Ilar

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The Church of St. Ilar in Llanilar.

A saint Ilar ( IPA : iːlɑr ; Latin : Hilarus, Elerius) can be found among the locally venerated saints of Wales and is said to have lived in the 6th century. This is probably the namesake of Llanilar in Ceredigion. He appears as the namesake of the hundred of Ilar . His feast day (Gŵyl Mabsant) is indicated in various places with the 13th, 14th or 15th January, but is not celebrated by the Anglican Church in Wales or the Catholic Church in England and Wales .

Name and name confusion

The Welsh name is not entirely clear. In Welsh and Croatian , “Ilar” can also refer to the saints Saint Eleri , Hilary of Poitiers , Hilary (Pope) and Hilarion of Gaza , and his feast day coincides with that of Hilary (Jan 13). Ilar is therefore often given the Welsh name Ilar Bysgotwr (from the Latin piscator, German "Ilar the fisherman"). Other epithets are Ilar Droedwyn ("Ilar Weißfuss") and Ilar Ferthyr ("Ilar the martyr").

Hilary of Poitiers' association with Wales arose from false reports that he ordained Saint Cybi . However, the two are separated by two centuries. Sabine Baring-Gould attributes this to the fact that the two had a common relative: Saint Elian . Therefore it could be that some of the ascriptions of the two actually refer to Ilar. The Pope Hilary, on the other hand, is associated in Welsh legends with the ordination of Ailbe of Emly (Saint Elvis), who in turn is said to have baptized David of Menevia , the patron saint of Wales.

Life

Almost nothing is known about the life of Ilar. The few records speak of Ilar being a Breton companion of Padarn and Cadfan on their missionary journey in the 6th century. He was probably from Aremorica . The parishes that bear his name are south of Tywyn , which is dedicated to Cadfan, and near Llanbadarn Fawr , which is dedicated to Padarn. It may have been during an invasion of (pagan) Irish or Anglo-Saxons to the martyrs .

legacy

The Church of Trefilan.

In addition to the church of Llanilar , the church of Trefilan in Ceredigion near Lampeter is dedicated to Saint Ilar / Hilarius. The place name was originally called Tref Ilar ("City of Ilar"). The Church in Wales looked more churches, the Hilary consecrated in Erbistock ( Wrexham County Borough ) Killay ( Swansea ) and St Hilary in Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan .

In the 15th century, the poet Lewis Glyn Cothi Ilar mentioned in his work: gwyl Ilar hael a'i loer hir ("The festival of the generous Ilar with its long moon").

Arthur Make immortalized Saint Ilar, his holy spring , the legends and his unfortunate replacement by the French Hilarius in 1907 in his short story "Levavi Oculos". A revised version was published in 1922 as the novel " The Secret Glory ". The novel tells the story of a boy who comes into contact with the Holy Grail of Welsh Legends and Arthurian Legends .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Stanton: A Menology of England and Wales: Or, Memorials letter of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged .According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. P. 703. Burns & Oates, 1892.
  2. ^ A b Robert Williams: Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen from the Earliest Times to the Present and Including Every Name Connected with the Ancient History of Wales : 242 . Longman Co., London 1852.
  3. ^ A b Owen Jones: Cymru: yn Hanesyddol, Parthedegol a Bywgraphyddol [Wales: Historical, Topographical, and Biographical], Vol. I: 676, 1875. In: Y Cymmrodor , Vol. XXVII: 139. Society of Cymmrodorion, 1917.
  4. ^ A b c Sabine Baring-Gould & al .: The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain , Vol. III, p. 299. Chas. Clark (London), 1908.
  5. ^ AW Wade-Evans: Parochiale Wallicanum. In: Y Commrodor , Vol. XXII, p. 62. Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion (London), 1910. Cited in Bartrum.
  6. ^ "Bonedd y Saint" in the Myvyrian Archeology , p. 426, In: Notes & Queries .
  7. ↑ a b T.C. Unnone: Notes & Queries , 5th Series, Vol. III, No. 58: 106 . J. Francis (London), February 6, 1875.
  8. ^ A b The Church in Wales. " The Book of Common Prayer for Use in the Church in Wales: The New Calendar and the Collects ". 2003. (Nov 18, 2014).
  9. ^ A b The Catholic Church in England and Wales. " Liturgy Office: November 2015 ". Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, 2014.
  10. ^ Peter C. Bartrum: A Welsh Classical Dictionary: People in History and Legend up to about AD 1000 : 438 . National Library of Wales 1993.
  11. ^ A b "Genealogy of the Saints." In: The Cambro-Briton , Vol. III: 269. Simpkin & Marshall, London 1822.
  12. ^ Nicholas Carlisle: A Topographical Dictionary of the Dominion of Wales , Glossary: ​​xxxvi. W. Bulmer Co., London 1811.
  13. ↑ Flavell Edmunds: Traces of History in the Names of Places: with a Vocabulary of the Roots out of which Names of Places in England and Wales are Formed , Rev. ed .: 47 . Longmans, Green, Co., London 1872.
  14. ^ Lewis Morris: "Alphabetic Bonedd" (British Library, Add. MS. 14 928, fo. 36v.). In: The Myvyrian Archeology of Wales , 2nd ed .: 426. Denbigh 1870. Cited in Bartrum.
  15. ^ Ebenezer Josiah Newell: A History of the Welsh Church to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. : 58 . E. Stock, London 1895.
  16. ↑ Haddan, Arthur West & al. (eds.) Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents Relating to Great Britain , Vol. I, App. E: "Legendary Lives Exist of the Following British Saints, AD 450-700": 159. Clarendon Press. Oxford 1869.
  17. ↑ Baring-Gould & al: Vol. II: 203f.
  18. ^ History of Wallasey. " History of Wallasey Churches ". 2014.
  19. ↑ Geoffrey Reiter: "'An Age-Old Memory': Arthur Make's Celtic Redaction of the Welsh Revival in The Great Return ". In: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy , No. 33: Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture. : 75. McFarland Co., Jefferson 2011.
  20. ↑ J. Ceredig Davies: "Brittany and Cardiganshire." In: Transactions and Archaeological Record , Vol. 4:40 . Bridge Press (Lampeter) for the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society, 1914.
  21. ^ "Genealogies of the British Saints", supposedly from the book of Thomas Hopkin of Coychurch (1670), cited in the Jolo Manuscripts : 506 (The Iolo Manuscripts, however, are to be treated with caution because of Edward William forgeries)
  22. ↑ Richard Llwyd: "Topographical Notices & c." In Powell & Wynne's translation of Caradoc of Llancarfan 's History of Wales , Rev. ed .: 88. J. Eddowes, Shrewsbury 1832.
  23. ^ Church in Wales. " Churches ". 2014.
  24. ^ "The festival of generous Ilar with his long moon"
  25. ^ Arthur Make: "Levavi Oculos." In: The Academy , Vol. LXXIII: 923ff. HE Morgan, London 1907.
  26. ^ Arthur Make: The Secret Glory , II, iii . Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1922. Hosted at the Gutenberg Project.
personal data
SURNAME Ilar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hilarus; Elerius (Latin)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saint
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century
DATE OF DEATH 6th century
Place of death Wales