Gilla Mo Chaidbeo (also known as Machabeo or Machabeus, died 1174) was a
Gaelic-
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
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 ...
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Biography
Known as Machabeus in
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
, Gilla Mo Chaidbeo was abbot of the monastery dedicated to
Saint Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
, occupat ...
and
Saint Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
at
Armagh. He served in this capacity for over thirty years, dying in 1174.
Gilla Mo Chaidbeo's death is the last to be commemorated in the ''Félire húi Gormáin'' or
Martyrology of Gorman, which was written by his contemporary
Máel Muire Ua Gormáin (Marianus Gorman) sometime in the second half of the 12th century. The preface suggests that it was written between
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair
Ruaidrí mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair ( Modern Irish: Ruairí Ó Conchúir; anglicized as Rory O'Conor) ( – 2 December 1198) was King of Connacht from 1156 to 1186, and High King of Ireland from 1166 to 1198. He was the last High King o ...
's accession to the high-kingship in 1166 and the death of
Gilla meic Liac mac Diarmata (Gelasius.
Archbishop of Armagh) in 1174, while
John Colgan believed that the work was completed by .
Allowing for a few extra days, the former suggestion is made plausible by the record of Gilla meic Liac's death on 27 March and that of Gilla Mo Chaidbeo on 31 March of the same year.
[Duffy, "Ua Gormáin, Máel Muire"] However, it has also been argued that these are later insertions,
whether by Gorman or another author.
[Kenney, ''The sources for the early history of Ireland: ecclesiastical'', p. 483.]
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People from County Armagh
1174 deaths
Irish Christian monks
12th-century Christian saints
12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
Medieval saints of Ulster
12th-century Irish abbots
Year of birth unknown