_The Acts of St. Patrick after he had Returned._
And after his long journey was finished, he consoled his people with
his presence; and he appointed unto the Lord's field thirty bishops
which he had chosen and in foreign countries had consecrated, for that
the harvest was many, and the laborers few. Therefore began he the
more frequently to assemble holy synods of bishops, to celebrate solemn
councils, and whatsoever he found contrary to the ecclesiastical
institutes or the Catholic faith, that did he take away and annul; and
whatsoever he found accordant to the Christian law, to justice, or to
the sacred canons, and consonant to good morals, that did he direct and
sanction. And daily he shone with innumerable miracles, and whatsoever
with his lips he appointed or taught, that did he confirm by most
signal miracles; whence it came to pass that all deservedly admired
him, by whose kindness all the inhabitants of that island are through
ages blessed; as in the sequel more fully shall we endeavor to show.