The
font at St Machar's Cathedral by Hew Lorimer
Saint Machar
Évêque d'Aberdeen en Écosse (VIe siècle)
ou Mochumna.
Irlandais, baptisé par saint Colman et disciple de saint Colomba d'Iona, il fut envoyé par ce dernier pour évangéliser les Pictes d'Ecosse.
Dans la région d'Aberdeen en Écosse, à la fin du VIe siècle, saint Machar,
évêque, d'origine irlandaise, disciple de saint Colomba et considéré comme le
fondateur de cette Église.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/9080/Saint-Machar.html
Cathédrale
Saint-Machar d'Aberdeen,
Écosse
St
Machar's cathedral with watch house. The small house-like building was used in
the 1800s to watch out for body snatchers seeking corpses for the University
anatomists.
Also
known as
Apostle to the Picts
Macarius
Macharius
Mochumna
Mocumma
Profile
Baptized by Saint Colman.
Spiritual student of Saint Columba at Iona
Abbey. Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland. Missionary to
the Picts with
twelve companions.
Born
c.540 on
the island of Maleo, Scotland of
natural causes
Additional
Information
Book
of Saints, by the Monks of
Ramsgate
books
Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
other
sites in english
sitios
en español
Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
fonti
in italiano
MLA
Citation
“Saint Machar of
Aberdeen“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 November 2022. Web. 11 November 2023.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-machar-of-aberdeen/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-machar-of-aberdeen/
Article
(Saint) Bishop (November
13) (6th
century) An Irish Saint, baptised by Saint Colman, who became a disciple of
Saint Columba at Iona, and who was sent as Bishop with twelve disciples to convert
the Picts. Tradition tells us of a memorable pilgrimage of his to the shrine of
Saint Martin at Tours.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Macharius”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info.
13 November 2014. Web. 11 November 2023.
<https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-macharius/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-macharius/
St. Machar
Feastday: November 12
Founder of Aberdeen,
Scotland, and companion of St. Columba. Also called Macharius and Mochuemna, he
was baptized by St. Colman and joined Columba on lona. Machar evangelized the
island of Mull. Consecrated a bishop, he became the Apostle to
the Picts in the Aberdeenshire region.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4397
Machar of Iona B (AC)
(also known as Macharius or Mochumma of Iona or Aberdeen)
6th century. An Irishman by birth, he was baptized by Saint Colman and became a
disciple of Saint Columba at Iona. Afterwards he was sent with 12 disciples to
convert the Picts, and fixed his episcopal residence at Old Aberdeen, of which
he is said to have been the first bishop. The water from his well was at one
time used for baptisms in Aberdeen cathedral (Benedictines, Montague).
SOURCE : https://web.archive.org/web/20190807100754/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1112.shtml
New Catholic
Dictionary – Saint Machar
Article
Also known as Saint
Mochumna. (c.540) Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland. He accompanied Saint Columba to
Iona, and after being consecrated bishop went as a missionary among the Picts.
Patron of Aberdeen Cathedral. Feast, 12
November.
MLA
Citation
“Saint Machar”. People of the Faith. CatholicSaints.Info. 11
November 2010.
Web. 12 November 2023.
<http://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-saint-machar/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-saint-machar/
Calendar
of Scottish Saints – Saint Machar or Mocumma, Bishop
Article
6th century. This saint
was the son of Fiachna, an Irish chieftain, and was baptised by Saint Colman.
In his youth he became a disciple of the great Saint Columba, and when that
saint went to Scotland, Machar accompanied him, together with eleven other
disciples. After some years he was made a bishop, and was sent by Saint Columba
with twelve companions to preach to the pagan Picts of Strathdon, in the
northeast of Scotland. It is said that his holy master commanded him to found a
church in the spot where he should find a river forming by its windings the
shape of a bishop’s pastoral staff. Such a configuration he found in the river
Don, at the spot now known as Old Aberdeen. Here he accordingly fixed his seat,
and the cathedral that rose from the humble beginnings of a church instituted
by Machar now bears his name.
Besides the old Cathedral
of Aberdeen, there are in the same county two parishes, formerly joined in one,
which are known as New and Old Machar, respectively. At Kildrummie, in
Aberdeenshire, is a place called (after the saint) “Macker’s Haugh.” There is
Saint Machar’s Well, near the cathedral, at Old Aberdeen; the water used always
to be taken for baptismal purposes to the cathedral.
At Corgarff, in
Strathdon, is another spring known as Tobar Mhachar (the well of Saint Machar);
miracles were formerly obtained there. Of this spring the legend is related of
a priest, in time of famine, drawing from it three fine salmon which lasted him
for food till supplies came from other quarters.
Saint Machar’s feast was
restored to Scotland by Pope Leo XIII in 1898.
MLA
Citation
Father Michael
Barrett, OSB.
“Saint Machar or Mocumma, Bishop”. The Calendar of
Scottish Saints, 1919. CatholicSaints.Info.
8 December 2019. Web. 12 November 2023. <https://catholicsaints.info/calendar-of-scottish-saints-saint-machar-or-mocumma-bishop/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/calendar-of-scottish-saints-saint-machar-or-mocumma-bishop/
San Machar di
Aberdeen Vescovo
VI secolo
Martirologio
Romano: Nell’isola di Mull in Scozia, san Macario, vescovo, che, di
origine irlandese, è ritenuto discepolo di san Colomba e fondatore della Chiesa
di questo luogo.
Le poche notizie certe sul santo oggi festeggiato sono quelle tratte dal Breviario di Aberdeen. Machar fu un missionario irlandese, accompagnatore di San Columba in Scozia. Pare invece improbabile che egli possa essere stato il primo vescovo di Aberdeen, quanto piuttosto sia stato l’evangelizzatore dell’isola di Mull e dei pitti, nella regione circostante quella città, ove ancora oggi è assai ricordato. Il romano pontefice San Gregorio Magno lo nominò arcivescovo della città francese di Tours, nonostante fosse ormai vecchio, ma non vi sono prove storiche a suffragare tale ipotesi. La sua festa viene ancora oggi celebrata nella diocesi di Aberdeen ed in tale città ben due parrocchi gli sono dedicate. L’acqua del pozzo di San Machar era usata un tempo per i battesimi officiati nella cattedrale. Nella biblioteca universitaria di Cambridge è conservata una “Vita” del santo redatta in metri risalente al XIV secolo.
Autore: Fabio Arduino
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/93163
Voir aussi : https://www.stmachar.com/buildinghistory.htm
https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1480.html
