The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-10-29
GRAVES OF IRISH
EX|LES RECALLED
Many of the Most Gifted and Patri-
otic of lreland's Sons
Have Died
On the Continent of Europe, Far
Away From the Isle of
Their Birth,
With the Shadow of Their Country,s
Sufferings Upon Their
Hearts,

Scarcely a Catholic bell is rung ON
the continent of Europe that does
not sound above the remains of somo
Irish priest or bishop Seldom a
flower fades in the clustered ceme.
teries along the banks of the yellow
1iber, or the castled Rhine, that
some of its leaves do not touch the
lonely grave of some monk or stu
dent from the green banks of the
Shannon or the Liffey.
Graves of Irish Saints in Every
Country of Europe.
The names of Irish students are
carved OH the Jagged floor of many
an abbey chapel and on the walls
Of many famous shrine from the
Tagus 10 the Garrone. st. Fridolen
sleeps in his island city of Seckin-
gen. in the abbey he himself founded
for the Benedictines; the remains of
st. I'iacre centuries ago were re-
moved from the oratory of Breuil
and may now be found near the mau-
solcum of Bossuet, behind the high
altar in the cathedral of Meaux: the
noble martyrs kilian. Colman and
'Totnan are buried in the principal
church of Wurtzburg; ST. F'rigidlan
! lies at rest in the church OF THE
Three Holy Levites," at Lucca; while
Cataldus (CathaD awaits the resur-
rection not far from the blue waters
of the fair bay of laramie.
Often the twelve knights of st.
Rupert may be seen kneeling by the
tomb of ST.. Vigillius, in Saltburg St.
Caidoc and ST. Fricor are inferred in
the abbey of Ccntule, in the territory
OF Ponthieu, Picardy In the collegi-
ate church of Lens, In the diocese
of Arras, the body of 81. Vulganus
is honored Maranus Scotus, the
chronographer, was laid to rest in the
church of St. Martin, beyond the
walls of the city of Metz. st. Tres
san calmly reposes at Avenay. in
Champagne. In a church guarded by
the Fort of st. Andrew, at Salins, the
relics Of st. Anatolius are preserved
in /; silver shrine. ST. Maimbodus
sleeps in the shade of the castle rock
Of the valiant city Of Montbelliard
The magnificent Cathedral of Mech
lin is the tomb and monument of st.
Rumold-prince, bishop, martyr.
IreIand's Famous Sons.
But to come to later period of
Irish history. How many Irish stu
dents are laid to rest forever on the
hill of st. Genevieve! How many of
them sleep their long sleep in the
Franciscan converts of Louvain and
Salamanca, in the Dominican garden
ground belonging to the Jesuits at
Lisle, Antwerp, Tournay, st. Omar,
Douay, and Pont-a-Mouson? Florence
Conroy sleeps near the high altar
in the Franciscan church of st. An
thony of Padua at Louvain; Thomas
Stapleton's ashes are mingled with
the dust of Belgium's most gifted sons
in the chapel of st. Charles Borromeo;
Luke Wadding has been laid near
Hugh O'Neill, on ST. Peters Mount,
Rome. In the Cistercian monastery
at Acala in Spain, William Walsh,
from Waterford, on the SUR, lies in
peace. The grand-souled and patriotic
Bishop of Ferns, Nicholas French,
passed away from life's toll and
troubles at Client, in Belgium. His
venerated body was piously placed
at the foot of the grand altar in the
parish church of St. Nicholas in that
city. A slab OF purest marble decor
ated with the Cardinals hat and ar
mortal bearings, has beautiful and
truthful inscription in honor of his
memory.
Ambrose Wadding, brother of the
famous Luke Wadding, calmly rests
at Dillingen. Bishop Edmond O'Dwy-
er, who governed the See of Limerick,
silently lies in the subterranean
chapel, dedicated to the Blessed Vir-A
gin, beneath the Church of st. James,