...and Church commemorations ; for by his word and example, he with anxious care taught thennation — that of the Scots, to wit — the orthodox faith,...where he wanted one. Moreover, Palladius had as his fellow- worker in preaching and administering the Sacraments, a most holy man, Servanus, who was ordained...

...chronicler Fordun, a Romish monk of the fourteenth century, who says of Palladius, "Before whose coming the Scots had as teachers of the faith and administrators of the sacraments presbyters only and monks, following the order of the primitive church." It might be shown that these...

...have already adduced the Saxon Chronicle, Bede, and Henry of Huntingdon. John of Fordoun declares, 'the Scots had, as teachers of the faith, and administrators of the sacraments, only presbyters and monks, following the custom of the primitive church.'7 Boece says, the Culdees...

...know not, and faithfully to teach that we do know, etc. We read in the Polychronicon : — In JLD. 430, Pope Celestinus sent Saint Palladius into Scotia,...freely gave him a place of abode where he wanted one. CHAPTZE IX. Account of SaiaU PaUadivt continued — Sain! Scnanus — Saint Kcntigem — Saint Ternan...