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CHAPTER XXVI.-Of two Strangers,
CHAPTER XXVII.-Of Artbranan, the old man whom he
CHAPTER XXVIII.-Of the removal of the Boat across the
CHAPTER XXIX.-Of Gallan, son of Fachtna, whom the
CHAPTER XXX.-Of Lugud Clodus,
CHAPTER XXXI.-Of Enan, the son of Gruth,
CHAPTER XXXII.-Of the Priest who was in Treoit,
CHAPTER XXXIII.-Of Erc the robber,
CHAPTER XXXIV.-Of Cronan the poet,
CHAPTER XXXV.-Prophecy of the Saint regarding Ronan,
son of Aid, son of Colca, and Colman the Hound, son of
Ailen,
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BOOK II.
ON HIS MIRACULOUS POWERS.
CHAPTER I. Of the Wine which was made from water,
CHAPTER II.—Of the very bitter fruits of a tree changed
into sweet by the blessing of the Saint,
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CHAPTER III. Of the land which was ploughed and sown
after midsummer, and yielded a ripe harvest in the begin-
ning of the month of August,
CHAPTER IV.-On a Pestilential Cloud, and the, cure of
those sick from it,
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CHAPTER V.-Of Maugina, a holy virgin, and the healing
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of her broken thigh, CHAPTER VI. Of the healing the diseases of many people at the Ridge of Cete, by the touch of the hem of his garment,
CHAPTER VII. Of a lump of salt blessed by the Saint
which could not be consumed by the fire,
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CHAPTER VIII. Of the volumes of books in the Saint's
handwriting, which could in no way be destroyed by
water,
CHAPTER IX. Of water drawn from the hard rock by the
Saint's prayers, .
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CHAPTER X.-Of the fountain of water which the Saint
blessed and healed beyond the Dorsal Ridge of Britain,. 45
CHAPTER XI. Of the Saint's danger at sea, and the
mighty tempest changed at once into a calm by his
prayers,
CHAPTER XII.-Of another similar peril at sea, and how Saint Cainnech prayed for him and his companions,
CHAPTER XIII.-Of the Staff of St. Cainnech forgotten in
the harbour,
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CHAPTER XIV.-Of Baithene and Columban, the son of
Beogna, who asked of the Saint that he would grant
them on the same day a favourable wind, though they
were to sail in different directions,
CHAPTER XV. Of the driving out of a demon that lurked
in a milk-pail,
CHAPTER XVI.-Concerning a vessel which a certain
sorcerer by diabolical art filled with milk taken from a
bull, and how, at the Saint's prayer, that which seemed
to be milk was changed into its own proper nature of
blood,
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CHAPTER XVII.-Of Lugne Mocumin, whom the Saint,
by touch of his fingers and prayer, cured of a flow of
blood which frequently poured from his nostrils,
CHAPTER XVIII.—Of a large salmon found in a river
according to the Saint's word,
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CHAPTER XIX.-Of two fishes found, by his prophecy, in
the river which is called Boo,
CHAPTER XX.-Regarding a certain peasant who was called
Nesan the Crooked,
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CHAPTER XXI.-Of a certain rich and very greedy man,
named Uigen,
CHAPTER XXII.-Of Columban, a man of equally humble
condition, whose cattle, when they were few, the holy
man blessed and after his blessing they increased to the
number of a hundred,
CHAPTER XXIII.-Of the death of Johan, son of Conall,
on the very day he threw dishonour upon and contemned
the Saint, .
CHAPTER XXIV. Of the death of one Feradach, a dis-
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honest man, foretold by the Saint,
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CHAPTER XXV.-Concerning another persecutor, whose
name in Latin is Manus Dextera,
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CHAPTER XXVI.-Another oppressor of the innocent, who,
in the province of the Lagenians, fell down dead, like
Ananias before Peter, the same moment that he was
terribly reproved by the Saint,
CHAPTER XXVII.-Of the death of a wild boar, which
was caused to fall prostrate at some distance from the
Saint by the sign of the Lord's Cross, .
CHAPTER XXVIII.—Of an Aquatic Monster which, by his
prayer and the raising of his hand against it, was driven
back and prevented from hurting Lugne, who was swim-
ming near it,
CHAPTER XXIX.
Of the Reptiles and Serpents of the
Iouan island, which, from the day the Saint blessed it,
were able to hurt neither man nor beast,
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CHAPTER XXX.-Of the Spear signed by him, which,
though driven with all one's force, could never after
hurt any living creature,
CHAPTER XXXI.-Of the cure of Diormit when sick,
CHAPTER XXXII.—Of the cure of Finten, the son of Aid,
when at the point of death,
CHAPTER XXXIII.-Of the boy whom the holy man
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raised from the dead, in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ, in the country of the Picts,
CHAPTER XXXIV.-Of his contest with the Druid Broichan
for his detention of a female slave: and of the stone
which the Saint blessed, and which floated in water like
an apple,
CHAPTER XXXV.-Of the manner in which the blessed
man overcame Broichan the Druid, and of the contrary
wind,
CHAPTER XXXVI.—Of the sudden opening of the door of
the royal fortress of its own accord,
CHAPTER XXXVII.—Of a similar unclosing of the Church
of the Field of the Two Streams,
CHAPTER XXXVIII.-Concerning a certain peasant in
poverty, and begging, for whom St. Columba made and
blessed a stake for killing wild beasts, .
CHAPTER XXXIX.-Concerning a leathern vessel for hold-
ing milk which was carried from its place, and brought
back again to land by the tide,
CHAPTER XL.-The Saint's prophecy regarding Libran, of
the Rush-ground,
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CHAPTER XLI.-Of a certain woman who was relieved in great and extremely difficult pains of childbirth,
CHAPTER XLII.-Of the wife of Lugne the pilot, who
hated him,
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CHAPTER XLIII.-The prophecy of St. Columba regarding
Cormac, the grandson of Lethan, and his voyages,.
CHAPTER XLIV.-Of the venerable man's drive in a chariot
without the protection of the proper linch-pins,
CHAPTER XLV.--Of the rain which, after several months
of drought, was poured by God's gift upon the thirsty
ground in honour of the blessed man,
CHAPTER XLVI.-A miracle which we are now by God's
favour going to relate, as it happened in our own day, and
before our own eyes. Of the unfavourable winds which,
through the prayers of the venerable man, were changed
into propitious breezes,
CHAPTER XLVII.-Of the Plague,
BOOK III.
THE APPARITIONS OF ANGELS.
CHAPTER I.-Of the apparition of angels which were shown
either to others regarding the blessed man, or to him
regarding others,
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CHAPTER II.—Of the angel of the Lord who appeared
in dreams to his mother after his conception in the
womb,
CHAPTER III. Of the ray of light seen upon the boy's face
as he lay asleep,
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CHAPTER IV. Of the apparition of holy angels whom St.
Brenden saw accompanying the blessed man through the
plain,
CHAPTER V.-Of the angel of the Lord whom St. Finnio
saw accompanying the blessed man in his journey,
CHAPTER VI.—Of the angel of the Lord who appeared in
a vision to St. Columba while he remained in Hinba
Island, and was sent to him in order that he might
ordain Aidan king,
CHAPTER VII. Of the apparition of angels carrying to
heaven the soul of one Brito,
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CHAPTER VIII.—Of the vision of angels vouchsafed to the
same holy man as they were bearing to heaven the soul
of one Diormit, .
CHAPTER IX. Of the brave fight of the angels against
the demons, and how they opportunely assisted the Saint
in the same conflict,
CHAPTER X.-Of the apparition of angels whom the man
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