_The Prophecy that Patrick made unto Connedus._
And Saint Patrick visited the country of the Turturini, where he abided
for the space of seven weeks; and in that little space builded he seven
churches, one whereof he called the Lord's Church. For this was his
custom: that wheresoever he abided on the Lord's day, if he founded a
church there, he called it Domnhach--that is, belonging to the Lord.
And over one of these seven churches he appointed one of his disciples
named Connedus, a good and holy man, by degree a presbyter, and learned
in the divine law. And he, undertaking the government of this church
rather from obedience than from ambition, abided there only one week,
and then quitting it hastened to Saint Patrick. And the saint
enquiring the cause of his so speedy return, he answered that he could
not patiently endure the absence of his beloved father. "Nor is it to
be wondered," replied the saint, "since in that place there are not
children of life, but men of blood and devourers of cattle, of whose
sword thou standest in dread, and fearest that thy blood will be poured
out. Return, return securely, nor tremble before their face; for the
blood of no man shall in that place be shed, even from generation to
generation." Therefore, receiving this answer of Saint Patrick, the
venerable Connedus returned unto the government of his church; and, as
the dwellers in that country declare, the word of the saint has been
confirmed by many proofs.