Lives of the Irish saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons, compiled from calendars, martyrologies and various sources, relating to the ancient Church history of Ireland . ovember. Molioba, son of Colma Ih, from Glenn-da- Sec his Life at the I3ih of September, locha, at January the 8ih. Sec Proceed- See Joseph Nolans Hi>tory and An- ings of the kjyal Iri>h Academy, Iri^k ti f Glendalough, cap. iii., p. 20. scries, vol. i., prirt i., pp. 112, 113. 1 ;, wuh many other writers, sup- In the (icneal is |) Ijc in the county of Wrxford It called Colman. „ o
Lives of the Irish saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons, compiled from calendars, martyrologies and various sources, relating to the ancient Church history of Ireland . ovember. Molioba, son of Colma Ih, from Glenn-da- Sec his Life at the I3ih of September, locha, at January the 8ih. Sec Proceed- See Joseph Nolans Hi>tory and An- ings of the kjyal Iri>h Academy, Iri^k ti f Glendalough, cap. iii., p. 20. scries, vol. i., prirt i., pp. 112, 113. 1 ;, wuh many other writers, sup- In the (icneal is |) Ijc in the county of Wrxford It called Colman. „ o/i ? • ^^ present Knncrcdiy on the cap. XX, *uiith-castcm coast of the county of Wick- * Sec Colgans Acta Sanctorum Hibcr- low. nuc, viii. Januarii. Vita S. Mclibbx, p. ^ Hi* feast occun at the 29th of Decern- 43- bcr. Mn the tract of .St. /Engus, On the »Now Glcncaly, in the county of Wick- Mothcn of the Iri»b Saints. low. 13* LIVES OF THE IRISH SAIXTS. [January 8. some time imdcr the diroction of his holy imcle St. Kevin, at , even at the present , may be seen a great ninnl)er of ecclesiasticalruins, some of which in all likelihood date back to the sixth or seventh. Old Archway and Round Tower, Glendalough. century.^ Their situation, in reference to each separate cell or church, is oneof curious interest to the explorer of past After the death of hisuncle, St. Kevin, which took place in the year 6i8, or 622, according toUsher,^ our saint is believed to have succeeded him in the see of Glenda-lough. Such is the statement of Colgan ; but Dr. Lanigan seems inclinedto think, that Molibba was the first bishop over this see,9 St. Kevin havingonly been an abbot. Molibba ruled over his charge with great prudenceand virtue,^ and he departed this life—or at least he is honoured—on the 8thday of January. We are not told the exact year of his death, by intended, perhaps, to state this in notes, which he designed appendingto his short no
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