Malachias
- a variation of Malachi.
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In the present passage it certainly applies, not to Malachy's baptismal name, but to its Latin equivalent, Malachias, which he probably assumed when he became abbot of Bangor, or bishop of Down.
From St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh by Lawlor, Hugh Jackson
A synod was convened at Saint Patrick's Isle by Maelmaedog, called also Malachias, successor of Patrick, at which were present fifteen bishops and two hundred priests, to establish rules and morals for all.
From Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Johnston, Charles
Down, governed by a Bishop Malachias, who was third in succession from the great St. Malachy.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various
