Английская Википедия:Gerald of Mayo
Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Irish English Gerald of Mayo (died 13 March 732 AD)[1] is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.
Biography
Born in Northumbria, the son of an Anglo-Saxon king, he was one of the English monks at Lindisfarne who accompanied Colmán of Lindisfarne to Iona and then to Ireland.[2] This occurred after the Synod of Whitby 664AD which decided against the Irish method of calculating the date for Easter. Colman was an ardent supporter of the Irish traditions; after the synod decided to adopt the Roman computation.
Colman and thirty English monks, Gerald among them, left Lindisfarne and eventually settled on Inishbofin off the coast of what is now County Mayo in 668. Dissensions arose, after a time, between the Irish and the English monks. The English were disgruntled by the behaviour of the native monks, who would leave Inishboffin to preach around the rest of the country for the duration of the summer while the English monks were left to tend to the island. Colman decided to found a separate monastery for the thirty English brethren. Thus arose the Mayo (Magh Eo, the yew plain), known as "Mayo of the Saxons", with Gerald as the first abbot, in 670.[3]
The monastery became an important and flourishing institution.[4] The School of Mayo gained greatly in fame for sanctity and learning under the youthful abbot.[5]
Although Gerald was a comparatively young man, he proved a wise ruler, and governed May until 697, when, it is said, he resigned in favour of Adamnan. Some authors hold that Adamnan celebrated the Roman Easter at Mayo, in 703, and then went to Skreen, in Hy Fiachrach, and that after his departure the monks prevailed on Gerald to resume the abbacy.[3]
Gerald is reputed to have founded the abbeys of Tempul-Gerald in Connaught and Teagh-na-Saxon and a convent which he placed under the care of his sister.[6][7] His brother Balin, also a disciple of Colman, took up residence in Connaught.[8]
Gerald continued to govern the Abbey and Diocese of Mayo till his death at an advanced age.[1] Colgan thinks Gerald did not live after 697; but the Annals of the Four Masters give the date of his death as 13 March 726, and the "Annals of Ulster" put the event as late as 731.[9]
St Gerald's College, Castlebar is named for Gerald. Taoiseach Enda Kenny is an alumnus.[6]
References
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Sources
- Saint of the Day, March 13 at SaintPatrickDC.org
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Monks of Ramsgate. "Gerald". Book of Saints 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 July 2013 Шаблон:PD-notice
- ↑ The Spirituality of the Celtic Saints p45 - Richard J Woods,OP - 1-57075-316-4
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Grattan-Flood, William. "St. Gerald." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909 Шаблон:PD-notice
- ↑ "History", Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam
- ↑ Healy, John. "School of Mayo." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 24 January 2020Шаблон:PD-notice
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Butler, Alban. "Saint Gerald, Bishop". Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 March 2013 Шаблон:PD-notice
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ↑ Healy, John. Insula sanctorum et doctorum, Benzinger, 1902, p. 538Шаблон:PD-notice
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