[86] Benignus succeeded Sechnall as Coadjutor or Auxiliary Bishop.
[87] For instance the Cotton MS. Nero. E. 1, fol. 171; and two in the Bodleian Fell. I., ff. 7a-11b and Fell. III., fol. 158-164.
[88] “Nam sermo et loquela mea translata est in linguam alienam, sicut facile potest probari ex saliva scripturae meae.”—Confession.
[89] Patrem habui Calpornum diaconum filium quendam Potiti filii Odissi presbyteri.
[90] Deum verum ignorabam.
[91] The strange phrase—“Repuli sugere mammellas corum”—seems to signify that he rejected the proferred intimate association with them. Mammella was used metaphorically as a term endearment, in classical Latin.
[92] This is the opinion of Skene—Celtic Scotland, p 158. vol. i.
[93] See Todd’s St. Patrick, p. 391.
[94] “Et devastaverunt servos et ancillas domûs patris mei.”
[95] The Decurio was under the Empire an official somewhat like a Mayor or Resident Magistrate.