'ss An edition of this work was
published
at Cologne, A.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v1
Among the latter are chiefly note-worthy, Catalogus lUustiura
Virorum Germaniam suis ingeniis et lucubrationibus omnifariam exornan-
" De Illustribus Viris Ordinis Sancti Benedicti and *' De ;"
"
of this work, intituled,
trium Virorum, cum Appendice eorum qui nostro etiam seculo doctissimi claruere. "'3i It contains some brief notices of a few among our earlier ecclesiastical writers. Leland complains of Trithemius having classed many English writers as Scoti. '32 This writer died on the 13th of De- cember, a. d. 1516. ^33
Thiery Martins, or Martens, or Theodore Martinus, an early and a most learned Flemish printer, was born at Alost, about a. d. 1450. He
began printing in the Netherlands, in 1473, and being a very distinguished philologist,'34 he was intimately acquainted with some of the most learned men in Louvain University. 'ss He wrote, "Hymni in Honorem Sancto- rura. "'36 Besides his own writings, beautiful editions of other works issued from his press. '37 He died at Alost, on the 28th of May, a. d.
Hungarus, of the Minorite Order, wrote
Biga Salutis, sive Sermones de Sanc-
Likewise, Wolfgang Hopyl printed
Paris, a. d. , 1518,
Legende
tium
ribus Ecclesiasticis. "'3o
Scripto- After his death appeared, a. d. 1531, a new edition
;"
''SSee " Relationum Historicarum de Re- bus Anglicis," tomus i. , pars, ii. , pp. 695, 696.
"* See "Athcnae Oxonenses," vol. i. ,
Britannicis," tomus i. , cap. xcii. , p. 126. '33 See Cardinal Bellarmin's "De Scrip*
toribus Ecclesiasticis," pp. 540 to 542. Venice edition, 1728.
'^4 See F. A. Van " Iseghem's Biogra-
phiedeThierryMartens. " This8vowork
appeared at Malines, a. d. 1852.
'35 See Mon. de Ram's "Considerations
sur I'Histoire de I'Universite de Louvain. " This dissertation appeared in "Bullentins de 1' Academic Royal de Belgique," tome xxi.
'3* Valere Andre attributes to his anthor- ship this work. See "Bibliotheca Belgica. " At present it seems to be unknown.
"' See Walts' " Bibliotheca Britannica,"
col. to
132 134.
See the edition of
1813.
London. 4to.
"7 See Brunei's "Manuel du Libraire,"
tome iii. , col. 1316.
»*® In two 4to volumes this work saw the
light.
'^See Watts' "Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. i. , pp. 513, o, and 526, 1. Also vol. ii. ,
p. 635, i.
'3° A collected edition of this writer's his-
torical works was issued at Frankfort, a. d. 1600.
Catalogus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum, sive illus-
"
'3« This work, in a thin 4to volume of vol. ii. , p. 649, x, y. Mailtaire's Annales
184 folios, was printed at Cologne. Typographici," vol. i. , p. 334. Second '3» See " Commentarii de Scriptoribus Edition.
Ixxx INTRODUCTION.
1534. ^38 AnthonyCorvinusalsowroteaworkwhichwaspublished,'39"Breves
Expositiones supra ea Evangelia quae in praecipuis Festis Sanctorum praedi- cari soleat. " It was composed or broa/it to light about a. d. 1537. '^='
The first great collection of saints' lives was that published by Aloysius Lewis or Ludovicus Lippomanus, who was born about the year 1500. Successively he had been appointed Bishop over Modon, over Verona, and
over Bergamo. Lippomani was secretary to Pope Julius III. , and he was also made Legate of the Holy See, and President at the Council of Trent. Notwithstanding the exalted nature of his functions, he was enabled to
"
publish many learned works. Among these, the principal are,
Sanctorum
Priscorum Patruum Vitae, numero clxiii. ex variis Auctoribus CoUectae, cum
Notis. " Lib. iv. '^i This appeared at Rome, a. d. 1551. It was followed
by the second tome, comprising two hundred and twenty-five lives, in 1553.
Thethirdcontainedanewseriesofdetachedlives; StPalladius,theBook of St. Gregory of Tours, De Miraculis Martyrum, St. Julianus and St. Martin,
Bishop: it was published in 1554. The fourth volume, containing two hundred and seventy lives, appeared this same year. The fifth tome, issued
A. D. 1556, having Metaphrastes in the beginning, with the months of November, December, January, and February. Two additional tomes came out, A. D. 1558. One of these contained Saints' Acts for the months of May,
June, July, August, September, and October; while the other was divided
into three parts, viz. : i, the months of March and April j 2, another collec-
tion of Metaphrastes,'4^ translated by Cardinal Sirlet : and 3, the " Pra tum
Spirituale" of John Moschus. '*3 For critical accuracy, this coUectio n of
Saints'Actsisnotgreatlyesteemed. '** Ithadbeencompleted,too,without
any regularity of plan-'^s Tnis pious and learned prelate died a. d. 155 9,'**
or according to other accounts, a. d. 1560. His nephew, Hieronimo Lippo-
mani, published a supplementary posthumous volume, and which comprised
'*
an eighth tome of
uncle. '*' This compilation was reprinted at Louvain, a. d. 1566. '*^ The
•a" His tomb is to be seen in the pare- chial church of this place. To honour his memory, a public statue has been erected in his native town, A. D. 1856.
'39 In 8vo. Hal. S.
'* See Watts' " Bibliotheca Britannica," vol. i. , p. 260, j.
'*' The notes are separately printed in
Italian ; and two volumes have been devoted
vol. ii. , p. 609, s. t.
'*5 The notes, however, were the germs
of future hagiographical criticism, '**SeeJeremy Collier's "Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical, and Poetical
Dictionary," vol. Art. Lippomannus.
'' <« In the article in the Biographie Uni-
verselle on Lippomani, though signed by two honourable names, there are three
Lives of the Fathers," translated from the Greek, by his
to a Latin translation of Simeon Meta- errors: they give but six volumes—state
phrates' Lives of Saints. See M. le Dr. that Metaphrastes fills the two last—a—nd
"
Hoefer's Nouvelle Biographie Generale," thatall were published froml55i to 1558. "
"
tome xxxi. , pp. 328, 329. Duffy's
Irish Catholic Magazine," vol. ii. , '* This was taken from a MS. of the p. 30, n. ist col.
Crypta Ferrata. '** It was translated into French, by Ga- '*5 Thus were seven folio tomes published briel de Payorbault, and published at Paris, by Bishop Lugi Lippomani. a. d. 1572. This work of the Lippomani
•4 See Watts' " Bibliotheca Britannica," was a great publishing effort, for the time.
INTRODUCTION. Ixxxi
learned antiquary, John Leland,'<9 flourished within the first half of the
sixteen:;h century. He went to Cambridge, and received his academical
education at Christ College ;'5o afterwards he studied at Oxford. By his
industrious researches into English history, Leland materially contributed,
to preserve from time's decay, many particulars regarding Irish Saints and
religious foundations. Besides some valuable antiquarian works, which
appeared during his lifetime, he left several manuscript volumes of extracts
and collections, taken from cathedral, abbatial, and collegiate libraries.
"
His Commentarii de scriptoribus Britannicis," very imperfectly edited by
Anthony Hall, appeared at Oxford, a. d. lyog. 's^ His "Itinerary through most parts of England and Wales," has been published by Mr. Heame,
A. D. lyio-ii. 's' His "Collectanea de Rebus Britannicis," appeared a. d.
1 '53 These works are now scarce. A collected and well 71 5. extremely
edited series of this celebrated antiquary's complete works should be issued, as a boon for historical investigators. He died on the iSth of April, a. d. 1552,inthecityofLondon. '54 "TheLifeofLeland,"bytheRev. William
Huddesford, was published at Oxford, a. d. i772. 'ss
A very elegant edition of Saints' Lives was prepared for publication by Laurence Surius. This he published in six folio volumes ; the first tome
appearing in the year 1576 ;'56 others following at successive intervals. The Saints' Acts were arranged according to successive days of the months and year, as found in the order of the Roman Calendar. 'S7 Surius made his selectionsfromLivesoftheSaints,aspublishedbyLippomani. However, he rejected those that were considered open to severe criticism ; but, he added many inedited documents to his collection. Deliberate expurgations and alterations were made in the text of original documents, either to render his work less objectionable for prevailing critical and severe taste, or to infuse a greater elegance of style and a purer Latinity. These suppressions and amendments, however, tended to lessen the authentic and historical value of his work, " De Probatis Sanctorum Vitis," and to destroy the origi- nality of its component materials. There are few notes, historical, topogra- phical, or critical, annexed to the various Saints' Lives, but there are short
'*9 See Anthony A. Wood's " Athenae Oxonienses," vol. i. , col. 197 to 204. New Edition, with additions, and a continuation
by Philip Bliss. London, 1813, 4to.
'50 See "Athenae Cantabrigienses," by Charles Henry Cooper, F. S. A. , and Thompson Cooper, vol. i. , pp. no, ill,
'ss In 8vo shape.
'ss An edition of this work was published at Cologne, A. D. 1617, in six folio volumes,
*'
542. London, 1858, et seq. 8vo. 'S' In two 8vo volumes.
'S» In nine 8vo volumes.
'53 In six 8vo volumes.
"
'5* See John Pitts*
carumde Rebus Anglicis," tomus i. , pars. ii. , p. 744.
Relationum Histori-
*
The title-page of this edition is : Sanctorum ex Probatis Authoribus et JISS. Codicibus. " Primo quidem per R. P. Fr. Laurentium Surium Carthusianum editre, nunc vero multis sanctorum Vitis auctse, emundatas et notis marginalibus illustratae. Colonise Agrippinae, cio. ioc. xvii. The paging of this edition is frequently found to be incorrect,
»57 The saints of two months are comprised in each tome.
Vitae
Ixxxli INTRODUCTION.
accompanying notices regarding the sources, whence those biographies had been derived. Several Acts of our national Saints are found in his volumes.
Surius was about to publish a second edition of the work, but he did not
live to complete this design.
The Spanish Jesuit, Father Ribadineira, published a series of Saints'
Lives,inhiscountry'svernacular. 'ss Thiscollectionwasafterwardstranslated
into Latin,'53 French, and English. '^ Professedly it digests into the form of sermons or pan/gerics t'. i3 saints' actions ; bat, it mast be remarked, the mode of treatment is severely historical more than rhetorical. It only con- tains a few notices of Irish Saints. Pietro Galesini of Milan, Apostolic Notary, endeavoured to new-model the Roman Martyrology, by illustrating and correcting it, as likewise by adding a number of new facts respecting the saints. His work was dedicated to Pope Gregory XIII. It was published at Milan, A. D. 1577, and at Venice, a. d. 1578. "^' This work was not ap-
"5»
owing chiefly
came a Doctor of Theology at Louvain, and he published there " De Pic-
" Natales Sanctorum et eorum chronica Belgii,
proved by
the Roman
to its over-elaborate ^'3 plan.
censors,
Jean Ver Meulen, Latinized John Molanus, born at Lille, a. d. 1533, be-
was It is published.
"
In the year 1595, a small octavo posthumous volume
turis et Imaginibus Sacris," a. d. 1570. In the year 1573, torum Belgii" issued.
Indiculus Sanc-
intituled,
recapitulatio. " TheseworkscontainsomeshortactsornoticesofIrishsaints,
whoinvariousmissionarycapacitieshadbeenconnectedwithBelgium. The author died, September i8th, 1585. '^+ Arnold Wion, a Belgian monk of
"
the Benedictine Order, published
Lignum Vitae, in quo Religionis D. Bene-
dicti initia, et viri clari describuntur in lib. v. " It appeared at Venice,*^^
A. D. iSgS-'^"^ In it are contained some notices of Irish saints. Fr. Zacharias
Lippeloo published compendious acts of the saints at Brixiad, a. d. 1601. *^'
"
atque Sanctarum Virginum. ""^^ Besides these works, Antonio Possevino,
This was intituled,
Vitge Sanctorum sive Res Gestae Martyrum, Confessorum
»s8 It was illustrated with cuts, and pub- lished A. D. 1572. See Watts' "Bibliotheca Britannica," vol. ii. , p. 801, j.
vol. i. , p. 396, w.
'^3 See "Encyclopedic Catholique," &c. , Public sous la Direction de I'Abbe Glaire et de M. le Vte. Walsh, tome xii , p. 425.
'** See M. le Dr. Hoefer's "Nouvelle
"
seu Vitae et Res Gestas Sanctorum ex pro-
'59 The Latin title is,
Flos Sanctoram,
batis scriptoribus selectae, et in forniam Biographic Generale," &c. , tome xxxv. ,
concionum singulari cura ad usum conciona- torumaccommodata. " PrimumHispanice a R. P. Petro Ribadineira Toletano e socie- tate Jesu. This edition was published at Cologne, A. D, 1630. It had a-lditions of new Saints' Acts, w. lh useful annotations.
cols. 240, 241. »*5in4toform.
'**
See Watts' ••Bibliotheca_Britanmca," vol. ii. , p. 976, z.
""' In lour 410 volumes,
'^s The only edition of this work, I have
been enabled to bears for title ; consult,
" Vitae sive Res geitce Sanctoram, ex se-
'^^ A third edition of this English
work, in folio shape, was issued in Dublin, by
subscription, a. d. 1763. It is a very creJit- ablespecimenoftypography.
leclissimisorthodoxis patribu. s, brevi et fideli "
'*'
>'» " Sec Watts*
Compendioconscripta;, perFr. Zachariam Lippeloo, Canhusi. « Coloniensis alumnium, et nunc recens recogiiitae, ac Vitarum ali-
It was printed in 4to shape.
Bibliotheca Britannica,"
INTRODUCTION. Ixxxiii bom in Mantova, a. d. i534,»^9a learned Jesuit, issued a highly-esteemed
"
Apparatus Sacer,'"? " in which he notices nearly 8,000 writers, sacred and profane. '^' Again, Giambattista Possevino,'? * nephew of the more celebrated Antonio Possevino, wrote, "Vite de Sancti di Todi. " It was
published at Perugia,'73 a. d. i597. '74
The learned Henricus Canisius, born about the middle of the sixteenth
century,' 75 published a valuable work, called "Antiquse Lectiones," at In- golstadt, from a. d. 1601 to 1608. It appeared in seven 4to volumes. '7^
These were afterwards reprinted and put in order, by Jacques Basnage, under the title of " Thesaurus Monumentorum Ecclesiasticorum. "'77 These works contain curious tracts, which serve to elucidate the Acts of some Irish saints.
"
English Martyrologie, conteyning a Summary of the Lives of the glorious and re- nowned Saintes of the three kingdoms ; England, Scotland, and Ireland ; collected and distributed into Moneths, after the form of a Calendar, accord-
ing to every Sainte's Festivity. " This work appeared, a. d. 1608. '79
One of the most comprehensive and industrious literary projectors of his age was Cardinal Csesar Baronius. This eminent Ecclesiastical Historian
and Martyrologist was born at lora, in the Kingdom of Naples, October 31st, A. D. 1538. '^° For a great part of his life, Baronius laboured at his in-
"
valuable work, Annales Ecclesiastici/"*^' containing a history of the first
quot accessione locupletatse, per Fr. Come- tionnaire Historique," tome ii. , p. 460.
work,
The learned editor died a. d. i 609. ^78 John Watson published his
lium Grassium ejusdem Carthusise profes- sum. This edition has been issued at Co- logne, A. D. 1602, in four thick i2mo volumes. In it the Lives of the Saints are distributed, according to the order of months, each vo- lume comprising respectively three months. Another edition seems to have issued in the same city, in three thick i2mo volumes, A. D. 161O.
'^ See Tiraboschi's "Storiadella Lettera- tura Italiana," tomo vii. , parte ii. , lib. iii. , pp. 398 to 402.
'70 It appeared at Venice, 1603-1606, in 3 vols, folio. Another edition issued at Cologne, 1607, two vols, in fol.
'7« See Brunet's " Manuel du Libraire et de rAmateur de Livres," tome iv. , pp. 834, 835.
Paris edition, 1818.
'7* See Graesse's "Tresor de Livres Rares
et Precieux, ou Nouveau Dictionnaire Biblio-
graphique," tome ii. , p. 35.
'77 This work was printed at Antwerp,
A. D. 1725. It appeared in seven folio vo- lumes, with a preface and notes by the editor.
'7^ See " A New General Biographical
Dictionary,"&c. , vol. iii. ,p. 303. Published at London in 15 volumes 8vo, A. D. 1798, a
new edition.
'79 In small 8vo. By some this work is at
tributed to John Wilson, as the letters J. W, are only affixed on the title-page. See William
revised, corrected, and enlarged, by Henry G. Bohn, vol. v. , part x. , p. 2854. London 1864, 8vo.
'8° See Tiraboschi's "Storia della Let
teratura Italiana," tomo vii. , parte i. , lib,
ii. , p. 364.
'^' A folio. edition of this valuable work
which was intended to expose the historical forgeries of the Centuriators of Magdebourg, appeared in several volumes, Mpgantiae et
"
'7» Bom A. D. 1520. See Tiraboschi's Storia della Letteratura Italiana," tomo
i. , lib. '75 In 4to form.
vii. , parte
ii. , p. 572.
'74 See M. le Dr. Hoefer's
graphie Generale depuis les Temps les plus
recules jusqu'a nos Jours," tome xl. , pp. 876 to 878.
Virorum Germaniam suis ingeniis et lucubrationibus omnifariam exornan-
" De Illustribus Viris Ordinis Sancti Benedicti and *' De ;"
"
of this work, intituled,
trium Virorum, cum Appendice eorum qui nostro etiam seculo doctissimi claruere. "'3i It contains some brief notices of a few among our earlier ecclesiastical writers. Leland complains of Trithemius having classed many English writers as Scoti. '32 This writer died on the 13th of De- cember, a. d. 1516. ^33
Thiery Martins, or Martens, or Theodore Martinus, an early and a most learned Flemish printer, was born at Alost, about a. d. 1450. He
began printing in the Netherlands, in 1473, and being a very distinguished philologist,'34 he was intimately acquainted with some of the most learned men in Louvain University. 'ss He wrote, "Hymni in Honorem Sancto- rura. "'36 Besides his own writings, beautiful editions of other works issued from his press. '37 He died at Alost, on the 28th of May, a. d.
Hungarus, of the Minorite Order, wrote
Biga Salutis, sive Sermones de Sanc-
Likewise, Wolfgang Hopyl printed
Paris, a. d. , 1518,
Legende
tium
ribus Ecclesiasticis. "'3o
Scripto- After his death appeared, a. d. 1531, a new edition
;"
''SSee " Relationum Historicarum de Re- bus Anglicis," tomus i. , pars, ii. , pp. 695, 696.
"* See "Athcnae Oxonenses," vol. i. ,
Britannicis," tomus i. , cap. xcii. , p. 126. '33 See Cardinal Bellarmin's "De Scrip*
toribus Ecclesiasticis," pp. 540 to 542. Venice edition, 1728.
'^4 See F. A. Van " Iseghem's Biogra-
phiedeThierryMartens. " This8vowork
appeared at Malines, a. d. 1852.
'35 See Mon. de Ram's "Considerations
sur I'Histoire de I'Universite de Louvain. " This dissertation appeared in "Bullentins de 1' Academic Royal de Belgique," tome xxi.
'3* Valere Andre attributes to his anthor- ship this work. See "Bibliotheca Belgica. " At present it seems to be unknown.
"' See Walts' " Bibliotheca Britannica,"
col. to
132 134.
See the edition of
1813.
London. 4to.
"7 See Brunei's "Manuel du Libraire,"
tome iii. , col. 1316.
»*® In two 4to volumes this work saw the
light.
'^See Watts' "Bibliotheca Britannica,"
vol. i. , pp. 513, o, and 526, 1. Also vol. ii. ,
p. 635, i.
'3° A collected edition of this writer's his-
torical works was issued at Frankfort, a. d. 1600.
Catalogus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum, sive illus-
"
'3« This work, in a thin 4to volume of vol. ii. , p. 649, x, y. Mailtaire's Annales
184 folios, was printed at Cologne. Typographici," vol. i. , p. 334. Second '3» See " Commentarii de Scriptoribus Edition.
Ixxx INTRODUCTION.
1534. ^38 AnthonyCorvinusalsowroteaworkwhichwaspublished,'39"Breves
Expositiones supra ea Evangelia quae in praecipuis Festis Sanctorum praedi- cari soleat. " It was composed or broa/it to light about a. d. 1537. '^='
The first great collection of saints' lives was that published by Aloysius Lewis or Ludovicus Lippomanus, who was born about the year 1500. Successively he had been appointed Bishop over Modon, over Verona, and
over Bergamo. Lippomani was secretary to Pope Julius III. , and he was also made Legate of the Holy See, and President at the Council of Trent. Notwithstanding the exalted nature of his functions, he was enabled to
"
publish many learned works. Among these, the principal are,
Sanctorum
Priscorum Patruum Vitae, numero clxiii. ex variis Auctoribus CoUectae, cum
Notis. " Lib. iv. '^i This appeared at Rome, a. d. 1551. It was followed
by the second tome, comprising two hundred and twenty-five lives, in 1553.
Thethirdcontainedanewseriesofdetachedlives; StPalladius,theBook of St. Gregory of Tours, De Miraculis Martyrum, St. Julianus and St. Martin,
Bishop: it was published in 1554. The fourth volume, containing two hundred and seventy lives, appeared this same year. The fifth tome, issued
A. D. 1556, having Metaphrastes in the beginning, with the months of November, December, January, and February. Two additional tomes came out, A. D. 1558. One of these contained Saints' Acts for the months of May,
June, July, August, September, and October; while the other was divided
into three parts, viz. : i, the months of March and April j 2, another collec-
tion of Metaphrastes,'4^ translated by Cardinal Sirlet : and 3, the " Pra tum
Spirituale" of John Moschus. '*3 For critical accuracy, this coUectio n of
Saints'Actsisnotgreatlyesteemed. '** Ithadbeencompleted,too,without
any regularity of plan-'^s Tnis pious and learned prelate died a. d. 155 9,'**
or according to other accounts, a. d. 1560. His nephew, Hieronimo Lippo-
mani, published a supplementary posthumous volume, and which comprised
'*
an eighth tome of
uncle. '*' This compilation was reprinted at Louvain, a. d. 1566. '*^ The
•a" His tomb is to be seen in the pare- chial church of this place. To honour his memory, a public statue has been erected in his native town, A. D. 1856.
'39 In 8vo. Hal. S.
'* See Watts' " Bibliotheca Britannica," vol. i. , p. 260, j.
'*' The notes are separately printed in
Italian ; and two volumes have been devoted
vol. ii. , p. 609, s. t.
'*5 The notes, however, were the germs
of future hagiographical criticism, '**SeeJeremy Collier's "Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical, and Poetical
Dictionary," vol. Art. Lippomannus.
'' <« In the article in the Biographie Uni-
verselle on Lippomani, though signed by two honourable names, there are three
Lives of the Fathers," translated from the Greek, by his
to a Latin translation of Simeon Meta- errors: they give but six volumes—state
phrates' Lives of Saints. See M. le Dr. that Metaphrastes fills the two last—a—nd
"
Hoefer's Nouvelle Biographie Generale," thatall were published froml55i to 1558. "
"
tome xxxi. , pp. 328, 329. Duffy's
Irish Catholic Magazine," vol. ii. , '* This was taken from a MS. of the p. 30, n. ist col.
Crypta Ferrata. '** It was translated into French, by Ga- '*5 Thus were seven folio tomes published briel de Payorbault, and published at Paris, by Bishop Lugi Lippomani. a. d. 1572. This work of the Lippomani
•4 See Watts' " Bibliotheca Britannica," was a great publishing effort, for the time.
INTRODUCTION. Ixxxi
learned antiquary, John Leland,'<9 flourished within the first half of the
sixteen:;h century. He went to Cambridge, and received his academical
education at Christ College ;'5o afterwards he studied at Oxford. By his
industrious researches into English history, Leland materially contributed,
to preserve from time's decay, many particulars regarding Irish Saints and
religious foundations. Besides some valuable antiquarian works, which
appeared during his lifetime, he left several manuscript volumes of extracts
and collections, taken from cathedral, abbatial, and collegiate libraries.
"
His Commentarii de scriptoribus Britannicis," very imperfectly edited by
Anthony Hall, appeared at Oxford, a. d. lyog. 's^ His "Itinerary through most parts of England and Wales," has been published by Mr. Heame,
A. D. lyio-ii. 's' His "Collectanea de Rebus Britannicis," appeared a. d.
1 '53 These works are now scarce. A collected and well 71 5. extremely
edited series of this celebrated antiquary's complete works should be issued, as a boon for historical investigators. He died on the iSth of April, a. d. 1552,inthecityofLondon. '54 "TheLifeofLeland,"bytheRev. William
Huddesford, was published at Oxford, a. d. i772. 'ss
A very elegant edition of Saints' Lives was prepared for publication by Laurence Surius. This he published in six folio volumes ; the first tome
appearing in the year 1576 ;'56 others following at successive intervals. The Saints' Acts were arranged according to successive days of the months and year, as found in the order of the Roman Calendar. 'S7 Surius made his selectionsfromLivesoftheSaints,aspublishedbyLippomani. However, he rejected those that were considered open to severe criticism ; but, he added many inedited documents to his collection. Deliberate expurgations and alterations were made in the text of original documents, either to render his work less objectionable for prevailing critical and severe taste, or to infuse a greater elegance of style and a purer Latinity. These suppressions and amendments, however, tended to lessen the authentic and historical value of his work, " De Probatis Sanctorum Vitis," and to destroy the origi- nality of its component materials. There are few notes, historical, topogra- phical, or critical, annexed to the various Saints' Lives, but there are short
'*9 See Anthony A. Wood's " Athenae Oxonienses," vol. i. , col. 197 to 204. New Edition, with additions, and a continuation
by Philip Bliss. London, 1813, 4to.
'50 See "Athenae Cantabrigienses," by Charles Henry Cooper, F. S. A. , and Thompson Cooper, vol. i. , pp. no, ill,
'ss In 8vo shape.
'ss An edition of this work was published at Cologne, A. D. 1617, in six folio volumes,
*'
542. London, 1858, et seq. 8vo. 'S' In two 8vo volumes.
'S» In nine 8vo volumes.
'53 In six 8vo volumes.
"
'5* See John Pitts*
carumde Rebus Anglicis," tomus i. , pars. ii. , p. 744.
Relationum Histori-
*
The title-page of this edition is : Sanctorum ex Probatis Authoribus et JISS. Codicibus. " Primo quidem per R. P. Fr. Laurentium Surium Carthusianum editre, nunc vero multis sanctorum Vitis auctse, emundatas et notis marginalibus illustratae. Colonise Agrippinae, cio. ioc. xvii. The paging of this edition is frequently found to be incorrect,
»57 The saints of two months are comprised in each tome.
Vitae
Ixxxli INTRODUCTION.
accompanying notices regarding the sources, whence those biographies had been derived. Several Acts of our national Saints are found in his volumes.
Surius was about to publish a second edition of the work, but he did not
live to complete this design.
The Spanish Jesuit, Father Ribadineira, published a series of Saints'
Lives,inhiscountry'svernacular. 'ss Thiscollectionwasafterwardstranslated
into Latin,'53 French, and English. '^ Professedly it digests into the form of sermons or pan/gerics t'. i3 saints' actions ; bat, it mast be remarked, the mode of treatment is severely historical more than rhetorical. It only con- tains a few notices of Irish Saints. Pietro Galesini of Milan, Apostolic Notary, endeavoured to new-model the Roman Martyrology, by illustrating and correcting it, as likewise by adding a number of new facts respecting the saints. His work was dedicated to Pope Gregory XIII. It was published at Milan, A. D. 1577, and at Venice, a. d. 1578. "^' This work was not ap-
"5»
owing chiefly
came a Doctor of Theology at Louvain, and he published there " De Pic-
" Natales Sanctorum et eorum chronica Belgii,
proved by
the Roman
to its over-elaborate ^'3 plan.
censors,
Jean Ver Meulen, Latinized John Molanus, born at Lille, a. d. 1533, be-
was It is published.
"
In the year 1595, a small octavo posthumous volume
turis et Imaginibus Sacris," a. d. 1570. In the year 1573, torum Belgii" issued.
Indiculus Sanc-
intituled,
recapitulatio. " TheseworkscontainsomeshortactsornoticesofIrishsaints,
whoinvariousmissionarycapacitieshadbeenconnectedwithBelgium. The author died, September i8th, 1585. '^+ Arnold Wion, a Belgian monk of
"
the Benedictine Order, published
Lignum Vitae, in quo Religionis D. Bene-
dicti initia, et viri clari describuntur in lib. v. " It appeared at Venice,*^^
A. D. iSgS-'^"^ In it are contained some notices of Irish saints. Fr. Zacharias
Lippeloo published compendious acts of the saints at Brixiad, a. d. 1601. *^'
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atque Sanctarum Virginum. ""^^ Besides these works, Antonio Possevino,
This was intituled,
Vitge Sanctorum sive Res Gestae Martyrum, Confessorum
»s8 It was illustrated with cuts, and pub- lished A. D. 1572. See Watts' "Bibliotheca Britannica," vol. ii. , p. 801, j.
vol. i. , p. 396, w.
'^3 See "Encyclopedic Catholique," &c. , Public sous la Direction de I'Abbe Glaire et de M. le Vte. Walsh, tome xii , p. 425.
'** See M. le Dr. Hoefer's "Nouvelle
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seu Vitae et Res Gestas Sanctorum ex pro-
'59 The Latin title is,
Flos Sanctoram,
batis scriptoribus selectae, et in forniam Biographic Generale," &c. , tome xxxv. ,
concionum singulari cura ad usum conciona- torumaccommodata. " PrimumHispanice a R. P. Petro Ribadineira Toletano e socie- tate Jesu. This edition was published at Cologne, A. D, 1630. It had a-lditions of new Saints' Acts, w. lh useful annotations.
cols. 240, 241. »*5in4toform.
'**
See Watts' ••Bibliotheca_Britanmca," vol. ii. , p. 976, z.
""' In lour 410 volumes,
'^s The only edition of this work, I have
been enabled to bears for title ; consult,
" Vitae sive Res geitce Sanctoram, ex se-
'^^ A third edition of this English
work, in folio shape, was issued in Dublin, by
subscription, a. d. 1763. It is a very creJit- ablespecimenoftypography.
leclissimisorthodoxis patribu. s, brevi et fideli "
'*'
>'» " Sec Watts*
Compendioconscripta;, perFr. Zachariam Lippeloo, Canhusi. « Coloniensis alumnium, et nunc recens recogiiitae, ac Vitarum ali-
It was printed in 4to shape.
Bibliotheca Britannica,"
INTRODUCTION. Ixxxiii bom in Mantova, a. d. i534,»^9a learned Jesuit, issued a highly-esteemed
"
Apparatus Sacer,'"? " in which he notices nearly 8,000 writers, sacred and profane. '^' Again, Giambattista Possevino,'? * nephew of the more celebrated Antonio Possevino, wrote, "Vite de Sancti di Todi. " It was
published at Perugia,'73 a. d. i597. '74
The learned Henricus Canisius, born about the middle of the sixteenth
century,' 75 published a valuable work, called "Antiquse Lectiones," at In- golstadt, from a. d. 1601 to 1608. It appeared in seven 4to volumes. '7^
These were afterwards reprinted and put in order, by Jacques Basnage, under the title of " Thesaurus Monumentorum Ecclesiasticorum. "'77 These works contain curious tracts, which serve to elucidate the Acts of some Irish saints.
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English Martyrologie, conteyning a Summary of the Lives of the glorious and re- nowned Saintes of the three kingdoms ; England, Scotland, and Ireland ; collected and distributed into Moneths, after the form of a Calendar, accord-
ing to every Sainte's Festivity. " This work appeared, a. d. 1608. '79
One of the most comprehensive and industrious literary projectors of his age was Cardinal Csesar Baronius. This eminent Ecclesiastical Historian
and Martyrologist was born at lora, in the Kingdom of Naples, October 31st, A. D. 1538. '^° For a great part of his life, Baronius laboured at his in-
"
valuable work, Annales Ecclesiastici/"*^' containing a history of the first
quot accessione locupletatse, per Fr. Come- tionnaire Historique," tome ii. , p. 460.
work,
The learned editor died a. d. i 609. ^78 John Watson published his
lium Grassium ejusdem Carthusise profes- sum. This edition has been issued at Co- logne, A. D. 1602, in four thick i2mo volumes. In it the Lives of the Saints are distributed, according to the order of months, each vo- lume comprising respectively three months. Another edition seems to have issued in the same city, in three thick i2mo volumes, A. D. 161O.
'^ See Tiraboschi's "Storiadella Lettera- tura Italiana," tomo vii. , parte ii. , lib. iii. , pp. 398 to 402.
'70 It appeared at Venice, 1603-1606, in 3 vols, folio. Another edition issued at Cologne, 1607, two vols, in fol.
'7« See Brunet's " Manuel du Libraire et de rAmateur de Livres," tome iv. , pp. 834, 835.
Paris edition, 1818.
'7* See Graesse's "Tresor de Livres Rares
et Precieux, ou Nouveau Dictionnaire Biblio-
graphique," tome ii. , p. 35.
'77 This work was printed at Antwerp,
A. D. 1725. It appeared in seven folio vo- lumes, with a preface and notes by the editor.
'7^ See " A New General Biographical
Dictionary,"&c. , vol. iii. ,p. 303. Published at London in 15 volumes 8vo, A. D. 1798, a
new edition.
'79 In small 8vo. By some this work is at
tributed to John Wilson, as the letters J. W, are only affixed on the title-page. See William
revised, corrected, and enlarged, by Henry G. Bohn, vol. v. , part x. , p. 2854. London 1864, 8vo.
'8° See Tiraboschi's "Storia della Let
teratura Italiana," tomo vii. , parte i. , lib,
ii. , p. 364.
'^' A folio. edition of this valuable work
which was intended to expose the historical forgeries of the Centuriators of Magdebourg, appeared in several volumes, Mpgantiae et
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'7» Bom A. D. 1520. See Tiraboschi's Storia della Letteratura Italiana," tomo
i. , lib. '75 In 4to form.
vii. , parte
ii. , p. 572.
'74 See M. le Dr. Hoefer's
graphie Generale depuis les Temps les plus
recules jusqu'a nos Jours," tome xl. , pp. 876 to 878.
