CONTENTS. Preliminary Enquiry Into The Authority Of The Traditional History Of St. Patrick 1 CHAPTER I. The Church In The Fourth Century — Birth And Parentage Of Patrick — Early Miracles — His Six Years' Captivity In Ireland 41 CHAPTER II. St. Patrick And St. Martin — St. Germanus Of Auxerre — "The Voice Of The Irish" — St. Patrick In England — The Roman Mission — Death Of Pope St. Celestine I. 58 CHAPTER III. St. Patrick And St. Leo The Great — Condition Of Ireland A.D. 432 — Landing Of St. Patrick — Benignus — Death Of Milcho — King Laeghaire And His Druids — St. Patrick's "loriga" — Miracles At Tara — The "Senchusmor" CHAPTER IV. The Religion Of The Ancient Irish — Worship Of The Sun — St. Patrick In Connauqht — The Daughters Of The King Converted — St. Patrick's Prater On Croagh Patrick 99 CHAPTER V. St. Patrick In Munster — Baptism Of Abngub At Cashel — Marttrdom Of St. Odran — Foundation Of Armagh Cathedral — The Raid Of Coroticus — St. Patrick's Epistle — Excommunication And Punishment Of The Murderer 112 CHAPTER VI. Of St. Patrick's Faith, And How He Imparted It To Other Men 126 CHAPTER VII. Of St. Patrick's Tenderness Of Heart, And Of The Way In Which He Taught His Disciples Charity 138 CHAPTER VIII. Of The Saint's Wonderful Prayers And Penances, And Of The Success With Which His Labours Were Crowned — His Last Years And Death 146 APPENDIX 157 INDEX 177 Digitized by Google.