Genemain Moling ocus a bethu
Vernacular Irish Life of St Mo Ling. The text is a patchwork (in the neutral sense of the word) of various legends about the saint, including his birth and upbringing, encounters with a spectre, with Suibne Geilt and Grág, and the Bórama tribute.
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Revised version of “The birth and life of St Moling”, Revue Celtique 27 (1906): 257–312, incorporating later suggestions and including the poems that were omitted in Revue Celtique.
Contents: I. Le miracle du décapité; II. Comment l’Amra de Colum Cille sauva Mac Taidhg de la captivité et du diable; III. La Vision de Baithin; IV. Comment Brendan de Clonfert changea un enfant de fille en garçon dans le sein de sa mère; V. Dialogue de s. Brendan avec son disciple Moinen sur la mort; VI. Les prières de l’anachorète Fergal; VII. Le balai de Fánaid; VIII. Saint Moling et le lépreux; IX. Eulalie de Shaftesbury et le rosaire; X. Sur sainte Reichtín; XII. Un miracle de la Vierge: la statue du Mont-Saint-Michel; XIII. S. Dunchad Úa Braein; XIV. Extraits de la Règle de Tallaght.
