[P. 52.]—Pelagianism in Ireland: see Zimmer, Pelagius in Ireland, 22-24.
[Ib.]—Patrick’s false friend: Confession, p. 365, 366: esp. 366₁₃, et comperi ab aliquantis fratribus ante defensionem illam [see below, [note on p. 202]], quod ego non interfui nec in Brittanniis eram, nec a me orietur [I would read oriebatur: “without any prompting from me”], ut et ille in mea absentia pro me pulsaret.
[P. 54.]—Mission of Palladius: Prosper, Epit. s.a. 431, ad Scottos in Christum credentes ordinatus a papa Celestino Palladius primus episcopus mittitur. It has been pointed out by Zimmer that this notice probably owes its insertion in the Chronicle to the circumstance that Prosper was at Rome in this year (Celtic Church, p. 32). The mission of Palladius is also referred to rhetorically by Prosper in his Contra Coll. c. xxi.; Migne, P.L. li. p. 271: ordinato Scotis episcopo dum Romanam insulam studet seruare catholicam, fecit etiam barbaram Christianam (sc. Caelestinus).
[P. 56.]—Churches said to have been founded by Palladius: See V₂24 = V₄28 (= W source) = V. Trip. p. 30. In Cell Fine “he left his books and the casket with relics of Paul and Peter, and the board on which he used to write” (V. Trip. trans. Stokes). In Donard were preserved the relics of “Sylvester and Solinus” (V₄; Solonius, V. Trip.). Acc. to V₄ the Tech na Romhan was founded by the disciples of Palladius. For the identification of this name with Tigroney, see Shearman, Loca Patriciana, p. 27. Shearman has attempted to identify the site of Cell Fine with the ancient cemetery of Killeen Cormac (near Colbinstown in Kildare on the borders of Wicklow). He supposed that Killeen has not here its usual sense of “little church,” but stands for “Kill Fhine,” so that the name would mean “the church of the clan of Cormac”; and he supposes that the saint Abbán maccu Cormaic was buried here. It cannot be said that he has made out his case. His argument largely depends on his view that the remarkable bilingual inscription preserved in the graveyard is connected with the poet Dubthach maccu Lugair—a view which must be rejected (see below, [p. 305]). The same sources mention the landing-place of Palladius. Muirchu (p. 272) has no local details, and only notes his failure in general terms. The feri et inmites homines, who would not receive his doctrine, evidently mean especially Nathi son of Garrchu, who is mentioned in other sources as opposing Palladius.
[P. 59.]—Patrick’s preparations. Cp. Muirchu, 275₁₀.
[P. 59.]—Companions of Palladius: Augustinus et Benedictus, Muirchu, 272₃₁. The thought strikes one that they might have brought some intimation from Ireland that Patrick would be acceptable as successor to Palladius. If Palladius died in Dalaradia, and these companions came with a message from Dalaradian Christians, this might have been a motive for Patrick’s special connexion with that region of Ireland.
[Pp. 61 sqq.]—Position of the Roman see. For what I have said on this subject I must acknowledge my particular obligations to the important study of M. E.-Ch. Babut, Le Concile de Turin, 1904. His chief object is to determine the date and circumstances of the Council of Turin (Sept. 417), but the book is of much wider scope. For the position of the apostolic see in the latter half of the fourth century, Rade’s Damasus, Bischof von Rom, 1882, is important.
Chapter IV
[P. 70.]—Kingdom of Cashel. Cp. the remarks of Rhŷs, Studies in Early Irish History, p. 31.