have been annexed to the see of Ferns. The synod was attended by the bishops, clergy, king, and people of the province. (See Lanigan, vol. ii. p. 338.) 8. Synod of Old Leighlin, held in the year
Its proceedings related to the Easter controversy. (See
Chap. VI.)
9. Synod of Febhla, archbishop of Armagh, and of Adamnan
A copy (from the Cotton Mss.) of some canons passed
here is to be found in Marsh's Library, at Dublin (class
v. 3, tab. i. no. 13).
10. Synod of Fiadh-mac-ængussa
11. Synod of Usneach, held about the year
It is uncertain whether this synod be not the same as
the former. (See Lanigan, vol. iv. p. 37.)
The palls were distributed at this synod by the Cardinal
Paparo.
Assembled to consecrate the church of the monastery of
Mellifont.
Gelasius, archbishop of Armagh, presided at this synod,
which ordained that Derry should become an episco-
pal see (Vid. Colgan, Tr. Th. p. 309.)
A council of the province of Connaught. Its decrees
do not appear to be extant. (See Ware and Harris,
bishops at Armagh, p. 59.)
Enacted that none should be admitted to teach theology
who had not first studied at the school of Armagh.
This assembly was convened by Roderic O'Conor, king
of Ireland, and was attended by several of the native
bishops and princes. It passed many enactments re-
lative to the political state of the country, and to ec-
clesiastical discipline. (Colgan, Tr. Th. p. 310.)
22. Synod of Armagh
It was here decreed that all the English slaves in Ireland
should be set at liberty.
Convened by King Henry II. (See Chap. XII.)
At this assembly the bulls of Adrian and Alexander were
first promulgated.
Convened by Cardinal Vivian, who set forth in it
Henry's right to the sovereignty of Ireland by virtue
of the Pope's authority, and inculcated the necessity
of obedience to him under pain of excommunication.
(Lanigan, vol. iv. p. 233.)
Held under John Cumin. (See Chap. XIV.)
See Ware and Harris, bishops at Cashel, p. 469.
Held by Henry de Loundres, the archbishop, "wherein
he established many things profitable for the state of
the Irish Church."
See Ware and Harris, bishops at Armagh, p. 65.
There assisted at this synod not only all the Suffragans
of the province of Armagh, but also those of the pro-
vince of Tuam, together with the Lord Justice, and
several of the chief men in the country. The principal
business of the synod was to establish the authority
of the archbishops of Armagh over the other pro-
vinces. (See Ware and Harris, p. 67.)
33. Synod of Dublin (year uncertain).
The canons of this synod are published in Wilkin's
Conc. tom. iii. p. 18, (quoted by Harris).
Held by John Cantwell, archbishop of Cashel; its
canons are extant in Wilkin's Conc. tom. iii. p. 565
(quoted by Harris).
Held by Octavian de Palatio, archbishop of Armagh,
who was very regular in holding councils of his pro-
vince. (See Ware and Harris, p. 89.)
Held by Archbishop Walter Fitz-Symons. In this synod
the bishops of the province taxed themselves for the
support of a divinity lecturer at Dublin. (See Chapter
XV.)
Aid, king of Ireland, 39.
Aidan, St., 44.
--, king of the British
Scots, 39.
Ailbe, St., a bishop in Ire-
land before the arrival of
St. Patrick, 3, 13, 14.
Ailild, archbishop of Armagh,
33.
Albinus visits Gaul, 76.
Alcluaid, or Dunbarton, the
birthplace of St. Patrick, 6.
Aleyn, John, dean of St. Pa-
trick's, founds an hospital
for the sick, 164.
Alexander III., Pope, rescript
of, confirming the bull of
Adrian, 131.
Anatolius, bishop of Laodicea,
a reformer of the paschal
cycle, 55.
Anegray, a monastery in the
forest of the Vosges, found-
ed by Columbanus, 54.
Anselm, St., his letters to the
Irish bishops, 102.
Architecture, ancient Irish,
148; introduction of Go-
thic, 151.
Ardmore, 3.
Armagh, see of, founded by
St. Patrick, 14; usurpation
of, in the tenth century, 90;
school of, 27.
Austin, St., archbishop of
Canterbury, 4.
Baithen, St., succeeds Colum-
cille at Iona, 43.
Bangor, monastery at, found-
ed by St. Comgall, 33;
destroyed by the Danes,
83; rebuilt by St Malachy,
109.
Baptism, seasons for celebrat-
ing public baptisms in the
Irish Church, 19; chrism
not used at, by the Irish,
in the time of Lanfranc, 99;
vessels employed in, not to
be applied to common use,
Bec, monastery of, in Nor-
mandy, 102.
Bede, Venerable, 45, 51.
Beg-erin, monastery of, found-
ed by St. Ibar, 3.
Benignus accompanies St.
Patrick to Tara, 12; suc-
ceeds him at Armagh, 26.
Bernard, St, 112, 113.
Bicknor, Alexander de, at-
tempts to establish an uni-
versity at Dublin, 165; its
failure, 166.
Bishops in Ireland consecrated
by only one bishop, 98;
Irish canons relating to, 20,
21.
Bishoprics, Irish, 34; En-
glishmen promoted to, 137.
Bobbio, monastery of, founded
by Columbanus, 57.
Boniface, St., 75.
IV., Pope, epistle
of Columbanus to, 58.
Brebon laws, 188.
Brian Boru, monarch of Ire-
land, killed at the battle of
Clontarf, 85; buried at Ar-
magh, 86.
Bridgit, St., establishes a con-
vent at Kildare, 28.
Calphornius, father of St.
Patrick, 6.
Canons, Irish, 19, 20; of the
synod of Dublin, 139-144;
of the synod of Cashel, 125.
Canon of the Irish clergy,
commanding all English
slaves in Ireland to be set
free, 147.
Carinthia, province of, 75.
Cashel, bishopric of, founded
by Cormac MacCullenan,
88; synod held at, 124;
Psalter of, 88.
Celestine, Pope, sends Palla-
dius into Ireland, 4; sanc-
tions the mission of Patrick,
9.
Celsus, archbishop of Armagh,
105; appoints Malachy his
successor, 110; his death,
ib.
Charlemagne sends for Cle-
mens and Albinus, 77.
Charles the Bald, the patron
of Scotus Erigena, 79.
Chrism not a necessary part
of baptism, 99.
Clairvaux, monastery of, 112,
113.
Clemens visits Gaul, 76.
Clergy, canons relating to the
Irish, 19-21.
Clonard, school of, 29, 30,
37.
Clonenagh, monastery of, 68.
Clonmacnoise, monastery of,
34, 83.
Clontarf, battle of, 85.
Colman, decides the Dal-ara-
dian dispute between the
Irish and Scotch monarchs,
41.
Colman, bishop of Lindis-
farne, 51; leaves England
in consequence of the pas-
chal disputes, ib. note; es-
tablishes two monasteries
in Ireland, ib.
Coloman, a priest, accom-
panies St. Kilian from Ire-
land, 73.
Columbanus, St., life of, 53-
64; his monastic rule, 62;
epistles of, 58-62.
Colum-cille, St., life of, 36-
44; various hymns ascribed
to, 43.
Comorbans,
some remarks
upon the, 92.
Conall, a brother of King
Leogaire, gives St. Patrick
a site for a church, 13.
king of the Dal-ara-
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