School of Ross Founded by Saint Fachtna, and famous for its study of Sacred Scripture and its liberal education. Saint Brendan the Navigator was a teacher there. In 1127 Toirdhealbach O’Conor laid waste the land and the Anglo-Normans under FitzStephen completed the devastation. After this date, all record of the school is lost. Fuente: New … Continue reading “School of Ross”
School of Mayo
School of Mayo Founded by Saint Colman, c.668, became famous for sanctity and learning. It suffered from raids of natives and foreigners, especially during the 14th century. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
School of Lismore
School of Lismore The most celebrated school in the South of Ireland, founded, 635, by Saint Carthach, the Younger. Two of its distinguished scholars are the famous Saint Cathaldus of Tarentum and Saint Cuanna. There are two memorials of Lismore, the crosier, and “Book of Lismore.” Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
School of Cork
School of Cork Founded by Barra, or Finbarr, saint and scholar, near Lough Eirce, 620 . It flourished even after the Danish settlement. In 1174 the monastery and school of Cork were refounded by Cormac MacCarthy, King of Munster. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
School of Clonmacnoise
School of Clonmacnoise Founded 544 at Ard Tiprait on the Shannon, by Saint Ciaran . The masters were chosen simply for their learning and zeal, and pupils thronged from all parts of Ireland , France , and England . In the 12th century it was a center of Celtic art , architecture , sculpture, and … Continue reading “School of Clonmacnoise”
School of Clonard
School of Clonard Most famous school of the 6th century , founded by Saint Finnian at Cluain Eraird. The “Twelve Apostles of Erin” were instructed in Sacred Scripture at Clonard which at one time had more than 3,000 pupils, according to the Office of Saint Finnian. Its glory departed in 1206 when the See of … Continue reading “School of Clonard”
School of Armagh
School of Armagh Oldest and most celebrated of the ancient schools of Ireland , c.457. It numbered Saint Patrick, Benignus, and Gildas the Wise among its teachers. Plundered many times by the Danes in the 9th and 10th centuries, it was finally destroyed in the 12th. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
School of Antioch
School of Antioch Designation given to the Fathers of Antioch, who insisted more on the so-called grammatico-historical sense of the Holy Scripture than its moral and allegorical meaning. They steered a course between Origen and Theodore, avoiding the excesses of both, and thus laying the foundation of the principles of interpretation which Catholic exegetes follow. … Continue reading “School of Antioch”
School, Charterhouse
School, Charterhouse One of the great English public schools, founded in London, 1611 , on the site of a Carthusian monastery . The name was a popular English corruption of Chartreuse. It is now located at Godalming, Surrey. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
School Brothers and Sisters
School Brothers and Sisters collective names of numerous associations in the Roman Catholic Church, devoted to the education of the young. The first (the Ursulines) were established at Brescia, 1537. SEE IGNORANTINES. I. School Brothers. In the present article only those congregations are mentioned whose members are not priests. The most important school brotherhoods are: … Continue reading “School Brothers and Sisters”