Máel Dub (the Gaelic name Máel meaning "disciple" and Dub being a byname, "dark"; Latinized as Maildubus, anglicized as Maildulf and other variants) was a Saint and reputed Irish monk of the 7th century, said to have founded a monastic house at Malmesbury, England.

The second of October in the Holy Orthodox Church is the feast day of Saint Máel Dub, one of the great Celtic hermits who tutored the English nation in the ways of Christ. A tutor to the scholarly Saint Aldhelm, Máel Dub combined eremitical, missionary and scholarly pursuits into a single vocation. He founded Malmesbury as a centre of ...

Máel Dub (the Gaelic name Máel meaning "disciple" and Dub being a byname, "dark"; Latinized as Maildubus, anglicized as Maildulf and other variants) was a Saint and reputed Irish monk of the 7th century, said to have founded a monastic house at Malmesbury, England.

2024年7月13日 · The abbey, dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, is a site of considerable historical importance, housing the burials of notable figures such as Máel Dub, who established the first monastic community in Malmesbury, and Æthelstan, considered by …

He might have founded Malmesbury Abbey himself or simply advised St Aldhelm when he moved to the town. Little is known about St Maildulf, but Bede calls Malmesbury ‘the town of Máel Dub’, the Irish form of his name (History v.18). St Aldhelm spoke out strongly against the Celtic tradition, which suggests (to me at any rate) that the Irish ...

Máel Dub (died 675) was an Irish monk who lived during the 7th century, said to have founded a monastic house at Malmesbury, England. Revered as a saint after his death, Máel Dub was said to have inspired fellow scholars Bede and Wilfrid.

Máel Dub (the Gaelic name Máel meaning "disciple" and Dub being a byname, "dark"; Latinized as Maildubus, anglicized as Maildulf and other variants) was a Saint and reputed Irish monk of the 7th century, said to have founded a monastic house at Malmesbury, England.

Saint Máel Dub (the Gaelic name Máel meaning "disciple" and Dub being a byname, "dark"; Latinized as Maildubus, anglicized as Maildulf and other variants) was reputedly an Irish monk of the 7th century, said to have founded a monastic house at Malmesbury, England.

Under a rough, monkish cowl, skulking in the frayed margins of the historical record, Mael Dub feels elusive, barely knowable. An Irish rover of the seventh century, he is the subject of best ...

Máel Dub (el nombre gaélico Máel significa "discípulo" y Dub es un sobrenombre, "oscuro"; latinizado como Maildubus, anglicanizado como Maildulf y otras variantes) fue un santo y reputado monje irlandés del siglo VII, del que se dice que fundó una casa monástica en Malmesbury, Inglaterra.