- A coarb, from the Old
Irish comarbae (Modern Irish: comharba, Latin: hērēs),
meaning "heir" or "successor", was a
distinctive office of the
medieval Celtic...
- monks. The
abbey was
governed by an abbess, who was the "heir of Brigit" (
comarbae Brigte), and by abbots,
bishops and abbot-bishops who were subordinate...
- of Mael Ruain.
Diarmait of Iona
would have had the Old
Gaelic title of
Comarbae which was a
special hereditary status initially applied to the
Abbot of...
- of Mael Ruain.
Diarmait of Iona
would have had the Old
Gaelic title of
Comarbae which was a
special hereditary status initially applied to the
Abbot of...
- ISBN 978-0-19-922665-8 Holland,
Martin (2005). "The
Ordination of Cellach, "
Comarbae" of Patrick, in 1105".
Seanchas Ardmhacha:
Journal of the
Armagh Diocesan...
- monks. The
abbey was
governed by an abbess, who was the 'heir of Brigit' (
comarbae Brigte), and by abbots,
bishops and abbot-bishops, who were subordinate...
