Life
?1094-1148 [Malachi; Malachy Malachy O’Morgair; Maelmaedhoig Ua Morgair];
became head of abbey of Bangor, co. Down; bishop of Connor, 1124; suffered
destruction of his monastery by northern chief; est. monastery at Ibrach
in Munster; archb. of Armagh, 1132-36; bishop of Down, 1136; travelled
to Clairvaux and there died; biography by St. Bernard; legendary for sanctity
and learning; allegedly made prophecies relating the the sucessors of
St. Peter and the destiny of Ireland. DNB
Criticism
Rev. H. J. Lawlor, St Bernard’s Life of Malachy of Armagh
(London 1920).
H.J. Lawlor, Notes on St Bernard’s Life of St. Malachy, (Proc. RIA Vol. XXXV [q.d.])
Notes
James Joyce held a copy of The Prophecies of St Malachy Concerning
the sucessors of St Pater to the General Judgement, and the Destiny of
Ireland (n.p.; n. dn.]), in his Library in Trieste. (See Richard Ellmann,
The Consciousness of James Joyce, Faber, p.121 [Appendix].)
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