Was baptized by St. Colman, and preached the faith in that country a
little before the arrival of St. Patrick, who confirmed the episcopal
see of Ardmore, in a synod at Cashel in 448.[281] Many miracles
are ascribed to St. Declan, and he has ever been much honored in
the viscounty of Dessee, anciently Nandesi. See Usher; Bosch the
Bollandist, p. 590, and Colgan in MSS. ad 24 Julij.