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The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick: Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings

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The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick: Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings

Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?

And this was the reason of the controversy.  A great and wondrous light
appeared, such as never in any time preceding had been beheld.  Over
that whole country the light continued for twelve days, without any
intervention of night; for the night was illuminated, and shone even as
the day.  Whereby was it plainly given to be understood that the
darkness of night obscured not Patrick, the son of life, the inhabiter
of eternal brightness, while the night was to him the illumination of
his joys, while he ascended unto the light without spot, the day
without night, the sun without eclipse.  And this miracle seemeth like
unto that ancient miracle which was wrought by Joshua in Gibeon, though
much extended in its duration.  For the sun, as is written, stood still
over Gibeon, and the moon stood still over the valley of Ajalon, one
day for the space of two days, gave by the divine virtue the victory
unto a faithful people; and by the same power the continued shining of
twelve days' light showed the merit of Patrick, triumphant over this
world and the prince of this world.




CHAPTER CXCIV.

_The Miraculous Rising of the Sea between the Contending People._

And at the sight of such a miracle, the people could not be restrained
from their contention, for the fury of their wrath and the violence of
their minds which governed them they imputed to their devotion toward
the saint.  And on the twelfth day a deadly and perilous contention
arose between the two people of Ulydia and Ardmachia about the sacred
body.  And while arrayed in armor they rose unto arms, they heard a
voice from heaven, which seemed as the voice of Saint Patrick, staying
their violence; and the sea, rising above its wonted bounds, reared
itself as a wall, and separated the contending people, so that they
could neither behold nor attack one the other; and thus corporeally
separated, united them unto the concord of mutual peace.  Then the
people being restrained from their fury, the waters surceased from
their fury also.




CHAPTER CXCV.

_Two Wains appear, the which are sent by a Miracle._

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History

The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick: Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings

Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?

And this was the reason of the controversy.  A great and wondrous light
appeared, such as never in any time preceding had been beheld.  Over
that whole country the light continued for twelve days, without any
intervention of night; for the night was illuminated, and shone even as
the day.  Whereby was it plainly given to be understood that the
darkness of night obscured not Patrick, the son of life, the inhabiter
of eternal brightness, while the night was to him the illumination of
his joys, while he ascended unto the light without spot, the day
without night, the sun without eclipse.  And this miracle seemeth like
unto that ancient miracle which was wrought by Joshua in Gibeon, though
much extended in its duration.  For the sun, as is written, stood still
over Gibeon, and the moon stood still over the valley of Ajalon, one
day for the space of two days, gave by the divine virtue the victory
unto a faithful people; and by the same power the continued shining of
twelve days' light showed the merit of Patrick, triumphant over this
world and the prince of this world.




CHAPTER CXCIV.

_The Miraculous Rising of the Sea between the Contending People._

And at the sight of such a miracle, the people could not be restrained
from their contention, for the fury of their wrath and the violence of
their minds which governed them they imputed to their devotion toward
the saint.  And on the twelfth day a deadly and perilous contention
arose between the two people of Ulydia and Ardmachia about the sacred
body.  And while arrayed in armor they rose unto arms, they heard a
voice from heaven, which seemed as the voice of Saint Patrick, staying
their violence; and the sea, rising above its wonted bounds, reared
itself as a wall, and separated the contending people, so that they
could neither behold nor attack one the other; and thus corporeally
separated, united them unto the concord of mutual peace.  Then the
people being restrained from their fury, the waters surceased from
their fury also.




CHAPTER CXCV.

_Two Wains appear, the which are sent by a Miracle._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick: Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings

The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick: Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings

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