medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Fellow List Members
I'm familiar with Christopher as the dog-headed Reprobus, so was intrigued to come across an assertion that in Gaelic his name was Conchenn, rendered literally as 'Dog-Head'. It was accompanied by reference to a passage in the Martyrology of Óengus in which
Christopher's name is followed by the phrase
i[d est] conchend, translated in the Whitley Stokes edition as 'i.e. a dog-head'.
So far, so good, but was the saint ever routinely called Conchenn in Gaelic in place of Christopher? I'm out of my comfort zone here, so would be glad of guidance.
Best wishes
Graham
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Dr Graham Jones
Oxford University School of Geography and the Environment
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