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education of the daughters of the Leinster settlers, so had Itha 

 to perform the same purpose for the colonists from Munster. 



We have unhappily no further account of our Saint, save 

 that she was commemorated in Ireland on April 10. 



The date of S. Fintan, who was a disciple of S, Comgal at 

 Bangor, is the end of the 6th century, and his aunt Itha died in 

 570. "We can in the case of Hieretha rest only on conjecture 

 and put her death at the beginning of the 7th century. 



S. Hieretha, virgin, is invoked in the Litany that accompanies 

 the Psalter of Thomas Oldeston, Prior of Polton, 1521. 



S. Hilary, Bishop, Confessor, 



S. Hilary, of Poitiers, was held in high esteem in Britain. 

 In 358 he dedicated his book, De Synodis, to the Bishops in the 

 British Provinces. His hymn to Christ, "ymnum dicat turba 

 fratrum," is in the Irish Liher Hymnorum, and apparently formed 

 a portion of the daily monastic offices of the Celtic Church. 



S. Hilary, of Poitiers, is commemorated on Jan. 13. As 

 EUair, Abbot of Poitiers, he is found in the Felire of Oengus. 



There can, however, be no doubt that he has been confounded 

 with, and has supplanted, local Celtic Saints. In the " Life of 

 S. Cuby" he has been mistaken for Elian. liar, "The Pisher- 

 man," was the founder of a Church in Cardiganshire, early in 

 the 6th century ; he also has been supplanted by Hilary. 



The feast at S. Hilary is observed on Jan. 13, and at 

 Marazion on the Sunday in the Octave. 



S. Hugh, Bishop, Confessor. 



The Church of Quethiock is dedicated to S. Hugh. The 

 feast is observed on November 2. This is not the day of any 

 known Saint of the name of Hugh. 



Hugh, Bishop of Eouen (730), April 9. 

 Hugh, Abbot of Cluny (1109), April 29. 

 Hugh, Bishop of Grrenoble (1142), July 5. 

 ,, ,, Auxerre (1135), August 10. 



„ ,, Lincoln (1200), November 17. 



,, Boy martyred by the Jews (1255), August 27. 



