His
materials
were derived from the Lives of St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v1
Menochus,ofGleannfaidhleandofRosmorMenoic,whowastheson
" wfEngus,hislocalityiscalledRosRind. ^ WilliamM. Hennessyidentifieshis
January, according to the Martyrology of Tallagh. ^ In the
Feihre" of St.
graphical Dictionary of Ireland," vol. i. , pp. 653, 654.
*
Board prevents the extraction of any part, until the labour be completed. Hereafter, the author hopes to supply in an appendix,
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," (xii. Martii. Vita S. Dagani, nn. 2, the diurnal extracts henceforward missing,
8, 9, lo, p. 586.
7 The accompanying engraving by Mr.
Gregor Grey, of Dublin, reproduces a sketch of the author in June, 1871.
and to resume when he arrives at that part belonging to the Franciscans. This promise, however, assumes, that all parts shall be
completed, in due form.
*^ The foregoing notes were taken, during
a visit to this place.
9 See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scot-
tish — Saints," p. 427.
'
Article hi.
Kelly, p. xiv. The entries from this day, in the Irish copy of this Martyrology extant,
The following stanza and its literal Eng- lish translation have bee—n furnished by Pro-
Edited by Rev. Dr.
fessor Bryan O'Looney
-d. 111. kU
:
cec
CAejA A|\ inA|\ciiA
moi\civA monfuf •do|\u|' Amflum &! ^ un Am-^x
en^n ^\oii- tMnt> foluf.
large
512 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 30.
place with Rosmore, in the county of Wexford, as we find in a note appended
tohiscopyoftheMartyrologyofDonegal. 3 Thepresentsaintissetdown in that calendar and on this day, as Enan, son of Gemnian. He is said to
havebeenveneratedatRosmore,4inUi-Deagha,inUi-Cinnsealaigh. s Yet in another passage and within brackets, his place, Ros-mor, is said to have
been [in Luighne]. It is stated by the compiler of a table, appended to this
Martyrology. The same compiler then enquires: [" Is he the writer of the
:
Life of Brigid, etc. , and of the Book of Kilkenny ? " He adds " And it
seems likely to be so, though he is called Eminus in Jocelin, —not Ennanus. "P
The
Kalends, St. Enan, Confessor, passed away to Heaven, in Ireland. ? The worldling considers the life of a saint to be folly, and his end without honour.
saint not be different from the present may
also
called Enan of Glenn Faidhle, now Glenely, in the county ofWicklow. The Drummond Kalendar tells us, that on this day, iii. of the February
—
Mohernog
probably
But the Christian faithful " Behold how exclaim,
are numbered
among
they the children of God, and their lot is among the saints. "^
Article IV. —St. Glastian or Makglastian, Bishop and Confessor, INScotland. TheKalendarsandhagiographicalwritersofScotlandhave some imperfect notices o^ a St. Glastian or Makglastian, at the 30th of January. Adam King calls him by the latter name, and tells us, that he was a bishop in Scotland under King Achaius. ^ The Kalendar of the Aberdeen Breviary notes him as Glascianus, a bishop and confessor, having an office with nine lessons. ^ Dempster calls him Maglastian, a bishop, in Kyntyre, at this date. 3 Yet, regarding the life of this holy man, we have no details. '^ He is knoAvn, however, in the parish of Kinglassie or Kinglassin, near Kirk- caldy. 5 Some trace the name from a saint called Glass, and they point out a fountain of fine water, denominated St. Glass's well. ^ Kilmaglas or Kilma- lash? is another name for the parish of Strachur,^ and it indicates a dedica- tion to this saint in Argyleshire. Lesley states,9 that with the reputation of
B. iii. kl.
Fifty and one hundred martyrs Who ennobled the door of
martyrdom
He fasted with a number of the
old mercenaries
Enan of bright Ros Rind.
Saints," p. 143.
* See /(^/(/. , p. 112.
3 Edited by Drs, Todd and Reeves, pp.
30, 31.
* Under any form, whether Ross or Ros-
more, I cannot find such a denomination on
''
Aberdeen, which runs in these terms :
"Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God,
that we, who celebrate the anniversary of Blessed Glascianus, Thy confessor and bishop, may, by the intercession of his de- vout prayers, be deemed meet t—o attain to eternal joys, through our Lord. " See ibid. , p. 356.
s Frequent mention is made of this place in the "Register of Dunfermline," pp. 56, 57, 59, 63, 64, 66, 81, 172, 175, 207, 418.
^ "Old Statistical Survey of Scotland. "
Vol. iv. , p. 501, and " New Statistical Sur-
vey of Scotland. " Fife, p. 194.
^ It is not far from the ferry of Lochf)me,
Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Wexford. "
jecture.
*
the
5 Inanote to the "
ofDone- gal," Dr. Todd says at this word Ui Ceitin- sealaigh. *'Here the more recent hand adds, -A5 \\o An c-eriAn -oo ^'c^Mob becA'6 riA nAotti. 'This is the Enan who wrote theLivesoftheSaints,'" Wemaypresume, however, that this is added by way of con-
See 23? </. , pp. 406, 407.
Martyrology
Macfarlane's "Geographical Collections. " 7 See Bishop —Forbes' "Kalendars of Three vols, of MSS. , in the Advocates'
Scottish Saints. " Kalendarium Drumon- diense, p. 4.
^Wisdom, v. ,—4, 5.
Article IV.
Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish
vol. ii. , part i. , p. 77.
» "De et et Rebus Origine, Moribus,
gestis Scotorum," lib. v.
'
See his "Kalendar" in
3 See
"
Menologium Scoticum," /i5/i'. , p.
19? .
'* There is a collect in the
Breviary
of
Library, Edinburgh. ^"
See Origines Parochiales Scotise,"
January 30. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 513
great erudition, Glacianus flourished during the reign of Achaius. ^" This bishop is said to have been iUustrious, and not without the reputation of
sanctity. " Among the pretermitted saints, the BoUandists class him at this date. " HisfeastisplacedbyGeruadiusatthe21stofJune,andbyCame- rarius at the ist of September. '3 It is possible that the present saint may have been Irish by birth and education, although this cannot be asserted, for want of further biographical particulars.
ArticleV. —St. Euskbius,MonkatSt. Gall,Switzerland. [Ninth
Century. ^ Not content with cherishing their religion at home, the Irish, as far as possible, would extend its blessings to the whole human race. ^ This hasbeenmanifestedineveryclimeandregionoftheworld. Itwasespecially the case, during the time of Charles II. , denominated the Bald, and his brothers Lothaire and Louis,'' when despising the dangers of ocean, a whole swarm of philosophers flocked towards Gallia and Germania from Hibemia, as a Continental writer bears witness. 3 Colgan has collected and published, at this day, the acts of our present saint,^ who he thinks should rather be calledEuchadiuSjSthanEusebius—. ^ Inspiredwithzealandreligiousfeeling,
the Irish —called Eusebius? whatever Scot, may
have been the name in his
nativecountry dedicatedhimselftotheserviceofChrist,and,wemayfairly
presume, his piety was developed at an early age. ^ He wished to follow in the footsteps of his compatriots, notable among whom was St. Gall,9 the celebrated Apostle of Switzerland. Eusebius was probably born early in the ninth century, although this is only a conjectural date for the occurrence. But it is generally thought that towards or about the middle of that age, he leftfriendsandnativecountryathome,whensettingoutforGaul. ^° After- wards he sought the renowned monastery, established at St. Gall" in Switzer-
'"He ' —
is said to have lived contemporane- Ratpert of St. Gall calls this saint
with
" Boethius "Scotorum Historise," lib. x. "See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
XXX- Januarii, p. 1024, where they add,
''
Giorgius Conceus Kennetho II. Regi. , Achaii iiepotif scribit cum Geruadio saluberrimarum legutn edendarum atictorem fuisse, non pietate
"
modo, sed^rerum quoque scientia probatum. '3 He is called a bishop and confessor in the celebrated Scottish district Morauia.
" " De et Casibus S. Scotigena. " Origine
Galli. " Ekkehard, a chronicler of St. Gall, likewise calls him *' Sancti Galli Compatri- anus," which proves him to have been an Irishman.
^ The BoUandists appear to have alto-
gether forgotten the present St. Eusebius, although they name a St. Eusebius, with
many other companions, who was a martyr
ously
Charlemagne.
at Rome. See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of Scottish ii. , xxx. Januarii. Prsetermissi et in alios
Saints," p, 240—. Article v.
dies rejecti, pp. 1024, 1025.
•
"»
"
See — Sermons, Lectures,"
See his Life at the i6th of October,
etc. , etc. , of the Rev. Michael Buckley. The Irish Character Analysed, p. 438.
*
See the events of this period treated in L. -P. Anquetil's "Histoire de France. "
'°
Here Colgan thinks he arrived during
Deuxieme pp. 69 to 74.
dite des
the fifteen years' reign of Lothaire, who suc-
ceeded Louis the Pious. See "Acta Sanc-
torum Hibernise," n. I, p. 207. See like-
wise L. -P. " Histoire de France. " Anquetil's
Race,
Carlovingiens, § i. ,
Deuxieme Race dite des Carlovingiens, § i. , 3 So states Eric of Auxerre, in his preface pp. 65 to 69.
to "Vita S. Germani. " "
* See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernias," xxx.
Januarii. De B. Eusebio Monacho et
Martyre, pp. 206, 207.
s This form of name or Euchodius was
common among the Irish, as illustrated by
reference to our annals. See ibid. , n. 2, p.
207.
Ratpert,
century, undertook a history of the origin and occurrences regarding the Monastery of St. Gall.
His materials were derived from the Lives of St. Columban, St. Gall, St. Otmar, the traditions of the ancient fathers, and from the authentic Codices and Charters preserved at St. Gall. See "Monumenta Germanise Historica. " Scriptorum, tomus
*
foqnd in Irel—and. See ibid.
This Grecised form of name is rarely Vol. I. No. 9.
ii. , p. 59, and note, by Pertz.
towards the close of the ninth
2l
514 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 30.
land. Here he is said to have arrived, a. d. 841," or according to another account,a. d. 854. ^3 Heenteredthatcenobiumasamonk,andheremained initforsomeyears. AtaplacecalledMountSt. Victor,inRhsetiaCuriensis,'* and now known as the Grison country, there was a church dedicated to the holy martyr, aft—er whom it had been called. Desirous of leading a life in
men at that period Eusebius shut himself up in an Ergastulum or close anchoretical house, where he was solely devoted to exercises of piety. He practised ex- traordinary mortification, and his mind was altogether removed from earthly
cares, while wrapt almost continually in the higher transports of heavenly contemplation. He is said to have retired to this place, soon after he visited St. Gall, and about a. d. 854, or 855. Endowed with the gift of prophecy, Eusebius was resorted to by the country people, who reposed implicit faith on his revelations regarding the future. ^^ Among other remarkable incidents of this kind was his prediction respecting St. Ison or I so, before birth took
" Your wife shall give birthtoason,whomyoushalldevotetoSt. Gallus. Heshallbearenowned doctor, and he shall instruct many youths in the strict rule of discipline. " King Charles, the son and successor of King Louis,^^ had a great reverence for Eusebius, and to manifest it, he complied with the saint's request, that Mount St. Victor should be assigned as a dependency of St. Gall's monastery. *9 This donation was confirmed by a royal charter. For thirty years'" the pious anchoret Eusebius persevered in his seclusion, and then in the odour of sanctity
he departed to bliss on the 30th of January, a. d. 884. '^ The Necrology of St. Gall states, that Eusebius was killed by one of the inhabitants of his
neighbourhood, when remonstrating with some of them regarding their bad conduct. But the miracle afterwards recorded'" does not seem reconcilable
—solitude
perfect according
to a custom
prevailing among holy
place. ^7 To his father the holy Eusebius announced
:
'^ "
See Mabillon's Annales Ordinis S.
Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xxxii. , § xlv. , p.
629.
'3 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," XXX. Januarii. De B. Eusebio, cap. ii. , and n. 4, p. 207.
'* This district is shown on Wilkinson's
"Atlas Classica," Map 31. Vindelicia, Rhaetia et Noricum Antiqua.
'S According to Ratpert, this happened
thirty years before the saint's death, and
§ vi. , p. 163, § xxix. , p. 173, § xl. , p. 178, and lib. xxxviii. , sec. Ixxxvii. , p. 249. He is said by Hepidannus and by Hermannus to have died on the 14th of May, a. d. 871,
flourished in the ninth century, and he is a
Deuxieme Race dite des Carlovingiens, sec.
11, p. 75.
*> to Yet the Ne- According Ratpert.
crology of St. Gall makes him a recluse for
near fifty years. This had been explained by Colgan as if referring to his whole life, and as indicating that he died in the fiftieth
year of his age. Dr. Lanigan adds, how- ever, "This cannot agree with his having arrived at St. Gall in 841, at which time he
would have been, in this — no hypothesis,
trustworthy authority. His chronicle is
in Goldast's " Rerum Almanni- carum Scriptores," tomus ii.
published
'* Eckehardus, "De Casibus S. Galli Monasterii," cap. ii. His prediction came
''
'7 See " B. Casuum S. Galli Continuatio
i. " auctore Ekkehardo iv. ,
to pass. See Mabillon's
S. Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xxxii. , § xlv. , p. 627.
to 147. An interesting account of St. Yso is there to
Annales Ordinis
pp. 75
's
consequently about A. D. 854. That writer L. -P. Anquetil's "Histoire de France. "
more than about seven years old. " "Ec- be found. See Pertz, Monumenta Ger- clesiastical History of Ireland," vol. iii. ,
"
maniffi Historica. " Scriptorum tomus ii. According to Epidanus, Ekkehard flourished A. D. 977. But Goldast states, that 1071 is the true date. See " Rerum Almannicarum Scriptores," tomus i. , p. 4. Some notices of Iso are contained in Malsillon's "Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus iii. , lib. xxxvii. ,
chap, xxi. , sec. v. , n. 65, p. 287.
^'
See Mabillon's "Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus iii. , lib. xxxviii. , section Ixxxvii. , p. 249.
^^ See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
niae," xxx. Januarii. De B. Eusebio, cap. v. , p. 207.
according to Mabillon's computation. '^ "
See Mabillon's Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xxxii. , sec. xlv. , p. 627.
'» This must have been the Emperor Charles, called "the fat," son to the Ger- manic Lewis. See an account of him in
January 30. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 515
with anv degree of probability. By some writers Eusebius is regarded as a
martyi'. Yet Mabillon has expressed doubts, in reference to the accuracy of those circumstances recorded by Bollandus. ^3 in the account of his death,
Ratpert"*doesnotrelatethathewasmartyred. TheinaccuracyofDempster is fully manifested in his statement, that the present holy man had been a disciple of St. Gall, and that he flourished a. d. 670,^^ We have already seen, that he lived on for over two hundred years later than the date assigned by Dempster. AsinthecaseofseveralotherholyIrishmenwhowentabroad, our native calendarists omit to notice this saint ; it is fortunate, however, that the Christian people, among whom he hved for so long a period, and the country, in which he died, should have retained so grateful a sense of his faithful services to religion, and of his personal sanctity, as to keep in hon- oured remembrance his name and his virtues.
Article VI. —St. Cruimther-Ailbhe, or Elbhe, Patron of Shancoe Parish, County of Sligo. \Fifth and Sixth Centuries? ^ At his ordination, a priest is called to bless, to offer sacrifice, to direct in the way of salvation, to preach the Gospel of Christ, and to baptize. He thus becomes the ministrator of many graces to the faithful. This holy man was a different person, and of a different ecclesiastical rank or grade from Ailbe or Albeus, whowasarchbishopinMunster. ^ Thepresentsaint,fromhisdenomination, does not appear to have passed beyond the sacerdotal order. The name and title Cruimther Ailbhe, without any other description, is set down in the Martyrology of Tallagh' on this day. He is also recorded in the Festilogy ofMarianusO'Gorman. Werewetoadoptcertainstatements,thepresent holy man probably must have flourished in the time of St. Patrick. 3 He is said to have been one of the Irish Apostle's priests, and ordained from among the disciples and clerics, to place him over a church, which Patrick erected in that district beyond the Shannon, and over which the Magi-* had drawnaveilofdarknessonhisapproach. s Thisplaceiscalledindifferently Senchua^. or Dumha-graidh, in the territory of Tir-Oilill. Then sacred vessels, and other furniture, necessary for offering the holy mysteries, were wanting. The illustrious prelate, divinely admonished, signified to the priest Ailbe, that in a rocky cave, and buried under the earth, he should find an altar of admirable workmanship, and at the four comers, that he should find as many glass chalices. On account of their brittle substance, he admonished the explorers to dig cautiously, lest those vessels might be broken. ^ The
""3 See "Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti,"
tomus ii. , lib. xxxii. , sec. xlv. , p. 627.
"In the "Monumenta Germanise Histo-
'^Mael and Caplit, fosterers of King Lac-
ghaire's daughters.
s For a further account of this darkness,
the reader is referred to the Lives of the
Holy Virgins, St. Ethnea and St. Fedelmia,
rica
"
this writer states that St.
" wfEngus,hislocalityiscalledRosRind. ^ WilliamM. Hennessyidentifieshis
January, according to the Martyrology of Tallagh. ^ In the
Feihre" of St.
graphical Dictionary of Ireland," vol. i. , pp. 653, 654.
*
Board prevents the extraction of any part, until the labour be completed. Hereafter, the author hopes to supply in an appendix,
See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," (xii. Martii. Vita S. Dagani, nn. 2, the diurnal extracts henceforward missing,
8, 9, lo, p. 586.
7 The accompanying engraving by Mr.
Gregor Grey, of Dublin, reproduces a sketch of the author in June, 1871.
and to resume when he arrives at that part belonging to the Franciscans. This promise, however, assumes, that all parts shall be
completed, in due form.
*^ The foregoing notes were taken, during
a visit to this place.
9 See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scot-
tish — Saints," p. 427.
'
Article hi.
Kelly, p. xiv. The entries from this day, in the Irish copy of this Martyrology extant,
The following stanza and its literal Eng- lish translation have bee—n furnished by Pro-
Edited by Rev. Dr.
fessor Bryan O'Looney
-d. 111. kU
:
cec
CAejA A|\ inA|\ciiA
moi\civA monfuf •do|\u|' Amflum &! ^ un Am-^x
en^n ^\oii- tMnt> foluf.
large
512 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 30.
place with Rosmore, in the county of Wexford, as we find in a note appended
tohiscopyoftheMartyrologyofDonegal. 3 Thepresentsaintissetdown in that calendar and on this day, as Enan, son of Gemnian. He is said to
havebeenveneratedatRosmore,4inUi-Deagha,inUi-Cinnsealaigh. s Yet in another passage and within brackets, his place, Ros-mor, is said to have
been [in Luighne]. It is stated by the compiler of a table, appended to this
Martyrology. The same compiler then enquires: [" Is he the writer of the
:
Life of Brigid, etc. , and of the Book of Kilkenny ? " He adds " And it
seems likely to be so, though he is called Eminus in Jocelin, —not Ennanus. "P
The
Kalends, St. Enan, Confessor, passed away to Heaven, in Ireland. ? The worldling considers the life of a saint to be folly, and his end without honour.
saint not be different from the present may
also
called Enan of Glenn Faidhle, now Glenely, in the county ofWicklow. The Drummond Kalendar tells us, that on this day, iii. of the February
—
Mohernog
probably
But the Christian faithful " Behold how exclaim,
are numbered
among
they the children of God, and their lot is among the saints. "^
Article IV. —St. Glastian or Makglastian, Bishop and Confessor, INScotland. TheKalendarsandhagiographicalwritersofScotlandhave some imperfect notices o^ a St. Glastian or Makglastian, at the 30th of January. Adam King calls him by the latter name, and tells us, that he was a bishop in Scotland under King Achaius. ^ The Kalendar of the Aberdeen Breviary notes him as Glascianus, a bishop and confessor, having an office with nine lessons. ^ Dempster calls him Maglastian, a bishop, in Kyntyre, at this date. 3 Yet, regarding the life of this holy man, we have no details. '^ He is knoAvn, however, in the parish of Kinglassie or Kinglassin, near Kirk- caldy. 5 Some trace the name from a saint called Glass, and they point out a fountain of fine water, denominated St. Glass's well. ^ Kilmaglas or Kilma- lash? is another name for the parish of Strachur,^ and it indicates a dedica- tion to this saint in Argyleshire. Lesley states,9 that with the reputation of
B. iii. kl.
Fifty and one hundred martyrs Who ennobled the door of
martyrdom
He fasted with a number of the
old mercenaries
Enan of bright Ros Rind.
Saints," p. 143.
* See /(^/(/. , p. 112.
3 Edited by Drs, Todd and Reeves, pp.
30, 31.
* Under any form, whether Ross or Ros-
more, I cannot find such a denomination on
''
Aberdeen, which runs in these terms :
"Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God,
that we, who celebrate the anniversary of Blessed Glascianus, Thy confessor and bishop, may, by the intercession of his de- vout prayers, be deemed meet t—o attain to eternal joys, through our Lord. " See ibid. , p. 356.
s Frequent mention is made of this place in the "Register of Dunfermline," pp. 56, 57, 59, 63, 64, 66, 81, 172, 175, 207, 418.
^ "Old Statistical Survey of Scotland. "
Vol. iv. , p. 501, and " New Statistical Sur-
vey of Scotland. " Fife, p. 194.
^ It is not far from the ferry of Lochf)me,
Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Wexford. "
jecture.
*
the
5 Inanote to the "
ofDone- gal," Dr. Todd says at this word Ui Ceitin- sealaigh. *'Here the more recent hand adds, -A5 \\o An c-eriAn -oo ^'c^Mob becA'6 riA nAotti. 'This is the Enan who wrote theLivesoftheSaints,'" Wemaypresume, however, that this is added by way of con-
See 23? </. , pp. 406, 407.
Martyrology
Macfarlane's "Geographical Collections. " 7 See Bishop —Forbes' "Kalendars of Three vols, of MSS. , in the Advocates'
Scottish Saints. " Kalendarium Drumon- diense, p. 4.
^Wisdom, v. ,—4, 5.
Article IV.
Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish
vol. ii. , part i. , p. 77.
» "De et et Rebus Origine, Moribus,
gestis Scotorum," lib. v.
'
See his "Kalendar" in
3 See
"
Menologium Scoticum," /i5/i'. , p.
19? .
'* There is a collect in the
Breviary
of
Library, Edinburgh. ^"
See Origines Parochiales Scotise,"
January 30. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 513
great erudition, Glacianus flourished during the reign of Achaius. ^" This bishop is said to have been iUustrious, and not without the reputation of
sanctity. " Among the pretermitted saints, the BoUandists class him at this date. " HisfeastisplacedbyGeruadiusatthe21stofJune,andbyCame- rarius at the ist of September. '3 It is possible that the present saint may have been Irish by birth and education, although this cannot be asserted, for want of further biographical particulars.
ArticleV. —St. Euskbius,MonkatSt. Gall,Switzerland. [Ninth
Century. ^ Not content with cherishing their religion at home, the Irish, as far as possible, would extend its blessings to the whole human race. ^ This hasbeenmanifestedineveryclimeandregionoftheworld. Itwasespecially the case, during the time of Charles II. , denominated the Bald, and his brothers Lothaire and Louis,'' when despising the dangers of ocean, a whole swarm of philosophers flocked towards Gallia and Germania from Hibemia, as a Continental writer bears witness. 3 Colgan has collected and published, at this day, the acts of our present saint,^ who he thinks should rather be calledEuchadiuSjSthanEusebius—. ^ Inspiredwithzealandreligiousfeeling,
the Irish —called Eusebius? whatever Scot, may
have been the name in his
nativecountry dedicatedhimselftotheserviceofChrist,and,wemayfairly
presume, his piety was developed at an early age. ^ He wished to follow in the footsteps of his compatriots, notable among whom was St. Gall,9 the celebrated Apostle of Switzerland. Eusebius was probably born early in the ninth century, although this is only a conjectural date for the occurrence. But it is generally thought that towards or about the middle of that age, he leftfriendsandnativecountryathome,whensettingoutforGaul. ^° After- wards he sought the renowned monastery, established at St. Gall" in Switzer-
'"He ' —
is said to have lived contemporane- Ratpert of St. Gall calls this saint
with
" Boethius "Scotorum Historise," lib. x. "See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
XXX- Januarii, p. 1024, where they add,
''
Giorgius Conceus Kennetho II. Regi. , Achaii iiepotif scribit cum Geruadio saluberrimarum legutn edendarum atictorem fuisse, non pietate
"
modo, sed^rerum quoque scientia probatum. '3 He is called a bishop and confessor in the celebrated Scottish district Morauia.
" " De et Casibus S. Scotigena. " Origine
Galli. " Ekkehard, a chronicler of St. Gall, likewise calls him *' Sancti Galli Compatri- anus," which proves him to have been an Irishman.
^ The BoUandists appear to have alto-
gether forgotten the present St. Eusebius, although they name a St. Eusebius, with
many other companions, who was a martyr
ously
Charlemagne.
at Rome. See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of Scottish ii. , xxx. Januarii. Prsetermissi et in alios
Saints," p, 240—. Article v.
dies rejecti, pp. 1024, 1025.
•
"»
"
See — Sermons, Lectures,"
See his Life at the i6th of October,
etc. , etc. , of the Rev. Michael Buckley. The Irish Character Analysed, p. 438.
*
See the events of this period treated in L. -P. Anquetil's "Histoire de France. "
'°
Here Colgan thinks he arrived during
Deuxieme pp. 69 to 74.
dite des
the fifteen years' reign of Lothaire, who suc-
ceeded Louis the Pious. See "Acta Sanc-
torum Hibernise," n. I, p. 207. See like-
wise L. -P. " Histoire de France. " Anquetil's
Race,
Carlovingiens, § i. ,
Deuxieme Race dite des Carlovingiens, § i. , 3 So states Eric of Auxerre, in his preface pp. 65 to 69.
to "Vita S. Germani. " "
* See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernias," xxx.
Januarii. De B. Eusebio Monacho et
Martyre, pp. 206, 207.
s This form of name or Euchodius was
common among the Irish, as illustrated by
reference to our annals. See ibid. , n. 2, p.
207.
Ratpert,
century, undertook a history of the origin and occurrences regarding the Monastery of St. Gall.
His materials were derived from the Lives of St. Columban, St. Gall, St. Otmar, the traditions of the ancient fathers, and from the authentic Codices and Charters preserved at St. Gall. See "Monumenta Germanise Historica. " Scriptorum, tomus
*
foqnd in Irel—and. See ibid.
This Grecised form of name is rarely Vol. I. No. 9.
ii. , p. 59, and note, by Pertz.
towards the close of the ninth
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514 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 30.
land. Here he is said to have arrived, a. d. 841," or according to another account,a. d. 854. ^3 Heenteredthatcenobiumasamonk,andheremained initforsomeyears. AtaplacecalledMountSt. Victor,inRhsetiaCuriensis,'* and now known as the Grison country, there was a church dedicated to the holy martyr, aft—er whom it had been called. Desirous of leading a life in
men at that period Eusebius shut himself up in an Ergastulum or close anchoretical house, where he was solely devoted to exercises of piety. He practised ex- traordinary mortification, and his mind was altogether removed from earthly
cares, while wrapt almost continually in the higher transports of heavenly contemplation. He is said to have retired to this place, soon after he visited St. Gall, and about a. d. 854, or 855. Endowed with the gift of prophecy, Eusebius was resorted to by the country people, who reposed implicit faith on his revelations regarding the future. ^^ Among other remarkable incidents of this kind was his prediction respecting St. Ison or I so, before birth took
" Your wife shall give birthtoason,whomyoushalldevotetoSt. Gallus. Heshallbearenowned doctor, and he shall instruct many youths in the strict rule of discipline. " King Charles, the son and successor of King Louis,^^ had a great reverence for Eusebius, and to manifest it, he complied with the saint's request, that Mount St. Victor should be assigned as a dependency of St. Gall's monastery. *9 This donation was confirmed by a royal charter. For thirty years'" the pious anchoret Eusebius persevered in his seclusion, and then in the odour of sanctity
he departed to bliss on the 30th of January, a. d. 884. '^ The Necrology of St. Gall states, that Eusebius was killed by one of the inhabitants of his
neighbourhood, when remonstrating with some of them regarding their bad conduct. But the miracle afterwards recorded'" does not seem reconcilable
—solitude
perfect according
to a custom
prevailing among holy
place. ^7 To his father the holy Eusebius announced
:
'^ "
See Mabillon's Annales Ordinis S.
Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xxxii. , § xlv. , p.
629.
'3 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," XXX. Januarii. De B. Eusebio, cap. ii. , and n. 4, p. 207.
'* This district is shown on Wilkinson's
"Atlas Classica," Map 31. Vindelicia, Rhaetia et Noricum Antiqua.
'S According to Ratpert, this happened
thirty years before the saint's death, and
§ vi. , p. 163, § xxix. , p. 173, § xl. , p. 178, and lib. xxxviii. , sec. Ixxxvii. , p. 249. He is said by Hepidannus and by Hermannus to have died on the 14th of May, a. d. 871,
flourished in the ninth century, and he is a
Deuxieme Race dite des Carlovingiens, sec.
11, p. 75.
*> to Yet the Ne- According Ratpert.
crology of St. Gall makes him a recluse for
near fifty years. This had been explained by Colgan as if referring to his whole life, and as indicating that he died in the fiftieth
year of his age. Dr. Lanigan adds, how- ever, "This cannot agree with his having arrived at St. Gall in 841, at which time he
would have been, in this — no hypothesis,
trustworthy authority. His chronicle is
in Goldast's " Rerum Almanni- carum Scriptores," tomus ii.
published
'* Eckehardus, "De Casibus S. Galli Monasterii," cap. ii. His prediction came
''
'7 See " B. Casuum S. Galli Continuatio
i. " auctore Ekkehardo iv. ,
to pass. See Mabillon's
S. Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xxxii. , § xlv. , p. 627.
to 147. An interesting account of St. Yso is there to
Annales Ordinis
pp. 75
's
consequently about A. D. 854. That writer L. -P. Anquetil's "Histoire de France. "
more than about seven years old. " "Ec- be found. See Pertz, Monumenta Ger- clesiastical History of Ireland," vol. iii. ,
"
maniffi Historica. " Scriptorum tomus ii. According to Epidanus, Ekkehard flourished A. D. 977. But Goldast states, that 1071 is the true date. See " Rerum Almannicarum Scriptores," tomus i. , p. 4. Some notices of Iso are contained in Malsillon's "Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus iii. , lib. xxxvii. ,
chap, xxi. , sec. v. , n. 65, p. 287.
^'
See Mabillon's "Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus iii. , lib. xxxviii. , section Ixxxvii. , p. 249.
^^ See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
niae," xxx. Januarii. De B. Eusebio, cap. v. , p. 207.
according to Mabillon's computation. '^ "
See Mabillon's Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xxxii. , sec. xlv. , p. 627.
'» This must have been the Emperor Charles, called "the fat," son to the Ger- manic Lewis. See an account of him in
January 30. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 515
with anv degree of probability. By some writers Eusebius is regarded as a
martyi'. Yet Mabillon has expressed doubts, in reference to the accuracy of those circumstances recorded by Bollandus. ^3 in the account of his death,
Ratpert"*doesnotrelatethathewasmartyred. TheinaccuracyofDempster is fully manifested in his statement, that the present holy man had been a disciple of St. Gall, and that he flourished a. d. 670,^^ We have already seen, that he lived on for over two hundred years later than the date assigned by Dempster. AsinthecaseofseveralotherholyIrishmenwhowentabroad, our native calendarists omit to notice this saint ; it is fortunate, however, that the Christian people, among whom he hved for so long a period, and the country, in which he died, should have retained so grateful a sense of his faithful services to religion, and of his personal sanctity, as to keep in hon- oured remembrance his name and his virtues.
Article VI. —St. Cruimther-Ailbhe, or Elbhe, Patron of Shancoe Parish, County of Sligo. \Fifth and Sixth Centuries? ^ At his ordination, a priest is called to bless, to offer sacrifice, to direct in the way of salvation, to preach the Gospel of Christ, and to baptize. He thus becomes the ministrator of many graces to the faithful. This holy man was a different person, and of a different ecclesiastical rank or grade from Ailbe or Albeus, whowasarchbishopinMunster. ^ Thepresentsaint,fromhisdenomination, does not appear to have passed beyond the sacerdotal order. The name and title Cruimther Ailbhe, without any other description, is set down in the Martyrology of Tallagh' on this day. He is also recorded in the Festilogy ofMarianusO'Gorman. Werewetoadoptcertainstatements,thepresent holy man probably must have flourished in the time of St. Patrick. 3 He is said to have been one of the Irish Apostle's priests, and ordained from among the disciples and clerics, to place him over a church, which Patrick erected in that district beyond the Shannon, and over which the Magi-* had drawnaveilofdarknessonhisapproach. s Thisplaceiscalledindifferently Senchua^. or Dumha-graidh, in the territory of Tir-Oilill. Then sacred vessels, and other furniture, necessary for offering the holy mysteries, were wanting. The illustrious prelate, divinely admonished, signified to the priest Ailbe, that in a rocky cave, and buried under the earth, he should find an altar of admirable workmanship, and at the four comers, that he should find as many glass chalices. On account of their brittle substance, he admonished the explorers to dig cautiously, lest those vessels might be broken. ^ The
""3 See "Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti,"
tomus ii. , lib. xxxii. , sec. xlv. , p. 627.
"In the "Monumenta Germanise Histo-
'^Mael and Caplit, fosterers of King Lac-
ghaire's daughters.
s For a further account of this darkness,
the reader is referred to the Lives of the
Holy Virgins, St. Ethnea and St. Fedelmia,
rica
"
this writer states that St.
