[445] There is, however, another consideration which may be taken into account by those who wonder at the absence of any reference to Patrick in Bede’s _Ecclesiastical History_. The Latin literature concerning St. Patrick only began to appear in Bede’s time. Tírechán’s _Memoir_ cannot have been written long before his birth; and he was nearly thirty years old when Muirchu’s _Life_ was composed. The older Patrician literature, as we have seen reason to believe, was in Irish, and inaccessible to Bede. The Columban church in north Britain was not concerned to propagate the fame of Patrick. There was rivalry between the Columban and Patrician communities in Ireland (cp. Tírechán, 314₈). [446] As I observed above (p. 262) if Muirchu’s work were anonymous and nothing were said of Aed, we should never suspect that the author belonged to the south of Ireland; we should certainly connect him with north Ireland. [447] The particular passage on which Zimmer relies—the only _positive_ evidence—is in the “Additions” to Tírechán in the _Liber Armachanus_ (p. 332, Rolls ed.), where Palladius is said to have been called _Patricius alio nomine_, but is distinguished from the second Patrick. But this can be otherwise explained. The double date of Patrick’s death (see Appendix C, 7) led to a duplication—a first and a second Patrick, and one attempt to fix the personality of the earlier Patrick was to identify him with Palladius. INDEX Abban, St., Life of, 210 _note_. _Abgitorium_, 311 _Abusionibus Saeculi, Liber de_, 239, 245, 379 Abyssinia, foundation of church in, 6 _sq._ Achad-fobuir (Aghagower), 130, 360, 379, 376 Adalbert, apostle of the Slavs, 215 Adamnan, _Canons_ of, 235; synod of (at Birr), 255, 261; _Law_ of, 255 _note_; _Life of Columba_, 267; once mentions Patrick, 310; alleged work on Patrick, 271 Adoption, rites of, 293 Adrochta, her church, 145 “Adzehead,” prophecy of, 79, 299 Aed, bishop of Slébte, relations to Armagh, 253, 261 _sq._; connexion with Muirchu’s work, 255 _sqq._; attends Adamnan’s synod, 255, 261; date of death of, 255 Aed, king of Connaught, 361, 362 Aegidius, Roman general, 191 Aetius helped by Dathi, 95, 354; campaigns against Franks, 317, 354; appeal of Britons to, 224, 330 Aghade, church of Iserninus at, 164 Aghagower, _see_ Achad-fobuir Aghanagh, church of, 128 Agricola, British Pelagian, 297 Agricola, Roman general, Irish policy of, 12 _note_, 289 Aigli, Mount, _see_ Crochan Aigli Ail Clúade, _see_ Alcluith Ailbe, alleged pre-Patrician saint, 351 Ailbe of Shancoe, 129, 360 Aileach, kingdom of, 70 and _note_; Patrick’s work in, 162 Ailill Molt, 106, 303; date of his reign in Connaught, 361 _sqq._ Ailill, son of Eochaidh Muighmeadhoin, 128 (cp. Tirerrill) Ailill, the Womanly, date of reign of, 362 _sqq._ Ailred, _Life of Ninian_, 313 _Airbacc giunne_, 241 _Aithech_, 176 _note_