16. He was nevertheless inspired with a spirit of prophecy, which
appears from the preceding and the following examples. For on a
certain day the voice of one asking for ferrying had struck on his
ears. Then he said to the brethren, "I hear," said he, "the voice of
him whom God will set over you as abbot. Go, therefore, and fetch
him." So they hastened; and coming to the harbour, they found an
unlettered youth. Not caring to lead him to the holy man, they
returned and declared that they had found no one, save an unlettered
youth who was wandering as a vagabond in the woods. But Saint Queranus
said, "Lead him hither," said he, "and despise not your future
pastor." Who being led in, by the inspiration of God and by the
instruction of the holy man, took on him the habit of religion, and
duly learned his letters. For he is Saint Oenius, a man of venerable
life; and, as the saint prophesied beforehand, he was duly set over
the brethren.