Celtic Scotland : a history of ancient Alban / by William F. Skene.

  • William Forbes Skene
Date:
1886-1890
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Credit: Celtic Scotland : a history of ancient Alban / by William F. Skene. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of Palladius, substituting the land of the Piets for that of the Britons as the place of his death.23 He also follows Muirchu in Patrick’s being sent by Germanus with Segerus to the bishop Amatheus, by whom he is consecrated bishop ; but he follows Tirechan in his statement that in four par- ticulars he resembled Moses, that he lived one hundred and twenty years, and that no one knew where his sepulchre was, adding that * he was buried in secret no one knowing.’24 He concludes his life by saying that ‘he was sixteen years in captivity,’ here confusing the duration of his cap- 23 Compare the following passage :— Certe enim erit quod Palladius archidiaconus Papse Celestini urbis Romas episcopi, qui tunc tenebat sedem apostolicam quadragensimus quintus a Sancto Petro apostolo, ille Palladius ordinatus et missus fuerat ad hanc insolam sub brumali rigore positam convertendam ; sed prohi- buit ilium [Deus] quia nemo potest accipere quicquam de terra nisi datum ei fuerit de coelo. Nam neque hii feri et inmites homines facile reciperunt doctrinam ejus, neque et ipse voluit transegere tempus in terra non sua, sed rever- sus ad eum qui misit ilium. Rever- tente vero eo hinc et in primo mari transito cceptoque terrarum itinere Britonum finibus vita factus.— Muirchu, Book of Armagh. Missus est Palladius episcopus primitus a Celestino episcopo et Papa Romse ad Scottos in Christum convertendos ; sed prohibuit ilium Deus per quasdam tempestates, quia nemo potest accipere quicquam de terra, nisi de ccelo datum fuerit illi desuper. Et profectus est ille Palladius de Hibernia, et pervenit ad Britanniam, et ibi defimetus est in terra Pictorum.—Nennius, Hist. Brit. 24 Compare the following :— In IIII rebus similis fuit Moisi Patricius. I. Primo angelum deruboaudivit. II. xl diebus et xl noctibus jeju- navit. III. Quia annos exx peregit in prmsenti. IV. Ubi sunt ossa ejus nemo novit. Tirechan, Book of Armagh. Quatuor modis requantur Moyses et Patricius, id est, Angelo colloquente in rubo igneo. Secundo modo, in monte quadra- ginta diebus et quadraginta nocti- bus jejunavit. Tertio modo, similes fuerunt jetate, centum viginti annis. Quarto modo, sepulchrum illius nemo scit, sed in occulto humatus est, nemine sciente. — Nennius, Hist. Brit.