- The
monastery of
Rosnat was an
important center of the
early Celtic Christianity.
Scholars differ as to its
actual location. Two
locations much discussed...
- Hwit Ærn or Hwiterne, 'White House'. In
Gallovidian Gaelic, it was
called Rosnat, or ****arna, the
latter a
version of the Anglo-Saxon name (Gaelic has no...
- and
studied first at St Ailbe’s
monastery at Emly.
Fanchea sent him to
Rosnat, a
great center of monasticism.
There he took
monastic vows and was ordained...
- and
there was
possibly a 6th-century
Magnum Monasterium, or
Monastery of
Rosnat in
Whithorn during this time.
While there was some
relationship between...
-
preparation for his
career in Ulster: he was
educated in
Rosnat in Britain.
Lanigan identifies Rosnat with
Candida Casa,
established by
Ninian sometime before...
-
Candida Casa.
Bishop Healy identifies the site with the
great seminary of
Rosnat, "...and
undoubtedly was one of the
chief sources from
which Irish monasticism...
- Ninian's
church might have been Kirkmadrine,
across the bay. It
appears that
Rosnat was a
double monastery with a
separate house for women. At Whithorn, many...
- and
Plain Digits, 1985. ISBN 0-903686-45-7 "Topographical Notes. - 3 :
Rosnat, Rostat, and the
Early Irish Church" From Ériu, Vol.xxii, 1971 Trencrom...