|
Ua Corcrain Of Clonfert
Ua Corcrain of Clonfert, Abbot of Clonfert, died 1095. Ua Corcrain may have been a member of the Ó Cormacáin ecclesiastical family based in Síol Anmchadha, in what is now south-east County Galway. Since the 18th and 19th century the name has been rendered as Ó Cormacáin, Cormacan, Cormican. See also * Maelcoluim Ua Cormacain, Abbot of Aran, died 1114. * Muirchertach Ua Carmacáin, Bishop of Clonfert, 1195–1203. * Uilliam Ó Cormacáin, Archbishop of Tuam, 5 May 1386 – 1393. * Henry Ó Cormacáin Henry Ó Cormacáin, last Abbot of Clonfert, -. Ó Cormacáin was a member of an ecclesiastical family based in Síol Anmchadha, in what is now south-east County Galway. Two members of the family served as Bishop of Clonfert - Muirchertac ..., last Abbot of Clonfert, fl. c.1534-c.1567. References * ''Annals of Ulster'' aCELT: Corpus of Electronic TextsaUniversity College Cork* ''Annals of Tigernach'' aaUniversity College Cork [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The female equivalent is abbess. Origins The title had its origin in the monasteries of Egypt and Syria, spread through the eastern Mediterranean, and soon became accepted generally in all languages as the designation of the head of a monastery. The word is derived from the Aramaic ' meaning "father" or ', meaning "my father" (it still has this meaning in contemporary Hebrew: אבא and Aramaic: ܐܒܐ) In the Septuagint, it was written as "abbas". At first it was employed as a respectful title for any monk, but it was soon restricted by canon law to certain priestly superiors. At times it was applied to various priests, e.g. at the court of the Frankish monarchy the ' ("of the palace"') and ' ("of the camp") were chaplains to the Merovingian and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
