XXXIV.

In Patrick pride's stain was not found;
And great were the works that adorn
This good son of Christ, Mary's Son!
With God's blessing Saint Patrick was born.


[Illustration: The Saint Patrick of Medieval Times.]




TRIPARTITE LIFE.

PART I.

The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and they who were in
the land and in the shadow of death received light by which came their
illumination.

Patrick, then, was of the Britons of Alcluaid by origin. Calpurnn was
his father's name. He was a noble priest. Potid was his grandfather's
name, whose title was a deacon. Conceis was his mother's name. She
was of the Franks, and a sister to Martin. In Nemtur, moreover, the
man St. Patrick was born; and the flag (stone) on which St. Patrick was
born would give forth water when any one swore a false oath upon it, as
if it were lamenting the false testimony. If the oath was true,