- IABRAOTHthe leader of the six great archons who repented when Sabaoth Adamas and his six persisted in disobedience. & istis
- IACTHANABASin the system of Pistis Sophia, one of the five great archons (see HECATE) — who preside over the punishments of the " m
- IAGOFourth bishop in the short succession at Margam before its union with Llandaff. (Lib. Landav. by Rees, 625, n. *.)
- IALDABAOTHa being who, in the system of the Ophites, as described by Irenaeus (i. 30), and after him by Epiphanius (Haer. 37), hel
- IALUHAMthe satellite of Sabaoth Adamas, who gives the cup of oblivion to souls which have completed their punishment, and are a
- IAMBERT(Kemble, C. D. 106, 139). [JAENBERT.]
- IAMBUSAfrican bishop. Syn. 2 Carth. A.D. 252 (Cyp. Zp. 57). Syn. 4, a.p. 254 (de Basilide, Cyp. Ep. 67), and in Syn. 7 Carth.
- IARLAITHE(Hrertats, Hrerwarivs) (1), third bishop of Armagh, cir. 468, commemorated Feb. 11. He was the son of Trena, son of Fieg
- IARLUGH(lartoca, Hrmroxoavs, IARNLAI@), bishop and abbat at Lismore, co, Waterfc rd _
- IARNOG(lernoc), the pilgrim, commemorated July 31. He was the son of Oengus, son of Nathfraich king of Munster. He flourished
- IBARis said, in the Life of St. Fillan (Jan. 9), to have found that saint when an infant ina lake, baptized and educated him
- IBASbishop of Edessa c. 435-457 A.D. Ibas was a Syrian by birth. His name in Syriac is
- IBBASan officer ("comes") under Theoderic, who led the army of the Ostrogoths into Gaul, and defeated the Franks and Burgundi
- IBBO(Ino), thirty-fifth archbishop of Tours, succeeding Palladius or Ebartius, and followed by Guntrannus II. circ. A.D. 720
- IBBOLENUSsixth abbat of the monastery of St. Carilefus (St. Calais) on the Anisola (Anille) in the diocese of Le Mans, A.D. 692.
- IBEabbat. [Eone.]
- IBERIAwife of Ruricius who became eleventh bishop of Limoges, and daughter of Ommatius, a patrician of Clermont. Sidonius Apol
- IBERIAN CHURCHThe early history of the Iberian or Georgian Churcii is wrapped in fable.. St. Andrew, Simon the Canaanite and
- IBHAR(Esvr, Iserran, Isertus, Yzor), bishop of Begery, commemorated April 23. St. Ibhar is spoken of in the legends of the mi
- ICARIU'Sofficer of state, by whom, along with Olympivz governor of Cappadocia, Theodosius sent nis second invitation to St. Greg
- ICELIA(Hyicetta), the widow of a prefect, and the friend of St. Theodosius, abbat in Palestine. Some account of her is given b
- ICELIUMthe daughter of Basil's friend, Magninianus (probably to be distinguished from the count of that name). She brought lett
- ICHTBROCHTan Irish form of EaBert (Reeves, S. Adamman, p. 7.) (J. G1
- ICONIUSbishop of Gortyna in Crete, present at the third general council at Ephesus, A.D. 431. (Le Quien, Or. Christ. ii. 258 ;
- ICONTIUSpresbyter and abbat of the Roman monastery of St. Stephen pope and martyr, addressed in 761 by pope Paul I. in ep. 12 of
- IDAa dux in Gaul under Theoderic king of Italy, during his occupancy of the Visigothic dominions in Gaul. He was charged by
- IDABERGA(Epsurcr, IpBerGr, InvuBERGA, Iv1sBERGA), English virgin, commemo- rated on June 20 at Bergue St. Winox in Belgium, her
- IDALIUSbishop of Barceiona, who, to judge from the subscriptions to the 13th and 15th councils of Toledo, probably succeeded Qu
- IDATIUS(1) CLARUS (Ipactvs), bishop of Merida at the time of the origin of Priscillianist. heresy. He is first mentioned when t
- IDAXIUSDonatist bishop of Muzuca, in Byzacene, present at the Carthaginian conference, A.D, 411, (Collat. Carthag. cognit. i. 2
- IDDONson of Ynyr Gwent, and prince of South Wales, who, in gratitude for victories over' the Saxons, gave churches and lands
- IDDUASbishop of Smyrna at the council of Ephesus, 431 (Mansi,'v. 589). On Dec. 18,. A.D. 437, Sixtus III. bishop of Rome, writ
- IDLOES, STthe founder of Llanidloes im Montgomeryshire; his day is Sept. 6. (R. Rees, Welsh Saints, 298; Williams, Dict. of Welshm
- IDNERTHthe last bishop of Llanbadarn
- IDOINUS(Opontus), twenty-second bishop ef Senlis, between Bethelmus and Adelbertus, apparently about A.D. 800. (Gall. Chr. x. 1
- IDOLFUS, IDOU, IDULFUSbishop of
- IDONIUSbishop of Rusadum in Mauritania Caesariensis, banished by Hunneric, a.p. 484, (Victor Vit. Notit. 59° Morcelli, Afr. Chr
- IDUBERGA(Irra, IrTABERGA, YDUBERGA)" widow and nun, was daughter of Godinus duke of Aquitaine, and wife of Pippin of Landen. She
- IESTYN(Jestin, Yesrrnvs). (1) Son of Cadfan ab Cynan, Welsh saint of the 4th century. (Rees, Welsh Saints, 89, 102; Williams,
- IEUAN(eran), Welsh saint, sharing with Sannan and Afran the dedication at Llantrisaint in Anglesey (Rees, Welsh Saints, 31, 3
- IGILIUS(Viertus), fourth bishop of Avignon, placed by some lists in the year 134, is said te have ruled for forty years. (Gall.
- IGINUSbishop. [Hyernvs.]
- IGNATIUS(1), ST. (called THEorHorus), Oct. 17, the second bishop of Antioch (c. A.D. 70-c. 107), between Evodius and Hero [Evopi
- IGONOMUSbishop. [E@emonrvs.]
- ILANbishop at Caerleon in the 4th cent. (Stubbs, Reg. Sacer. Angl. 154.) oho
- ILAR, STwas the founder, early in the 6th century, of Llanilar in Cardiganshire, and probably of other churches now thought to b
- ILDEBRANDking. —[ILprpap.)}
- ILDEFONSUS(1), bishop of Assisi, cir. 600, according to the catalogues of the see, between Aventius and Aquilinus (Cappelletti,. L
- ILDERICUS(GixpeErtcus), a bishop present
- ILDESINDUSpresbyter of the diocese of Urgel, one of the disciples of Felix bishop of Urgel. (Alcuin. Opp. i. 917, ed. Froben.) [C.
- ILDIBADking of the Ostrogoths, 539-541. He was in charge of Verona at the time when Ravenna was taken by Belisarius, and Vitigi
- ILDISCLUS(Hutpiscuvs, Ipiscius, Isp1sCLUS), bishop of Segontia (Siguenza) from cir. 631 to soon after 638 (Florez, sp. Sagr. viii
- ILDOARDUSbishop of Piacenza, c. 715. (Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia, xv. 15 ; Ughelli, Ital. Sacr. ii. 198.) (A. H. D. A.J
- ILDOLFUSbishop. [Hi~pvutrvs.]
- ILDULFUS(Mansi, xi. 159), bishop of Iria. [Fenix (92).]
- ILERGIUSbishop of Egara from 599 to 610. His signature appears last among those of the second council of Barcelona (Nov. 1, 599)
- ILERUS(servs), ST., appears in the lists as tenth bishop of Mende, succeeding Agricola, perhaps early in the 7th century (all.
- ILID(1), ST., "a man of Israel," said to have come with Caradog or Caractacus from Rome to Britain in the 1st century, and t
- ILITARICUS, ILITARIUSfourth bishop: of Perpignan, or, as the see was then called, Helena, succeeding Acatulus, and followed by Hyacinthus, wa
- ILLADHAN(Inanpus, Innanpus, JonaDHAN, ILUNDUS, JOLLATHAN), bishop of Rath- Liphthen, commemorated June 10, He was son of Eochaid
- ILLIDIUSthird in the list of the bishops of Dax between Gratianus I. and Carterius, early in the 6th century. (Gall. Christ. i.
- ILLOG, STthe saint of Hirnant in Montgomeryshire. His day is August 8. (R. Rees, Welsh Saints, 308.) [C. W. B.]
- ILLOGANUS, STthe patron saint of Ilogan, a parish north of Camborne in Cornwall. William of Worcester, 128, says, "Sanctus Illugham d
- ILLTYDWelsh saint. [Iutvrvs.]
- ILLUS(Hrs, Hriivs, Extvs), a civil officer of high rank under the emperors Leo I. and Zeno. For his connexion with civil affa
- ILTUTUS(Etrvrvs, Excnvrus, Inuryp, Hiwputvs), ST., was by birth an Armorican, being the son of Bicanys, by a sister of Emyr Liy
- ILUARIUSbishop of Isaura, at the council of Constantinople, 381 (Mansi, iii. 570). In Mansi's margin the name is Illyrius, but L
- ILUNDUSIrish bishop. [ILuADHAN.] © IMBETAUSIUS (BeErHAvsius, AMBETAUsUS), bishop of Rheims ; attended the first council
- IMERICUSone of the accusers of pope Martin I. at Constantinople. (Mansi, x. 855 p.) [T. W. D.]
- IMMA(1), a thegn of Elfwin, brother of Egfrid king of Northumbria. Bede (iv. 22) gives an account of his adventures. He was
- IMPORTUNUS(1), placed by Hilary of Arles and his supporters in the see of Besancon, upon their deposition of Celidonius for marryi
- IMRAITEACH(Innracruecn), of GelannCloitighe (now probably the vale of the river Newtown-Barry), anchoret, died a.p. 769. (Four Yas
- IMRILIUS(Mrrtrivs, Mirrmvs), Irish saint, brother of St. Comgan (Feb. 27) of Glenn-Uissen, in the 6th century, according to the
- INAking of Wessex, commemorated Feb. 7, as patron of Llanina, Cardiganshire. (Rees, Welsh Saints, 52, 322.) [Inz.] {J. G.]
- INACHIUSaddressed by Firmus, bishop of Caesarea, who had sent him a hound, named Helena, and probably a hawk. (Firmus, Epp. 43,
- INAN(Evan), confessor, commemorated Aug. 18. He is represented by the Scotch hagiologists as belonging to Irvine, Ayrshire,
- INANTIUS(Ynantivs, UNantiIvUs, HyMNaTIUs), a Gallic bishop, who subscribes the syno- dical epistle to St. Leo in 451. He is also
- INCARNATION OF THE WORDThe history of the doctrine of the Incarnation of the Son of God, the doctrinal centre of Christianity, brings us into r
- INDALETIUSbishop of Urgi, one of the legendary seven bishops ordained by St. Peter and St. Paul for Spain. He is commemorated on A
- INDARAZAR(Inpazar), a bishop of the Persian Manicheans at the time they were intriguing for the establishment of their sect by th
- INDEARCAIGHbishop, died a.p. 662 (four Mast.). O'Conor (in Ann. Tig. a.D. 663, and Ann. Ult. A.D. 662) translates the name * Eleemo
- INDESmartyr, Dec. 28 (Bas, Men.), Dec. 26 (Sym. Metaph.). A eunuch of the imperial household at Nicomedia in the second year
- INDFERTAIGSE(Ann. Ult.; INFERTaGseus, Ann, Tig.), abbat of Tigh-Telle, now
- INDICIAvirgin of Verona, the subject of two epistles of St. Ambrose to Syagrius bishop of Verona (epp. 5, 6, in Patr. Lat. xvi.
- INDIMUSbishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia, near the river Calycadnus. He was present at the Ephesine Zatrocinium, A.D. 449, but' a
- INDRACTUS, INDRECT(INNREACHTACH), was a very common Irish name, and often appears in the early Annals (Colgan, Acta SS, 254, n. *), An Ind
- INDUSTRIUSaddressed by Sidonius Apollinaris, in a letter occupied with the praises of one Vectius a layman. (£pist. iv. 9, Migne,
- INE, INI, INAking of the West Saxons, A.D. 688-726 ; a famous warrior, legislator, and ecclesiastical benefactor.
- INEGUUALD(Kemble, @. D. 82), bishop. [INGWALp.]
- INELLAis mentioned, in the Life of St. Farannan, among those who came to welcome St. Columba on one occasion when he came back
- INFANTIUScount of the East under the emperor Arcadius. Like his father Modestus, a distinguished prefect of the East, he was a ma
- INFERTAGSEUS[InpFERTAIGSE.] INFRIDIUS (Alcuin. i. 268). [Nerrivivs.] INGALDUS, bishop. [Inewatp.]
- INGELDa West Saxon abbat, mentioned among the letters of Boniface. In one of these, written to the monks of Glastonbury by a p
- INGELTRUDIS(Inerrrvpis), first abbess of the nunnery of Bellus Mons (Beaumont), as it was called in later times, when its site had
- INGENIOSUSa cleric condemned - with eight others for Jovinianism by Siricius bishop of Rome, and by the synod of Milan, in 390, Th
- INGENIUSsee also INGENUUs.
- INGENOCUSwas one of St. Winoe's companions and disciples, perhaps a brother, in the 7th century. He was first in the monastery of
- INGENTIUSdecurio of Ziqua, a town in proconsular Africa, once secretary to Augentius, and notorious for the fraud which he endeav
- INGENUINUS(Incuinvs, Genurnvs), ST., third bishop of Siben, whence the see was later transferred to Brixen in the Tyrol, succeedin
- INGENUUS(1), Sept. 11. A reputed martyz at the Portus Romanus with Hippolytus (Mart. Hieron.), whom the Bollandists (Acta SS. Se
- INGETRUDISabbess. [INGELTRUDIS.]
- INGILBERTUSnineteenth or twentieth bishop of St.-Paul-Trois-Chateaux, succeeding Gemmardus and followed by Richardus, perhaps about
- INGILDUS(1), brother of Ine king of Wessex, son of Cenred and father of Eoppa, the great-grandfather of Egbert. His death is men
- INGOBERGAwife of the Frank king Charibert of Paris, and mother of Bertha queen of Kent. Charibert, who died in 567, shortly befor
- INGOMARUS(Cuuntnavs), a Frisian noble. In 719 when Radbod duke of Frisia was on his death-bed and still a pagan, he saw in a visi
- INGOMERIS(Ienomerus), son of Clovis and Clotilda, His baptism, quickly followed by his death, "in ipsis albis," is related by Gre
- INGRATIUSson of Dulcissimus, said to have been miraculously healed by Aridius abbat of Limoges. (Greg. Tur. Vita Aridii, § 10.)
- INGUALDbishop, [INGwa.p.] INGUINUS, bishop of Saben. [INGENUINUS.]
- INGULFUSthe name of a priest whose attestation is attached to the forged charter of Crowland. (Kemble, C. D. 66; Mon. Angl. ii.
- INGUNDISthird wife of Clotaire I, king of the Franks, and mother by him of Charibert of Paris, Guntram of Orleans, Sigebert of R
- INGUNTHIS(inaunpis, Sepreunpis), daughter of Sigebert king of Austrasia and Brunichildis, and at the age of twelve wife of Hermen
- INGWALDthe sixth bishop of London (MH. B. 617). He succeeded Waldhere, who was aliye in .705,(Haddan and Stubbs, iii. 274) hetw
- INJURIOSUS(1), 15th archbishop of Tours, succeeding Francilio, and followed by St. Baldus (or by Agrestius if he belonged to this
- INNOCENS\(Innocentivs),. eighth bishop of Le Mans, succeeding St. Principius, and followed by Scienfredus, was adopted and educa
- INNOCENTIA(1), Sept. 16, virgin, alleged! martyr at Ariminum in the Diocletian persecution, mentioned in later martyrologies. (Bol
- INNOCENTIUS(1), a bishop of Verona, 'of extremely uncertain date, like almbst all the' early bishops of that city. Thé Bollandists
- INNREACHTACH, INNRACHTHACH, INRECHTACH, INNRACTHECH(1) Anchoret.
- INOwife of the emperor Tiberius II. (John of Ephesus, H. LZ, p. 179, tr. R. Payne Smith). When publicly recognised as Augus
- INSTANTIUSa Spanish bishop in the latter half of the 4th century. He and Salvianus, another Spanish bishop, were the first fol- lo
- INVENTIUS(1) (Invenirvus, JuvENTIUS), the name of two bishops at the council of Carthage in 416. (August. epp. 176 al. 90, 181 al
- INVENTUSsaid to have been one of 360 martyrs who suffered at Gerona during the persecution of Diocletian, at the hands of the pr
- INVIOLATUSbishop of Tortosa, was the last prelate of this see under the Gothic kings. He subscribed the acts of the sixteenth coun
- INVOLATUSan abbat at the council of Toledo in 688, (Mansi, xii. 22.) [T. W. D.]
- INZUSbishop of Corna in Lycaonia, present at the council of Constantinople, 381 (Mansi, iii, 570). Le Quien believes the read
- IOANBERHTUS(Kemble, @. D, 137, 133, 140), archbishop. [JAENBERT.] [C. H.}
- IOAVA, IOAVAN(laova, Ionoxryzus, Iournus, lovinus, JOAVA, JOEVINUS), of Leon, bishop and confessor, commemorated March 2, His life, w
- IOLAN(Joxan, Touan), bishop of Ceanngaradh, now Kingarth, in Bute, Scotland, died A.D. 688 (Four Mast.), but at A.D. 689 in t
- IOLLADHANIrish bishop. [ILLADHAN.] IOSACIS. [Isacosis.]
- IOTANEUSincluded by Leslaeus among the companions of St. Columba when he came to Scotland, is the Totaneus of Boece, and the Toc
- IOTHARNAISC[Irnarnaisc.] IPERECHIA. [YpeErecut.]
- IPPISreputed sister of St. Patrick. (Four Mast. by O'Donovan, i, 138, n.*, 139.) [J. G.]
- IRCHARDUS(ErcuapE, ErtuHap, YarCHARDUS), a Pictish saint, commemorated Aug. 24. The chronology of St. Irchard is most difficult a
- IRENAEUS(1), bishop of Lyons, June 28.
- IRENARCHUS(1)—Nov. 28. Martyr at Sebaste in the Diocletian persecution. His office was that of a lictor, to whose lot it fell to a
- IRENE(1)—May 5, a mythical martyr, celebrated specially at Constantinople, when there were three churches dedicated under her
- IRENTIObishop of Gaza. [IRENAEUS (6).]
- IRMINA, ST(Hiram, Ermina), daughter of Dagobert king of Austrasia, abbess of Hor-
- IRMINBURGAqueen. [EoRMENBURGA (2).]
- IRMYNBURGAthe name of an abbess in a spurious charter of Wihtred king of Kent, a.p. 694. (Elmham, ed. Hardwick, 296; Kemble, c.D.
- ISAACUS(J), bishop of Carcha BethSeleucia, martyred A.D. 339, the 34th year of Sapor II. in the persecution instigated by the M
- ISATAS[Esazas.] ISAIAS (1), martyr of Mt. Sinai. [Saxas.]
- ISAURUSor ISAURA, an Athenian deacon and martyr with Felix and Peregrinus at Apollonia of Macedonia, under Numerianus, A.D. 282
- ISCHYRAS(1), one of the forty-seven orthodox Egyptian bishops who came with Athanasius to the council of Tyre in 335 (Athan. Ap.
- ISCHYRION(1), Dec. 22 (Us.), June 1 (Rom. Mart.). Martyr in Egypt in the Decian persecution. 'But many others were also torn asun
- ISDIGERDES(1) I. (Jezpevscunrp, Yaz
- ISENGERUS(IsencREnvs), said to have been the seventh bishop of Verden-on-the-Aller, in modern Hanover, commemorated on March 21.
- ISERNINUS[IssernrNvs.]
- ISERUSalleged bishop of Mende. [ILERUvs.] ISHMAEL, Welsh saint.
- ISICHIUS[Hesycutvus (9).]
- ISICIUSa chorepiscopus in Isauria and a hishop of Prusa, [Hxsycurus (4).]
- ISIDORAa pious lady addressed by Severus of Antioch, in an epistle "to Isidora who loves Christ." (Wright, Cat. Syr. MSS. p. 56
- ISIDORUS(1), Jan. 2, a reputed bishop of | Antioch (Usuard., Adon.), of which see, however, Baronius (in Mart.) declares that th
- ISION(1), bishop of Athribis inEgypt. His name appears in the list called the Breviarium ot Meletius, given to Alexander, aft
- ISIRNINUS[Issernrnvs.]
- ISITIUSmartyr at Antioch. [Isrcur1vs.]
- ISMAELa Persian martyr. [MANUEL]
- ISMAEL STson of Budic by Anaumed, the sister of St. Teilo. He received from his uncle the appointment of bishop of Menevia. He wa
- ISOCASIUSa native of Aegae in Cilicia. He was a philosopher, and after having filled several offices of state with great reputati
- ISOCHRISTI(icdxpioro:), a sect of Origenistic monks of the sixth century, mentioned under that name by Cyril of Scythopolis in his
- ISOKS(CIodns), presbyter, legate of the bishop of Thyatira at the council of Nicaea in 787. (Mansi, xiii. 143 c.) Eee Dal
- ISPASANDUS(Spasanpus, VASANDUS). archdeacon of Tarragona, representing Cyprianus bishop of Tarragona at the council of Toledo in 6
- ISRAELof Tmesu, for ten years catholicos of Armenia, between Anastasius and Isaac IIT. [ARMENIANS.] According to the annalist
- ISSERNINUS1 (lserninvs, Istrn1nvs, IsSERINUS, JERNINUS, SERINUS), was one of St. Patrick's earliest disciples, and is said to have
- ISSEUSa son of Brychan of Wales, the patron saint of S. Issey, a parish near Padstow in Cornwall, which was also called Eglosc
- ISSUI, ST(isaw), a martyr to whom Partricio or Partrishaw, a chapel under Lanbedr in Brecknockshire, is dedicated. His day is Oct
- ISYCHIUSpresbyter and hegumenus of the monastery of St. Theodosius, apparently at or near Jerusalem, who subscribed the libellus
- ITACIUS[Iparrvs.]
- ITALICA(1), a lady to whom St. Augustine wrote to console her on the loss of her husband, whom, he reminds her, she will see ag
- ITALICUS(1), an officer of the Christian city of Majuma, near Gaza, in the 4th century, whose duty it was to keep horses for the
- ITAMAR(Kemble, C. D. 984). [IrHamar.]
- ITE(Ip, Ir, Ira, Mma, Mrra), commemorated Jan. 15. Of this saint we have a very early Life, supposed by Colgan to have been
- ITERIUSabbat. [ITuER10vs.] ITHA of St. Ives. [H1a.]
- ITHACIUSbishop of Ossonoba, from before 379 until about 388. (Hsp. Sag. xiv. 215.) [PRISCILLIANUS. ] [M. B. C.]
- ITHAMAR[Marsan] ITHARNAISC (lornarnaisc) is joined in
- ITHERIUS(irertvs, Hiruertvs, French, [THIER), ninth abbat of the monastery of St. Martin at Tours, succeeding Wulfardus I. and f
- ITISBERGAvirgin. [IDABERGA,]
- ITTA, ITTABERGA[IpupERGa.] ITTA, virgin. [ITE.] IUDOC, Armorican saint. [Jupocus.]
- IUST(Justus), son of Bracan or Brychan of Brycheiniog, and said by Colgan (Acta SS. i. 312, ¢. 5, quoting a list by Aengus t
- IUTHWARABritish virgin, martyred in South Wales in the 8th century. Cressy (Ch. Hist. Brit. xxiii. 9) gives her legend from Cap-
- IVA, IVEof St. Ives in Cornwall.
- IVENTIUS(Usuard. Sept. 12) of Pavia. (JUVENTIUS. ]
- IVO, ST(Yvo), June 10, a supposed Persian bishop in Britain, after whom the town of St. Ives in Huntingdonshire was named. His
- IVORWelsh Saint. [Iror.] - |
- IWYUS, STa British saint buried at Wilton. His Life is given in Capgrave's Nova Legenda, 201. See Haddan and Stubbs, i. 161.
- IZID II(iziru, Inez, Iezirn, Ezrp, YEsID), ourteenth calif, the ninth of the Ommiad dynasty it Damascus. He was the son of Abdu
- IZOINUS(Izotus, Izors and Zorus), one of the Encratite sect who, with Saturninus, had been ordained bishop by Basil. (Basil. ep