The earliest description of St. Maughold: "depraved in words, intemperate in works"
Channel: Culture Vannin
Date: 2020-08-26

The earliest description of St. Maughold comes from the Book of Armagh, written in c.807AD, where he is described as... "depraved in words, intemperate in works, malignant in action, bitter in spirit" etc.

This is short extract from a talk by Dr Mike Hoy about one of the most famous of all saints in the Isle of Man; Maughold.
https://youtu.be/S_sm6vM483I

The talk by Dr. Michael Hoy of Liverpool University was delivered at Maughold on 1 August 2020 as a part of the St. Maughold's Day celebrations organised by Kirk Maughold.

Michael Hoy, MBE, MA, PhD is from the Cotswolds, England, and read English at Queens’ College, Cambridge. He came to the Isle of Man in 1970 to become head of English and drama at King William’s College. In 2003 he was appointed MBE for services to Education and the Arts in the Isle of Man. He is the author of two books on the history of King William’s College and its foundation charities – A Blessing to this Island and Isaac Barrow: his Life and Legacy. In 2015 he completed a PhD research project with the University of Liverpool, which explored the development of education and literacy in the Isle of Man in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He is currently undertaking further research into early modern Manx social history for the Universities of Huddersfield and Liverpool, and he is a lecturer on the University College Isle of Man’s History and Heritage degree course.

Our thanks are owed to Dr Hoy and the church for allowing us to film this talk.

This film was produced by Culture Vannin in 2020.
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