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24-525: Aided by Hugh Ward , Stephen White , Míchél Ó Cléirigh , and Henry Fitzsimon , White, Fitzsimon, and Thomas Messingham were "forerunners in searching for manuscripts containing Lives of Irish saints." Colgan sedulously collected enormous material for the Lives of the Irish Saints, and at length, after thirty years of sifting and digesting his materials, put to press his Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae ,

48-535: A comprehensive history of Ireland—civil and ecclesiastical—a Thesaurus Antiquitatum Hibernicarum , and how the work was to be carried out. The first step was to procure original ancient Irish manuscripts or to have copies made of them. Father Fleming had already begun work in the libraries on the Continent, and, most significantly, it was decided to send Br. Ó Cléirigh (who belonged to a family of hereditary scholars) to Ireland in 1626 to collect Irish manuscripts. In

72-570: A portion of the expense of which was defrayed by Hugh O'Reilly . The first volume, covering 270 lives of Irish saints (except Brigid and Patrick) for the months of January, February, and March, was intended to be the third volume of the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Ireland , but only one volume was printed at Leuven in 1645. A replica was produced in Dublin in 1948. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from

96-418: A publication now in the public domain :  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). " Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae ". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. Aodh Buidhe Mac an Bhaird Aodh Buidhe Mac an Bhaird, O.F.M. ( aka Aedh Buidh Mac an Bhaird or Hugh Ward; c.1593 – 8 November 1635), was an Irish Franciscan friar who was a noted poet, historian and hagiographer . He

120-767: A trained historian) and Aodh Mac an Bhaird (Hugh Ward) are credited with saving many of the Irish manuscripts that still survive. Mac Cathmhaoil was elected Definitor General of the Friars Minor of the Strict Observance, which gave him authority over all the friars in Europe who followed that branch of the Reform within Order. In that capacity, he gave substantial help to Friar Luke Wadding in founding and developing

144-633: A tutor to his sons Henry and Hugh. Mac Cathmhaoil was sent by the Earl as special messenger to the Court of Spain to solicit aid for the Ulster forces. During his stay at Salamanca , where the Court then resided, he frequented the schools of the university and took doctor's degrees in divinity. Soon afterwards he entered the Order of Friars Minor . He enjoyed a great reputation as a theologian, and his commentaries on

168-591: A work in the Irish language , which was printed at the Irish press in the college of St. Anthony's, Leuven, in 1618, entitled Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAthridhe , or Tractatus de poenitentia et indulgentiis , that is, The Mirror of the Sacrament of Penance . (The Latin title did not appear in the text and was used only for cataloguing purposes in Latin libraries.) [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from

192-601: Is considered the founder of Irish archaeology. Mac an Bhaird was born in Tirhugh , County Donegal . His father may have been Eoghan Ruadh Mac an Bhaird (Geoffrey), who accompanied the Earl of Tyrconnell into exile in 1607, and was erenagh of Lettermacaward , and head of the Tirconnell branch of the ancient family of Mac an Bhaird . The family cultivated literature and filled the office of ollamh or chief historian to

216-515: The College of San Isidore and Ludovisi's Pontifical Irish College in Rome, for Irish students. On 17 March 1626, Pope Urban VIII , passing over all the other candidates, appointed Mac Aingil to succeed Peter Lombard as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland . The consecration took place on 7 June, in the church of St. Isidore. Thomas Walsh , Archbishop of Cashel , was consecrated at

240-593: The Franciscans in 1616. After taking his degrees and receiving ordination, he was sent by the general of the order to lecture on philosophy in Paris, and in 1622 he was appointed lecturer in philosophy at the Irish College of St. Anthony , Louvain . On 21 April 1626, he was elected rector of the college. Luke Wadding states that Mac an Bhaird possessed great intellectual powers and a profound knowledge of

264-407: The Irish language and antiquities; and John Ponce praises highly his lectures on Scholastic philosophy and theology , affirming that in these sciences he was second to none of the great writers of his time. But Mac an Bhaird's chief interest was centred on the history and literature of Ireland. The plan of publishing the lives of the Irish saints and other ancient records of Ireland was his; he

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288-480: The Irish birthplace of St. Rumold are unanswerable. At the time of his death, Mac an Bhaird had ready for publication several treatises which he intended as Prolegomena to his great work. The Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore , William Reeves , writing on Mac an Bhaird and his fellow labourers, paid tribute to the Irish Franciscans for their services to Irish archaeology. Mac an Bhaird was buried in

312-613: The O'Donnells. Mac an Bhaird studied for six years in Connacht under a number of masters. Among those he named were Oliver Hussy, Henry Hart, Tadhg O hUiginn and Aonghhus Mac Con Midhe. In 1607 he left Ireland for Spain, and in January 1612 he entered the Irish Franciscan college at Salamanca , followed by his younger brother, Fearghal, in 1615. Here he made the acquaintance of Luke Wadding , under whose guidance he joined

336-421: The college church. The following are the works he left ready for publication: These works were accompanied by critical dissertations and notes on historical and topographical questions. The Acta S. Rumoldi was published at Louvain in 1662, by one of Mac an Bhaird's disciples, Thomas O'Sheerin. Mac an Bhaird wrote Latin hymns and epigrams with elegance; also many poems in Irish of great beauty and feeling. Some of

360-534: The convent of Aracoeli, aged 54, on 22 September 1626. Mac Cathmhaoil was buried in the Church of St. Isidore. His friend John O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone , arranged for a monument to be placed on his grave. The Latin playwright, Nicolaus Vernulæus (1583–1649), delivered a panegyric before the university commemorating the virtues and learning of the archbishop, saying that he was conspicuous for his virtues, and that his holiness of life and profound learning made him

384-473: The former were printed in the Acta S. Rumoldi . Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil , O.F.M. ( Latin : Hugo Cavellus ; anglicised : Hugh MacCaghwell ; 1571 – 22 September 1626), was an Irish Franciscan theologian and Archbishop of Armagh . He was known by Irish speakers at Leuven (Louvain) by the honorary name Aodh Mac Aingil ( "Mac Aingil" is Irish for "Son of an Angel"), and it

408-560: The lives of the Irish saints. To this end, Mac an Bhaird travelled around northern France, investigating monastic libraries, while Fleming sent reports of his findings in French, German and Italian libraries. At the time Mac an Bhaird reached Louvain, St. Anthony's numbered among its inmates several accomplished Irish scholars: Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil , Antony Hickey , John Colgan , O'Docharty, and, shortly afterwards, Br. Mícheál Ó Cléirigh . Mac an Bhaird laid before his associates his plan for

432-500: The meantime Mac an Bhaird was employed in arranging and examining the documents which had been transmitted to St. Anthony's. He investigated the sources of the ancient martyrologies and chronicles. He was in constant correspondence with the early Bollandists – Henschenius , Rosweydus , Papebroch , etc. – on matters regarding the history and the saints of Ireland. John Bap. Sollerius styles him "Vir doctissimus ac hagiographus eximius", and says that Mac an Bhaird's arguments in proof of

456-660: The miracle of his time. This address was later published in Cologne in 1657. [REDACTED] Philosophy Portal Mac Cathmhaoil composed four Christmas carols in Irish, including A Naoidhe Naoimh (O Holy Child). His major works were in Latin about theology. In his Apologia pro Johanne Duns-Scoto , he engaged in Franciscan defence of Duns Scotus against the Dominican -inspired attacks of Bzovius and Nicolaas Janssenius, claiming Scotus as an Irishman. He also wrote

480-403: The same time. The consecrating prelate was Cardinal Gabriel de Trejo , a great friend of the Irish. Mac Cathmhaoil's health had been much weakened by his duties and the austerities he practised. In making the visitations of the provinces of the Order, he had always travelled on foot. He also spent much time in prayer and fasting. While preparing for his departure, he caught a fever and died in

504-713: The theologian Duns Scotus (1266–1308) were held in high repute. It was principally due to his great influence at the Spanish Court that the Irish Franciscan College of St. Anthony was founded at Leuven (Louvain). After his admission into the Order, Mac Cathmhaoil taught for some time in the University of Salamanca . He was appointed as superior and lecturer at St. Anthony's , Leuven , and moved to Belgium. Among his pupils were John Colgan , Patrick Fleming , Hugh Ward , and Antony Hickey . He

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528-405: Was a pioneer and founder of the school for Irish archaeology that arose in the seventeenth century, with its centre in the Irish College of St Anthony . At Salamanca, he discussed his project with Wadding, who promised him all help from the libraries of Spain, and in Paris, in 1623 he met Father Patrick Fleming , a distinguished Irish scholar, with whom he shared his idea of collecting material on

552-510: Was summoned to Rome to lecture in the convent of Aracoeli ; but his energies were not limited to his work as professor. He was employed by the pope on several commissions. He carried out a papal mission to Ulster in 1613. Over the next three decades, Leuven produced a remarkable outpouring of Gaelic scholarship and devotional texts in Irish. In scouring the north and midlands of Ireland for all available manuscripts, to write an ecclesiastical history of Ireland, his associates ( Mícheál Ó Cléirigh ,

576-477: Was under this title that he published the Irish work Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAthridhe . Mac Cathmhaoil was born in 1571 at Saul, County Down , and received his earliest education in his native place; he trained at one of the bardic schools still operating in Ulster. He next studied at a famous school in the Isle of Man . On his return to Ireland, he was hired by Hugh O'Neill, The O'Neill , 2nd Earl of Tyrone, as

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