Unshaken Faith. He founded a large number of churches and colleges, as many as forty-four in all, endowed them with land and rents and so allowed many men of religion to serve God devotedly, although he hardly retained enough for himself to live on. In 1127, Malachy paid a second visit to Lismore and acted for a time as confessor to Cormac MacCarthy, Prince of Desmond. Portions of his remains were sent to Ireland in 1194 and deposited at Mellifont Abbey and other abbeys of the Cistercians. But is the St. Malachy prophecy real, and does it truly predict the future? [7] Ph. This was the first papal canonization of an Irish saint. St. Malachy died in the arms of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, his biographer. Pope Clement XIII (1758), who had conenctions with the government of the Italian state of Umbria and whose emblem was a rose, was called by Malachy ‘Rosa Umbriae,’ the “Rose of Umbria.”. St. Malachy set out on a second journey to Rome in 1148, but on arriving at Clairvaux he fell sick, and died in the arms of St. Bernard, on 2 November. Pope John Paul II, like the sun, circled the globe many times in his evangelical travels. 1978-1978. Let us know in the comments box below. He spent three years there. In 1127 he paid a second visit to Lismore and acted for a time as confessor to Cormac MacCarthy, Prince of Desmond. St. Bernard declared him a saint, an action confirmed in 1190 by Pope Clement III. POPE BENEDICT XVI. St. Malachy was given much attention after the seemingly accurate predictions of the previous two popes before Pope Francis which were attributed to him. Numerous miracles are recorded of him, and he was also endowed with the gift of prophecy. St. Malachy's body remained at Clairvaux Abbey and eventually was placed in a tomb near Bernard of Clairvaux's, after the abbot's own death. He served as Abbot at Bangor, Bishop of Connor, Ireland, and Archbishop of Armagh. PAUL VI. During three years at Armagh, as Bernard of Clairvaux writes, St Malachy restored the discipline of the Church, grown lax during the intruded rule of a series of lay-abbots, and had the Roman Liturgy adopted. 1958-1963. [1] St Malachy worked zealously to restore ecclesiastical discipline, restored marriage, renewed the practices of confession and confirmation, and introduced Roman chants in the liturgy. [1] He was baptised Máel Máedóc, which was rendered Malachus in Latin (and subsequently as Malachy in English) and was trained under Imhar O'Hagan, subsequently Abbot of Armagh. St. Bernard continues: Having extirpated barbarism and re-established Christian morals, seeing all things tranquil he began to think of his own peace. 1922-1939. It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. They were all good men; one of them was Saint Cellach, a former archbishop of Armagh, who did much good for the sake of Our Lord. According to tradition, he had a vision while in Rome of the line of popes and to each there was a phrase describing him. He died in 1148 in the arms of St. Bernard after being taken by a fever on the 2nd of November. "[12] Thomas Groome, chair of the Department of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry at Boston College, has a similar notion: "For myself – and even as a native Irishman – the 'Prophecies of St. Malachy' are a grand old fun tale that have about as much reliability as the morning horoscope". Among that blessed company Tundale could see four bishops whom he recognised. Pope Benedict XV’s reign saw Communism move into Russia where religious life was laid waste, and World War I with the death of millions of Christians. For a discussion of the prophecies concerning the popes, known as St. Malachy's Prophecies, the reader is referred to the article PROPHECIES. A year later, he was consecrated Bishop of Connor, and, in 1132, he was promoted to the primacy of Armagh. I would not be surprised if major events begin over the next 10 years. 2005-2013 Pope Benedict XVI took his name from St. Benedict, whose order was known as the Olivetans. St. Bernard describes him as of noble birth. Such as Crux de Cruce (Cross from a Cross) or Lumen in Caelo (Light in the Sky). While Bishop of Down and Connor, Malachy continued to reside at Bangor, and when some of the native princes sacked the two dioceses of Down and Connor, Malachy brought the Bangor monks to Iveragh, County Kerry, where they were welcomed by now King Cormac. 1939-1958. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law. Copyright 2020 Catholic Online. The Visio Tnugdali written c.1149 refers to Malachy as follows- When Saint Ruadan had fallen silent, Tundale looked happily about him and saw Saint Patrick of Ireland, dressed in shining robes alongside many bishops decked out in their finest regalia. He returned to Clairvaux and died on November 2 in St. Bernard's arms. Peter Bander says Pius XII “has emerged as one of the great Popes of all time,” and he “was in the truest sense of the word an Angelic Pastor to the flock…”. The traditional feast day is the day a saint dies, but her official feast day has been May 13. The answers to those questions are left up to to discernment and likely require more research. However, the Irish Famine broke out and the grand plans for the Saint Malachy's Cathedral were shelved to divert funds to the needy.