CHAPTER LXIX.

_The Prophecy of the Saint Concerning Dublinia; and the Sick Man cured._

And the saint, departing from Midia, directed his course toward

Lagenia, for the purpose of preaching there; and on his journey he

crossed a river named Finglas to a certain hill distant about one mile

from the village Athcliath, the which is now called Dublinia; and

looking on this place and on the country around it, and blessing it,

thus spake he, prophesying: "This village, now so small, in time shall

be renowned, and it shall be increased in riches and in dignity until

it be advanced the royal seat of a kingdom." How truly he spake the

proof of this time manifestly showeth. And he entered the village, and

the dwellers therein, having heard of the miracles which he had wrought

in the Lord, came forth joyfully to meet him; and the son of the lord

of that place, his only son, was even at the point of death, so that

many said he had already expired. Then, at the entreaty of the father

and of the rest who flocked around him, the saint went unto the sick

man's bed, and bended his knees on the earth, and prayed, and blessed

him then dying, and snatched him from the jaws of death, and in the

sight of them all restored him. And they who beheld this miracle

believed in the Author of life, and by the holy prelate were baptized

in His name.

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