16-622: Clonard (also Cluain Iraird , as in Curiate Italian) may refer to: Republic of Ireland [ edit ] Clonard, County Meath , a village in County Meath, Ireland Clonard Abbey , an early medieval monastery Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonard , a medieval diocese until its 1202 suppression Clonard, a suburb of Wexford town Northern Ireland [ edit ] Clonard Monastery ,
32-650: A motte-and-bailey fortification at Clonard. During the 1798 Rebellion on 11 July 1798 the Battle of Clonard took place at the Tyrrell fortified house (now in ruins) beside Leinster Bridge between around 2,000 United Irishmen and 27 British loyalists, the battle ended in a decisive British victory. The village contains a Catholic church, a graveyard and a primary school. It is served by Bus Éireann services to Dublin and West of Ireland. Palladius (bishop of Ireland) Palladius ( fl. AD 408–431; died c. 457/461)
48-549: A Catholic church and monastery in Belfast, Ulster Clonard, Belfast , an electoral ward of West Belfast People [ edit ] Clonard Keating (1871–1898), Nova Scotian military officer Finnian of Clonard (470–549), early Irish monastic saint who founded Clonard Abbey Tola of Clonard (7th century), Irish Roman Catholic saint Titles [ edit ] Abbot of Clonard , monastic head of Clonard Abbey Bishop of Clonard , 11th–12th century episcopal title of
64-599: A bishop for the Irish, while he labours to keep the Roman island Catholic, he has also made the barbarian island Christian." Palladius landed at Arklow . Auxilius , Secundinus , and Iserninus are missioners identified with St. Patrick, but more recent research associates them not with Patrick but with Palladius. Irish writers who chronicled the life of St Patrick state that St Palladius preached in Ireland before St Patrick, although he
80-590: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Church building disambiguation pages Clonard, County Meath Clonard ( Irish : Cluain Ioraird , meaning 'Iorard's meadow') is a small village in County Meath , Ireland . It lies on the R148 regional road between the towns of Kinnegad and Enfield . This road was the main road between Dublin and Galway until
96-638: Is most strongly associated with Leinster , particularly with Clonard, County Meath . According to Muirchu , Palladius arrived among the Scots in North Britain after he left Ireland. Scottish church tradition holds that he presided over a Christian community there for about 20 years. A cluster of dedications in the Mearns in Scotland , in the village of Auchenblae , are believed to mark his last resting place. As late as
112-749: The Bishops of Meath Other uses [ edit ] Clonard College , a girls secondary school in Geelong, Australia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Clonard . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clonard&oldid=1253754150 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
128-587: The actual St Patrick died much later about 492/493. Patrick's mission was largely confined to Ulster and Connacht , while Palladius seems to have been active in Leinster , particularly in the area around Clonard . The Vita tripartita states that he died at Cell Fine (thought to be modern-day Killeen Cormac , County Kildare ), where he left his books, writing tablet and relics of Peter and Paul . Alban Butler, citing Hector Boethius and Camden, says that he died at Fordun, fifteen miles south of Aberdeen , around
144-549: The construction of the M4 motorway . It is still used by traffic avoiding the toll on the M4. Clonard is notable for being one of the earliest Christian sites in Ireland, being linked with the first Irish bishop Palladius c. 450 and as the location of a major early medieval monastery Clonard Abbey , founded in the 6th century by St. Finnian . The village is in a civil parish of the same name. Around 1177 , Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath , built
160-494: The noblest families of France and several of them held high rank about this time in the Church of Gaul. The Gallo-Roman poet Rutilius Claudius Namatianus , in his poem De reditu suo , recounting his voyage from Rome to Gaul in 417, mentions a young relative of his called Palladius, who had been sent from Gaul to Rome to study law. He refers to Palladius's father, Exuperantius, as bringing peace, law and freedom to Armorica. Exuperantius
176-540: The reign of James V , royal funds were disbursed for the fabrication of a new reliquary for the church there, and an annual "Paldy Fair" was held at least until the time of the Reformation . His date of death is unknown; however, the Annals of Ulster contain the following references: Thus, it is possible that later writers confused Palladius and Patrick . If the earlier dates of 457/461 indeed refer to him, then it seems that
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#1732851630594192-679: The request of the British bishops to help combat Pelagianism . In 431, Prosper's Chronicon records: "Palladius, having been ordained by Pope Celestine, is sent as first bishop to the Scotti believing in Christ ", according to the Chronicon of Prosper of Aquitaine . This implies there was already a community of Christians in Ireland, who may have requested a bishop be appointed. Prosper later wrote in his Contra collatorem (c. 433) that Celestine, "having ordained
208-477: Was a Deacon of Rome, as it is unlikely that a deacon of Auxerre would exercise the influence in Rome that many have assigned to Palladius; and that it is in accordance with St Prosper's usage to indicate the Roman deacon by the simple title "diaconus." Historian Kathleen Hughes regards it as more probable that he was a deacon of Germanus, and that Germanus sent him to Rome, to request a commission to travel to Britain at
224-560: Was apparently praefectus praetorio Galliarum ("Praetorian prefect of the Gallic provinces") when he was killed in an army mutiny at Arles in 424. Prosper of Aquitaine in his Chronicon mentions a deacon called Palladius, who in 429 urged Pope Celestine I to send bishop Germanus of Auxerre to Britain to bring the Britons back to the Catholic faith. Butler and P.F. Moran say that Palladius
240-616: Was soon banished by the king of Leinster , and returned to North Britain. According to Muirchu (who lived two centuries later) in the Book of Armagh , "God hindered him...and neither did those fierce and cruel men receive his doctrine readily, nor did he himself wish to spend time in a strange land, but returned to him who sent him." Palladius was accompanied by four companions: Sylvester and Solinus, who remained after him in Ireland, and Augustinus and Benedictus, who followed him to Britain but returned to their own country after his death. Palladius
256-550: Was the first bishop of the Christians of Ireland , preceding Saint Patrick . It is possible that some elements of their life stories were later conflated in Irish tradition. Palladius was a deacon and member of one of the prominent families in Gaul . Pope Celestine I consecrated him a bishop and sent him to Ireland "to the Scotti believing in Christ". The Palladii were reckoned among
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