Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 11 May 1911, Page 843

Friends at Court

QLEANJNQS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR May 14, Sunday.—Fourth Sunday after Easter. St, Car- : thage, Bishop and Confessor. „ 15, -Monday.—St. Dympna, Virgin. ~ 16, Tuesday,—St. Brendan, Abbot. ~, 17, Wednesday.—St. John Nepomucene, Martyr. ~ 18, Thursday.—St, Venantius, Martyr. ~ 19, Friday.—St. Peter Celestine, Pope and ■ Confessor. „ 20, Saturday.—St. Bernardine of Siena, Confessor. St. Carthage, Bishop and Confessor. St. Carthage was the first Bishop of Lismore, in the “south of Ireland. He founded there a monastery and a school, which became so. famous that scholars flocked to it from all parts of Ireland and Great Britain. St. Dympna, Virgin and Martyr. ‘ St, Dympna was the _ daughter of an lush chieftain. Having vowed her virginity to God, she fled to Belgium to escape the snares to which she saw herself exposed at home. She was pursued, however, and put to death by some persons to whom her virtues had rendered her hateful. St. Brendan, Abbot. f St, Brendan was a native of Ireland ,and a disciple of St, Tinian. Passing into England, he established there two monasteries. On his return to Ireland he continued the same good work, and founded, among others,, the famous abbey of Clonfert. He died in 578, in the 94th year of his age. According to a tradition accepted by some historians, St. Brendan voyaged to America, and landed in, or near, the present State of Virginia.