Broccán Clóen was an
Irish cleric who lived in the sixth or seventh century.
Several persons noted for their holiness seem to have borne this name, which is variously written Brogan, Broccan, Bracan, and even Bearchan and Bearchanus.
Of these, two are commemorated in the ''
Félire Óengusso'', the early date of which (''c''. 800) is now generally admitted. There, under 8 July, is written: "Brocan, the scribe, gained a noble triumph without any fall"; and under 17 September: "Brocan of Ross Tuirc thou shouldst declare".
John Colgan
John Colgan, OFM (Irish ''Seán Mac Colgan''; c. 1592 – 15 January 1658), was an Irish Franciscan friar noted as a hagiographer and historian.
Life
Colgan was born c. 1592 at Priestown near Carndonagh. He joined the Franciscan Order and w ...
(''
Trias Thaumaturga
''Acta Triadis Thaumaturgae'' or ''The Acts of a Wonder-Working Triad'' is a hagiography of the Irish saints, Saint Patrick, Brigid of Kildare, and Columba, St Columba.
It was published at Leuven in 1647 by John Colgan, Order of Friars Minor, O.F. ...
'', p. 518) speaks as if he were inclined to identify both these persons with the author of an early Irish hymn upon
Brigid of Kildare. The glosses upon Aengus and the ''Martyrology of Gorman'', while seemingly treating them as distinct, prove that the matter admits of no certainty.
Some modern hagiographers are inclined to regard the Broccán of 8 July as the
amanuensis
An amanuensis () is a person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another, and also refers to a person who signs a document on behalf of another under the latter's authority. In one example Eric Fenby ...
and possibly the nephew of
Patrick Patrick may refer to:
* Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
* Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
* Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...
. They style him bishop and locate him at "Maethail-Brogain", now
Mothil in
Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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; but this is admittedly quite doubtful. Broccán of Rosstuirc (of 17 September), on the other hand, is identified with the author of the hymn to Brigid of Kildare, and believed to be the Abbot Brochanus referred to in the ''Life of St. Abban'', preserved in the
Codex Salmanticensis. ("Rosstuirc" is generally assigned to the
Diocese of Ossory, and may be
Rossmore Rossmore may refer to:
* Rossmore, Johannesburg, South Africa
* Rossmore, West Virginia, United States
Australia
*Rossmore, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
* Rossmore, Queensland, a neighbourhood in the Gympie Region
United Kingdom
*Rossm ...
in
County Laois
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ...
) in the northern portion of the kingdom of
Osraige in the
Slieve Bloom Mountains.
References
External links
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St. Brogan's Poem in Praise of St. BrigidThe Hymn to Saint Brigid of Brogan-Cloen from the Liber Hymnorum (Broccan's Hymn) on YouTube
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7th-century Christian saints
7th-century Irish priests
Medieval Irish saints