_Of the Sisters and the Nephews of St. Patrick._
And the saint had three sisters, memorable for their holiness and for
their justice, and they were pleasing unto the Lord; and of these the
names were Lupita, Tygridia, and Darercha. And Tygridia was blessed
with a happy fruitfulness, for she brought forth seventeen sons and
five daughters. And all her sons became most wise and holy monks, and
priests, and prelates; and all her daughters became nuns, and ended
their days as holy virgins; and the names of the bishops were
Brochadius, Broichanus, Mogenochus, and Lumanus, who, with their uncle,
Saint Patrick, going from Britain into Ireland, earnestly laboring
together in the field of the Lord, they collected an abundant harvest
into the granary of heaven. And Darercha, the youngest sister, was the
mother of the pious bishops, Mel, Moch, and Munis, and their father was
named Conis. And these also accompanied Saint Patrick in his preaching
and in his travel, and in divers places obtained the episcopal dignity.
Truly did their generation appear blessed, and the nephews of Saint
Patrick were a holy heritage.