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The life and works of Saint Aengussius Hagiographus: or Saint Aengus the Culdee, bishop and abbot at Clonenagh and Dysartenos, Queen's County

CONTENTS. Dedication, v Chapter I. — Introduction. — Sources of biography to illustrate the acts of St. AEngus. — His pedigree and early life — His studies at the monastery of Clonenagh. — Monastic training and learning, 1 Chapter II. — St. AEngus retires to Dysart Enos. — His austerities. — He visits the Church of Coolbanagher. — A vision of angels. — The purpose it evoked, 5 Chapter III. — St. AEngus proceeds to the Monastery of Tallagh. — Seeks admission there in guise of a servant. — Manual labour at agricultural operations. — His humility and mortifications. — An accident which befel him, and his miraculous cure, 8 Chapter IV. — The incident which first discovered St. AEngus to the holy Abbot St. Melruan. — Friendship thenceforth existing between them. — Literary pursuits of our Saint. — Engages on the Fell re or Festology. — Presents a copy of it to Fothadius the Canonist. — Probable date, origin, and object of the Felire, 12 Chapter V. — Description and analysis of St. AEngus' Festology. — He resided at Dysart Betliach at the period of its completion. — Its first circulation in the reign of Aidus the Sixth. — The Martyrology of Tallagh, and interesting particulars regarding

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