The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-06-30
Rupert. 1t is rich in manuscript and
literary treasures, its library COMPRISING

Rupert. It is rich in manuscript and
literary treasures, its library comprising
100, 600 volumes.
st. Rupert was more than spiritual
benefactor to southern Germany. On
the mountain sides, near Ratisbon, he
planted vines, brought from the prov
ince of the Rhine, reopened the salt
springs at Reichenhall, organized COM
merce on the Danube, commenced the
working of gold and silver mines in the
south, encouraged agriculture in the
lowlands and on the Alps, and laid out
the public highway at Noreja, and the
famous Kaenter DAD.
One OF the most celebrated successors
OF St. Rupert was Virgil, native OF
Ireland and man distinguished for
lea rning and virtue. His true name is
Feargall Adamnanus of the race of
Couall Cuban, and house of O'Donnell,
elected in o7o abbot Of Hay, was his
kinsman.
To ST. Virgil we ascribe the theory
that "the earth is spherical, instead OF
flat, and we have our antipodes," a mar
vellous doctrine in that early age. L.
was, nevertheless, taught by this distin-
guished scholar, the fearless exponent
OF secular and religious tencts, and a
living proof that Irish universities OF the
middle ages deserved their widespread
reputation for learning.
On Pepin's recommendation, Virgil
was named for the vacant see OF Salz-
burg. Reluctant to accept the appoint
ment, he for two years commissioned
Dobba, a bishop whom he had brought
from Ireland, to perform the episcopal!
functions, rcserving for himself the Of
flee of preaching and instructing, until
compelled by his colleagues to receive
the episcopal conservation in 765 Many
and great saints have governed the do
cese OF Salzburg, but none to whom the
church is so deeply indebted as to St.
Virgil
The city OF Wurzburg. on the Main,
one of the most distinctivcly ecclesias-
teal towns OF medieval Europe, was
for more than thousand years the cap
ital OF an ecclesiastical principally, ruled
over by eighty-two bishops, who were
princes of the empire, and exercised
great influence in the affairs OF Ger
many.
Its cathedral in the Domstrassc was
erected on the spot where St. KHAN
suffered martyrdom. FTe was the city's
first bishop and an Irish missionary,
the apostle and patron OF Franconia.
His cruel nartyrdom is wildly de-
scribed by Mr. Taylor
Fifty years after the death of St.
Kilian, in $50, Burchard, bishop OF
Wurzburg. removed the relics OF the
murdered prclatc and his two compan-
ions to Tie beautiful church he erected
for their reception, and here their tombs
may now be seen. The monastery OF
Wurzburg long continued to preserve
its connection with Ireland.
Few shrincs on the continent have
undergone so little change as that OF
St. Kilian. Save for the deepening
shadows time has thrown around the
old church, it remains as it was when
the martyr was laid in the Neue Min
ster, 1900 years ago.
ST. Arbogast was a native OF Ireland,
according to the chroniclcrs Of that
country, and was the son OF noble
family. Travelling into Alsacc, in 63o,
he led an ancfortc's life in the sacred
forest, the Interpretation OF the Tcu-
tonic name Hciligcsforst. Charity
sometimes induced him to leave his re-
treat, to instruct the people in knowl
edge and fear Of God. His conduct at
tracted the attention OF King Dagobcrt
H., who frequently invited the pious
hermit to his court and secured his ste
ccssion to St. Armand in the see Of
Strasburg, in GAG.
St. Arbogast endowed several mo-
nastcries. the principal being Turlung
and Shuttcran. In his will he ordered
his body to be inferred in the place OF
public execution, called Mount Michael,
i'll imitation OF his great model, Jesus
Christ, who suffered outside the walls
OF Jerusalem His wishes were respect
ed, and subsequently monastery was
founded over the spot and dedicated to
his memory. The magnificent church OF
Strasburg was erected at no great dis
tance. To St. Arbogast are ascribed
book OF homilcs and learned common
taries on the epistles OF st. Paul.
OF St. Findan, another OF those noble
missionaries, we know only few facts
from his life, published in 7o5 by Mel
chior Goldastus. He was son to a
Prince OF Leinstcr, and when the Danes
invaded Ireland was made prisoner.
Escaping in miraculous manner, he
went to Rome. From Rome he trav-
eled to Germany, remaining in that
country 81 years. For years he lived as
hermit. Later on he became abbot
OF the monastery at Richnaw, erected
by himself on peninsula in the Rhine,
where he died in S27.
In the calendar of saints, fact re-