_The Light continueth for Twelve Days._
And this was the reason of the controversy. A great and wondrous light
appeared, such as never in any time preceding had been beheld. Over
that whole country the light continued for twelve days, without any
intervention of night; for the night was illuminated, and shone even as
the day. Whereby was it plainly given to be understood that the
darkness of night obscured not Patrick, the son of life, the inhabiter
of eternal brightness, while the night was to him the illumination of
his joys, while he ascended unto the light without spot, the day
without night, the sun without eclipse. And this miracle seemeth like
unto that ancient miracle which was wrought by Joshua in Gibeon, though
much extended in its duration. For the sun, as is written, stood still
over Gibeon, and the moon stood still over the valley of Ajalon, one
day for the space of two days, gave by the divine virtue the victory
unto a faithful people; and by the same power the continued shining of
twelve days' light showed the merit of Patrick, triumphant over this
world and the prince of this world.