-Gortigh, July 19
One of the many Irish saints known only from the recording of his name on our calendars is commemorated on July 19. In the case of the otherwise anonymous Saint Ciarán, his name is linked to a locality...
View ArticleSaint Arbogast Restores a King's Son to Life
Vignettes from the Lives of the Irish Saints: Saint Arbogast Restores a King's Son to LifeThe only son of King Dagobert went one day to the chase. While his companions had scattered through the forest...
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'Pilgrimage for the love of Christ': The Irish Mission to the Continent
The month of July contains the commemorations of a number of interesting and important Irish saints who laboured in Europe and below is an excerpt from a book which describes some of the features of...
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Some Famous Irish Missionaries
We continue with J.M.Flood's tribute to the Irish monks who laboured in continental Europe with his account of some famous Irish missionaries:With a few exceptions, we have but few and meagre details...
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A Chronological Index of Irish Saints
Below is a list of Irish saints with an indication of the era in which they flourished, taken from a nineteenth-century encyclopaedia published in the United States. I am always interested to see which...
View ArticleA Chronology of Irish Saints: A
Yesterday I posted a chronological list of Irish saints from a nineteenth-century encyclopedia, now we can look at the biographical entries for those mentioned on the list starting with the letter...
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