The following extracts from the Irish Annals will illustrate this:— 624 S. Maodocc _Epscop_ Ferna dec. 652 S. Dachua Luachra _Abb._ Ferna dec. 713 Cillene _Epscop Abb._ Ferna dec. 766 Aedgen _Epscop agus Abb._ Fobhair dec. 769 Forandan, _Scribneoir agus Epscop_ Treoit dec. 791 Clothchu _Epscop agus Angcoire_ Cluana Ioraird, Suibhne _Epscop_ Atha Truim decc. Footnote 88: _The Monks of the West_, by Montalembert, vol. i. pp. 452-460. Dupuy, _Histoire de Saint Martin_, p. 50. His biographer, Sulpicius Severus, says that he filled the high function of bishop without abandoning the spirit and virtue of the monk.—C. 10. Footnote 89: _Chron. Picts and Scots_, p. 55. Footnote 90: Deinde beatus puer libertati restitutus S. Monenni disciplinis et monitis in Rosnatensi monasterio quod alio nomine Alba vocatur.—_In Vit. S. Tighernac_, Colgan, _A.SS._ p. 438. Quos duos viros sanctus ac sapiens Nennio, qui Mancennus dicitur, de Rosnacensi monasterio ... Post aliquot vero annos Eugenius atque Tyghernachus cum præfati Manchenii ac fratrum jussione et oratione ad Hiberniam navigauerunt.—_In Vit. S. Eugenii_, ib. Footnote 91: Vade ad Britanniam at Rosnatum monasterium et esto humilis discipulus Manceni magistri illius monasterii.—_In Vit. S. Endei_, ib. Footnote 92: Inter alias Dei famulas quædam Dei virgo, nomine Brignat cum sancta virgine cohabitasse traditur: hujus enim futuræ sanctitatis indicia considerans, eam in Britanniam insulam de Rostnatensi monasterio, conversationis monasticæ regulas accepturam misisse perhibetur.—_Boll. A.SS._ Julii, tom. ii. p. 294. Footnote 93: Cum eodem repatriante navigavit et in ejus sede quæ Magnum vocatur Monasterium regulas et institutiones monasticæ vitæ aliquot annis probus monachus didicit.—Colgan, _A.SS._ p. 438. Footnote 94: Modo factum est quod magister suus Mugentius nomine, que in civitate quæ dicitur Candida liberales disciplinas eum docuerat.—Colg. _A.SS._, p. 634. Footnote 95: _Liber Hymnorum_, Part i. p. 97, with notes by the Rev. J. H. Todd. Footnote 96: _Tri cocait descipul la Manchan_ magister, hos omnes invoco. Footnote 97: Dupuy, _Histoire de Saint Martin_, pp. 215, 217. Haddan and Stubbs’ _Councils_, vol. ii. pp. 86, 87, 91. Footnote 98: Gildas the historian is said in his Life to have gone to Ireland in the reign of King Anmericus or Ainmire, ‘qui et ipse misit ad beatum Gildam, rogans ut ad se veniret; promittens se ipsius doctrinis in omnibus obediturum, si veniens ecclesiasticum ordinem in suo regno restauraret; quia pœne Catholicam fidem in ipsa insula omnes reliquerant.’—Colg. _A.SS._ p. 183.