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'''Cú Chuimne''' (died 747 AD) was a monk and scholar of [[Iona]]. Cú Chuimne, along with [[Ruben of Dairinis]], was responsible for the great compendium known as ''[[Collectio canonum Hibernensis]]'' (''Irish collection of Canon law''), which is the first systematic western collection of canon law.

Cú Chuimne is credited with composing the [[hymn]] to the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin Mary]] ''Cantemus in omni die.'' This hymn is one of the earliest pieces of evidence for devotion to Mary in the Irish church and is described by James F. Kenney as ‘the finest example extant of [[Hiberno-Latin]] versification’. His obit in the [[Annals of Ulster]] refers to him as ''sapiens'' (learned), and quotes a short Old Irish poem that is humorously descriptive of his somewhat eclectic career:

:Cú Chuimne in youth
:read his way through half the truth.
:He let the other half lie
:while he gave women a try.
:Well for him in old age.
:He became a holy sage.
:He gave women the last laugh.
:He read the other half.

Of which [[Dáibhí Ó Cróinín]] recently remarked: "We are not told which he preferred."

==Sources==
* ''Die irische Kanonensammlung'', ed. Hermann Wasserschleben. Leipzig, 1885.
* Breen, Aidan. "Some seventh-century Hiberno-Latin texts and their relationships." ''Peritia'' 3 (1984)": pp. 204–14.
* Ó Crónín, Dáibhí. "Hiberno-Latin Literature to 1169." In ''A New History of Ireland'', volume one, 2005.

==External links==
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/L400002/index.html

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