_How the Saint appeared unto Colmanus while singing his Hymn._
A certain abbot, a disciple of Saint Patrick, named Colmanus, was
accustomed frequently to repeat this hymn; and when he was asked of the
disciples why he would not rather sing the appointed offices and
psalms, inasmuch as once to sing this hymn ought to suffice him, he
continually beheld the face of his beloved father, Patrick, nor could
he ever be satisfied with the contemplation thereof. This, though
happening long after the death of Saint Patrick, we have written and
recorded among his acts; that we may show how this hymn was esteemed
among the people of Hibernia, and how ready was he in the hour of
necessity and tribulation to aid those who honored him, and who
frequently celebrated his memory.