Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil
Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil OFM [ ˈeɪ mək ˈkahwiːl ] ( Anglicized : Hugh MacCaghwell or MacCaughwell , Latinized : Hugo Cavellus ; * 1571 in Sabhall (Saul) near Dún Pádraig ( Downpatrick ), County Down ; † September 22, 1626 in Rome ) was an an Irish Franciscan theologian and Archbishop of Armagh . In Leuven his Irish-speaking students called him Aodh Mac Aingil ("Aodh, son of an angel") because of his angelic disposition . He also used this name as a pseudonym when he published his work Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAthridhe .
Life
Mac Cathmhaoil received his early education in his hometown Dún Pádraig (Downpatrick) in one of the still active Bard schools in Ulster , then he moved to a famous school on the Isle of Man in 1589 . After his return in 1592 Aodh Mór Ó Néill made him the tutor of his sons Anraoi (Henry) and Aodh Óg (Hugh) and brought him to his seat in Dún Geanainn (Dungannon) in Tír Eoghain (Tyrone).
Ó Néill sent Mac Cathmhaoil as a courier to the court of Spain in 1599 to solicit support for his Ulster forces in the Nine Years War . During his stay in Salamanca , where the Spanish court resided at that time, Mac Cathmhaoil studied at the university there and obtained a doctorate in theology around 1603 . Shortly afterwards he was accepted into the Franciscan order . He gained a great reputation as a theologian and his commentaries on Duns Scotus (1266-1308) were highly regarded . After his acceptance into the order, Mac Cathmhaoil taught for some time at the University of Salamanca.
Mainly due to Mac Cathmhaoil's great influence at the Spanish court, the Irish Franciscan College St. Antonius ( Irish Coláiste San Antaine ) was founded in Leuven in the Spanish Netherlands by Flaithrí Ó Maoil Chonaire. Mac Cathmhaoil became professor of theology at the college. In 1616 Mac Cathmhaoil was appointed head of the St. Antonius College. Among his students were Seán Mac Colgáin (John Colgan), Pádraig Pléimeann (Patrick Fleming), Aodh Buí Mac an Bhaird (Hugh Ward), Éimhear Mac Mathúna (Heber MacMahon) and Antóin Ó hÍceadha (Anthony Hickey). By searching the north and center of Ireland for surviving manuscripts in order to create a church history of Ireland, his collaborators Mícheál Ó Cléirigh and Aodh Mac an Bhaird saved many Irish manuscripts for the future. Over the next three decades, Mac Cathmhaoil's work in Leuven developed a remarkable Irish scholarship and a number of religious writings in the Irish language. His energy wasn't just limited to his work as a professor. He was also the chief chaplain of the Irish Infantry Regiment in the Spanish Netherlands. In 1614 he became custodian of the Franciscan Order of Ireland. He was also entrusted with various missions by the Pope . So he carried out a papal mission to Ulster in 1613.
Mac Cathmhaoil was elected General Definitor of the Friars Minor of the Strict Observance in 1621 . This gave him authority over all brothers in Europe who followed this branch of reform within the Order. In this capacity he was able to support Lucás Uaidín (Luke Wadding) significantly in the establishment and development of the College of San Isidore and Ludovisis Pontifical Irish College in Rome for Irish students. He himself was called to Rome in 1623 to teach at the Aracoeli convent . In 1625 the previous Archbishop of Armagh , Peter Lombard, died. On March 17, 1626, Pope Urban VIII appointed Mac Cathmhaoil as the new Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, despite many other candidates . The episcopal ordination took place on June 7, 1626 in the church of San Isidore. Tomás Breathnach (Thomas Walsh, Archbishop of Cashel ) received the sacrament of consecration at the same time. The sacrament was given by Cardinal Gabriel de Trejo , Cardinal Protector of Ireland.
Mac Cathmhaoil's health was severely weakened by the duties and asceticism he imposed on himself. During his visitations to the provinces of the Order he always traveled on foot and spent much time in prayer and fasting. While he was preparing for the arduous journey to Ireland, he was seized with a fever and died on September 22, 1626 at the age of 55. Urban VIII responded to his death with the words: "non hominem sed angelum amisimus" (We have not lost a person, but an angel.)
Mac Cathmhaoil was buried in the Church of San Isidore in Rome. His friend Seán Ó Néill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, erected a monument over his grave. The Latin playwright Nicolaus Vernulaeus (1583–1649) gave a laudation ( oratio panegyricus ) in front of the university, in which he commemorated the virtues and learning of the archbishop, “the sanctity of his life and profound learning made him a miracle of his time”. This speech was published in Cologne in 1657 .
He was succeeded as Archbishop of Armagh in 1628 by Aodh Ó Raghallaigh (Hugh O'Reilly).
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Mac Cathmhaoil wrote poems, including A chroinn ar ar thoirling Dia ("O tree upon which God comes down") and four Christmas carols in Irish, e.g. B. A Naoidhe Naoimh ("O Holy Child"). He wrote his theological works mostly in Latin. In his Apologia pro Johanne Duns-Scoto , he defended Johannes Duns Scotus and Scotism from a Franciscan point of view against the Dominican- inspired attacks by Bzovius and Cornelius Jansen . His devotion and enthusiasm for Duns Scotus is due to his training in Salamanca with important Scottish teachers such as Francisco de Herrera and Juan de Ovando, but also to the view that was widespread at the time that Duns Scotus came from Ireland, even like Mac Cathmhaoil from Dún Pádraig (Downpatrick). Mac Cathmhaoil also wrote a theological work in Irish, which appeared in the printing house of St. Anthony's College in Leuven in 1618, under the title Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAthridhe (“The Mirror of the Sacrament of Penance”, Latin cataloging title Tractatus de poenitentia et indulgentiis ). This vernacular book was wholly in the service of propagating the Counter-Reformation and gained great popularity in Ireland due to its clarity in language and expression.
- Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAthridhe [ Tractatus de poenitentia et indulgentiis ] (Lions 1618)
- Scoti Commentaria in quatuor libros Sententiarum (2 volumes, folio, Antwerp 1620) preceded by a biography of Scotus
- Scoti Commentaria seu Reportata Parisiensia
- Apologiam pro eodum vindicando ab injuriis allatis per Abrahamum Bzovium ; against Bzovius.
- Apologiam Apologiae supradictae pro Johanne Scoto Scriptae, in respondet Nicolao Jansenio Belgae Ord.Praedicatorum, Abrahami Bzovii partes suscipienti, no sine gravi Scoti et regni Hiberniae injuria. Prodiit Parisiis sub nomine Hugonis Magnesii discipuli Cavelli apud Michaelum Sonnium, anno 1623 ( Paris 1623)
- Quæstiones quodilibetales
- Quæstiones in libros de anima
- Quaestiones in Metaphysicam & c ( Venice 1625)
criticism
- Paul Walsh: Gleanings from Irish Manuscripts. (1918, 2nd edition 1933).
- Tomás Ó Cléirigh: Aodh Mac Aingil agus to Scoil Nua-Gheadhilge i Lobháin. [Louvain] ( Baile Atha Claith , An Gúm 1936; 1985).
- Canneach Ó Maonaigh (ed.): Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithridhe. Institúid Ardléinn, DIAS 1952, p. 5; Cronin, p. 61.
- Michael Cronin: Translating Ireland: Translations, Languages, Cultures. (Cork UP 1996), p. 61.
literature
- Gregory Cleary: Hugh MacCaghwell . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 9, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1910.
- Franaut entry
- The Little Brother from Down - Aodh Mac Aingil as a good Franciscan by Patrick Conlan OFM in Seanchas Ard Macha Volume 19/2, pp. 63-70, 2002
- Bráithrín Bocht ó Dhún: Aodh Mac Aingil. Anraí Mac Giolla Chomhaill, 1985
Web links
- A Fhir Fhéachus , A poem by Aodh Mac Aingil
- A Naoidhe Naoimh (O Holy Child), A Christmas carol by Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil
Individual evidence
- ↑ entry to Archbishop Hugh McCaughwell, OFM on catholic-hierarchy.org
- ↑ a b c d e f Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge: Mac Aingil, Aodh , accessed March 14, 2014
- ↑ The Catholics of Ulster: A History by Marianne Elliot (pp. 75–76)
- ↑ quoted from: Gleanings from Irish Manuscripts, Paul Walsh, 2nd edition, 1933, p. 96
- ↑ Aodh Mac Aingil (Hugo Cavellus, 1571-1626) on Doubt, Evidence and Certitude, Michael Dunne, Maynooth Philosophical Papers, Issue 5, 2008, pp 1-8. PDF file, 256 kB
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mac Cathmhaoil, Aodh |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | MacCaghwell, Hugh; MacCaughwell, Hugh; Cavellus, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish theologian and Archbishop, Franciscan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1571 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saul at Downpatrick |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd September 1626 |
| Place of death | Rome |