_Of the Altar of Saint Patrick._
And it was near to the heart of the saint to visit Connactia; and
chiefly for the vision which he had heretofore beheld in his sleep,
wherein he was called by the infants of that country, even in their
mothers' wombs, he desired there to evangelize the kingdom of God. And
he purposed to travel round the whole island, that he might convert it
unto Christ; and the saint, being prepared to his journey, blessed
Conallus, and in memorial of himself he left in the aforementioned city
his altar of stone, for the relieving of the sick and for the working
of miracles; but when he proceeded on his journey, the altar followed,
nor to the eyes of any man was it visible how it was carried; but, as I
account, it was carried along the path of the saint by the power and
the virtue of Him at whose nod the prophet was carried from Judea into
Chaldea. Thus did the Corner-Stone, Christ, that He might show unto
all the holiness of Patrick, cause this holy stone to be moved without
human hand. And the prelate, looking back, beheld the altar thus
marvellously borne after him, and exulted in the Lord, and returned,
and placed it in a fitting place. And from that day did it remain
fixed, yet ceased it not to shine in miracles, as if the virtue of
Patrick had remained in it or flowed from it.