[19] I visited Iona in 1845 with Dr. Patrick M'Farlan, and saw these ruins. One portion of the building seems to be of primitive architecture.
[20] Nulli post apostolos secundus. (Notker.) Second to none after the apostles.
Qui de prosapia regali claruit,
Sed morum gratia magis emicuit.
Usser. Antiq. p. 360.
He was distinguished by his royal descent, but his character rendered him still more illustrious.
[22] Prolatis Sanctæ Scripturæ testimoniis. (Adomn. 1. i. c. 22.) The testimony of the Holy Scriptures being exhibited.
[23] Bishop Munter, Altbritische Kirche. Stud. und Krit. vi. 745.
[24] Meliores sunt ergo qui non magno opere jejunant, cor intrinsecus nitidum coram Deo sollicite servantes. (Gildas in ejusd. Synod. Append.) Those are better who, though not fasting very particularly, keep diligently before God a heart pure within.
[25] In Hibernia episcopi et presbyteri unum sunt. (Ekkehardi liber. Arx. Geschichte von S. Gall. i. 267.) In Ireland bishops and presbyters are equal.
[26] Patrem habui Calpornium diaconum filium quondam Potiti Presbyteri. Patricii Confessio. Even as late as the twelfth century we meet with married Irish bishops. (Bernard, Vita Malachiæ, cap. x.) My father was Calpurnius son of Potitus once a presbyter.