Red and white book of Menzies

a.d. 3S7-463-] TWENTY-FIRST & TWENTY-SECOND MENZIES. 9
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A.D. 357-440.
^||V ENRUS, or Manrus, apparently the son of the ;ibove, was probably
iJL !§*/ born about the year 357. He is also recorded as one of the religious
men of letters of his day, and one of the Scots writers who flourished
in the early half of the fifth century. It is said that he died about the year
440. There was also another Menzies writer in his time, who may have been
his brother, by name Moveanus or Moeanus. This Menzies flourished during
the reign of Fergus II., who had two brothers, one of whom was named
Menegus, or Fenegus, doubtless after King Maynus.
One of the reasons why so many Menzies became members of the religious
schools, men of letters, and otherwise scholastic in their lives was, that they had
the ancient College of Dull in their own country, where they were trained in the
art of letters, and instructed in the knowledge of the Scriptures, preparatory to
becoming ministers of the new religion of Christ, which was then replacing that
taught by the Druids. Thus we have Menzies' succeeding one another as
writers, etc., all emanating from their College of Dull. — No. 889, Hist. Eccl. Gents
Scot.,p, 470, vol. ii., and Mackenzie's Scots Writers.
flDenacus, tbc 22no fll>eit3ies front fH>a\muB,
A.D. 40O-463.
/h|V ENACUS, or Menalchns, was probably born about the year 400, and
X II «/ would appear to have been trained for the Church, doubtless at the
great seat of learning in the Highlands, at Dull. His name has been
handed down to us as one of the religious men of letters. He flourished about
the year 463, and is recorded to have been the associate and colleague of St
Livini, of Scotia, during the life of the illustrious St Bonifacius. He is said to
"have spoken straightforwardly to the Scotus, and with power to the Celtic
community, his own people, and dispelled the superstitions witnessed everywhere
in Scotia, and that he was a pastor in the highland centre of Scotland, which
is Dull." — No. 892, Hist. Eccl. Gents Scot., and Mackenzie's Scots Writers.