View of Port Mooar, Maughold with North Barrule in the background.
Saint Maughold
Évêque de l'île de
Man (+ 488)
C'était un brigand
irlandais que saint
Patrick convertit. Puis il l'envoya dans l'île de Man dont il devint
l'évêque.
Aussi connu sous les noms
de Malcan, Malcaut, Machan, Maugen, Mawan, Meugan, Meygan, Moygan, Migan,
Maugand, Malgand, Magaldus...
Dans l’île de Man, entre
le pays de Galles et l’Irlande, au Ve siècle, saint Macal ou Maugan, évêque,
doté d’une sainteté d’or. (au 27 avril au martyrologe romain)
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/9797/Saint-Maughold.html
Also
known as
Apostle of the Isle of
Man
Macaille
Macaldus
Macallius
Macc Cuill
Maccaldus
Maccul
Machalus
Machaoi
Machella
Macull
Magaldo
Maghor
Maguil
Mauchold
Mawgan
Morgan
28 December on
some calendars
Profile
Prince,
pirate and thief. Converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick. To
avoid temptation, he set sail from Ireland in
a wicker boat,
letting God set
his course. He landed on the Isle
of Man where he served as missionary bishop.
Some versions say that Patrick ordained him,
and assigned him to the Isle
of Man as penance for his earlier life. Many geographic features on
the Isle still
bear his name. Legend says he divided the island into parishes, but it is
unlikely.
c.488
Additional
Information
Book
of Saints, by the Monks of
Ramsgate
Calendar
of Scottish Saints, by Father Michael
Barrett
Saints
of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
Saints
of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
books
Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
other
sites in english
Saint Maughold’s Parish, Isle of Man
sitios
en español
Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
sites
en français
fonti
in italiano
websites
in nederlandse
nettsteder
i norsk
MLA
Citation
‘Saint Maughold‘. CatholicSaints.Info.
15 December 2025. Web. 1 April 2026.
<http://catholicsaints.info/saint-maughold/>
SOURCE : http://catholicsaints.info/saint-maughold/
Article
(Maccaldus) (Saint) Bishop (December
28) (5th
century) An Irish Saint, converted by Saint Patrick, and by him sent to the
Isle of Man to take up the work of Saints Romulus and Conindus. His Episcopate
there was every way successful and much blessed by God. A.D. 488 is given as
the date of his death.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Maughold”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info.
8 December 2014. Web. 1 April 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-maughold/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-maughold/
St. Maughold
Feastday: April 27
Patron: of the Isle of Man
Death: 488
Irish bishop converted
by St. Patrick, also listed as Macull and Maccaldus. Originally an outlaw, he
was spiritually changed by St. Patrick and
performed penance and
entered the religious life. Maughold was told to leave Ireland as
part of his penance and
set sail, landing on the Isle of Man. There he evangelized the people and was
elected bishop.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4988
Maughold of Man B (AC)
(also known as Macaille, Maccaldus, Machalus, Machella, Maghor, Maccul) Died c. 488; feast day formerly December 28.
Saint Maughold was an Irish prince and reputedly a captain of robbers who was converted by Patrick. Upon his conversion, he became a new man by putting on the spirit of Christ. One version of the legend says that Patrick told him to put to sea in a coracle without oars as a penance for his evil deeds. Another says that he set sail in order to avoid the temptations of the world. In both stories, he retired to the Isle of Man (Eubonia) off the coast of Lancashire, England.
Earlier Patrick had sent
his nephew, Saint Germanus, as bishop to plant the Church on the island.
Germanus was succeeded by Saints Romulus and Conindrus during whose time
Maughold arrived on the island and began to live an austere, penitential life
in the mountainous area now named after him Saint Maughold. After their deaths,
Maughold was unanimously chosen as bishop by the Manks.
In one of the 18 parish
churchyards on the island can be found Saint Maughold's well. The very clear
water of the well is received in a large stone coffin. Those seeking cures of
various ailments, particularly poisoning, are seated in the saint's chair just
above the well and given a glass of well-water to drink. Maughold's shrine was
here until the relics were scattered during the Reformation.
Maughold, commemorated in
both the British and Irish calendars, is described in the Martyrology of Oengus
as "a rod of gold, a vast ingot, the great bishop MacCaille." Many
topological features on the Isle of Man, which he divided into 25 parishes,
bear Maughold's name. A church at Castletown, Scotland, is dedicated to him.
William Worcestre said that he was a native of the Orkneys, and that his shrine
was on the Isle of Man (Attwater, Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Farmer, Gill,
Husenbeth, Montague).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0427.shtml#mach
April 25
St. Macull, of Ireland, Confessor
[In Latin, Macallius;
called by the common people Maughold.] HE was an Irish prince, and
captain of robbers, or freebooters, whom St. Patrick converted to the faith. By
baptism he was so changed into a new man, as to appear at once to have put on
perfectly the spirit of Christ. To cut off all dangerous occasions and
commerce, he renounced the world, and retired into the Isle of Man, about
thirty English miles long, and nine broad, situated towards the coast of
Lancashire, in England. In the acts of this saint, and in Gildas, it is called
Eubonia, by Ptolemy Monoëda, from the British Moneitha, i. e. the
further or more northern Mona, to distinguish it from the Isle of Anglesey, on
the coast of Wales, called by the ancients Mona. St. Patrick had before sent to
this island St. Germanus, whom he had ordained bishop, that he might plant a
church there. He is honoured as the apostle of this island, and in his name is
the cathedral church in Peel-castle dedicated. Upon the death of St. Germanus,
St. Patrick sent thither two other preachers, named Conindrius and Romulus. In
their time, St. Macull arrived there in an open boat, and, after their death,
he is said to have been chosen bishop in 498, by the unanimous consent of the
Manks nation. He had till then led an austere penitential life, in the
mountainous tract, which, from him, is called St. Maughold, and where a city
was afterwards built, which bears the same name, though now scarcely a village,
Ramsey being the only town within this tract or parish. The saint, by his
labours and example, exceedingly enlarged the kingdom of Christ in this island.
In what year he died is uncertain. He is honoured in the British and Irish
Calendars.
A famous monastery
formerly flourished in this island, at Russin, now, from its wonderful castle,
called Castletown, the present capital of the island, and residence of the
governor.—In Peeling, the ancient capital, besides the cathedral, there is a
parish church, of which St. Patrick is titular, and the old palace of the
bishop. Out of the eighteen parishes of the island, St. Maughold gives name to
that of the part about Ramsey.—In the church-yard is St. Maughold’s well of
very clear water, received in a large stone coffin. The saint’s chair, as it is
called, is placed above, in which a person was formerly seated to drink a glass
of the water for the cure of several disorders, especially from poison. His
shrine was formerly shown there, but was dispersed since the change of
religion. See his life in Colgan’s MS. Lives of Irish Saints, on the 25th of
April.—Also the Description of the Isle of Man, given by Sacheverell, the
governor, p. 11 and 110.
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume IV: April. The Lives of the
Saints. 1866
SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/4/252.html
Calendar
of Scottish Saints – Saint Machalus, Bishop, A.D. 498
Article
He was a bishop in the
Isle of Man, which then formed part of Scotland. His name is variously written
as Machalus, Machella, and Mauchold. One of the parishes in the island bears
his name, and in the churchyard is the saint’s holy well. A ledge of rock hard
by is called his “chair”; it used to be a favourite devotion of pilgrims to
seat themselves on this ledge while drinking the miraculous water of the well
and invoking the saint’s aid. The water is said to have been effective in
preventing the action of poison. Many churches in Scotland are called by his
name. There was a chapel near Chapeltown in Banffshire known as Kilmaichlie,
which seems to refer to this saint. A holy well is still to be found in the
vicinity.
MLA
Citation
Father Michael
Barrett, OSB.
“Saint Machalus, Bishop, A.D. 498”. The Calendar
of Scottish Saints, 1919. CatholicSaints.Info.
9 March 2014. Web. 1 April 2026. <https://catholicsaints.info/calendar-of-scottish-saints-saint-machalus-bishop-a-d-498/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/calendar-of-scottish-saints-saint-machalus-bishop-a-d-498/
THE LEGEND OF ST.
MAUGHOLD.
ST.
MAUGHOLD the sixth Bishop of Man, was an Irish Prince, who had
formerly been the chief of banditti, and having been converted and baptized by
St, Patrick, he resolved to avoid temptation by abandoning the world. He
embarked in a wicker boat, which drifted before the north wind towards the Isle
of Man, where he was cast ashore at the headland still known by his name. He
afterwards retired to a cave in the mountains, where, by the austerity of his
manners and fervent piety, he became so eminent that he was unanimously chosen
Bishop of Man by the natives, A.D. 498.
I'LL tell you the legend
as well as, I can,
Of St. Maughold, a pious
old Bishop of Man.
This man (like his
father)
Was profligate, rather
At least he had been
In an earlier scene,
If his sins we could fish
up,
Before he was
bishop;
He led his poor wife,
It is said, a sad life,
Would cheat her and beat
her,
And often ill-treat her;
Nay, threaten to kick
her,
When he was in liquor,
Though now a saint, yet
he
Was once-of banditti
The captain or leader, as
fierce as could be,
In that island which
Moore calls the " Gem of the sea."
And wherever he went,
He on. plunder was bent,
But after a few years
began to repent;
So they sent him afloat
In a flat leather boat,
In very rough weather,
His hands tied together,
With bolts on his feet,
And no victuals to eat;
So he sang (while on
waves he continued to ride)
I'm afloat, I'm afloat,
on the fierce rolling tide,
At length he was thrown
On an island unknown;
Or at least very few,
At that period knew,
That where the boat ran,
Was the Island of Man;
And St Patrick (the
Saint),
Pick'd him up rather
faint.
Yet this man became-and
believe it who can
A worthy respectable
Bishop of Man.
Ay, and such was his
fame,
That he got a great name,
When St.
Bridget, an Irish nun, came to visit him,
And then lost her heart,
say some folks (as a quiz at him),
And soon took the veil,
When she saw him so pale,
With fasting so much of
late,
His follies to expiate,
So thus he became ay,
believe it who can
worthy respectable Bishop
of Man.
And in Mona's fair Isle,
This saint lived for a
while,
Where there's now a famed
well,
Which contains, as they
tell,
A
very fine spring, which the Manx (spite of dirt) use,
On account of its famous
medicinal virtues.
But then, don't you see?
That its efficacy,
To Man's sons and
daughters
Who drank of these
waters,
Was chiefly enhanced
(though they tasted like paint)
By drinking them off in
the chair of the saint -
Not a modem stuffed
chair,
But a hard one and bare,
Which no one now, to sit
in would care,
Where the saint, with
hair shirt,
And all covered with
dirt,
Would repent his
misdeeds,
And count over his beads.
So I've given the tale,
as well told as I can,
In verse, of St.
Maughold, the Bishop of Man.
SOURCE : http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol16/p220.htm
Saint MAUGHOLD
Macc Cuill (Manx
Maughold) bishop 489 d.498
Feast day April 25
(Farmer quotes April 27)
Kneen quotes Nov 15
(from Machud Episcopus in 'Martyrology of Donegal') which was known
in Manx as Laa'l Maghald geuree Maughold's winter feast day and
August 11th as Laa'l Maghald toshee Maugholds first feast day. On
both days fairs were held in Maughold.
The April feast day may
be a result of confusion with St Machalus who in the Scottish Calendar had this
feast day and of whom was stated 'He is called also Machella and Mauchold. He
sat bishop in AD 498 and 518'.
According to Farmer
nothing is known about him except the legend that he was a robber from Druimm
moccu Echach in Ulster, converted by St Patrick. It is likely that this story
(possibly elaborated from existing Ulster legends) was due to Jocelin, of
Furness Abbey, in his life of St Patrick written c1185 mainly to please John de
Courci, Anglo-Norman conqueror of Ulster and brother in law to the King of
Mann.
Demsey gives a vivid
account of the Manx legend that Mac Cuill, feigning sickness to deceive St
Patrick was actually found to be dead by his companions and had life breathed
back into him by St Patrick. On Mac Cuill's instant conversion Patrick required
that he depart alone in a small boat, with no provisions and upon reaching land
was to fetter his feet and throw away the key. Following these instructions Mac
Cuill reached Mann and being received by the original bishops Coniunri and
Romul welcomed him and after examination found his conversion genuine. He was eventually
raised to holy orders and after the miraculous discovery, in the belly of a
fish, of the key to his fetters was ordained and appointed bishop on the death
of his benefactors. A somewhat less reverent retelling is given in Mona
Miscellany p220
Patron saint of Maughold
Parish
References
J.J.Kneen The
Place-Names of the Isle of Man
Douglas: Yn
Cheshaght Ghailckagh (The Manx Society) 1925- Republished 1970
Olaf Kolsrud The
Celtic Bishops in the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and Orkney
Zeitschrift fur Celtic
Philologie IX pp357/79 1913
D.H.Farmer The
Oxford Dictionary of Saints 1978
William S Demsey. History
of the Catholic Church in the Isle of Man Wigan: Birchly Hall Press 1958
SOURCE : http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/parishes/md/stmaugh.htm
San Mawgan (o
Magaldo) Vescovo
Festa: 27 aprile
Figlio di Gwyndaf Hein ab
Emry Llydaw e Gwenonwy, fu monaco dapprima a Cor Illtyd a Llantwit, quindi a
Cor Dyfrig (Caerleon-on-Usk), dove suo padre era superiore; infine si ritirò a
Bardsey. Sin dalla sua morte, nella metà del VI sec, ebbe un esteso culto nel
Galles, nell'Anglesey, nel Denbighshire, nel Breconshire e soprattutto nel
Pembrokeshire. Nei calendari gallesi è commemorato in date diverse: 14
febbraio, 25 aprile, 25 e 26 settembre, 15 novembre. Il diffondersi del suo
culto in Cornovaglia (soprattutto a Mawgan-in-Pydar e Mawgan-in-Menea-ge) ed in
Armorica, può essere valutato dalla varietà di forme in cui si ritrova il suo
nome: Malcan, Malcaut, Machan, Maugen, Mawan, Meugan, Meygan, Moygan, Migan,
Maugand, Malgand, Magaldus.
Martirologio
Romano: Sull’isola di Anglesey lungo la costa settentrionale del Galles,
san Mawgan o Magaldo, vescovo, uomo di luminosa santità.
San Mawgan, noto anche come Magaldo, nacque da una nobile famiglia gallese. Figlio di Gwyndaf Hein ab Emry Llydaw e Gwenonwy, ricevette un'educazione di stampo cristiano. La sua vocazione religiosa lo spinse a seguire la via monastica, dapprima presso il monastero di Cor Illtyd a Llantwit, sotto la guida di San Illtyd, e in seguito a Cor Dyfrig (Caerleon-on-Usk), dove suo padre era superiore.
Dopo aver trascorso un periodo di formazione in entrambi i monasteri, Mawgan decise di ritirarsi a vita eremitica sull'isola di Bardsey, situata al largo della costa del Galles. La sua fama di santità si diffuse rapidamente, attirando la devozione di numerosi fedeli che si recavano da lui per ricevere consigli e preghiere. Mawgan morì nella metà del VI secolo, lasciando un segno indelebile nella memoria del popolo gallese.
Il culto di San Mawgan si diffuse ben oltre i confini del Galles, raggiungendo l'Anglesey, il Denbighshire, il Breconshire e soprattutto il Pembrokeshire. In queste zone, diverse chiese e cappelle furono dedicate al santo eremita. La sua memoria liturgica è celebrata in date diverse nei calendari gallesi: 14 febbraio, 25 aprile, 25 e 26 settembre, 15 novembre.
La diffusione del culto di San Mawgan in Cornovaglia (soprattutto a Mawgan-in-Pydar e Mawgan-in-Meneage) e in Armorica è testimoniata dalla varietà di forme in cui si ritrova il suo nome: Malcan, Malcaut, Machan, Maugen, Mawan, Meugan, Meygan, Moygan, Migan, Maugand, Malgand, Magaldus.
Autore: Franco Dieghi
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/51030
Den hellige Maughold av
Isle of Man (d. ~498)
Minnedag: 27.
april
Den hellige Maughold
(Machalus, Machella, Macaille, Maguil, Maccul, Macull, Maghor, Machaoi, Mawgan,
Macc Cuill; lat: Maccaldus) æres på øya Isle of Man i Irskesjøen, hvor
karakteristiske topografiske trekk bæres hans navn. Han kalles for øyas fjerde
(eller sjette) biskop. Charles O’Conor (1764-1828) skriver i Rerum
Hibernicarum scriptores veteres: A.D. 471, Germano primo Mannias episcopo
defuncto duo successores a S. Patricio ordinati sunt, Conindrus et Romulus,
quibus postea successit Maccaldus. Vi kjenner ingen detaljer om hans liv,
bare legender.
I biografien om den
hellige Patrick
av Irland (385-461) (Pádraig) heter det at Maughold var en blodtørstig
sjørøver fra Druimm moccu Echach i provinsen Ulster i det nordlige Irland. Han
plyndret reisende og hadde ikke noen respekt verken for denne misjonsbiskopen
eller den Gud som han forkynte. Da Patrick var i Saul, la Maughold og hans
gjeng planer for et komplott. En av røverne, Garban, skulle spille død, bli dekket
av en kappe og ligge i veikanten. Når Patrick kom forbi, ville Maughold spørre
ham om å be over den døde, og når han avdekket «liket», ville hele banden gå
løs på ham.
Men komplottet gikk ikke
etter planen. Da kappen ble løftet opp, var Garban virkelig død. Sjokket for
røverne var så enormt at de falt på kne for den gode biskopen, bekjente sin
skyld og tryglet ham om å hjelpe deres kamerat. Patrick ba over dem, og Garban
ble brakt tilbake til livet. Biskopen ga dem ordre om å levere alt røvet gods
tilbake til de rettmessige eierne.
Som bot for Maugholds
tidligere ugjerninger forviste Patrick ham fra Irland og ba ham sette seg i
en coracle [liten bred båt av vier trukket med skinn] uten årer og
tjene Gud der fartøyet måtte bringe ham. En annen versjon sier at han satte
seil for å unngå denne verdens fristelser. I begge versjonene drev han til øya
Evonia (Man) utenfor kysten av Lancashire i England. Han ble påsatt en fotlenke
og nøkkelen kastet i havet-
Tidligere hadde Patrick
sendt sin nevø Germanus for
å plante kristendommen på øya. Germanus ble etterfulgt av de hellige
biskopene Rumilus
og Conindrius, og Maughold ble mottatt av disse to misjonærene da han kom
til øya. Legenden forteller at de tidligere samme dag hadde fanget en fisk som viste
seg å ha en nøkkel i magen. Denne nøkkelen passet i Maugholds fotjern, slik at
han ble fri fra dem. Biskopene tok ham inn i sitt hushold, og han ble deres
tjener. De lærte ham å lese og skrive, og med tiden ble han viet til prest.
Mens de to biskopene levde, synes Maughold å ha levd som eremitt på
nordøstsiden av øya, i et fjellområde som nå er oppkalt etter ham, Saint
Maughold.
Ved de to biskopenes død
rundt 450 ble Maughold enstemmig valgt til biskop av folket på øya og fortsatte
evangeliseringsarbeidet. Han blir svært anakronistisk tilskrevet oppdelingen av
øya i sytten sogn. Han skal ha besøkt Skottland og Wales, men han satte aldri
sine ben i Irland igjen.
Maughold skal ha blitt
biskop i 489. Han døde rundt 498 og han ble gravlagt i den kirken som
bærer hans navn. Hans minnedag er 27. april, men 28. desember nevnes også
(samme dag som Rumilus og Conindrius). Maughold minnes i både britiske og irske
kalendere. Han minnes i erkebispedømmet Liverpool. 15. november var på manx
kjent som Laa'l Maghald geuree (Maugholds vinterfestdag) og 11.
august som Laa'l Maghald toshee (Maugholds første festdag). Begge
dager ble det holdt markeder i Maughold.
På en av de atten
sognekirkegårdene på øya, finner man Saint Maughold’s well. Det svært klare
vannet mottas i en stor steinkiste. De som søkte helbredelse for ulike
sykdommer, spesielt forgiftning, setter seg i helgenens stol like overfor
kilden og får et glass med vann fra kilden å drikke. Maugholds skrin var her
inntil relikviene ble spredt under reformasjonen.
Man-krønikene, som ble
skrevet av munkene ved klosteret Rushen på øya og nå er i British Museum,
forteller at en viking en gang etter et slag i Ramsey planla å rane kirken, men
den natten fikk han besøk av Maughold, som slo ham på brystet tre ganger med staven
sin. Han døde av et hjerteanfall, og hans ledsagere skyndte seg å seile av
gårde. Det gamle våpenskjoldet for Isle of Man viste en biskop som sto i en båt
med en stjerne og en nøkkel over seg. Maughold er Isle of Mans fremste
skytshelgen.
En kirke i Skottland er
viet til ham i Castleton. William Worcestre (ca 1415-85) forteller at han kom
fra Orknøyene og at hans skrin var på Isle of Man. Maughold er den lokale
formen av hans navn på Man – på irsk kalles han MacCuill, Maguil eller Maccul.
I den hellige Oengus’ martyrologium (Félire) beskrives han som «en
kvist av gull, en enorm barre, den store biskop MacCaille», men dette synes nå
å være en annen irsk helgen og biskop, den hellige Macaille av Croghan i
grevskapet Offaly, som minnes den 25. april.
Kilder: Attwater/John,
Attwater/Cumming, Farmer, Butler (IV), Benedictines, Bunson, KIR, CSO, Patron
Saints SQPN, Infocatho, santiebeati.it, en.wikipedia.org, celt-saints,
isle-of-man.com - Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden
Opprettet: 28. oktober 2011
SOURCE : http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/maughold
Maughold (ook Maccaldus, Machaldus, Macull of Maquil) van Man, Engeland; bisschop; † 488.
Feest 25 april & 28 december.
Hij was afkomstig uit
Ierland en bekeerde zich tot Christus door toedoen van Sint Patrick († 465;
feest 17 maart). Tot op dat moment had hij deel uitgemaakt van een roversbende.
Toen ze Sint Patrick tegenkwamen, haalden ze een geintje met hem uit. Eén van
de rovers hield zich onder een mantel ziek en de anderen vroegen de man Gods of
hij over hem een liedje van genezing wilde zingen. Patrick stemde toe en toen
hij de mantel van de zieke aftrok, bleek deze te zijn overleden. Dat kwam aan.
Maughold bekeerde zich en vroeg wat hij moest doen. Patrick beval hem zich in
een stuurloos bootje aan de golven van de zee toe te vertrouwen. Zo dreef hij
naar het eiland Man, waar hij hartelijk werd ontvangen door de plaatselijke
bisschoppen Romulus en Conindrus († ca 450; feest 28 december). Hen volgde hij
tenslotte op. Op zijn bisschopsperiode rustte veel zegen.
[Stn.1887; Dries van den Akker s.j./2007.12.09]
© A. van den Akker
s.j. / A.W. Gerritsen
SOURCE : https://heiligen-3s.nl/heiligen/12/28/12-28-0488-maughold.php
St Maughold : https://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/parishes/md/stmaugh.htm
St Maughold, Patron Saint, Isle of Man : https://asmanxasthehills.com/st-maughold-patron-saint-isle-of-man/
St Maughold's Well : https://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/parishes/md/mdwell.htm
