Máel Brigte mac Tornáin
Máel Brigte mac Tornáin, also known as Maelbrigte mac Durnan (died 22 February 927), was an Irish clergyman who served as abbot of Armagh from 883 and, in his role as Coarb of Colum Cille, as the Abbot of Iona, non-resident from 891, holding both positions until his death.[1][2] He is likely responsible for commissioning and may have worked on the Mac Durnan Gospels,[2] an illuminated manuscript now held in the Lambeth Palace Library in London.[3]
Origins
Máel Brigte was a distant member of the royal lineage of Colum Cille of the Uí Néill of Tyrconnell and a member of the Cenél mBógaine a sept of the Cenél Conaill. Two of his cousins were also members of the paruchia of Colum Cille; Dubhthach mac Dubáin († 938), abbot of Raphoe, would succeed him as abbot of Iona and Caencomhrac († 929), abbot and bishop of Derry.[4]
Abbot of Armagh and Iona
Máel Brigte began his career at several monasteries, including Lusk and Devinish, according to the 10th century text Baile Bricin. He was made Archbishop of Armagh in 883 on the death of Cathassach mac Robartaig.[4] Following the death of Flan mac Máele Duin, he was named "Abbot of Iona in Ireland and Scotland." The appointment of one man to both positions demonstrates the disarray the Irish clergy found themselves in at the turn of the 9th century, faced with the devastating raids by Vikings in the Irish Sea and the resulting impoverishment or even destruction of religious communities. Iona even seems to have been unoccupied at that time.[5]
In 893, Máel Brigte intervened to settle a tribal conflict during Whitsuntide in county Armagh by imposing on one of the parties a tribute of 630 cows and by hanging four Ulstermen. In 913, he traveled south to Munster to pay the ransom of a Breton pilgrim, probably another victim of the Vikings.[5]
See also
- Celtic Christianity
- History of Christianity in Ireland
- Máel Brigte
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh
References
- ^ Ó Canann, Tomás G. (2005). "The Political Context of the Prose a Version of "Immram Snédgusa 7 Maic Ríagla"". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 135: 130–135. ISSN 0035-9106. JSTOR 25549931. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ a b Dodwell, Charles Reginald. The Pictorial Arts of the West, 800-1200. Yale University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-300-06493-3. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Lapidge, Michael; Gneuss, Helmut; Keynes, Simon. Learning and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England: Studies Presented to Peter Clemoes on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-25902-6. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ a b Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X.; Bryne, F.J. (2011). A New History of Ireland IX Maps, Genealogies, Lists. A companion to Irish History part II. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 239–257. ISBN 978-0-19-959306-4.
- ^ a b Williams, Ann; Smyth, Alfred P.; Kirby, D. P. (1991). "Máelbrigte mac Tornáin (Mac Durnan) abbot 888-927". A biographical dictionary of dark age Britain : England, Scotland, and Wales, c. 500-c. 1050. London: Seaby. p. 175. ISBN 1-85264-047-2.
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Preceded by Cathassach mac Robartaig | Abbot of Armagh 883–927 | Succeeded by Ioseph mac Fathaig |
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Preceded by Flan mac Máele Duin | Abbot of Iona 891–927 | Succeeded by Dubhthach mac Dubáin |
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- Iarlaithe mac Treno
- Cormac
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- Ailill the Second
- Dubthach the Second
- Fiachra mac Colmain
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- Senach
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- Tómméne
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- Congus
8th–12th centuries
- Célé Petair
- Fer dá Chrích mac Suibni
- Cú Dínaisc mac Conasaig
- Dub dá Leithe I mac Sínaig
- Fóendelach mac Móenaig
- Airechtach ua Fáeláin
- Fóendelach mac Móenaig (second)
- Gormgal mac Dindataig
- Condmach mac Duib dá Leithe
- Torbach mac Gormáin
- Toicthech Ua Tigernaig
- Nuadu of Loch Uama
- Flandgus mac Loingsig
- Artrí mac Conchobair
- Suibne mac Forandáin
- Eógan Mainistrech mac Ainbthig
- Forindán mac Murgile
- Diarmait ua Tigernáin
- Cathassach
- Féthgno mac Nechtain
- Máel Cobo mac Crundmaíl
- Ainmere ua Fáeláin
- Máel Cobo mac Crundmaíl (second)
- Cathassach mac Robartaig
- Máel Brigte mac Tornáin
- Ioseph mac Fathaig
- Máel Pátraic mac Máel Tuile
- Cathassach mac Doilgén
- Muiredach mac Fergussa
- Dub dá Leithe II mac Cellaig
- Muirecén mac Ciaracáin
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- Dub dá Leithe III Máel Muire
- Cummascach Ua hErodáin
- Máel Ísu mac Amalgada
- Domnall mac Amalgada
- Cellach of Armagh
- Muirchertach mac Domnall
- Niall mac Áeda meic Máel Ísu
8th–12th centuries
- Affiath
- Nuadu of Loch Uama
- Artrí mac Conchobair
- Forindán mac Murgile
- Máel Pátraic mac Findchon
- Féthgno mac Nechtain
- Cathassach mac Robartaig
- Mochtae daltae Féthgno
- Máel Aithgin
- Cellach mac Sóergussa
- Máel Ciaráin mac Eochocáin
- Ioseph mac Fathaig
- Máel Pátraic mac Máel Tuile
- Cathassach mac Doilgén
- Cathassach mac Murchadáin
- Máel Muire mac Scandláinn
- Airmedach mac Coscraig
- Cenn Fáelad Sabaill
- Máel Tuile
- Áed Ua Forréid
- Máel Pátraic mac Airmedaig
- Cáenchomrac Ua Baigill
- Máel Coluim Ua Broicháin
- Máel Brigte Ua Broicháin
- Amlaim Ua Muirethaig
12th–16th centuries
- Cellach of Armagh
- Malachy
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- Cornelius of Armagh
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- Tommaltach Ua Conchobair
- Mael Ísu Ua Cerbaill
- Tommaltach Ua Conchobair (second)
- Echdonn Mac Gilla Uidir
- Luke Netterville
- Donatus Ó Fidabra
- Robert Archer
- Albert Suerbeer
- Reginald of Bologna
- Abraham Ó Conalláin
- Máel Patraic Ua Scannail
- Nicol Mac Máel Ísu
- Michael MacLochlainn
- Dionysius
- John Taaffe
- Walter Jorz
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- Stephen Seagrave
- David Mág Oireachtaigh
- Richard FitzRalph
- Milo Sweetman
- Thomas Ó Calmáin
- John Colton
- Nicholas Fleming
- Richard Talbot
- John Swayne
- John Prene
- John Mey
- John Bole
- John Foxalls
- Edmund Connesburgh
- Ottaviano Spinelli de Palatio
- John Kite
- George Cromer
- Robert Wauchope
- George Dowdall
16th–21st centuries
- Donagh O'Tighe
- Richard Creagh
- Edmund MacGauran
- Peter Lombard
- Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil
- Hugh O'Reilly
- Edmund O'Reilly
- Oliver Plunkett
- Dominic Maguire
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- Bernard MacMahon
- Ross MacMahon
- Michael O'Reilly
- Anthony Blake
- Richard O'Reilly
- Patrick Curtis
- Thomas Kelly
- William Crolly
- Paul Cullen
- Joseph Dixon
- Michael Kieran
- Daniel McGettigan
- Michael Logue
- Patrick O'Donnell
- Joseph MacRory
- John D'Alton
- William Conway
- Tomás Ó Fiaich
- Cahal Daly
- Seán Brady
- Eamon Martin
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