Some Ascension Motifs In Medieval Irish Saints' Lives

ii iii DECLARATIONS This thesis does not exceed the regulation length, including footnotes and references, but excluding translations and bibliography, as approved by the Board on the recommendation of the Degree Committee. This dissertation is the result of my own work and includes nothing which is the outcome of work done in collaboration. All translations are my own unless otherwise stated. This dissertation is written in conformity with the ASNC style-sheet. iv v SUMMARY The Hagiographer and His World: The Writing of Saints' Lives in Ireland during the Central Middle Ages Sarah Waidler This thesis seeks to understand the process by which Irish saints' Lives were composed. The Lives of three saints have been selected for investigation, namely the Latin and vernacular Lives of Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Findchú of Brí Gobann and Senán of Inis Cathaig. The treatment of these texts is divided into two parts. The first part consists of Chapters I, II and III, each of which is focused on the specific dossiers of Ciarán, Findchú and Senán. These chapters examine each of the saints and their Lives in detail, analysing contextual and linguistic dating criteria, textual transmission and the relationship between

Catholic Historical Review, 2005

Europe. In order to achieve this, the construction of new lives would have to attain certain standards and, concomitantly, old lives that were deficient in this area necessitated amendment. Peter Burke sees evidence of this new and more critical approach to the lives of saints in the work of Erasmus on the life of St. Jerome. 4 10 Ibid., p. 88.

Journal for the Study of Spirituality, 2012

The 'Life of St Columba' offers an account of events in the life of the sixth century saint who founded an influential monastic community with strong connections to the peoples of Ireland and Scotland. The text’s relationship to the categories of ‘Celtic Christianity’ and ‘Celtic spirituality’ is critically examined. It is deemed justifiable to locate the Life within these categories because it manifests features of other religious texts produced by Celtic peoples in the early Middle Ages. Whether it can be legitimately accommodated within popular versions of Celtic spirituality/Christianity depends on whether the assessment is conducted from academic or spiritual practice perspectives.

Journal for the Study of Spirituality, 2012

The Life of St Columba offers an account of events in the life of the sixth century saint who founded an influential monastic community with strong connections to the peoples of Ireland and Scotland. The text's relationship to the categories of 'Celtic Christianity' and 'Celtic spirituality' is critically examined. It is deemed justifiable to locate the Life within these categories because it manifests features of other religious texts produced by Celtic peoples in the early Middle Ages. Whether it can be legitimately accommodated within popular versions of Celtic spirituality/Christianity depends on whether the assessment is conducted from academic or spiritual practice perspectives.

Early Medieval Europe, 2008

Ex Fonte - Journal of Ecumenical Studies in Liturgy, 2023

The author considers whether the late seventh-century account by Adomnán of Saint Columba's invitation to the bishop Cronan to "break this bread alone according to the episcopal rite" serves as an indication of concelebration among presbyters and of presbyters with a bishop. He examines Roman and Gallican documents of similar time periods for traces of Eucharistic concelebration and differences in episcopal and presbyteral celebration in the rituals of breaking the consecrated loaf after the Eucharistic Prayer. He concludes that there is every reason to consider the incident described by Adomnán as a witness to concelebration both by presbyters among themselves and with a presiding bishop.

2009

"An essay looking at the role that the cults of devotion to the saints played in Christian life in medieval europe. It looks at areas such as the development of saints in the early church, the grown of localised sacred space and in pilgrimages. It finishes with the importance of Mary and a brief look at how the medieval understanding of cosmology and divine kingship helped set teh foundations for beleif in the saints. A relatively brief essay designed to lead into more study. "

Studia Celtica Fennica, 2012