Calpurnius ap Heireann (320)

Born 0320 in Dumbarton, Scotland

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Aas, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France

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Biography

Research Notes

From: On the Life of St. Patrick, Author: unknown^[1]

Now the day whereon there is told and set forth, in the churches of the Christians, somewhat of his miracles and marvels, and of the parents of whom he was born, and of the earthly stock of the holy Patrick, is the sixteenth of the Kalends of April as to the day of the solar month.

Now Patrick's race was of the Britons of Dumbarton. Calpurn was his father's name, a high priest was he. Otid (Potitus) was the name of his grandfather: he was a deacon. But Conchess was his mother's name: daughter was she of Ochbas: of France was her race, that is, she was a sister of Martin's.

Patrick, then, (was) son of Calpurn, son of Otid, son of Odisse, son of Gorniuth, son of Lubeniuth, son of Mercut, son of Otta, son of Muric, son of Oricc, son of Leo, son of Maximus, son of Ecretus, son of Eresus, son of Felestus, son of Ferinus, son of Brittus, from whom are the Britons.

He had five sisters, namely, Lupait and Tigris and Darerca and Liamain and Richell.

From: THE CONFESSION OF ST. PATRICK. THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOKS OF THE BISHOP ST. PATRICK.

"I, Patrick, a sinner, the rudest and least of all the faithful, and most contemptible to very many, had for my father Calpornius, a deacon, the son of Potitus, a priest, who lived in Bannaven Taberniae, for he had a small country-house close by, where I was taken captive when I was nearly sixteen years of age." Unfortunately this work is not dated nor are any dates given for any of the events in it. According to Wikipedia, "Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius; Irish: Pádraig [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]; Welsh: Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, along with saints Brigit of Kildare and Columba. He is also venerated in the Anglican Communion, the Old Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church as equal-to-the-apostles and Enlightener of Ireland...The dates of Patrick's life cannot be fixed with certainty, but there is broad agreement that he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the 5th century. Early medieval tradition credits him with being the first bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland"

http://www.catholic-saints.info/patron-saints/saint-patrick.htm estimate his birth in 387 and death in 464. This later than the dates indicated in the The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick, by Various, Edited by James O'Leary which estimate his birth in 376 and death in 458. In either case the birth year for his father could not be 0295 as originally shown here. There appears to be agreement that St Patrick was born in the later half of the 4th century so after 350. This would put his father's birth as probably after 320.

Name: Heireann seems to be used as it is the Celtic name of Ireland.

Calpurnius ap /Heireann/ Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Tigridia Ireland - Record for Calpurnius Calpurnius

Death:

Place: Aas, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France

Alias: Calpurius

Alias: Calprinn or Calpruinn Alpin

The use of the patronymic "ap" is anachronistic for persons living in the 4th century AD. Most likely, Calpurnius was Romano-British or even from a Continental family (his wife Conchessa certainly was), so it's probable that he was a native speaker of Vulgar Latin.

"Heireann" as the surname seems to be an attempt to use the mutated Irish genitive hÉireann as a surname, which is not correct. The genitive of Éire (Ireland) in Modern Irish is actually Éireann. hÉireann only occurs with h-prothesis, often after the genitive definite article na, which is sometimes used in this expression, so na hÉireann or Éireann' would be, at least in some sense, correct, but "heireann" by itself doesn't make much sense. Of course, ap is Welsh, so "Calpurnius ap Heireann" is a weird ungrammatical, anachronistic mishmash of three different languages.

Sources

1. ↑ [https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T201009.html On the Life of St. Patrick Author: unknown - CELT]

• http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18482/18482-h/18482-h.htm (This is a compendium of early sources pertinent to St Patrick. The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick, by Various, Edited by James O'Leary listed. Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings written around 1185. Also includes Confession of St Patrick purported to be written by the Bishop within a few years of his death around 455, The Metrical Life of St. Patrick by St. Fiech written around 493, and The Tripartite Life of St. Patrick by St. McEvin written in 510. The later the work the more fanciful the claims.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick

• http://www.catholic-saints.info/patron-saints/saint-patrick.htm

• Saint Patrick Family

• Source: Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: