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St. Carthage then founded a monastery of Rahan about 590, and soon had c. 100 of disciples. He was consecrated Abbot-Bishop of the Fercal district, and composed a rule for his monks, an Irish metrical poem of 580 lines, divided into nine separate sections – one of the most interesting literary relics of the early Irish Church. Numerous miracles are also attributed to him.
At length, Blathmaic, a Meathian prince, instigated by the neighbouring monks, ordered St. Carthage to leave Rahan. This expulsion of the saint and eight hundred of his community took place at Eastertide of the year
635. Journeying by Saigher, Roscrea, Cashel, and Ardfinnan, St. Carthage at length came to the banks of the River Blackwater, where he was given a foundation by the Prince of the Decies, and thus sprang up the episcopal city of Lios-mor, or Lismore, County Waterford
.
Although Rahan had become quite famous, it was eclipsed by the fame of the new monastery at Lismore, even though Carthage lived less than two years at his new foundation. He spent the last eighteen months of his life in contemplation and prayer, in a cave near the present St. Carthage's Well. When at the point of death, he summoned his monks and gave them his farewell exhortation and blessing. Fortified by the
637
, on which day his feast is celebrated as first Bishop and Patron of Lismore. Short as was St. Carthage's stay in Lismore, he left a great impression of his labours in a famous abbey, cathedral, and fledgling university.
Carthage was known for his transcendent virtue, and to guard it he practised the severest penances. On this account St. Cuimin of Connor thus writes of him in an Irish quatrain:
The beloved Mochuda of mortification,
Admirable every page of his history.
Before his time there was no one who shed
Half so many tears as he shed.
John Bollandus. The "Vita Secunda" is the one usually quoted. In 1891 the present writer[citation needed] discovered the site of the Relig Mochuda in which St. Carthage was buried. His Life is preserved in both a Latin and Irish version; the latter was translated into English
by Rev. P. Power in 1914.
proper name of article
"Mo Chutu" gets "about 11,200 hits" in a Google search. Carthage gets "about 2,680,000". Should the article be titled according to the most common English name? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 10:52, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
