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Bricín Saint Bricín (c. 590–650; also known as Bricin, Briccine, DaBreccoc, Da-Breccocus) was an Early Christian Ireland, Irish abbot of Tuaim Dreccon in Breifne (modern Tomregan, County Cavan), a monastery that flourished in the 7th century in Irel ...

'' ("The Vision of Bricín") is a late

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prose tale, in which St

(e), abbot of Túaim Dreccon (

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), is visited by an angel, who reveals to him the names of the most important future Irish churchmen. The text can be regarded as an ecclesiastical counterpart to '' Baile in Scáil'', which provided a model for the structure of the tale and which is referred to in § 58.

Summary

One night,

of Túaim Dreccon heard the noise of an Easter celebration in heaven and asked God for any news. An angel descended from heaven and revealed to him the names of the most famous future churchmen in Ireland as well as the outlines of Bricín's future career. Most of the text is occupied by this list, which includes a variety of details about the clerics in question. The text ends with a brief note on

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's intervention for the Irish on

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Manuscripts

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MS 5280, fols. 44b–48a. *London, British Library, Egerton MS 1782, fols. 17a–19a.

Notes

Edition

*Meyer, Kuno (ed.). "Baile

." ''

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'' 9 (1913): 449–57
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References

*Smith, Tom. The kennings in 'Baile Bricín'. A source for 10th century Irish church history *Murray, Kevin. "''Baile in Scáil'' and ''Baile

''." ''

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'' 33 (2002): 49-56. *Old-Irish List- An English translation of Baile Bricí

Eugene O'Curry: Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, pp. 48–51 and 418-419.
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