Locating the Early Irish Monks and Saints

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Brian Ó Broin

Organizer Affiliation

William Paterson Univ.

Presider Name

Terry Barry

Presider Affiliation

Trinity College, Univ. of Dublin

Paper Title 1

The Transmission and Uses of the Amalarian Liber officialis and the Collectio canonum hibernensis in the Monastic Environs of Brittany, Sankt Gall, and Reichenau

Presenter 1 Name

Shannon O. Ambrose

Presenter 1 Affiliation

St. Xavier Univ.

Paper Title 2

Coptic Peregrinations Revisited: Locating Egypt in the Early Irish Monk

Presenter 2 Name

Westley Follett

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Southern Mississippi

Paper Title 3

Mapping the Desert: Using the Toponymy of Díseart and Cill to Map the Early Medieval Irish Monasteries

Presenter 3 Name

Brian Ó Broin

Start Date

17-5-2015 8:30 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 204

Description

Medieval Irish monasticism was always an international affair. Whether inspired or directly influenced by Egyptian monasticism, the very early monasteries shared undisputed similarities with the desert monasteries (Follett). Many of these early monasteries have vanished, and a toponymic analysis may help in identifying their distribution (Ó Broin). Within several generations of conversion Irish monks were carrying the Christian message abroad again, and many of their texts are still to be found in the libraries of Continental monasteries (Ambrose).

Brian É.Ó. Broin