Troparion of St Kieran tone 8
"From childhood thy Life was resplendent with miracles, O Father
Kieran,/ showing forth thy boundless love for God by loving and caring
for His creation, both men and animals./ Leaving thy carpenter father,
thou didst seek training in the ascetic life from Ireland's spiritual
giants/ before founding the great monastery of Clonmacnois,/ from whence
the Lord, in His great mercy, called thee to Himself in thy thirty third
year./ Wherefore, O Righteous one, intercede with Christ our God that we
too may be found worthy of His mercy.
"From childhood thy Life was resplendent with miracles, O Father
Kieran,/ showing forth thy boundless love for God by loving and caring
for His creation, both men and animals./ Leaving thy carpenter father,
thou didst seek training in the ascetic life from Ireland's spiritual
giants/ before founding the great monastery of Clonmacnois,/ from whence
the Lord, in His great mercy, called thee to Himself in thy thirty third
year./ Wherefore, O Righteous one, intercede with Christ our God that we
too may be found worthy of His mercy.
Saint KIARAN, un des Douze Apôtres de l'Irlande, fondateur du monastère de Clonmacnoise sur la rive gauche du Shannon (549).
St. Kieran attended the monastic school of St. Finian at Clonard, and is accounted one of the 12 "Apostles of Erin." On Jan. 25, 545, he founded the coenobium of Clonmacnois. He was a great miracle worker and ascetic. There was a more beautiful spot for his monastery, but the Saint refused it, on the grounds that the monks would enjoy too many of the good things of this fleeting life, and neglect the heavenly things. St. Seraphim is known for the bear that served him; St. Kieran for the dun cow which accompanied and served him. On the verge of his repose, he looked up and said, "Awful is this road upward!" The brethren said, "It is not awful for you." He replied, "Indeed I do not know that I have transgressed any of God's commandments, yet even David son of Jesse, and Paul the Apostle, dreaded this journey." As he passed from this world he said, "He that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved!" Holy Kieran, pray for us that we may persevere in the Faith which bore thee aloft, and may not be overwhelmed by the world which lies in evil!
Sainte AGARIARGA (OSMANE), princesse irlandaise, qui se rendit sur le continent avec sa servante sainte Cérotte (cf. 22 juin) pour y mener la vie ascétique près de Saint-Brieuc en Bretagne (vers 650).
Sa Vita a été écrite un bon siècle après sa mort. Son diocèse était limité par la mer; la Canche au Sud; vers l'Est, l'Yser jusqu'à Dixmude, les collines de Flandre, à l'est de l'Yperlée jusqu'à la Lys près de Warneton. Entre Lys et Canche, la frontière passait entre Thérouanne et Arras
Chateaubriand écrivait, à propos de son Génie du christianisme : "Auprès du monde croulant du paganisme, s'éleva autrefois, comme en dehors de la société, un autre monde, spectateur de ces grands spectacles, pauvre, à l'écart, solitaire, ne se mèlant des affaires de la vie que quand on avait besoin de ses leçons ou de ses secours. C'était une chose merveilleuse de voir ces premiers évêques, presque tous honorés du nom de saints et de martyrs, ces simples prêtres veillant aux reliques et aux cimetières, ces religieux et ces ermites dans leurs couvents ou dans leurs grottes, faisant des règlements de paix, de morale, de charité, quand tout était guerre, corruption, barbarie; allant des tyrans de Rome aux chefs des Tartares et des Goths, afin de prévenir l'injustice des uns et la cruauté des autres, arrêtant des armées avec une croix de bois et une parole pacifique; les plus faibles des hommes et protégeant le monde contre Attila; placés entre 2 univers pour en être le lien, pour consoler les derniers moments d'une société expirante et soutenir les premiers pas d'une société au berceau. » (Mém. d'outre-tombe, 2e part., 1. 1, c. 12, éd. M. Levaillant, 1948, t. 2, p. 47; cf. fin du dernier Disc. hist., dans Oeuvres complètes, t. 5 bis, p. 200; M. Dollinger, Les études historiques de Chateaubriand, Paris, 1932, in-8°, 374 p.).
Saint Beccel
Bettelin of Crowland, also known as Beccel, was an 8th century hermit and saint of Crowland, and a follower of Guthlac
St. Bettelin of Croyland, Hermit
(Beccelin, Bertelin, Berthelm, Bertram, Bethlin, Bethelm)
8th century
St. Wilfrida of Wilton, Abbess
(Wulfritha, Wulfthryth)
Died c. 988. Saint Wilfrida was a novice at the convent of Wilton when she caught the eye of the King Saint Edgar the Peaceful, who had been rejected by her cousin, Saint Wulfhilda. She became his concubine and bore his daughter, Saint Edith of Wilton, out of wedlock. Shortly after Edith's birth, she returned to Wilton with her child. There she took the veil at the hands of Saint Ethelwold. As a nun, and later as abbess, Wilfrida did penance and made ample amends for the irregularity of her liaison with Edgar
St. Wulfhilda of Barking, Abbess
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