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- DABHEOGof Lough Derg, commemorated Jan. 1. Regarding this saint there is much uncertainty, both as to name and identity…
- DABIUS[Davius, Davin], P. July 22: The account which Alban Butler gives (Lives of the Saints, vii.
- DABONNAis often given by Colgan and others in the list of nephews and nieces of St.
- DABRECOGof Tuam-dreman, May 9. He appears in the Mart. Tall. under this name, and may be the saint whom Mar.
- DACHIAROGhas not preserved his place in history, though in the Four Masters (at A.D. 825) "Dachiarog, i.e. the saint of…
- DACHONNAThe name is a very common one, either simply as Conna and Connan, or, with the prefixes of veneration and affection, Da…
- DACHUAILENson of Guaire, of the race of Niall of the Nine Hostages (Mart. Doneg. by Todd and Reeves, 75), Mar. 12. Colgan (Acta…
- DACIANUS(1) A persecuting praeses of Spain, A.D. 303 or 304, under Diocletian and Maximian.
- DACRIANUSa supposed Benedictine abbat, the reputed author of two works entitled Speculum Monachorum and Spiritualis Vitae Docu…
- DACUNUS, STone of the anchorets said to have come with St. Petrock to Bodmin, one of the most sacred sites in Cornwall, in the 6th
- DADAS and QUINTILIANdisciples of Maxims the reader, at Dorostolus of Macedonia, martyred with him under Maximian, April 28 (Menol. Basil.).
- DADESin one of the Gnostic systems, the archon of the fourth heaven (Epiphanius, Haer. xxvi. 91). [Davip.] G.S.
- DADJAD[DasHap.]
- DADO(1) or OUEN, ST., bishop of Rouen. [AUDOENUS. |
- DADOES[Messaran1.]
- DADOLENAvirgin, mentioned by St. Perpetuus, archbishop of Tours, in his will, dated 1st May, 475.
- DADUB[Davin (2).]
- DAEGHELMone of the two presbyter abbats from the bishopric of Lindsey who signed the act of the council of Clovesho, October…
- DAENEabbat, attests a charter of Hadberht of Kent, A.D. 761, marked doubtful or spurious by Kemble (C. D. 1063; Birch, Vast…
- DAGAEUS[Daicu.]
- DAGAMUNDUSor DAGAMODUS, 9th abbat of the monastery of St. Claudius in Mount Jura, ruled in the 4th year of Childebert and in the…
- DAGAMUSbishop and confessor, is found in the Scotch calendars, and noticed by the Scotch hagiologists, as a strict maintainer…
- DAGANbishop of Inbher Daoile, now Ennereilly, in the barony of Arklow, co. Wicklow, March 12 and Sept. 13.
- DAGILAwife of a steward of Huneric, king of the Vandals. Under the persecution of Genseric, she several times confessed her…
- DAGNUSa corruption of the name DEcruS in the acts of St. Christopher. [Cur. W.]
- DAGOeleventh bishop of Orleans. Nothing more is recorded of this bishop than of his predecessors in the Annals of Orleans…
- DAGOBERTson of Chilperic I. He died about the end of the 6th century at the tomb of St.
- DAGOBERT IILson of Childebert IIL, king of the Franks, succeeded his father in 711, put only survived him four years, dying in 715…
- DAGOBERTUSor RADABERTUS, 20th archbishop of Tarentaise, lived about the end of the 8th century. (Gall. Christ. xii. 703.)
- DAIGH(Dacaxvs, Due), bishop, son of Cairell, of Inis-caoin-Degha (now Inishkeen or Ennis- keen, on the borders of Louth and…
- DAIRCHELL(Darrcnor.a), bishop of Glendalough, May 3. The Irish annals call him son of Curetai, and place his death in a.p. 678…
- DAIRE(Daria). In Irish calendars we find several saints of this name, but there is scarcely sufficient material preserved in…
- DALBHACH(Datmactvs), of Cuil -Collainge, Oct. 23. According to O'Clery (Mart. Doneg.
- DALFINUSbishop or archbishop of Lyon, mentioned only by Bede and Eddius in their accounts of Wilfrid, under the dates, as…
- DALHUNUS[Deat-un.]
- DALLAN FORGAILLof Cluain Dallain, Jan. 29. His proper name was Eochaid, to which we find added " Kigeas, the learned," and " Righ…
- DALMACIUSIrish saint. See DaALBHACH.
- DALMATIUS(4), censor at Antioch, commissioned by the emperor Constantine the Great, to inquire into a charge brought by the…
- DALTADalta-Christ, ce. the foster-child or pupil of Christ, was used in Ireland as an honorific title of St.
- DAMANof Tigh Damain, in Ui-Criomhthannain (Mart. Doneg.) Feb, 12. He was brother of St. Abban (Mar. 16) and other saints…
- DAMASCIUSthe last of the celebrated teachers of the Neo-Platonic school at Athens, born at the end of the 5th century at…
- DAMASUSthe successor of pope Liberius, said to have been a Spaniard and the son of Antonius. On the death of Liberius (Sept…
- DAMHNATvirgin, of Sliabh Betha, now Slieve Beagh, in Tyrone, commemorated June 13.
- DAMIANUS(1), said to have been sent as a missionary by pope Eleutherius to Britain. [DuviaNnvs. ]
- DAMOETAS(2) FLAVIUS, a friend of Alcuin, who (4.D. 796) addressed two letters to
- DANAXthe reader, of Aulon in Illyria, fled
- DANIEL(1) Presbyter, said to have been
- DANIHEL(Bede, H. ZH. Praef. iv. 16; v. 18, 23; Flor. Wig. Chron. App. M. H. B. 619), bishop of Winchester. [DanieL (16).] [C…
- DAPHNUSsecond bishop of Vaison, lived in the time of Constantine the Great, cire.
- DARBELINvirgin, commemorated Oct. 26. This saint is given as one of the four virgin-daughters of Mac Iaar, living at…
- DARBILE(DersuiLepy), Aug. 3 and Oct. 26. There seems little doubt but Darbile, of Achadh-chuilinn (Oct.
- DARDANUS, CLAUDIANUS POSTUMUSdescribed as of illustrious birth and patrician rank, prefect of Gaul, in the years A.D. 409 and 413, to whom a law is…
- DARERCAwidow, sister of St. Patrick, commemorated Mar.22. At the outset we must distinguish between this Darerca, and another…
- DARIAIrish saint. See Darre.
- DARINNILLdaughter of Mac Iaar. Virgin of Cill-na-ninghen, Oct. 26. [DARBELIN.] [J.G.]
- DARIUSacount sent to restore peace in Africa, and as the Benedictine editors (Augustin. ii. 47, Migne) give reasons for…
- DASHAD(or Dapsap), of the race of the Kenthunians, lieutenant of Vartan, slain in battle for the faith in Armenia…
- DASIUS(1), according to the Menology, was a soldier at Dorostolus, where it was the custom to offer a human sacrifice to…
- DATIANUS(1) Usuard, Wart. Ap. 16, persecuting governor of Spain. [Dactanus.] [C.H.]
- DATIUSbishop of Milan, c. A.D. 527. Encouraged by the successes of Belisarius in southern Italy, he took a leading part in…
- DATIVA(Carthaginian refugee ?). Chris-
- DATIVUS(1) bishop of Badae, in Numidia, a frontier post toward the Gaetuli. There was a praepositus limitis Badensis. Sentt…
- DAUSASmartyr in Persia, A.D. 361, was among the captives carried away by Sapor when he took Bezabde or Phoenicia (Fynyk), the…
- DAVANANIn the parish of Rothesay, in Bute, there are the ruins or vestiges of twelve little chapels, and among them is…
- DAVID(1) (in one MS. written Dadub), one of the four luminaries in the Barbeliot system (Irenaeus, i. 29).
- DAZINASor DAZIZAS. Of the 4th century, addressed by Eustathius, A.D. 373, in a letter in which he accused St. Basil of bad…
- DEAL-UNor Datyunus, an Englishman of the 8th century, addressed by Lullus, afterwards archbishop of Mayence, as his master.
- DEATH AND THE DEADPlato most, and Aristotle to some extent, influenced the teaching of the Fathers of the Church on death: the former by…
- DEBOor BEBO, was bishop of Avignon about the year 429. He was previously not an ecclesiastic, but a senator of advanced…
- DECALOGUE(AexdaAoyos, déxa Adyia, Séxa Kepddraia, vouobecia.) That the ten commandments have long occupied a high place in the…
- DECENTIUS(1) Bishop of Leone in Spain, present at the council of Elvira, in a.p. 300 or 301. (Labbe, Concil. i. 969; Ceillier…
- DECIMUSCyp. Zp. 24. See Futarx. [E. W. B.] DECIUS. The reign of this emperor, though among the shortest in the Roman annals…
- DECIUSL,, eighth bishop of Macon (Matisco). The period assigned to him by Severtius is from 599 to 612. (Gall. Christ. iv…
- DECIUS ILsucceeded Deodatus as eleventh bishop of Macon. In some old documents he is described as a saint, but nothing is known…
- DECLANAmong the many saints who went to the continent and wrought in the evangelisation of Bavaria, with St. Virgilus or…
- DECUMANUS, STa Welsh devotee, who lived as a hermit at the place called from him St.
- DEDApresbyter and abbat of Peartaneu in the province of the Lindissi.
- DEFENSOR(1) First bishop of Angers. Nothing certain is known either of his origin or age. The Acts of St.
- DEG]OF
- DEGA([Datcnr.]
- DEGUI(Asser, Gest. Aelfr. in M. H. B. 488), bishop of Menevia. [Davm, Sr.] [C. H.]
- DEICOLUS(Dercona, DEEL, Dicuurt), of Lure, abbat, commemorated Jan. 18. This saint is one of those who accompanied St…
- DEIFERUSWelsh saint. [Drex.]
- DEINIOL WYN(Daniz£L), a Welsh saint of the 6th century, son of the abbat Dunawd Fyr or Dinothus, whom he assisted in establishing…
- DELPHIDIUShusband of Euchrocia and father of Procula. He was a distinguished orator and poet of Gaul towards the end of the 4th…
- DELPHINUS(1) ST., second bishop of Bordeaux. Nothing is known of his origin, his country, or when he succeeded to the bishopric.
- DEMETRIANUS(1) A magistrate at Carthage prominent in the persecution under Gallus.
- DEMETRIASa Roman virgin to whom Jerome wrote his treatise (Hp. 130, ed. Vall.) on the keeping of virginity.
- DEMETRIUS(1) a deacon of Vienne, to whom, according to Maximus (ii. 152), Irenaeus
- DEMIURGUSthe artificer, in the systeim of Valentinus, the title given to the framer of the world.
- DEMOCRATESrhetorician at Carthage, under whom Augustine of Hippo studied with success in A.D. 370. (August. Confess. III. iii. 6…
- DEMONOLOGYor the science of demons, was a popular study both in Greece and Rome, as well as Judaea, when the gospel began to be…
- DEMOPHILUSbishop of Constantinople, A.D. 370; expelled 380; died 386; formerly bishop of Berea. He was born of good family in…
- DEMOSTHENESthe superintendent of the kitchen of the emperor Valens, who had wormed himself into his master's confidence, and…
- DEMOSTRATUSa writer whose works were in circulation among some heretics, opposed
- DENEBERHTthe ninth bishop of Worcester. He was consecrated, according to Flo- rence of Worcester, in 798, and made his…
- DENEFRITHthe fifth bishop of Sherborne; his name is found attached to charters from 794 to 796, and he is possibly the unnamed…
- DENEHAEHor DENEHEAH, abbat of Reculver, who received a grant from Eadbert of
- DEOBGYTAor LEOBGYT, of the 8th century, addressed in his third letter by Lullus, archbishop of Mainz. Itisa letter of…
- DEOCARIUSthe seventh bishop of Antipolis, was present at the council of Chalons, in the time of king Clovis, A.D. 644, or…
- DEOCARUS, STabbat of Hasenrietanum, Hernriadum, or Heidenheim, in the diocese of Kichstadt. Very little is known of St.
- DEOCHAINAs we find cruimther or priest used as an appellation in the Irish calendars, so we have also such entries as ''…
- DEODATUS(1), ST., abbat, Blois, was born at Bourges, and became a monk under St. Phaletrus in the mouastery of Issoudun in…
- DEODEFRIDUS42nd bishop of Paris, succeeded Madalbertus about the middle of the 8th century.
- DEOGRATIAS(1), a presbyter who had submitted to Augustine six questions, mainly relating to pagan objections or difficulties. 1.
- DEORA[Dr0rA.]
- DEORAIDH([Drraips.]
- DEOTIMUS36th bishop of Orleans, before A.D. 788. He succeeded Nadatimus, probably after being a monk of Fleury, for no…
- DERBHFRAICHof Druim Dubhain, commemorated April 4. In Colgan (Acta SS. 713, ¢. 4, n.1!)
- DERCHAIRTHINNof Uachter-aird, Mar. 8. Of the race of Colla Uais, king of Ireland, she is given among the saints of the family of St…
- DERFELor DERFEL GADARN, a Welsh saint of the 6th century, brother of Rhystud, Sulien, and Cristiolus, other Welsh saints, was…
- DERMORdaughter of Maine, of Airiudh Bainne, July 6. This is the entry in Murt. Doneg.
- DERUVIANUSmentioned with Faganus, who are called the first bishops of Congresbury, A.D. 167, in the 'Glastonbury Chronicle,'…
- DERWA, STa name only preserved in Mertherderwa, i.e. "the martyr Derwa," in the parish of Camborne in Cornwall.
- DESIDERATUS(1), ST., twelfth bishop of Besangon, lived in the 4th century, and is commemorated on the 27th July.
- DESIDERIUS(1) [Divier], presbyter in Aquitaine. Desiderius and Riparius, or Didier and Ripaire, as they are commonly called, were…
- DESIGNATUS(4), ST., 13th bishop of Liége, succeeded Ursicinus, who is supposed to have flourished about the end of the 5th…
- DESINIANUSwas second bishop of Orleans, and lived about the middle of the 4th century. He succeeded Diopetus, and was followed by…
- DEUSDEDIT(J) Archbishop of Canterbury, A.D. 655-664. He was a native of Wessex (Beda, H., E. iii. 20), and, according to Elmham…
- DEUTERIUS(1) Metropolitan of Caesarea in Mauritania, addressed by Augustine of Hippo (Lpist. num. cexxxvi., Patrol. Lat. xxxiii…
- DEUTHERIUSalso called Deotherius and Deotharius, was the seventh bishop of Vence.
- DEVENICKConfessor, commemorated Nov. 13. The legend of this saint, whose name is not found in any of the Irish lists, is given…
- DEVIL(Demonotocy; Dranotus.]
- DEWI(Annul. Cambr. ad an. 458, M. H.. B. 830), bishop of Menevia. [Davip, Sr.] [C. HJ
- DEXIANUSbishop of Seleucia in Isauria, and metropolitan. He was present at the council of Ephesus, in A.D.
- DEXTERson of Pacianus, bishop of Barcelona (circ. A.D. 360-390). Under the emperor Theodosius he was administrator of the…
- DIABOLUSin the system of Carpocrates, an angel, subordinate to the chief of the angels who made the world, whose office it is…
- DIACONANUS(Diacontanvs), C. and M. Dec. 23. The Murtyr. Aberd. supplies us with the name of St.
- DIADOCHUSa bishop of Photice, in Epirus Vetus, ¢. A.D. 450, highly commended by Victor Vitensis, who boasts of having been his…
- DIANIUSor DIANAERUS, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, for more than twenty years, a saintly man much venerated in the early…
- DIARMAIDlatinised DeRMITIUS, was a very common name in Ireland, and borne by many of the saints: some of these are simply…
- DIATIMUSbishop of Lymirus in Lycia, who, with other of the Lycian prelates, wrote to St.
- DIBRIC(Annal. Camb, ad an. 612, M. H. B. 831 n.), bishop. [DuBRictus.] [C. H.]
- DICASIUSbishop of Tabia in Galatia Prima (cire. A.D. 314-325), present at the council of Neocaesarea, circ. A.D.315, (Labbe…
- DICHLETHE O'TRIALLAIGHIn his genealogies of the Hy Fiachrach, M'Firbis. gives an account of the descendants of Eochaidh Breac, son of Dathi…
- DICHOLL[DivcHo..]
- DICHUson of Trichem, of Sabhall, April 29. This saint is closely connected with St.
- DIDO(1) was twenty-sixth bishop of Poitieis, and uncle to St. Leger, bishop of Autun and mayor of the palace of Francia; he…
- DIDYMIAfourth abbess of the monastery of Sainte-Croix de Poitiers, in the 6th century.
- DIDYMUShead of the catechetical school of Alexandria in the 4th century. He was born in 309 or 314 (Tillemont, Mém. x. 387).
- DIER(Dinevuryr, DrIrERuSs), a Welsh saint, placed by Rees among those who flourished between A.D.
- DIERA(Dror.]
- DIGAINWelsh saint of the 5th century, brother of Erbin another Welsh saint, of the family of Cystennyn Gorneu.
- DIHEUFYRWelsn saint. [D1ER.]
- DIMA(Dima, Dioma, with the latinised Dimanus, Dimmanus, and Dimavs, and the Irish diminutive Dimmoag).
- DIMANUS, DIMIANUSmissionary to Britain. [Duvianus.] {C. H.]
- DIMOERITAEThis was another name for the followers of Apollinarius (sce under that name), and is probably to be explained by the…
- DINCOMALUSor VINCOMALUS (Graecé Biykoudaos), one of the nineteen great officers of state present at the council of Chalcedon…
- DINERTACHof Cluain-mér, Oct. 9. He is entered on this day in the Martyrologies of Donegal and Tallaght, and Colgan (Acta SS…
- DINGAD AB BRYCHANWelsh saint of the 5th century, founder of the churches of Llandingad in Carmarthenshire and Llanigad or Dingatstowe…
- DINOCRATESbrother of Perpetua, martyr. He died at the age of seven. Her Acts relate that
- DINOOTH, DINOTHUS(Dunawp, DunAWD Fawr, Dunawp Wr, Dunop F yr), abbat of Bangor Iscoed, a Welsh saint, placed by Rees among those who…
- DIOCLEScorrespondent of Gregory of Nazianzum, circ. A.D. 382. The letter of Gregory is about a marriage in which Diocles is…
- DIOCLETIAN(Doctus, DioctEs, Carus VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS JOVIUS), A.D. 284- 305.
- DIODORIADESa presbyter who sided with Manes, according to the author of the Libellus Synodicus published by Pappus. (See…
- DIODORUS(1) presbyter of Diodoris, Acta Archelai (is wrongly called Trypho by Epiphanius). Fabricius (Bibl. Graec. vii.
- DIOGABishop of Leptis magna (Leptimajus) in prov. Trip., Colonia Victrix Julia, on river Cinyphus. Voted by proxy through…
- DIOGENES(1) presbyter of Alexandria in the 4th century. The Anomaeans reproached Basil bishop of Ancyra with having caused…
- DIOGENIANUSthird bishop of Alby, who flourished about the year 406, is named by Gregory of Tours as one of the most illustrious…
- DIOGENUS(1), ST., first bishop of Geneva, lived, according to some writers, about the end of the third century, while others…
- DIOGNETUS([Epistte to DiogNnerus.]
- DIOMEDESa Christian physician of Tarsus, who came to Nice in the days of Diocletian.
- DIONproconsul of Africa in A.D. 295, undet whom suffered Maximilian. Dion tried to persuade him to enlist and serve in the…
- DIONYSAmother of Euthymius the Solitary, wife of Paul, of Melitene on the Euphrates. She bore asonin the 4th consulship of…
- DIONYSIA(1) virgin martyr at Lampsacus, A.D. 250. Seeing Nicomachus suddenly seized with madness and dying in horror, after…
- DIONYSIUS(1) Psrupo- Arroraaira. Under the name of Dionysius the Areopagite there has passed current a body of remarkable…
- DIOPETUSfirst bishop of Orleans, is said to have been represented by legates at the council of Cologne in the year 346, and to…
- DIOPHANTEScorrespondent of John Chrysostom; one of the four presbyters of Antioch to whom he addressed his 22nd, 62nd, 66th…
- DIORA(Driers, DeorA), the thirteenth bishop of Rochester. He subscribes charters from 775 to 781; he had several grants of…
- DIOSCORIDESone of three boy-martyrs of Rome. [CRESCENS. | {E. B. B.]
- DIOSCORUS(1) patriarch of Alexandria, succeeded Cyril in the bishopric about midsummer,
- DIRAIDH(DeorarpH). This name assumes several forms in Irish, and as it is latinised. According to Dr.
- DIRDANWelsh saint of the 5th century,
- DIRUVIANUS(Stubbs, Regist. 153), supposed bishop of Winchester. [DUVIANUS. | [{C.
- DISCIPLINA ARCANI(Drcr. or Cur.
- DISIBODEor DISEN. [Dysrnop.]
- DIUCHOLLThis is a name of many forms, such as Dicholl, Dichuill, Dichullus, Dicull, Diucholl, Duchoill, and Duichuill: probably…
- DIUS(1), the 31st bishop of Jerusalem, c. A.D. 190. He succeeded Narcissus when he had left Jerusalem and concealed himself…
- DIVIANUS, DIVINIANUS, DIUUANIUS, DIWANUSmissionary to Britain. [Duvranvs.] (RCS. 1861) 4
- DIVINITY OF CHRIST(CurisroLoey.]
- DIVITIANUS, STbishop of Soissons. The
- DOBDA(Dusupa)—April 15. This saint is entered in the Martyrologies of Donegal and Tallaght, simply as Dubhda and Dubta, and…
- DOCETAE(The word is written dox:ral by the oldest authorities, Clem. Alex.
- DOCETISMthe doctrine that our blessed Lord had a body like ours, only in appearance, not in reality. The rise of this notion…
- DOCHDWYWeish saint of the 6th century. He accompanied Cadfan to Bardsey, where he was ordained a bishop.
- DOCHONNAis only another form of Dachonna and Mochonna, and frequently inter- changed with them [DACHONNA, and MocHONNA ]. Among…
- DOCTRINA ADDAEI[Acts or Apost Les, p- 31.]
- DOCTRINA APOSTOLORUM[Acts or APOSTLES, p. 21.]
- DOCUS[Canoc.]
- DOCWINUS(Cunearus, CynGar), Welsh saint of the 5th century, founder of a monastery named Docunnus in the diocese of Llandaff…
- DODDO(Dopo), a duke of Mercia, who flourished in the reigns of the Mercian kings Ethelred, Coenred, and Ethelbald.
- DODOabbat of St. Genulfus of Bourges. He obtained privilege and immunity from tribute both from Pepin and from Charles the…
- DODOLINUS, STbishop of Vienne, called also St. Dodolenus, Landolenus, Dolinus, and Landalenus, and possibly even St. Bobolinus I.
- DOGED, DOGED FRENHINDoged the king, Welsh saint of the 6th century, founder of the church of Llanddoged in Denbighshire. (Rees, Welsh…
- DOGEFAELWelsh saint of the 6th century, founder of four Pembrokeshire churches, St. Dogmael in Cemmaes, St.
- DOGFANWelsh saint of the 5th century, slain by the pagan Saxons at Merthyr Dogfan in Dyfed or Pembrokeshire, where a church…
- DOGMAEL(TEGWELL), patron saint of an abbey in Pembrokeshire, died c. A.D. 5003; commemorated on June 14. (Acta SS. June ii…
- DOKIEIn Forfarshire, in the parish of Monifieth, is Chapel Dokie. It probably takes its name from St.
- DOLGAN AB GILDASa saint of the college of Cattwg Ddoeth at Llancarvan, in the 6th century. (Rees, Welsh Saints, 257.)(C. H.]
- DOLGARWelsh saint of the 6th century, daughter of Gildas ab Caw. (Rees, Welsh Saints, 258.) [C. H.]
- DOLICHIANUSor DULICHIANUS, succeeded Valens as 29th bishop of Jerusalem. His exact date is unknown, but he may be placed in the…
- DOMHAINGENbishop of Tuaim Muscraighe, April 29. By O'Clery (Mart. Doneg.
- DOMHANGORT(omancart, DoNArp). (1) Son of Eochaidh, bishop, of Rath-muirbuilg and Slieve Donard, March 24.
- DOMHNOGson of Saran, of Tiprat-fachtina, in tne west of Osraighe, Feb, 13, May 18. On
- DOMINAEIn the parish of Barr, in Ayrshire, there is a chapel called Kirk Dominae, probably the church of Our Lady (New Stat…
- DOMINICof Ossory. [DomHNoG.]
- DOMINICAwife of the emperor Valens, suffered from dreadful dreams the night her husband had imprisoned Basil the Great (Socr…
- DOMINICUS(1), ST., bishop of Cambray. He acted as vicar to St. Vedastus for the churches of Arras and Cambray, and succeeded him…
- DOMINIUSthird bishop of Geneva, lived in the first half of the 5th century. (Gall. Christ. xvi. 378.) (D. R. J.]
- DOMITIANUS(1) 4.p. 81-96. This emperor, though placed by Lactantius (de Mort. Persecut. c.
- DOMITILLA FLAVIAthe niece of the emperor Domitian, married to her cousin Flavius Clemens (CLEMENS FLAvius), who, with her husband, was…
- DOMITIUS(1) professor of rhetoric at Clermont, whom Sidonius (Poem. 18, p. 1271) invites to his country house at Avitae…
- DOMNEVA(Sim. Dun. G. 2. A. in M. H. B.
- DOMNINA[Crauptus (4).]
- DOMNINUS(1) Martyr at Thessalonica under Galerius, who was building a palace in that town, and was affronted to find that there…
- DOMNIOa presbyter of Rome towards the end of the 4th century, to whom Jerome sent his notes on the twelve Minor Prophets…
- DOMNITIUSa friend to whom Sidonius describes how king Sigismer, on his way to wed the daughter of the king of the Visigoths…
- DOMNOLENUS, S8Tconfessor, Auxerre. Is commemorated on October 21, but there is no certainty as to who he was or when he lived.
- DOMNOLUS(1), ST., 10th bishop of Le Mans, brother of St. Audoinus bishop of Angers.
- DOMNULUS(1), imperial quaestor, a pious man, accustomed to retire to the monasteries of the Jura, is informed by Sidonius (Zp…
- DOMNUS(1) succeeded Theoctistus as bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, A.D. 257 or 258 (Euseb, H, E. lib. vii. c. 14). [E. V.]
- DOMOor DROMO, twenty-ninth abbat of Chartres, succeeded Deodatus in the 7th century (Gall. Christ. viii. 1101.) [D. R. Je]
- DONAWelsh saint of the 7th century, founder of Llanddona church in Anglesey ; commemorated on Nov. 1. (Rees, Welsh Saints…
- DONADEUS12th bishop of Gap, known from the synod of Narbonne, held in the year 788 under the presidency of Daniel the…
- DONALD(DoneEvatpus), July 15. St. Donald or Donevaldus, and his nine daughters, are commemorated by Kal. Brev.
- DONARD[Domnancort.]
- DONATA(Carthaginian refugee ?), Christian at Rome, Cyp. Hp. 22. See Macarius. (E. W. By DONATDEUS, deacon in Numidia A.D.
- DONATIANUS(1), ST., martyr, Nantes. The date assigned to this saint by the Bollandists is 299, and he is commemorated on the 24th…
- DONATILLAmartyred with Maxima and Secunda at Tuburbum, in the province of Byzacena, July 30, A.D. 304, mentioned in the…
- DONATISMThe Donatists were the first Christians who separated from the church on the ground of discipline.
- DONATULUSAfrican bishop. Cyp. Zp. 56, [Auimntius.] Bishop of Capsa (P. Byzac.), suffr, 69 Conc. Carth. sub Cyp. vii.
- DONATUS(1) African bishop, Cyp. Zp. 57, Ep. 70, in Syn. Carth. sub Cyp. de Bapt. i.; Sentt. Epp. in Syn. Carth. sub Cyp. 3, de…
- DONDANof Little Berneray, is one of the saints of the Lewes, mentioned by Martin ( West. Isles, 27). It is probably the same…
- DONIDIUSborn at Ebreuil, a little town in Auvergne. He resided at Arverna (Clermont) as a cleric, and was a man of note.
- DONNANThe fullest and most accurate account of the saints of this name is to be found in Dr. Reeves's Adamnan, 303-9, with…
- DONNELLThere was probably an ecclesiastic of this name in the west of Scotland, who has given his name to Kildonnell in…
- DONUM GRATIARBeeman :
- DONUSbishop of Messana. [Domnus.} DONUS or DOMNUS, pope, was elected
- DORBENE FODA(the Tall), A., Oct. 28. O'Clery (in Mart. Doney. by Todd and Reeves, 287) calls him son of Altaine, of the race of…
- DORMITANTES[Nycraces.]
- DOROTHEAVirgin, martyred with Theophilus the Advocate, and two other women, Christa and Callista, at Caesarea, in Cappadocia.
- DOROTHEUS(4), ST., was the first abbat of Lyons, under bishops Aelius, Faustinus, and Verus, in the 3rd century (Gall. Christ…
- DORULFbishop, attests a charter of Offa A.D. 777, marked spurious or doubtful by Kemble (C. D. No. 130). [C. H.]
- DORUSbishop of Beneventum, A.D. 447 or 8, to 450. Pope Leo the Great writes to reprimand him for setting at the head of his…
- DORYMEDONa convert of Trophimus, martyred with him at Synnada under Probus, Sept. 19. (Men. Basil.) [E. B. B.]
- DOSITHEUSThe earliest ecclesiastical writers attest the existence of a sect of Dositheans, which, though it never spread far…
- DOTTOabbat, commemorated April 9. Camerarius is followed by Butler in giving an ac- count of St.
- DOULACHIrish saint.
- DOXARIANSor Aposchists, a sect spoken of by John of Damascus. The majority of them, he says, rejected baptism and communion…
- DRACILIANUSgovernor of Palestine, ordered by Constantine to build the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem (in place of the…
- DRACONTIUS(2) A bishop to whom Athanasius addresses a letter (vol. i. p. 63; edit. Montfauc.). [E. M. Y.]
- DRAUCIUSfourth bishop of Therouanne, succeeded St, Audomarus, who died probably,
- DRAUSIUS, ST(Dravtius or Drauscio), 22nd bishop of Soissons, and confessor, was born in the reign of Chlotharius or of Dagobert…
- DREGMOa pious man near Hagulstad (Hexham), who, according to a legendary account in Simeon of Durham (Gest. Reg. Ang. in M…
- DRITHELM(Gaimar, Zstorie, v. 1554, in M. H. B. 783), visionary. [DRYCTHELM.] (C. H.]
- DROCTIGISILUSfifteenth bishop of Soissons, towards the end of the 6th century. He is thus referred to by Gregory of Tours, lib, ix…
- DROCTOALDUS, STfourteenth bishop of Auxerre, succeeded St. Optatus, and died in the month of November about a.p. 532. (Gall. Christ…
- DROSERIUSthe Valentinian interlocutor in the dialogue against the Marcionites (Sect. iv.). [ADAMANTIUS (2). ] [G. S.]
- DROSISa young virgin burnt for the faith, probably at Antioch. There is a homily on her festival, by Chrysostom (ii.
- DROSTANDec. 14. According to the Scotch legend given by Fordun (Scotichron, iii. c. 38), and Brev. of Aberd. (pars hyem. fol…
- DRUCTEGANGUS(1), third abbat of Gorzia, a monastery founded 4.D. 749 by Chrodegangus bishop of Metz within his diocese.
- DRYCTHELM, DRYHTHELM(DrirHELM), a paterfamilias dwelling at Incuneningum (supposed to be Cuningham, Mon. Hist. Brit. 260, and Stevenson…
- DUACH[Dusurnacn.] DUALISM. [Manicuarism; GNOsTIcIsM. ]
- DUBHAN(1), Priest, Nov. 11. O'Clery (Mart. Doneg. by Todd and Reeves, 305) says he was of the Lagenians, and brother of Daman…
- DUBHDA[Dospa.]
- DUBHDALETHE(1), of Armagh. There were three of this name abbats or archbishops of Armagh, two in the 10th and 11th centuries, and…
- DUBHLITIRabbat of Finnglaisi-Cainnigh, near Ath-Cliath (now Finglass, in the barony of Castleknock, near Dublin), May 15. Mart…
- DUBHTHACH[Duacu] (1) Son of Dubhan, son of Maeluidhir, Feb. 5. He was of the race of Conall Gulban. When Corman, bishop of…
- DUBRICIUS, DUBRIC(Dieric, Dyrria), archbishop of Caerleon, 'This is one of the most distinguished names in the story of king Arthur as…
- DUDabbat, attesting a grant of land to Glastonbury Abbey, A.D. 744, marked spurious or doubtful (Kemble, C. D. No. 92…
- DUDDthe eleventh bishop of Winchester. If he is rightly placed in the lists his date falls between 781 and 785, but nothing…
- DUILECH(Dovutacy), of Clochar, commemorated Nov. 17. He was son of Amalgadh, son ot Sinell, of the race of Conmac, son of…
- DUINSECHvirgin, on Loch Cuan, in Uladh (Ulster), Aug. 5. This saint has given its name to Dunsy Island, in Loch Cuan, now…
- DULASsaid to be a prefect of Cilicia, deposed from office for his Christianity and most horribly tortured to death under the…
- DULCIDIUS(2) I, 18th bishop of le Puy en Vélay (Anicium, afterwards Podium Vellayorum). Dulcidius is scarcely known except from…
- DULCITIUS(1). [Inene.]
- DULIANIa sect of Arians, so called from their using the word do0vA0s to describe the relation of the Son to the Father…
- DULICHIANUS[Doticu1anvs.]
- DUN, DUNNUSthe eleventh bishop ot Rochester; consecrated, according to the A. S. Chronicle, in 741 CW. H. B. p. 329).
- DUNAAS =DSU NOVAS[See under Crosrors NUSHIRVAN. |
- DUNANUS, DUNIANUS, DUMANUS, DUMIANUSmissionary to Britain. [DuVIANUS. |
- DUNCHADHson of Cennfaeladh, abbat of Hy, May 25. He was grandson of Maelcobha, of the race of Conall Gulban, and closely…
- DUNGALwas a not uncommon name among the Irish saints (Colgan, Acta SS, 257 n.
- DUNNA, DUNNEA nun to whom Ethelred, king of Mercia, gave land to found a monas- tery at Withington, which afterwards came to the…
- DUNNIUSJoceline, in his Life of St. Patrick, relates that St. Patrick built at Sabhall or Saul a famous monastery, which he…
- DUNSTANis spoken of by Leslaeus as an abbat in Scotland, in the reign of king Aidan (ic.
- DUNUUALDa "minister" of Ethelbert, king of Kent (ob. A.D. 760). Being about to go to Rome ad limina apostolorum to take a sum…
- DURDANWelsh saint of 6th century, companion of Cadfan, settled in Bardsey, and
- DURIOTORUS6th bishop of Rennes, 1s said to have subscribed, through his procurator Bertulfus, to the acts of the first council of…
- DUTHERIUSthird bishop of Nicaea in the south of France, said (Gams, Series Episc. 588) to have been slain by the Vandals, a.p…
- DUTHRACHTappears to be a name for male or female.
- DUUNCHADUS(Bede, H. E. v. 22). Abbat of Hy. (DuNncHADH.] ({C. H.]
- DUVANUSsaid to have been sent by pope Eleutherius into Britain (Galf. Mon. Hist. iv. 19). [DERUVIANUS. ] [C. H.]
- DUVIANUS(J), said to have been sent by pope Eleutherius, on the application of king Lucius, as a missionary to Britain in…
- DWYFAELearly Welsh saint of uncertain date, the son of Pryderi ab Dolor of Deira and Bernicia. (Rees, Welsh Saints, 307.) [C…
- DWYNWENfemale Welsh. saint, of the 5th century, considered, by Welsh bards. the patron saint of loyers. She was the foundress…
- DWYWALUWelsh saint of the 6th century, brother of Derfell, patron saint of Llanddwywau, a chapel subject to Llanenddwyn in…
- DWYWEwife of Dunawd or Dinothus abbat of Bangor, reckoned among the Welsh saints of the 6th century, but having no churches…
- DYFAN(Rees, Welsh Saints, 81, 84), sent by Eleutherius to Britain. [Duvianus.] [C. H.]
- DYFNANson of Brychan, Welsh saint of the 5th century, founder of Llandyfnan in Anglesey, where he was buried: three chapels…
- DYFNIGWelsh saint of the 6th century, one of those who accompanied Cadfan to Britain. (Rees, Welsh Saints, 224.) [C. H.]
- DYFNOGWelsh saint of the 7th century, probably the second saint of Dyfynog in Brecknockshire; which was originally founded by…
- DYFRIG(Rees, Welsh Saints, 170), archbishop. of Caerleon. [DuBRicius.] (C. H.]
- DYMPNA[Dimena.]
- DYNAMIS[see Power], in the system of Basilides as described by Irenaeus (i.
- DYNAMIUS(1) bishop, Angouléme. Nothing is certainly known of the bishops of this diocese between St. Ausonius (A.D. 260), who…
- DYSCOLIUS6th bishop of Rheims, about the year 346. Nothing is known of his life except that he is supposed by some to have been…
- DYSIBOD(Disen), July 8. He is said to have been a bishop in Ireland about A.D.
- DYVAN(Colo Manuscripts of E. Williams p- 495), missionary to Britain. [Duvranus.] [C. H.]