The Rev. J. H. Todd on an Ancient Irish Missal. 33 



"Memento etiam Domine et eorum nomina, qui nos pra3cesserunt cum 

 signo fidei, et dormiunt in somno pacis cum omnibus in toto mundo [offeren- 

 tibus] sacrificium spirituale Deo Patri et Filio et Spiritu sancto, Sanctis et 

 venerabilibus sacerdotibus offort senior noster .N. prsesbiter, pro se et pro suis, 

 et pro totius asclesie cetu catholice, et pro commemorando anatliletico gradu 

 venerabilium patriarcliarum, profetarum, apostolorura, et martyrum, et om- 

 nium quoque Scotorum,* ut pro nobis Dominum Deum nostrum recordare 

 dignentur : 



See Stefane, ora pro nobis 

 See Martine, o. p. nobis 

 See Hironime, o. p. nobis 

 See Augustine o. p. nobis 



" See Grigori, See Hilari, See Patricii, See Ailbei, See Finnio, See Finnio, 

 SceCiarani [See Ciarani], See Brendini, See Brendini, See Columba, See Co- 

 lumba, See Comgilli, See Cainiclii, See Findbarri." 



Here Dr. O'Conoe's extract stops. He adds: — "And so it proceeds, giving 

 the names of thirteen other saints, all Irish ; the latest of whom, Seneeha, died 

 before the middle of the seventh century." The names of these thirteen saints 

 are as follows: — 



" S. Nessan, S. Factne, S. Lugld, S. Lacten, S. Euadan, S. Cartheg, S. 

 Coemgen, S. Mochonna, S. Brigta (jsic), S. Ita, S. Scetha, S. Sinnech, 

 S. Samdine." 



It will be observed that some names are repeated ; because there were two 

 saints of the name : as St. Finnio or Finnian, of Maghbile (ob. 579), and St. 

 Finnian of Cluan-u-aird [Clonard] (ob. 549); St. Ciaran of Saigher (said to 

 have been older than St. Patrick), and St. Ciaran of Clonmacnois (ob. 549); 

 St. Columba or Columbkille of Hy (ob. 595), and St. Columbanus (ob. 615) ; 

 St. Brendan of Clonfert (ob. 577), and St. Brendan of Birr (ob. 572). 



Dr. O'CoNOK observes that the latest of these saints died before the middle 

 of the seventh century, which, however, is not quite correct, for St. Mochonna 



* I have very little doubt that this word is a mistake in Dr. O'Conok's transcript, and that the 

 original must be scbrum, i. e. Sanctorum, not Scotorum. But I omitted to note whether or not it 

 was so, when I had the MS. before me. 



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