churchhistoryРоссийский журнал истории ЦерквиRussian Journal of Church History2686-973X2687-069XSilicea-Poligraf LLC10.15829/2686-973X-2026-262AIHUVJchurchhistory-262Research ArticleИстория Кельтской церквиCeltic Church HistoryСвятые и христианство в "Старине мест"Saints and Christianity in the Dindṡenchashttps://orcid.org/0009-0000-2342-3813ЖивловаН. Ю.ZhivlovaNina Yu.

Живлова Нина Юрьевна — старший преподаватель, кафедра древних языков исторического факультета МГУ им. М. В. Ломоносова

Ленинские горы, д. 1, Москва, 119991

Nina Yu. Zhivlova — Senior Lecturer, Department of Ancient Languages, Faculty of History

Leninskie gory, 1, Moscow

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Статья посвящена отражению образов святых в ирландских текстах X–XII вв., известных, как "Старина мест" (диннхенхас). В "Старине мест" описывается происхождение различных названий мест Ирландии, как правило, производимых от дохристианских легендарных персонажей. Задача статьи — изучить роль упоминаний о святых преимущественно в стихотворных диннхенхас. "Старина мест" объясняет только два названия церковных объектов — Келл Хорбайн и Туам (оба произведения достаточно поздние). В целом можно предположить, что упоминание святых в диннхенхас, таких, как поэмы о Биле Тортан, Таре, Тайльтиу и Карман служит цели подкрепления авторитетом Церкви проводившихся в этих местах племенных собраний и королевских инаугураций.

This article examines the representation of saints and Christianity in the medieval Irish texts collectively known as the Dindṡenchas (“The Lore of the Eminent Places of Ireland”). The Dindṡenchas explains the origins of numerous Irish place-names, which it typically derives from legendary figures associated with Ireland’s pre-Christian past. The study investigates references to saints in the corpus, focusing primarily on the metrical Dindṡenchas. It demonstrates that explicitly Christian material occupies only a limited place within the tradition. The corpus explains the names of only two churches, Cell Chorbáin and Túam, and both texts belong to a relatively late stage of the tradition. The article also analyses references to saints in poems associated with Bile Tortain, Temair (III), Tailtiu, and Carman. It argues that these references did not merely reflect the growing influence of Christianity but also enhanced the prestige and legitimacy of the royal assemblies and inauguration ceremonies associated with those sites. The integration of saints into the narrative landscape of the Dindṡenchas therefore linked Christian authority with places of political significance and reinforced their status within the historical memory of medieval Ireland.

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