|
See also:FILLAN, See also:SAINT, or FAELAN , the name of the two Scottish See also:saints, of Irish origin, whose lives are of a purely legendary See also:character. The St Fillan whose feast is kept on the 20th of See also:June had churches dedicated to his See also:honour at Ballyheyland, See also:Queen's See also:county, See also:Ireland, and at See also:Loch See also:Earn, See also:Perthshire. The other, who is commemorated on the 9th of See also:January, was specially venerated at Cluain Mayscua, Co. See also:Westmeath, Ireland, and so See also:early as the 8th or 9th See also:century at Strathfillan,Perthshire, See also:Scotland, where there was an See also:ancient monastery dedicated to him, which, like most of the religious houses of early times, was afterwards secularized. The See also:lay-See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot, who was its See also:superior in the reign of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the See also:Lion, held high See also:rank in the Scottish See also:kingdom. This monastery was restored in the reign of See also:Robert See also:Bruce, and became a See also:cell of the See also:abbey of canons See also:regular at Inchaffray. The new See also:foundation received a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant from See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Robert, in gratitude for the aid which he was supposed to have obtained from a relic of the saint on the See also:eve of the See also:great victory of See also:Bannockburn. Another relic was the saint's See also:staff or See also:crozier, which became known as the coygerach or quigrich, and was See also:long in the See also:possession of a See also:family of the name of Jore or See also:Dewar, who were its hereditary guardians. They certainly had it in their custody in the See also:year 1428, and their right was formally recognized by King See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James III. in 1487. The See also:head of the crozier, which is of See also:silver-gilt with a smaller crozier of See also:bronze inclosed within it, is now deposited in the See also:National Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
The See also:legend of the second of these saints is given in the Bollandist Acta SS. (1643), 9th of January, i. 594-595; A. P. See also:Forbes, Kalendars of Scottish Saints (See also:Edinburgh, 1872), pp. 341-346; D. O'Hanlon's Lives of Irish Saints (See also:Dublin), n.d. pp. 134-144. See also See also:Historical Notices of St Fillan's Crozier, by Dr See also:John See also:Stuart (See also:Aberdeen, 1877).
End of Article: FILLAN, SAINT, or FAELAN
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!