medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>From: Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]>
>Mochua (d. c. 657) One of more than fifty Irish saints named Mochua (or I
>suppose that's a nickname? My Something-or-other?).
Yep, My Carthach, iirc. And I believe that Mochua is thought to be the same
name as Mochuta or Mochuda. In the Fe/lire O/engusso Ce/li De/ (early ninth
c. metrical list of saints) he's called "M' Chua" and "macc Lonáin" (son of
Lonan)--unless the son of Lonan is someone else that in the nith c. everyone
knew by his patronymic (and it amazes me how throughly the monastic scribes
knew the genealogies of all the saints as well as their own monastic
founders. There were reasons of self-interest to know what territories your
founder might hold claim to by family affiliation, but these guys knew
*everyone's* family tree.). It's not clear how many saints of this name are
the same person.
Francine Nicholson
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