Bibliography
Lewis, Barry J., “St. Mechyll of Anglesey, St. Maughold of Man and St. Malo of Brittany”, Studia Celtica Fennica 11 (2014): 24–38.
- journal article
Citation details
Contributors
Article
“St. Mechyll of Anglesey, St. Maughold of Man and St. Malo of Brittany”
Periodical
Studia Celtica Fennica 11 (2014)
Studia Celtica Fennica 11 (2014).
Studia Celtica Fennica: <link>
Volume
11
Pages
24–38
BibTeX
Description
Abstract (cited)
A late-medieval Welsh poem in honour of the Anglesey saint Mechyll contains features drawn from two other cults, those of the Breton St Malo and the Manx St Maughold. This article surveys the evidence for the interpenetration of these three cults in medieval Man and Anglesey. It describes first the contents of the Welsh poem and the other evidence for the cult of Mechyll. It demonstrates that Mechyll was identified with Malo under his Latin name, Machutus, though the identification itself is unhistorical. The question of the name of Malo-Machutus, the spread of his cult and the hagiography associated with him are then surveyed. It is shown that St Maughold of Man was likewise associated with Machutus, and that much the same thing happened at the Scottish church of Lesmahagow, originally dedicated to St Féchín. The place of Maughold in the Lives of St Patrick is then discussed, confirming that Maughold of Man was the saint associated by Muirchú (c.700) with Patrick’s adversary Mac Cuill. The final question raised is the name of Maughold himself. Though it is unlikely that Maughold and Mechyll were really the same historical individual, the possibility is acknowledged.
web page identifiers
page name: Lewis (Barry) 2014 11ccc
page url: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Lewis_(Barry)_2014_11ccc
redirect: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Special:Redirect/page/46520
numerical alternative: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/index.php?curid=46520
page ID: 46520
page ID tracker: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/index.php?title=Show:ID&id=46520
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
May 2020, last updated: September 2020