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Cummian, Irish Bishop, died
12 November 661 or
662.
Cummian was an Irish Bishop and
fer léignid of
Cluain Ferta Brénainn (
Clonfert), was an important theological writer in the early to mid 7th century. He is famous for a
Paschal letter which displays his high level of learning. It consists of five manuscript folios, contains quotes from the
Vulgate and
Vetus Latina Bible; patristic commentary by
Augustine,
Jerome,
Cyprian,
Origen,
Ambrosiastor and
Gregory the Great; extracts from
Canon law, ecclesiastical history and
synodal decrees from Nicea and Arles in their original, uncontaminated forms, in addition to
a decretum that enjoined on the Irish that, if all else failed, they should take their problems to Rome.
Cummian also owned - among a library of at least forty manuscripts - ten Paschal tracts including one he attributed to
"santus Patricius, papa noster" and possibly a letter of
Pelagius. He may have written a computistical manual, and a commentary on
Mark. As Cummianus Longus he may be the author of a penitential, and a hymn on the apostles.
He is said to have been a foster-son of
Saint Ita.
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