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A Brigit bennach ar sét

verse

beg. A Brigit bennach ar sét

Mo Ling

Mo Ling

(d. 697)

Irish saint, abbot and patron saint of Tech Mo Ling (St Mullins, Co. Carlow) and reputed ‘bishop’ of Ferna (Ferns).

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An Irish poem of prayer attributed to Mo Ling at the end of the Bóroma tract, in which Brigit and other saints are addressed.

Aberdeen Breviary

prose

The first book to be printed in Scotland, the Aberdeen Breviary lists offices for the feast-days of Scottish saints. It was compiled by William Elphinstone, bishop of Aberdeen (1483-1514), and others.

Adelphus adelpha mater

verse

beg. Adelphus adelpha mater

A devotional hymn written in a learned kind of Latin, interspersed with Greek and Hebrew words. It consists of 22 rhyming triplets with lines of seven or eight syllables. The first letter of each triplet follows the order of the alphabet. It has been suggested that the poem was composed by an Irish cleric active in the 10th century.

Aibidil Gaoidheilge agus caiticiosma

prose

Ó Cearnaigh (Seán)

Ó Cearnaigh (Seán)

(c.1540–c.1587)

Irish translator

Irish primer written by Seán Ó Cearnaigh, containing a Protestant catechism translated into Irish from a number of English-language sources, along with a letter to the reader and a version of the Articles of religion, and an alphabet of the Irish language. It was published in 1571 ‘in the house of alderman John Ussher’, in new Irish letter forms, and is known for being the first book in Irish to have been printed in Ireland. Like the translation of the Old and New Testament into Irish in later decades, its publication served a wider programme of propagating Protestantism among Irish Catholics by making use of the Irish language.

Altus Prosator

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Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Latin hymn

Ante oculos tuos Domine

form undefined

beg. Ante oculos tuos Domine reus conscientiae testis adsisto

Latin prayer attested in early Irish or Irish-influenced manuscripts (though probably not of Irish origin).

Archangelum mirum magnum

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beg. Archangelum mirum magnum

Máel Ruain

Máel Ruain

(d. 792)

Founding bishop-abbot of the monastery of Tallaght (Ir. Tamlacht, Co. Dublin) and a pioneer and leader of a kind of monastic reform that inspired the emergence of the Céli Dé.

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Latin hymn in praise of St Michael, attributed to Máel Rúain of Tallaght.

Audite bonum exemplum

verse

24 st.

beg. Audite bonum exemplum

Metrical Latin hymn in honour of St Camelacus (Ir. Cáemlach?), a now obscure saint who is elsewhere described as having been a contemporary of St Patrick.

Benchuir bona regula

verse

10 st.

beg. Benchuir bona regula

Early metrical hymn in honour of the rule of the community (familia or muinter) of Bennchor (Bangor, Co. Down), which is found in the Antiphonary of Bangor.

Breviary of Saint-Pol-de-Léon (1516)

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Printed breviary for use of the diocese of Léon (USTC: 183613). Its production was commissioned by Hamon Barbier, abbot of Saint-Mathieu-de-Fine-Terre and canon of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, and financed and overseen by Yvon Quillevéré and Alain Prigent. Didier Maheu printed the work, in black and red colours, in Paris in 1516. No more than two copies survive.

Cantemus in omni die

verse

beg. Cantemus in omni die concinnantes varie

Cú Chuimne

Cú Chuimne

(d. 747)

monk and scholar at Iona, called sapiens, who is credited with having co-compiled the Collectio canonum Hibernensis and having authored a Latin hymn in praise of Mary.

Cú Chuimne

Cú Chuimne

(d. 747)

monk and scholar at Iona, called sapiens, who is credited with having co-compiled the Collectio canonum Hibernensis and having authored a Latin hymn in praise of Mary.

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Early Latin hymn in honour of Mary, attributed to Cú Chuimne, who was a monk and scholar at Iona and is also credited with co-authoring the Collectio canonum Hibernensis.

Comad croiche Críst

verse

7 st.

beg. Creidim-si Críst israeracht

Deus deus meus rex omnipotens

prose

beg. Deus deus meus (rex) omnipotens

Dia ard airlethar

verse

3 st.

beg. Día ard airlethar

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Early Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille.

Félire Óengusso

verse

Óengus of Tallaght

Óengus (mac Óengobann) of Tallaght

(fl. early part of the 9th century)

author of Félire Óengusso

Félire Uí Gormáin (Martyrology of Gorman)

verse

Úa Gormáin (Máel Muire)Úa Gormáin (Máel Muire)

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Irish metrical calendar of saints compiled by Máel Muire Ua Gormáin in the 12th century.

Hymn of Secundinus

verse

beg. Audite omnes amantes

Sechnall of Dunshaughlin

Sechnall (Secundinus) of Dunshaughlin

(fl. 5th century)

Secundinus son of Restitutus (Sechnall mac Restitiúit), patron saint of Domnach Sechnaill (Dunshaughlin)

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Hymnum dicat turba fratrum

verse

beg. Hymnum dicat turba fratrum

Hilary of Poitiers

Hilary of Poitiers

(fl. c.315/6–c.367/8)

theologian and bishop of Poitiers (el. 353), who campaigned against Arianism and has the reputation of being the first writer of Latin hymns, who composed a Liber hymnorum, although few texts are extant. He appears to have been held in high esteem in medieval Ireland.

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An early metrical Latin hymn (35 qq) on the life of Christ, written in trochaic tetrameter and attributed to St Hilary (fl. 4th century). The text is attested in a 7th-century Irish manuscript, the Bangor antiphoner, and became one of the most popular hymns in medieval Ireland.

Hymnus ad matutinum in natali sancti Winwaloei

verse

beg. Aurea gemma floridis

A hymn for the feast of St Winwaloe/Gwenolé.

Hymnus ad vesperum in natali sancti Winwaloei

verse

beg. Inclite Christi confessor

A hymn for the feast of St Winwaloe/Gwenolé.

Hymnus alphabeticus ad sanctum Winwaloeum

verse

beg. Alme, dignanter supplicum

Clemens of LandévennecClemens of Landévennec

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Clemens of LandévennecClemens of Landévennec

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A hymn for St Winwaloe/Gwenolé written by Clemens, monk of Landévennec. The main piece is an abecedarius, beg. Alme, dignanter supplicum, preceded by a brief prose preface and poem written in pentameters (beg. Ecce tuo Clemens hymnum construxit honori), which attribute the work to Clemens.

Hymnus sancti Brendani confessoris

verse

4 st.

beg. Iam Brendani sanctos mores / canant fratres et sorores

Short Latin metrical hymn (4 qq) in honour of St Brendan, preserved in a north Italian manuscript.

Hymnus sancti Khiliani confessoris

verse

beg. Confessorem Kylianum / ueneremur, non sit uanum

Short Latin metrical hymn (4 qq) in honour of St Kilian, preserved in a north Italian manuscript.

Hymnus sancti Patricii confessoris

verse

beg. Carnis sepulto uicio / sancto laudes Patricio

Short Latin metrical hymn (4 qq) in honour of St Patrick, preserved in a north Italian manuscript.

Ignis creator igneus

verse

8 st.

beg. Ignis creator igneus

Metrical Latin hymn (8 st) of the ‘Ambrosian’ type, written in iambic dimeter. The text may have been written by an Irish author and seems to have been intended for the blessing of the Paschal candle on Easter night.

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