Et benedicentibus se invicem Sanctus Brendanus et Sanctus Gilldas cum suis fratribus civitatisque illius habitatoribus, recessit inde. Et in alia regione in Britannia monasterium nomine Ailech sanctissimus Brendanus fundavit. Atque in loco alio in Britannia in regione Heth, ecclesiam et villam circa eam assignavit et ibi magnas virtutes beatus Pater Brendanus fecit: et postea navigavit ad Hyberniam.—_Vit. Brendani_, c. xvi. The passage is thus given in the Brussels edition:—Postea flentibus omnibus profectus est ac in Britanniam remeavit ac duo monasteria, unum in insula Ailech, alterum in terra Ethica in loco nomine Bledua fundavit. Footnote 156: See Reeves’s _Adamnan_, ed. 1874, p. 303. Footnote 157: In the Life quoted, the term ‘regio’ is applied equally to both; but Dr. Reeves has shown that this term is used for an island, and in the Brussels edition of the Life, it is expressly called ‘insula.’ It is supposed by Dr. Lanigan to be Alectum in Armorica, but the name of Britannia usually designates Britain. Footnote 158: Fordun’s _Chronicle_, ed. 1872, vol. ii. p. 24. Footnote 159: The parsonage and vicarage teinds of the islands of Ilachinive and Kilbrandon belonged to the priory of Oronsay, and were in 1630 granted, with the lands of Andrew, bishop of Raphoe and prior of Oronsay, to John Campbell, rector of Craignish.—_Origines Parochiales_, vol. ii. part i. p. 276. Footnote 160: This appears from the notice in the Annals of Ulster, in 568, of an expedition to the Western Region or Western Isles, by Colman Beg. son of Diarmait, and Conall, son of Comgall (of Dalriada). The Four Masters in the parallel passage have ‘Sol and Ile’—Sheil and Isla. Footnote 161: See Preface to Dr. Reeves’s _Adamnan_ for an account of these Lives. Footnote 162: Adamnan, Pref. 2, and B. i. c. 7. Footnote 163: Adamnan, B. iii. c. 4. Footnote 164: See Adamnan, Book iii. c. 5. This transcript appears to have been the book termed the Cathach, which remained among the relics of St. Columba, and the tradition seems to have been connected with it. Footnote 165: See Adamnan, B. i. cc. 7, 30, 32, 35; B. ii. cc. 29, 37, 42, 44; in which ten different visits to Ireland are recorded. Footnote 166: Pro Christo peregrinare volens. Footnote 167: _Chron. of the Picts and Scots_, pp. 80, 82. CHAPTER III. THE MONASTIC CHURCH IN IONA. [Sidenote: A.D. 563. St. Columba crosses from Ireland to Britain with twelve followers.]