XLVI. HOW AN INSULT TO CIARAN WAS AVERTED

19. One day when he was going on a way, most infamous robbers,

seizing him, began to shave the head of the blessed man. But what the

frowardness of man wished to efface, the divine benevolence changed to

the manifestation of a mighty miracle. For in the place of the

shaved hairs other hairs grew forthwith. The robbers, thrown into

consternation by this miracle, were changed to the way of truth, and

at length, serving in the divine army under so great a leader, they

finished their life in holy conversation.

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