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St. Senach
Senach Uí Chormaic of Cillmór was a priest and one of the six brothers of St. Abbán moccu Corbmaic. His mother was Broinsech Breac, who was sister of Iubhar who was son of Lughna.''Martyrology of Donegal, A Calendar of the Saints of Ireland'', p. 295 His feast day was November 2. References Medieval Irish saints {{Ireland-saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senach
Saint Senach (also called Seanach, Seanoir, Senóir, Senior, c. 550 – 11 April 610) was the Bishop of Armagh, Ireland from 598 to 610. Genealogy and birth Saint Senach was a member of the Ui Nialláin clan, who were the rulers of the present baronies of Oneilland West and Oneilland East, County Armagh, Ireland. The patriarch of the clan was Nialláin m. Féicc m. Feidelmid m. Fiachrach Cassáin m. Collai Fochríth, who lived about 370 AD, and Senach would have been in about the 7th generation of descent from him. His father was Maeldalua. Senach was born c. 550 in Cluain hui meicc Gricci (the meadow of the descendants of Grici) which was in the parish of Kilmore, Barony of Oneilland West and County of Armagh. Education Senach was nicknamed the "''Rough Smith''" so he may have been a metalworker in a monastery. Bishop of Armagh On the death of Eochu macDiarmaid, the Bishop of Armagh, in January 598, Senach was appointed as the 14th coarb in succession to Saint Patrick. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbán
Abbán moccu Corbmaic ( la, Abbanus; d. 520? AD), also Eibbán or Moabba, is a saint in Irish tradition. He was associated, first and foremost, with Mag Arnaide (Moyarney or Adamstown, County Wexford, near New Ross) and with Cell Abbáin (Killabban, County Laois).Ó Riain, "Abbán" His order was, however, also connected to other churches elsewhere in Ireland, notably that of his alleged sister Gobnait. Sources Three recensions of Abbán's ''Life'' survive, two in Latin and one in Irish. The Latin versions are found in the ''Codex Dublinensis'' and the ''Codex Salmanticensis'', while the Irish version is preserved incomplete in two manuscripts: the Mícheál Ó Cléirigh's manuscript Brussels, Royal Library MS 2324–40, fos. 145b-150b and also the RIA, Stowe MS A 4, pp. 205–21. These ''Lives'' probably go back to a Latin exemplar written in ''ca''. 1218 by the bishop of Ferns, Ailbe Ua Maíl Mhuaidh (Ailbe O'Mulloy), who died in 1223. His interest in Abbán partly st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
