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Dísert Óengusa
Dísert Óengusa () is a medieval hermitage and National Monument located in County Limerick, Ireland. Location Dísert Óengusa is located west of Croom, near the headwaters of the River Maigue. History Óengus of Tallaght (Óengus mac Óengobann, Óengus the Culdee, d. 824) is believed to have founded the hermitage in AD 780, leaving it two years later. It was associated with the Culdees (an ascetic movement). They founded small isolated hermitages in deserted places, sometimes called "dyserts". The monastery is mentioned in the annals for 1033. Some early ruins on the site have been dated to the early 11th century. The round tower was built in the 12th century. The present church, with antae, dates back to the 15th or 16th century. The church was abandoned in later centuries and fell into ruin. Local folklore claimed the tower had been erected in a single night by a witch Witchcraft is the use of magic by a person called a witch. Traditionally, "witchcraft" ...
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Culdees
The Culdees (; ) were members of ascetic Christian monastic and eremitical communities of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England in the Middle Ages. Appearing first in Ireland and then in Scotland, subsequently attached to cathedral or collegiate churches; they lived in monastic fashion though not taking monastic vows.D'Alton, Edward Alfred (1908). " Culdees". In ''Catholic Encyclopedia''. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Etymology According to the Swiss theologian Philip Schaff, the term Culdee or Ceile De, or Kaledei, first appeared in the 8th century. While "giving rise to much controversy and untenable theories", it probably means servants or worshippers of God. The term was applied to anchorites, who, in entire seclusion from society, sought the perfection of sanctity through their values of poverty, charity, self-denial and perseverance. They afterward associated themselves into communities of hermits and were finally brought under canonical rule along with the secular ...
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