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'''Samthann''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|æ|v|h|æ|n}},<ref name="Corrain">{{cite book|last1=Corráin|first1=Donnchadh Ó|last2=Maguire|first2=Fidelma|title=Gaelic personal names|year=1981|publisher=Academy Press|isbn=9780906187395|page=161}}</ref> modernised spelling '''Samhthann''' or '''Samthana''', is an Irish [[folk saint]], purportedly a Christian nun and abbess in [[Early Christian Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Samthann - Saints & Angels |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5961 |website=Catholic Online}}</ref> She is one of only four female Irish saints for whom Latin ''Lives'' exist. She died on 19 December<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Four Court Press| isbn = 1-85182-226-7| volume = 2| pages = §25| last = Plummer| first = Charles| title = Vitae sanctorum Hiberniae partim hactenvs ineditae| chapter = Vita Sancte Samthannae Virginis| location = Dublin| date = 1997}}</ref> 739.<ref>''The Annals of Ulster'', edited by Seán Mac Airt and Gearóid Mac Niocaill, 2 volumes. (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1983–84). [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html (Annals of Ulster at CELT)]</ref>


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==Manuscript tradition==
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'''Samthann''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|æ|v|h|æ|n}},<ref name="Corrain">{{cite book|last1=Corráin|first1=Donnchadh Ó|last2=Maguire|first2=Fidelma|title=Gaelic personal names|year=1981|publisher=Academy Press|isbn=9780906187395|page=161}}</ref> modernised spelling '''Samhthann''', is an Irish [[folk saint]], purportedly a Christian nun and abbess in [[Early Christian Ireland]].<ref>http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5961</ref> She is one of only four female Irish saints for whom Latin ''Lives'' exist. She died on 19 December<ref>''Vita Sancte Samthannae Virginis'', in ''Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae; partim hactenus ineditae ad fidem codicum manuscriptorum recognovit prolegomenis notis indicibus instruxit'', edited by Charles Plummer, Vol. II (1910), (Reprinted Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1997), §25.</ref> 739.<ref>''The Annals of Ulster'', edited by Seán Mac Airt and Gearóid Mac Niocaill, 2 volumes. (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1983–84). [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html (Annals of Ulster at CELT)]</ref>
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The only extant ''Life'' of St Samthann survives in three manuscripts, with the most complete form being in an early fourteenth-century manuscript, in Oxford, at the [[Bodleian Library]], MS. Rawlinson B. 485 ff.150-3, as part of the Codex Insulensis.<ref>Kenney, J. F. ''The Sources for the Early History of Ireland: Ecclesiastical'', (1929), (Reprinted New York: Octagon Books, 1966) §465 p. 253. {{oclc|325244}}</ref> Charles Plummer used all three manuscripts in his edition of the text, and notes that the other two forms of the Life are dependent on the Bodleian one. In addition to Plummer's Latin edition, the ''Life'' has also been translated into English by Dorothy Africa.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Garland Pub.| isbn = 978-0-8153-2123-1| pages = 97–110| editor-last1 = Head| editor-first1 = Thomas| last1 = Africa| first1 = Dorothy| title = Medieval hagiography: an anthology| chapter = Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann| location = New York| date = 2000}}</ref> There is only a small degree of variation between the three manuscripts, and no important omissions or additions, supporting the belief that this was a fairly faithful copy of the posited original that had undergone no drastic ecclesiastical editing.<ref>Kenney, ''Sources'', pp. 306–7; Plummer, ''VSH'' I, pp. ix–xxiii; Plummer, Charles, “[https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftfrc05meyeuoft#page/428/mode/2up On Two Collections of Latin Lives of Irish Saints in the Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 484 and B 505],” ''Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie'', 5 (1905), pp. 429–54.</ref> The author's Latin is somewhat stilted, and prone to the occasional clichéd metaphorical phrase, but falls short of the overly convoluted style favoured in Late Latin writing. With one exception, the chronology of the ''Life'' follows a straightforward pattern beginning with the saint's marriage and ending with her death. The exception is a miracle regarding the saint's staff, occurring at chapter seventeen, which, whilst not specifically stated as such, would logically appear to belong after the saint's death.<ref>''Vita Samthanne'', §17.</ref> The only other apparent error is in the final chapter, where Lasrianus, the founder of Devenish in Lough Erne, who died nearly two centuries earlier is represented as still being alive at the time of Samthann's death.<ref>''Vita Samthanne,'' §26.</ref> Plummer ascribes this error to the writer's ignorance of the name of the then abbot of Devenish (he is unnamed when previously mentioned in §10), believing that he inserted the only abbot he did know, whose ''Life'' he may well have had access to.<ref>Plummmer, ''VSH'' I, p. lxxxviii.</ref> Overall the consistency of style and language in addition to the cohesive chronology all point to a single author or redactor.<ref>Dorothy Ann Bray, “Motival Derivation in the ''Life of St Samthann'',” ''Studia Celtica'', 20–21 (1985–1986), p. 78.</ref> There is nothing in the ''Life'' itself to give a clear indication as to its date of composition and the date of the posited original has been given as anywhere between the late eighth<ref>Africa, “Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” p. 101.</ref> to the late thirteenth century.<ref>Bray, “Motival Derivation,” p. 78-9.</ref> Associated evidence, however, such as the relatively short period of prominence for the monastery at Clonbroney (the convent, which may have been founded as early as the fifth century, fades from the records after the death of Abbess Caillechdomhnaill in 1163),<ref>Africa, “Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” pp. 97–8.</ref> the use of individual names (in particular Niall, son of Fergal, king of Cenél Éogain, and Uí Néill overlord from 763 to 770 and Flann son of Connla),<ref>Vita Samthanne, §§17, 13.</ref> and the association of the monastery in the mid- to late eighth century with the royal family of Tethba, in [[Cairpre Gabra]], all support the notion that this ''Life'' was initially composed within a few generations of the saint's death, and is a well-preserved late eighth to early ninth century ''Life''.

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==Manuscript Tradition==
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The only extant ''Life'' of St Samthann survives in three manuscripts, with the most complete form being in an early fourteenth-century manuscript, in Oxford, at the [[Bodleian Library]], Rawlinson B. 485 ff.150-3, as part of the Codex Insulensis.<ref>Kenney, J. F. ''The Sources for the Early History of Ireland: Ecclesiastical'', (1929), (Reprinted New York: Octagon Books, 1966) §465 p. 253.</ref> Charles Plummer used all three manuscripts in his edition of the text, and notes that the other two forms of the Life are dependent on the Bodleian one. In addition to Plummer’s Latin edition, the ''Life'' has also been translated into English by Dorothy Africa.<ref>Africa, Dorothy, “Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” in ''Medieval Hagiography: An Anthology'', edited by Thomas Head (New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 2000), pp. 97–110.</ref> There is only a small degree of variation between the three manuscripts, and no important omissions or additions, supporting the belief that this was a fairly faithful copy of the posited original that had undergone no drastic ecclesiastical editing.<ref>Kenney, ''Sources'', pp. 306–7; Plummer, ''VSH'' I, pp. ix–xxiii; Plummer, Charles, “On Two Collections of Latin Lives of Irish Saints in the Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 484 and B 505,” ''Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie'', 5 (1905), pp. 429–54.</ref> The author’s Latin is somewhat stilted, and prone to the occasional clichéd metaphorical phrase, but falls short of the overly convoluted style favoured in Late Latin writing. With one exception, the chronology of the ''Life'' follows a straightforward pattern beginning with the saint’s marriage and ending with her death. The exception is a miracle regarding the saint’s staff, occurring at chapter seventeen, which, whilst not specifically stated as such, would logically appear to belong after the saint’s death.<ref>''Vita Samthanne'', §17.</ref> The only other apparent error is in the final chapter, where Lasrianus, the founder of Devenish in Lough Erne, who died nearly two centuries earlier is represented as still being alive at the time of Samthann’s death.<ref>''Vita Samthanne,'' §26.</ref> Plummer ascribes this error to the writer’s ignorance of the name of the then abbot of Devenish (he is unnamed when previously mentioned in §10), believing that he inserted the only abbot he did know, whose ''Life'' he may well have had access to.<ref>Plummmer, ''VSH'' I, p. lxxxviii.</ref> Overall the consistency of style and language in addition to the cohesive chronology all point to a single author or redactor.<ref>Dorothy Ann Bray, “Motival Derivation in the ''Life of St Samthann'',” ''Studia Celtica'', 20–21 (1985–1986), p. 78.</ref> There is nothing in the ''Life'' itself to give a clear indication as to its date of composition and the date of the posited original has been given as anywhere between the late eighth<ref>Africa, “Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” p. 101.</ref> to the late thirteenth century.<ref>Bray, “Motival Derivation,” p. 78-9.</ref> Associated evidence, however, such as the relatively short period of prominence for the monastery at Clonbroney (the convent, which may have been founded as early as the fifth century, fades from the records after the death of Abbess Caillechdomhnaill in 1163),<ref>Africa, “Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” pp. 97–8.</ref> the use of individual names (in particular Niall, son of Fergal, king of Cenél Éogain, and Uí Néill overlord from 763–770 and Flann son of Connla),<ref>Vita Samthanne, §§17, 13.</ref> and the association of the monastery in the mid- to late eighth century with the royal family of Tethba, in [[Cairpre Gabra]], all support the notion that this ''Life'' was initially composed within a few generations of the saint’s death, and is a well-preserved late eighth to early ninth century ''Life''.


==Biography==
==Biography==

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Of the four female early Irish saints with extant Latin ''Lives'' (Saints [[Brigid of Kildare|Brigit]], Íte, Monenna and Samthann), chronologically Samthann is the latest, with the [[Annals of Ulster]] listing her death in 739. This is also the earliest annals mention of her monastery at Clonbroney (Ir. Clúan-bróaig) near modern [[Ballinalee]], [[County Longford]].<ref>Africa, "Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” p. 97.</ref> References to the monastery continue sporadically throughout the mid eighth through to the early ninth centuries, and then very rarely thereafter.<ref>Africa, "Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” p. 98.</ref> Unlike the three sixth century female monastic saints, Samthann was not the founder of her monastery, but rather inherited after the existing abbess and founder Fuinnech had a fiery prophetic vision of Samthann's grandeur.<ref>''Vita Samthanne'', §5.</ref> On the strength of this Samthann moved from her initial monastery at Urney in Tyrone where she served as a stewardess,<ref>''Vita Samthanne'', §4.</ref> south to Clonbroney, which was located just east of the modern town of [[Longford]]. [[Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii|The Tripartite Life of Patrick]] asserts that Clonbroney was founded by [[Saint Patrick|Patrick]] for two sisters both named Emer, whose brother Guasacht he made bishop of Granard. All three were the children of Milchú, whom Patrick served as slave in Ulster in his youth. While the story is literally implausible, there does seem to be an association between Samthann and Granard since in the ''Life'' she travelled there. Samthann also has an Ulster origin and the genealogies tie her family closely to Patrick in the Tripartite Life.<ref>W. Stokes ed. and tr., ''Tripartite Life of St. Patrick with Other Documents Relating to that Saint'' (London: Eyre and Spotswood, 1887).</ref>
[[Sylvester O'Halloran]] (1728–1807) speculated that Saint Samthana, Abbess of Clonbrone, took her name from the Samnothes, an Irish religious order related to the Druids.{{sfn|O'Halloran|1772|p=32}}

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Of the four female early Irish saints with extant Latin ''Lives'' (Saints [[Brigid of Kildare|Brigit]], Íte, Monenna and Samthann), chronologically Samthann is the latest, with the [[Annals of Ulster]] listing her death in 739. This is also the earliest annals mention of her monastery at Clonbroney (Ir. Clúan-bróaig) near modern [[Ballinalee]], [[County Longford]].<ref>Africa, "Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” p. 97.</ref> References to the monastery continue sporadically throughout the mid eighth through to the early ninth centuries, and then very rarely thereafter.<ref>Africa, "Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” p. 98.</ref> Unlike the three sixth century female monastic saints, Samthann was not the founder of her monastery, but rather inherited after the existing abbess and founder Fuinnech had a fiery prophetic vision of Samthann's grandeur.<ref>''Vita Samthanne'', §5.</ref> On the strength of this Samthann moved from her initial monastery at Urney in Tyrone where she served as a stewardess,<ref>''Vita Samthanne'', §4.</ref> south to Clonbroney, which was located just east of the modern town of [[Longford]]. [[Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii|The Tripartite Life of Patrick]] asserts that Clonbroney was founded by [[Saint Patrick|Patrick]] for two sisters both named Emer, whose brother Guasacht he made bishop of Granard. All three were the children of Milchú, whom Patrick served as slave in Ulster in his youth. While the story is literally implausible, there does seem to be an association between Samthann and Granard since in the ''Life'' she travelled there. Samthann also has an Ulster origin and the genealogies tie her family closely to Patrick in the Tripartite Life.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = London, Printed for H.M. Stationery Off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode| last = Stokes| first = Whitley| title = The Tripartite Life Of Patrick With Other Documents Relating To That Saint| access-date = 2018-03-11| date = 1887| url = https://archive.org/details/TheTripartiteLifeOfPatrickV1}}</ref>


==The Giant Eel==
==The Giant Eel==
According to the ''Life'', on one occasion a lascivious monk visited the saint’s monastery and attempted to seduce one of the virgins living there. When he left the monastery and crossed the river to meet the girl a giant eel rose out of the water, bit him on the genitals and wrapped itself around his waist. The eel remained in this position until the monk returned to the monastery and begged for and received forgiveness from St Samthann.<ref>''Vita Samthanne'', §11.</ref>
According to the ''Life'', on one occasion a lascivious monk visited the saint's monastery and attempted to seduce one of the virgins living there. When he left the monastery and crossed the river to meet the girl a giant eel rose out of the water, bit him on the genitals and wrapped itself around his waist. The eel remained in this position until the monk returned to the monastery and begged for and received forgiveness from St Samthann.<ref>''Vita Samthanne'', §11.</ref>


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Madh con-ríset in da Aedh
{{lang|mga|Madh con-ríset in da Aedh
bidh mor-saeth a n-ergairi,
bidh mor-saeth a n-ergairi,
madadh codhal dam-sa is saeth
madadh codhal dam-sa is saeth
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i cath Uchbadh co n-deni
i cath Uchbadh co n-deni
do slogh Galian ger gart-glan,
do slogh Galian ger gart-glan,
mor in martgal fer Féine.
mor in martgal fer Féine.|italic=no}}
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==External links==
==External links==
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* http://brigid-undertheoak.blogspot.com/search/label/female%20saints
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* [http://omniumsanctorumhiberniae.blogspot.com/2013/12/saint-samthann-of-clonbroney-december-19.html?m=1 Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae: Saint Samthann of Clonbroney, December 19]
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* [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/index.html Annals of Tigernach]
* [http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Samthann.shtml Names in Irish Annals: Samthann]
* [http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Samthann.shtml Names in Irish Annals: Samthann]
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Saint

Samthann
BornIreland
ResidenceCluain-Bronach in Meath
Diedc. 738
Feast19 December

Samthann /ˈsævhæn/,[1] modernised spelling Samhthann or Samthana, is an Irish folk saint, purportedly a Christian nun and abbess in Early Christian Ireland.[2] She is one of only four female Irish saints for whom Latin Lives exist. She died on 19 December[3] 739.[4]

Manuscript tradition

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The only extant Life of St Samthann survives in three manuscripts, with the most complete form being in an early fourteenth-century manuscript, in Oxford, at the Bodleian Library, MS. Rawlinson B. 485 ff.150-3, as part of the Codex Insulensis.[5] Charles Plummer used all three manuscripts in his edition of the text, and notes that the other two forms of the Life are dependent on the Bodleian one. In addition to Plummer's Latin edition, the Life has also been translated into English by Dorothy Africa.[6] There is only a small degree of variation between the three manuscripts, and no important omissions or additions, supporting the belief that this was a fairly faithful copy of the posited original that had undergone no drastic ecclesiastical editing.[7] The author's Latin is somewhat stilted, and prone to the occasional clichéd metaphorical phrase, but falls short of the overly convoluted style favoured in Late Latin writing. With one exception, the chronology of the Life follows a straightforward pattern beginning with the saint's marriage and ending with her death. The exception is a miracle regarding the saint's staff, occurring at chapter seventeen, which, whilst not specifically stated as such, would logically appear to belong after the saint's death.[8] The only other apparent error is in the final chapter, where Lasrianus, the founder of Devenish in Lough Erne, who died nearly two centuries earlier is represented as still being alive at the time of Samthann's death.[9] Plummer ascribes this error to the writer's ignorance of the name of the then abbot of Devenish (he is unnamed when previously mentioned in §10), believing that he inserted the only abbot he did know, whose Life he may well have had access to.[10] Overall the consistency of style and language in addition to the cohesive chronology all point to a single author or redactor.[11] There is nothing in the Life itself to give a clear indication as to its date of composition and the date of the posited original has been given as anywhere between the late eighth[12] to the late thirteenth century.[13] Associated evidence, however, such as the relatively short period of prominence for the monastery at Clonbroney (the convent, which may have been founded as early as the fifth century, fades from the records after the death of Abbess Caillechdomhnaill in 1163),[14] the use of individual names (in particular Niall, son of Fergal, king of Cenél Éogain, and Uí Néill overlord from 763 to 770 and Flann son of Connla),[15] and the association of the monastery in the mid- to late eighth century with the royal family of Tethba, in Cairpre Gabra, all support the notion that this Life was initially composed within a few generations of the saint's death, and is a well-preserved late eighth to early ninth century Life.

Biography

[edit]

Sylvester O'Halloran (1728–1807) speculated that Saint Samthana, Abbess of Clonbrone, took her name from the Samnothes, an Irish religious order related to the Druids.[16]

Of the four female early Irish saints with extant Latin Lives (Saints Brigit, Íte, Monenna and Samthann), chronologically Samthann is the latest, with the Annals of Ulster listing her death in 739. This is also the earliest annals mention of her monastery at Clonbroney (Ir. Clúan-bróaig) near modern Ballinalee, County Longford.[17] References to the monastery continue sporadically throughout the mid eighth through to the early ninth centuries, and then very rarely thereafter.[18] Unlike the three sixth century female monastic saints, Samthann was not the founder of her monastery, but rather inherited after the existing abbess and founder Fuinnech had a fiery prophetic vision of Samthann's grandeur.[19] On the strength of this Samthann moved from her initial monastery at Urney in Tyrone where she served as a stewardess,[20] south to Clonbroney, which was located just east of the modern town of Longford. The Tripartite Life of Patrick asserts that Clonbroney was founded by Patrick for two sisters both named Emer, whose brother Guasacht he made bishop of Granard. All three were the children of Milchú, whom Patrick served as slave in Ulster in his youth. While the story is literally implausible, there does seem to be an association between Samthann and Granard since in the Life she travelled there. Samthann also has an Ulster origin and the genealogies tie her family closely to Patrick in the Tripartite Life.[21]

The Giant Eel

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According to the Life, on one occasion a lascivious monk visited the saint's monastery and attempted to seduce one of the virgins living there. When he left the monastery and crossed the river to meet the girl a giant eel rose out of the water, bit him on the genitals and wrapped itself around his waist. The eel remained in this position until the monk returned to the monastery and begged for and received forgiveness from St Samthann.[22]

Other sources

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Samthann has also been associated with the Céli Dé reform movement both through some of the sections of her Life as well as through both the document known as the Monastery of Tallaght which records her dealing with the chief reformer St. Maelrain and the Martyrology of Tallaght which includes a hymn to her in the marginalia which reflects the teachings of her Life regarding peregrinatio.[23]

Poet

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The Annals of Tigernach record the following verses, written about the 737 battle of Uchbad:

Madh con-ríset in da Aedh
bidh mor-saeth a n-ergairi,
madadh codhal dam-sa is saeth
Aed la h-Aedh mac Fergaili.
O cath Uchbadh co n-aine
a mbith truchlum fer Fene,
ni fuil fo grein gil ganmigh
sil nach Laighnigh a n-Eri.
Nái mile do-rochratar
i cath Uchbadh co n-deni
do slogh Galian ger gart-glan,
mor in martgal fer Féine.

References

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  1. ^ Corráin, Donnchadh Ó; Maguire, Fidelma (1981). Gaelic personal names. Academy Press. p. 161. ISBN 9780906187395.
  2. ^ "St. Samthann - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online.
  3. ^ Plummer, Charles (1997). "Vita Sancte Samthannae Virginis". Vitae sanctorum Hiberniae partim hactenvs ineditae. Vol. 2. Dublin: Four Court Press. pp. §25. ISBN 1-85182-226-7.
  4. ^ The Annals of Ulster, edited by Seán Mac Airt and Gearóid Mac Niocaill, 2 volumes. (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1983–84). (Annals of Ulster at CELT)
  5. ^ Kenney, J. F. The Sources for the Early History of Ireland: Ecclesiastical, (1929), (Reprinted New York: Octagon Books, 1966) §465 p. 253. OCLC 325244
  6. ^ Africa, Dorothy (2000). "Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann". In Head, Thomas (ed.). Medieval hagiography: an anthology. New York: Garland Pub. pp. 97–110. ISBN 978-0-8153-2123-1.
  7. ^ Kenney, Sources, pp. 306–7; Plummer, VSH I, pp. ix–xxiii; Plummer, Charles, “On Two Collections of Latin Lives of Irish Saints in the Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 484 and B 505,” Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, 5 (1905), pp. 429–54.
  8. ^ Vita Samthanne, §17.
  9. ^ Vita Samthanne, §26.
  10. ^ Plummmer, VSH I, p. lxxxviii.
  11. ^ Dorothy Ann Bray, “Motival Derivation in the Life of St Samthann,” Studia Celtica, 20–21 (1985–1986), p. 78.
  12. ^ Africa, “Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” p. 101.
  13. ^ Bray, “Motival Derivation,” p. 78-9.
  14. ^ Africa, “Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” pp. 97–8.
  15. ^ Vita Samthanne, §§17, 13.
  16. ^ O'Halloran 1772, p. 32.
  17. ^ Africa, "Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” p. 97.
  18. ^ Africa, "Life of the Holy Virgin Samthann,” p. 98.
  19. ^ Vita Samthanne, §5.
  20. ^ Vita Samthanne, §4.
  21. ^ Stokes, Whitley (1887). The Tripartite Life Of Patrick With Other Documents Relating To That Saint. London, Printed for H.M. Stationery Off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  22. ^ Vita Samthanne, §11.
  23. ^ Bray, "Motival Derivations,” pp.79, 83.
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