Moeldodius

ON SAINT MOELDODIUS, ABBOT IN IRELAND.

XIII AND XIV MAY.

Moëldodius Abbot in Ireland (St.)

BY G. H.

Orgiellia, commonly Vriel, Southern province of Ulster, contiguous to the extreme part on the sea of Eastern Mid Meath, the progenitor of the most illustrious family of its Lords is reported to have had Colla, by surname Dachrioch: from which family begotten twenty-nine Saints, are reckoned in Colganus on day XXI March in the Appendix to the Life of St. Endeus Abbot of Aran chapter 4, with cited chapter 13 of the Sanctilogium genealogicum. But these Saints are not outside Ireland known, except very few, of whom are the said S. Endeus, whose Acts we have given on the said XXI March, and S. Moëldodius, in others Maldodus and Maldod, of whom here we treat. Of his genealogy the cited Colganus num. 22 these things has: S. Moëldodius Abbot of Mucnaimh in Oirgiellia son of Einginus, son of Aidus, son of Fiachrius, son of Fiecha, son of Eugenius, son of Brianus, son of Muredacius-Meth, son of Imchadius, who was one of the three sons of the above- indicated Colla Dachrioch. Thus there through nine generations deduced to further proof of the Irish we leave. The natal of these Saints assigns there Colganus from domestic Martyrologies, namely Cassel, Tamlacht, Donegal, of Marianus Gorman, Engussius, and Cathaldus Maguire, and then to S. Moëldodius's veneration he assigns this XIII May: on which day in the Martyrology of Richard Whitford, in English printed at London about year MDXXVI, these things are read: In Ireland the feast of S. Maeldoki the Confessor. On the following day XIV May is mentioned S. Maldod, Confessor in Ireland, in MS. Florarium of Saints, in the Auctarium of Greven to Usuard, German Martyrology of Canisius, Catalogues of Ferrarius and Fitz Simon. Dempsterus in the Scottish Menology these things hands down: In Ireland of Maldodus Bishop, by nation Scottish, a man in all things most holy, who with wonderful patience and example presided over that nation. For his proof letters M C he adjoins: by which he asserts is indicated the Martyrology of the Carthusian, namely Greven, or Canisius or Adam Walasser, which last we have not seen. In others nothing about his Episcopate, or Scottish origin is held. Rather with them Irish we judge him as Abbot of Muc-naimh in Oirgiellia. The rest are hidden from us.