Cainner (Cainder, -Cannera, Cinnera, Cunnera, Or Kennere) is the name of several Irish ,saints. 1. Mart. Doneg. calls this saint the daughter of Cruithneachan, at Cill- Chuilinn, in Caibre; but Mart. Tallaght has “Cainechingen Cruithnechan.” Colgan (Acta Sanctorum, p. 174) calls her St. Cannera, daughter of Cruthnechan, in Bertraighe. She betook herself to solitude, and … Continue reading “Cainner (Cainder, -Cannera, Cinnera, Cunnera, Or Kennere)”
Cainnech (Canicus, Canice)
Cainnech (Canicus, Canice) is the name of several Irish saints. 1. Commemorated Jan. 23. Colgan thinks this may be St. Cannechus, who was baptized by St. Patrick, became “praefectus monachorum S. Patricii et episcopus,” and built the church of Kealltag, in the same district of Corcothemne (i.e. Corcohenny, County Tipperary), where he was baptized. 2. … Continue reading “Cainnech (Canicus, Canice)”
Cainites
Cainites According to the scanty information we possess about the Cainites, they seem to have formed one of the Gnostic sects which are classed together under the somewhat inadequate and perhaps misleading name Ophites, though the serpent, from which the name Ophite is derived, seems to have played no part in their system. Our oldest … Continue reading “Cainites”
Caine, John
Caine, John a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born on the Isle of Man, Oct. 16, 1812. He emigrated to America at the age of sixteen; experienced conversion three years later; and, after laboring some time as a local preacher, he, in 1844, entered the Genesee Conference, in which he labored as health permitted to the … Continue reading “Caine, John”
Cainder
Cainder SEE CAINNER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Cainchus
Cainchus SEE CAINNECH (3). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Cainan
CAINAN 1. Son of Enos, and father of Mahalaleel, Gen 5:9 ; 1Ch 1:2 .2. Son of Arphaxad and father of Salah, Luk 3:36 . This Cainan, however, is not named in the three Old Testament genealogies, Gen 10:24 ; 11:12; 1Ch 1:24, nor in any ancient version. The name occurs in two places in … Continue reading “Cainan”
Cain, apple of
Cain, apple of Not an apple but is the strawberry-tree, Arbutus unedo. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Cain
CAIN The first-born of the human race, Gen 4:1, and the first murderer. See ABEL. His crime was committed against the warnings of God, and he despised the call of God to confession and penitence, Gen 4:6-9 . The punishment inflicted upon him included an increase of physical wants and hardships, distress of conscience, banishment … Continue reading “Cain”
Caiman, Saint
Caiman, Saint belongs to the third order of Irish saints, and was descended from the princely house of Hykinselagh. He retired for solitude and devotion to an island in Loch Derg, and lived there in the first half of the 7th century. He died A.D. 653, and was buried at Inishcaltra. His festival is March … Continue reading “Caiman, Saint”