348:(Gaelic for 'Hill of Fire') at Bachuil, about three miles from the north of the island, near the site that Moluag chose for his first centre. It was therefore the most desirable site for a missionary. Irish missionaries had learnt to focus heavily on the similarity and continuity between early Christianity and Paganism rather than the differences between them. The conversion process was, therefore, one of gradual education rather than outright confrontation.
50:
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there remain the ruins, known as "The Alyth Arches", of a church which was built on the site of an older sixth-century church dedicated to the saint. It has been suggested that the concentration of dedications to Moluag in North-East
Scotland, and particularly in the vicinity of
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He left with twelve followers to lead the life of a missionary. Tradition states that the rock on which Moluag stood detached itself from the Irish coast and he drifted across to the island of the Lyn of Lorn in Argyll now called the Isle of
897:
301:"Further support for this occurs in the Life of Patrick by the Cistercian monk Jocelin of Furness written in circa 1185, where Mo-Luóc ("Lugacius") is described as one of the six Irish priests whom Patrick prophesied would become bishops"
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wrote of Moluag, "One of the sons of that sacred family (Bangor) Lua by name, is said himself alone to have been the founder of a hundred monasteries", Michael
Barrett clarifying this as a reference to monastic houses in Ireland.
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At Clatt there was held annually "St
Mallock's Fair", which lasted eight days. At Tarland there was a "Luoch Fair" which is thought to have been in honour of Saint Molaug, and at Alyth "Simmalogue Fair" was celebrated.
215:, which states "in honour of God Omnipotent, the blessed Virgin, and Saint Moloc, our patron". The House of Lorne became the kings of Dalriada and eventually united with the Picts to become the kings of Scots.
460:. He is one of the 48 saints referred to in the Lorrha ("Stowe") Missal used by churches of Ireland, Scotland, Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, and northern Italy: "Saint Lua of Lismore, Pray for us".
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MacDonald describes
Lismore as being "hugely important, being closely tied with one of the earliest and most important Christian Saints in Northern Britain: Mo Luóc, or Moluag".
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is ancient Gaelic for 'great courtyard' in reference to the monastery). This had been the sacred island of the
Western Picts whose capital was at Beregonium, across the water at
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In a footnote he adds that the five other priests were
Columbanus (Cólman), Meldanus (Mellán), Lugadius (Mo Lua), Cassanus (Cassán) and Creanus (Ciarán).
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Moluag was a bishop active during the period of the First Order of Celtic Saints and known as 'The Clear and
Brilliant, The Sun of Lismore in Alba'.
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Lismore was the most important religious spot to the pagan kings of the area. Their kings were cremated on the ancient man-made "burial mound" of
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After founding a monastery on the Isle of
Lismore, Moluag went on to found two other great centres in the land of the Picts at
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Scottish Saints: Readings, Hymns and Prayers for the Commemorations of Scottish Saints in the Aberdeen Breviary
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471:. This Livingstone family of Lismore had long been the hereditary abbots of Lismore and, hence, possessors of the
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402:. However, Simpson regarded the most important of Moluag's establishments to be the Clova Monastery in
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The bell of Saint Moluag was in existence until the sixteenth century when it disappeared during the
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Moluag was born between 500 and 520. He may have been the Lugaid mentioned in The Life of St
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The name, as it has come down the centuries, Moluag or Moluoc, is made up of the honorific
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Clerics and
Clansmen, The Diocese of Argyll between the Twelfth and Sixteenth Centuries
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Clerics and Clansmen, The Diocese of Argyll between the Twelfth and Sixteenth Centuries
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in what is now called Ulster). There are various Irish forms of the name, such as
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Saint Lughaidh, better known by his pet name of Moluag, was an Irish noble of the
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The feast day of Saint Moluag (25 June) was restored in 1898 by
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who ordained him and to whom he may have had links of kinship.
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Bishop of Lismore, Apostle of the Picts, Patron Saint of Argyll
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of Moluag that is lost because of his prominent appearance in
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On Lewis, Saint Moluag was invoked for cures from madness.
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Moluag lived to extreme old age and died on 25 June 592 in
390:, where he established three churches in the valley of the
378:. W. Douglas Simpson noted that Moluag laboured in Argyll,
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Moluag is said to have been buried at Rosemarkie on the
665:"St. Moloc – Saints & Angels – Catholic Online"
191:) was a Scottish missionary, and a contemporary of
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586:were preserved, an abbey was founded in 1010 by
571:and contemporaneous with the ascendancy of the
285:MacDonald suggests that there must have been a
993:""Litany of the Saints" www.catholicforum.com"
785:. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 150–151.
1068:
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386:. He remains best-remembered for his work in
8:
333:, where, in 562, he founded his community. (
273:, pronounced Lua, plus the endearing suffix
211:as evidenced by a charter in 1544, from the
1105:The Philosopher King and the Pictish Nation
203:in the sixth century. Saint Moluag was the
48:
31:
1028:: Clarkson N. Potter, 1982, pp. 117-119
146:Argyll; on Lewis invoked against madness
606:
770:. London: Henry Frowde, MA. p. 6.
27:6th-century Roman Catholic missionary
7:
690:"Clan Livingstone – Charter of 1544"
871:A Forgotten Aberdeenshire Monastery
425:and was buried at his monastery in
1224:6th-century Irish Christian clergy
898:"Irish Saints Honored in Scotland"
25:
1229:Christian clergy from County Down
874:. Aberdeen: Aberdeen UP. p.
1073:Dalziel, Nigel (February 2007).
522:Other sites include churches at
1153:The Oxford Dictionary of Saints
1018:Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Sir Ian
902:The American Catholic Quarterly
621:The Oxford Dictionary of Saints
227:(one of the main tribes of the
781:Macquarrie, Alan, ed. (2012).
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1178:Irish Saints in Great Britain
1135:A Calendar of Scottish Saints
820:A Calendar of Scottish Saints
651:Irish Saints in Great Britain
155:(c. 510 – 592; also known as
1199:6th-century Christian saints
868:Simpson, W. Douglas (1922).
429:, Ross-shire, Scotland. The
1184:: M H Gill & Son, 1879.
641:. Retrieved on 6 March 2012
633:Saint of the Day, 25 June:
1250:
853:MacDonald, Iain G (2013).
726:MacDonald, Iain G (2013).
588:Máel Coluim II of Scotland
1214:Medieval saints of Ulster
1046:"Alyth | Perthshire"
896:Barrett, Michael (1919).
768:Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae
766:Plummer, Carolus (1910).
744:The Martyrology of Óengus
409:In his life of the Irish
269:, plus the original name
47:
1209:Medieval Scottish saints
1141:: The Abbey Press, 1919.
1102:Grigg, Julianna (2015).
247:. Latinized they become
1161:Oxford University Press
832:Skene, William (1876).
534:; and also churches on
107:Eastern Orthodox Church
968:"The Annals of Ulster"
943:"The Annals of Ulster"
486:Legacy and dedications
439:Obitus Lugide Lis Moer
195:, who evangelized the
1108:. Four Courts Press.
497:(Kilmoluag), Lismore;
495:St Moluag's Cathedral
1151:Farmer, David Hugh.
1075:"A HISTORY OF ALYTH"
999:on 27 September 2007
857:. Brill. p. 21.
747:. Studia Hibernica.
730:. Brill. p. 35.
582:, where some of his
569:Nechtan mac Der-Ilei
433:record the death of
415:Bernard of Clairvaux
1174:Moran, Rev. Patrick
929:Forgotten Monastery
1219:Colombanian saints
1133:Barrett, Michael.
1022:The Highland Clans
663:Online, Catholic.
639:SaintPatrickDC.org
501:Teampull Mholuaidh
256:Lugadius, Lugacius
1204:Lismore, Scotland
1144:Carmichael, Ian.
1115:978-1-84682-563-7
1050:scotland247.co.uk
741:Óriain, Pádraig.
635:Moloc of Mortlach
560:Perth and Kinross
435:Lugaid of Les Mór
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89:Venerated in
16:(Redirected from
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1082:Alyth Voice
822:, pp. 97–99
653:, pp. 76–77
516:Isle of Man
480:Reformation
469:Clan MacLea
451:Moray Firth
423:the Garioch
331:Loch Linnhe
225:Dál nAraide
1234:592 deaths
1193:Categories
1127:References
912:14 January
908:(174): 337
881:14 January
838:. p.
716:, pg. 39ff
580:Banffshire
445:Veneration
427:Rosemarkie
356:Rosemarkie
339:Benderloch
83:Rosemarkie
68:c. 500–520
977:6 January
952:6 January
927:Simpson.
699:6 January
674:6 January
404:Kildrummy
392:River Dee
253:Lugidius,
142:Patronage
1163:, 1992.
753:20495126
437:in 592:
376:Aberdeen
360:Mortlach
335:Lios mor
271:Lughaidh
233:Lughaidh
201:Scotland
1055:12 June
1003:14 June
623:, p.343
528:Tarland
473:crozier
396:Tarland
366:of the
327:Lismore
319:Comgall
293:Bernard
281:Sources
249:Lugidus
185:Murlach
177:Molluog
169:Lugaidh
136:25 June
71:Ireland
1182:Dublin
1167:
1157:Oxford
1112:
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972:ucc.ie
947:ucc.ie
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584:relics
565:Rhynie
550:, and
544:Raasay
514:, the
400:Durris
382:, and
260:Luanus
237:Lugaid
209:Argyll
173:Moloag
165:Luanus
119:shrine
117:Major
95:Roman
42:Moluag
1089:(PDF)
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749:JSTOR
601:Notes
556:Alyth
554:. At
552:Pabay
548:Tiree
530:, in
524:Clatt
512:Malew
510:Kirk
505:Lewis
465:Coarb
384:Banff
368:Isles
329:, in
229:Ulaid
197:Picts
189:Malew
181:Molua
132:Feast
37:Saint
1165:ISBN
1110:ISBN
1057:2007
1030:ISBN
1005:2007
979:2017
954:2017
914:2019
883:2019
701:2017
676:2017
540:Mull
536:Skye
526:and
463:The
380:Ross
374:and
372:Ross
364:sees
358:and
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288:vita
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