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Nov. 12.] S. Cummian Fada. 305
Irish was Cummian, author of the celebrated Paschal Epistle
to Segienus, abbot of Hy, and Beccan, a solitary, brother to
Cummian. He seems to have been a Columbian monk,
and was probably educated in the monastery of Durrogh,
which was subject to the rule of the abbot of Iona. But he
had apparently left it and become head of a monastery of
his own founding at Disert-Chuimin, now Kilcummin, or
Kilkomin, in King's County. Segienus and his monks of
Iona were much attached to the Irish method, as having
been observed by S. Columba, and were offended at Cummian advocating the Roman usage. To answer the charges
brought against him, Cummian wrote his epistle. He says
that prior to his having consulted others on the subject, he
had spent a year in examining the question, studying the
various cycles, and the Paschal systems of Jews, Greeks,
Latins, and Egyptians. And very ably did he execute his
task. He did not, however, succeed in convincing the
monks of Iona.
It is not certain that Cummian the author of the Paschal
Epistle is the same as Cummian Fada or the " Long," but
it is probable. Cummian Fada was the son of Fiachna,
king of West Munster, and was born in 592, and died in 662.
Now, as Cummian wrote the Paschal Epistle in 634, if he
were Fada, he would be aged forty-two at the time. Cummian Fcida was renowned for his learning, and the Paschal
Epistle proves the writer to have been a laborious student,
well acquainted with Greek writers.
The only objection against this hypothesis is, that Cummian Fada is said to have been bishop of Clonfert, whereas
Cummian, at the time of writing his Epistle, was only priest
and abbot. But there are reasons which make it doubtful
whether Fada really was bishop.
Cummian wrote also apparently the treatise, " De pceni-
tentiarum mensura," an abridgment of the penitential canons.
vol. xiii. 20
ft .
| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000359 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ft — —ft Nov. 12.] S. Cummian Fada. 305 Irish was Cummian, author of the celebrated Paschal Epistle to Segienus, abbot of Hy, and Beccan, a solitary, brother to Cummian. He seems to have been a Columbian monk, and was probably educated in the monastery of Durrogh, which was subject to the rule of the abbot of Iona. But he had apparently left it and become head of a monastery of his own founding at Disert-Chuimin, now Kilcummin, or Kilkomin, in King's County. Segienus and his monks of Iona were much attached to the Irish method, as having been observed by S. Columba, and were offended at Cummian advocating the Roman usage. To answer the charges brought against him, Cummian wrote his epistle. He says that prior to his having consulted others on the subject, he had spent a year in examining the question, studying the various cycles, and the Paschal systems of Jews, Greeks, Latins, and Egyptians. And very ably did he execute his task. He did not, however, succeed in convincing the monks of Iona. It is not certain that Cummian the author of the Paschal Epistle is the same as Cummian Fada or the " Long," but it is probable. Cummian Fada was the son of Fiachna, king of West Munster, and was born in 592, and died in 662. Now, as Cummian wrote the Paschal Epistle in 634, if he were Fada, he would be aged forty-two at the time. Cummian Fcida was renowned for his learning, and the Paschal Epistle proves the writer to have been a laborious student, well acquainted with Greek writers. The only objection against this hypothesis is, that Cummian Fada is said to have been bishop of Clonfert, whereas Cummian, at the time of writing his Epistle, was only priest and abbot. But there are reasons which make it doubtful whether Fada really was bishop. Cummian wrote also apparently the treatise, " De pceni- tentiarum mensura," an abridgment of the penitential canons. vol. xiii. 20 ft . |
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