_The Saint is preserved untouched from the falling Rain._
The man of God was wont to observe with singular devotion the Lord's
day, for the remembrance of that great solemnity, which the life of
death reviving unto resurrection, hath made worthy of rejoicing in
heaven, in earth, and in the grave. Wherefore this holy custom was
fixed in his mind, even as a law, that wheresoever the Sabbath-eve
arrived, he for reverence thereto passed the night and the next holy
day in hymns, and in psalms, and in spiritual songs; and heartily
devoting himself unto divine contemplation, so he continued until the
morning of the succeeding day. And on a time the observance of this
holy custom caused the blessed Patrick to celebrate the vigil under the
open air; and a violent fall of rain inundated all the field around:
but the place whereon the holy watchman, the guardian of the walls of
Jerusalem, stood with his companions, was not wetted even with the
dropping of one drop thereof. Thus was in Patrick repeated the
miracle, which formerly appeared in the fleece of Gideon, when the
whole ground was wet with dew, and the fleece was found dry and
undamped.