[40] It has been said confidently that the Alpha and Omega is not found in Ireland. I found, however, an early stone in the churchyard at Kells with the Alpha and Omega, the Chi Rho, and the I H S. This is the only case in which I have seen all three on one monument. [41] In a field near the Almond, at Kirkliston. The inscription is In oc tumulo iacit Vetta f Victi ... If we take the form used by Bede (i. 15) _Victi_ would stand for Victigilsi. [42] See page 11. [43] Tacitus, _Life of Julius Agricola_, ch. 24. [44] See page 59. [45] See page 58. [46] Almost the same details, however, appear in the treatment of Wilfrid by his fellow-Anglians (Eddi, ch. 49). His opponents so entirely execrated his fellowship, that if any abbat or priest of his party, bidden by a faithful layman, made the sign of the cross over the meat, it was cast out as a thing offered to idols; and any vessel they used was washed before one of the other side would touch it. Theological differences are a competent substitute for difference of race. [47] The general idea of the "cycle of years" is that after such-and-such a number of years the sun and moon and earth return to the same relative positions. This is fairly true of nineteen years; more closely true of ninety-five. [48] Adamnan, who tells us this, tells us also that the prophecy was fulfilled. Lugbe Mocummin was at Cantyre with the Saint some months after, and found there a ship whose captain told them of the destruction of the city (now called Citta Nuova). _Life of Columba_, i. 22. [49] St. Oliver, formed from Santo Liverio (St. Liberius, the Swiss St. Livres), and San Todo, from St. Odo, are similar cases. [50] One has recently been found at Silchester, much further east than any other known example. [51] In modern phrase, the Goidelic, not the Brythonic branch of the Celtic race. [52] Thus on the famous stone at St. Dogmael's, near Cardigan, the first bilingual inscription of this kind found, the Ogam is _sagramni maqi cunatami_, the Latin, _sagrani fili cunotami_. [53] It is unnecessary to explain that _Missa_, the Latin equivalent of Mass, was of course used in Augustine's time. It was not for centuries after this that a narrow meaning came to be attached to the words Missa and Mass, by the introduction and prevalence of the doctrine of Transubstantiation. [54] Those who desire information on these points will find it in the Rev. F. E. Warren's _Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church_. Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_. The original text includes Greek characters. For this text version these letters have been replaced with +transliterations+. "Bythonic" has been corrected to "Brythonic" in footnote 51. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine, by George Forrest Browne