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<p>CONTENTS. 
</p><p>Dedication 
Preface 
CHAPTER I. 
Introduction.— St. Bernard undertakes the biography of our Saint, at the request of the abbot Congan. — Preliminary observations. Birth and early education of Malachy. — Anecdotes of his youth.— He embraces a religious life. 
CHAPTER II. 
St. Malachy becomes a Disciple of Imar O'Aedhacan.— Docility and spiritual  progress of the Saint. — He receives Holy Orders. — Reforms many abuses, in  the discharge of his ministerial duties, at Armagh.12 
CHAPTER III. 
State of ecclesiastical discipline in the Church of Armagh, previous to the  vicariate of St. Malachy. — Auricular Confession. — Confirmation. — Matrimonial contracts. — The ecclesiastical Offices and Church music. —Reforms  introduced, by our Saint. 16 
CHAPTER IV. 
St. Malachy visits Lismore. — Favourably received by the holy Bishop, Malchus. — Becomes the spiritual director and friend of King Cormac 88 
CHAPTER V. 
The sister of St. Malachy dies. — Historical notices and description of Bangor.  — The Oratory built there by St. Malachy. — Accident occurs during its  erection. — Rule of the Saint over the Community there established. —  Increase of members. 44 
CHAPTER VI. 
Malachy called to the see of Connor Abuses there prevailing and reformed. —   Forced from his see. — Flies to King Cormac who hospitably receives him. —  Builds a Monastery.— State of the Church of Armagh.— St. Malachy nominated as successor of Celsus, in that See. 52
CHAPTER VII. 
Vision of St. Malachy before his accession to the see of Armagh. — Usurpations of Maurice and Nigellus. — Peace restored.— Design on the life of the  Archbishop.— Having restored order, St. Malachy resigns the Primacy. 58  
CHAPTER VIII. 
Separation of Down and Connor. — St. Malachy resigns the latter see, and  retires to the former. — Resolves on a journey to Rome. — Obstacles in the  way. — Proceeds to York. — Visits Clairvaux, and forms the acquaintance of  St. Bernard. — Arrives at Rome. — Appointed Legate, and favourably received  by Pope Innocent the Second. — Sets out from Rome for his own country. 68 
CHAPTER IX. 
St. Malachy revisits Clairvaux on his return.— Passes over to Scotland. — Arrives  in Ireland. — Character and Legation of the holy Bishop Writes to St. Bernard, and receives letters from him in return. — St. Bernard sends his religious to Ireland. — Foundation of v Mellifont Abbey. 78 
</p><p>CHAPTER X. 
Miracles ef Malachy. — Heals various demoniacs and mute persons. — Interposes with happy effect, in behalf of certain women. — Denounces a scandalous and an impenitent sinner, who afterwards suffers the penalty of his  crimes, by a violent death. — The Saint restores, to health and strength,  many sick and infirm persons.  91 
CHAPTER XI. 
Miracle of St. Malachy, in relation to the Bishop of Cork. — Restores a woman  to life, in the neighbourhood of Bangor. — Spiritual favours procured for a  woman and man, through the ministry of our Saint. — Miraculous supply  of fishes. — A cleric of Lismore, who denied the real presence of Christ in  the Blessed Eucharist, becomes penitent, according to the prediction of the  Saint. 98 
CHAPTER XII. 
Malachy intervenes to restore peace, between hostile clans. — Providential frustration of subsequent belligerent designs. — Successful intercession for the life  of a noble. — Punishment endured by the treacherous king, on account of his  perfidy. .. .. .. 105  
CHAPTER XIII. 
Usurpations of church lands, and ecclesiastical titles assumed by lay possessors. — Dissertation on the origin of Coarbs and Erenachs. — Opinions of  various writers on the subject. — Termon lands. — Their immunities, tenantry  and limitations. 109 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Malachy designs the erection of a stone Oratory at Bangor. — Encouraged in his  project by a vision. — Obstacles in the way Opposition of the lay incum-  bent, at Bangor. — His death, and the false charge preferred against the  Saint. — The accuser miraculously punished. ..145
CHAPTER XV. 
Prophecies of Malachy. — He names the day and place of his departure from  this world. — Discharge of his Legative Duties. — Founds and restores many  Churches. — Convokes a Synod, at Holmpatrick. — Departs for France, and  sails first to Scotland. — Refused a passage from England. — At length sets  sail and proceeds to Clairvaux. .. .. 151 
CHAPTER XVI. 
Last sickness of the Saint. — Death and Burial at Clairvaux. — Revelation of St.  Malachy's beatification vouchsafed to St. Bernard. — The funeral orations of  St. Bernard, in which the virtues of St. Malachy are commemorated. . — St.  Bernard's epistle to the religious communities of the Cistercians, established  in Ireland, consoling them on the demise of their holy founder.  159
CHAPTER XVII. 
Manners and Character of St. Malachy. — His Canonization. — An account of the various writings, attributed to him. -- .. 179 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
Interesting account of the Relics of St. Malachy, by M. Guignard. — First de-  position of our Saint's body, at Clairvaux. — Subsequent entombment. —  Epitaphs composed on St. Malachy. — Translation of the Saint's remains, at  Clairvaux, in 1191. — Portions of his relics brought to Ireland, in 1194, and  distributed amongst the various Abbeys of the Cistercian Order. — In the  Thirteenth Century, Robert Bruce assigns certain lands, with their appurte-  nances, to m^t-n-iTi a light before the altar of St. Malachy, in the Abbey of  Clairvaux. — Text and description of this foundation Charter. . . . . 188 
CHAPTER XIX. 
Decree of the General Chapter of the Cistercian Order, in 1323, regarding the  solemn observance of St. Malachy's Festival. — Historic records of the relics  and reliquaries of our Saint, preserved at Clairvaux — Dispersion of these  venerated objects, at the period of the French Revolution. — Former position  of St. Malachy's tomb, in the suppressed Abbey of Clairvaux. — Execution of  a Decree, on the part of the Directory, for the removal and distribution of  our Saint's relics, with those of other saints, deposited at Clairvaux. —  Account of their removal. — Special memorials of the relics of Malachy 195
CHAPTER XX. 
Churches or Chapels formerly dedicated to St. Malachy, within the limits of the Diocese of Down Existing Irish erections, in honour of the holy Prelate.— The convent of St. Malachy, at Dundalk, in the Archdiocese of Armagh. —  Church of St. Malachy, at Coleraine, in the diocese of Connor. — Cathedral  Church and Diocesan Seminary of St. Malachy, at Belfast, in the diocese of  Down. — Churches dedicated to our Saint, in the United States. — Various  commemorative memorials of the holy Prelate, in different Catholic Institu-  tions of Ireland. — Conclusion 213 
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<br>Subjects: Christian saints -- Biography; Malachy, Saint, 1094?-1148; Christian saints -- Ireland -- Biography; Malachy, Saint</div>
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O'Hanlon, John</div>
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