History and Facts about Saint Malachy of Armagh, bishop
St. Malachy was the archbishop of Armagh, Ireland in the 1100s. he made a visit to Rome in which he had a vision of the future popes and wrote them down today known as Malachy prophecy. In 1125
he was made bishop of Connor, using Bangor as his seat. He also established a monastery at Iveragh, Kerry.
He was named archbishop of Armagh in 1129. In 1138, he resigned and made a pilgrimage to Rome. He visited St. Bernard at Clairvaux, France, wanting to be a monk there, but returned to Ireland to found Mellifont Abbey, also serving as papal legate to Ireland. He returned to Clairvaux and died on November 2 in St. Bernard's arms. St. Bernard declared him a saint, an action confirmed in 1190 by Pope Clement III. Malachy is known for many miracles.
His prophecies did not appear until 1597.Máel Máedóc or Malachy (1094-1148) was the first native born Irish canonised saint. He became abbot of Bangor, in 1123, later bishop of Down and Connor, and primate of Armagh (1132). In 1139 he journeyed to Rome, visiting Saint Bernard at Clairvaux, where he found monks for the first Cistercian Abbey in Ireland, (Mellifont, 1142.) Portions of his relics were sent to Ireland in 1194 and kept at Mellifont and other Cistercian abbeys
0 comments:
Post a Comment