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 . ; ?? . -. •^ ,«imuic*c- (olgan fiiiili It 7- monarch (>n ami of Iaul. ». TAii \( I- ,:, ;•y Altx>rl (Irani! himself in another pa\wge, lu havebeen written .it a much (icriml. ?The - • - • • •.;,.,. , monastery in 1 • .?• I?- 496 LIVES OF THE IJilSJI SAIN7S. [January 29. of St. Pricul. From this it appears she must have lived in simple obedience,alwut the be
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 . ; ?? . -. •^ ,«imuic*c- (olgan fiiiili It 7- monarch (>n ami of Iaul. ». TAii \( I- ,:, ;•y Altx>rl (Irani! himself in another pa\wge, lu havebeen written .it a much (icriml. ?The - • - • • •.;,.,. , monastery in 1 • .?• I?- 496 LIVES OF THE IJilSJI SAIN7S. [January 29. of St. Pricul. From this it appears she must have lived in simple obedience,alwut the beginning of the sixth ceiuiiry. Vet, wliile occupying a verysxibordinate i)Osilion in the convent to which she was attached, this i)ioussen-ant of God fulfilled her ordin;iry duties, so as to merit the respect of herillustrious abbess and the community at Kildare. Here it is likely, in thecirly age of its celebrity, St. Ulatli lived. At present, this ancient town—. i^rvftM^ Kildare Round Tower and Cathedral. situated on an elevated plateau—retains some remarkable vestiges of itsformer importance; the Round Tower,3 cathedral ruins, and other religiousbuildings, which have fallen into decay, are well worthy the tourists in-spection,< while a pilgrimage to the former shrine of St. Brigid should revivememories of the bright lamp, that shone in Kildares holy fane,And bumd through long ages of darkness and storm, s The Virgin Blath is recorded in the Martyrologics of Marianus OGormanand of Donegal,^ on this day. In that table, postfixcd to the latter calendar,her name is Latinized FloraJ Without o^ny data, Archdall^ presumes to assignher death to 523, and apparently only on the assumption, she musthave departed during that year, so generally connected with the demise ofKildares illustrious foundress. Article V.—St. Dallan Forgaill, Martyr, of Cluain Dallain.[Sixth Century.] Genius has little to do with the creation or introduction of Artic
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