Saint

Fiodhairle Ua Suanaigh
ResidenceRahan, County Offaly
Died766
Feast1 October

Saint Fiodhairle Ua Suanaigh (or Fidharleus, Fidarle, Fidairle, died 762) was an Irish abbot who was considered to be a saint. His feast day is 1 October.

Life

Fiodhairle Ua Suanaigh was an 8th-century abbot of the monastery in Rahan, County Offaly. He is said to have belonged to the Hy Fiachrach family, as did Saint Colman of Kilmacduach, and to have been a brother to Fiodhmuine Ua Suanaigh. The Bollandists refer to Colgan and give his feast day as 1 October.[1] The Martyrology of Tallaght also says his feast day was 1 October.[1] The Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman says he was a "white-fair prince" and notes his Suanach descent and Rathen abbey.[2] The 17th-century Martyrology of Donegal says he died in 762.[3]

Older spellings of the Rahan abbey name are Rathen, Raithen and Raithean, meaning "ferney place". The O'Swany (Ua Suanaigh) family were the hereditary successors to Saint Carthage at the abbey from the 8th century.[4] Fiodhairle repaired the abbey after a Viking raid.[5]

Monks of Ramsgate account

The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, wrote in their Book of Saints (1921),

FIDHARLEUS (St.) Abbot (October 1)
(8th century) An Irish Saint, the second founder of Rathin Abbey. He died A.D. 762.[6]

Butler's account

The hagiographer Alban Butler wrote in his Lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints,

Saint Fidharleus of Ireland, Abbot. The Irish calendars commemorate on this day Saint Fidharleus, abbot of Raithen, who departed to our Lord in 762. See Colgan, MSS.[7]

Notes

    1. 1 2 O'Hanlon 1875, p. 7.
    2. ↑ O'Hanlon 1875, p. 8.
    3. ↑ O'Hanlon 1875, p. 9.
    4. ↑ Marcella.
    5. ↑ Saint Fidharleus CatholicSaints.info.
    6. ↑ St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate 1921, p. 111.
    7. ↑ Butler & Butler 1842, p. 37.

    Sources

    • Butler, Alban, 1711-1773; Butler, Charles, 1750-1832 (1842), The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints : compiled from original monuments and other authentic records : illustrated with the remarks of judicious modern critics and historians, vol. 10, Derby: Richardson and Son, retrieved 2021-07-31{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    • Marcella, "Saint Fidarle of Rahan, October 1", Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae, retrieved 2021-07-31
    • O'Hanlon, John (1875), Lives of the Irish saints, retrieved 2021-07-31 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
    • "Saint Fidharleus", CatholicSaints.info, retrieved 2021-07-31
    • St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate (1921), The Book of saints : a dictionary of servants of God canonized by the Catholic Church, London: A. & C. Black, ltd., retrieved 2021-07-26 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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