hierarchy of the secular clergy of Rome with its minor orders. Wynton, in his notice of Boniface, well expresses this— ‘Sevyn hundyr wynter and sextene, Quhen lychtare wes the Virgyne clene, Pape off Rome than Gregore The Secund, quham off yhe herd before, And Anastas than Empryowre, The fyrst yhere off hys honowre, Nectan Derly wes than regnand Owre the Peychtis in Scotland. In Ros he fowndyd Rosmarkyne, That dowyd wes wytht kyngys syne, And made was a place Cathedrale Be-north Murrave severalle; Quhare chanownys ar seculare Wndyr Saynt Bonyface lyvand thare.’[434] [Sidenote: Legend of Fergusianus.] Another legend which appears to belong to this period, and which is likewise confirmed by the dedications, is that of Fergus, or Fergusianus. His story is this: He was for many years a bishop in Ireland, and then came to the western parts of Scotland, to the confines of Strogeth, where he founded three churches. Thence he went to Cathania, or Caithness, where for some time he occupied himself in converting the barbarous people. After that he visited Buchan, resting in a place called Lungley, where he built a basilica, which still exists, dedicated to himself. Then he came to Glammis, where he consecrated a tabernacle to the God of Jacob, and where he died full of years. His bones were afterwards enshrined in a shrine of marble, and his head taken with all due honour to the monastery of Scone, where many miracles were performed.[435] Now, we find that among the bishops who were present at the council held at Rome in the year 721, and signed the canons, is ‘Fergus the Pict, a bishop of Ireland,’[436] who is no doubt our Fergus before he passed over to Pictland in Britain, which appears to have been his native country; and his appearance at the council of Rome shows that he belonged to the party who had conformed to the Roman Church. At Strageath, in the district of Stratherne, and in the immediate neighbourhood, are three churches dedicated to St. Patrick—those of Strageath, Blackford and Dolpatrick—which shows that their founder had come from Ireland. In Caithness, the churches of Wick and Halkirk are dedicated to St. Fergus. In Buchan the village called in the legend Lungley is now named St. Fergus, and the neighbouring parish of Inverugie, now called Peterhead, is dedicated to St. Peter. At Glammis we have St. Fergus’ cave and St. Fergus’ well, and the statement that his head was preserved at Scone is confirmed by an entry in the accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, of a payment by James IV. for a silver case for it. [Sidenote: Churches dedicated to St. Peter.]