tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post3028671191496733812..comments2023-10-17T12:19:22.853+01:00Comments on The Catholic Heritage Association of Ireland: Saint Hilary of Poitiers and the Irish ChurchCatholic Heritage Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931529213337535429noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-75492198542199622732011-01-25T08:38:56.592+00:002011-01-25T08:38:56.592+00:00Thanks, RT, I think the Irish held St Hilary in su...Thanks, RT, I think the Irish held St Hilary in such high esteem because of his reputation as a hymn writer and commentator on the Scriptures. I don't believe St Patrick and St Martin were actually related, but Martin's Life by Sulpicius Severus was enormously influential in western Europe as a whole. That the Irish Church cherished these important continental saints is to me evidence that it was an integral part of the western Church rather than an isolated semi-independent group doing its own thing. As for the spelling of Ymnum, I think this is just a peculiarity of medieval Latin as it was written here.Brigithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10500169174019662556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-68861006579770463402011-01-23T17:17:49.215+00:002011-01-23T17:17:49.215+00:00This is a lovely post. It is interesting that St. ...This is a lovely post. It is interesting that St. Hilary and St. Martin were so important for the early Irish. I can imagine why, if St. Martin and St. Patrick were related but what is it about St. Hilary? Was it just the hymns and psalms? Also I read again that you begin a word with Y when I would have thought it should have a H. Why is that?Random Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017338039927787699noreply@blogger.com