[282] No. 1247 (Theol. 287).

[283] See Transactions of the R.I.A., Vol. vii., 295.

[284] The author has received from Most Rev. Dr. Donnelly, Bishop of Canea, a duly attested relic of the Blessed Marianus—Ex sepulchro S. Merchertachi Scoti.

[285] Four Masters.

[286] According to O’Donovan’s identification.

[287] See Reeves’ Adamnan, page 405.

[288] Annals of Ulster.

[289] Four Masters.

[290] Skene thinks that this Cellach was the Benedictine abbot Celestinus to whom the Pope granted Hy in 1203, probably after this attempt to seize the place by the authority of Ronald, Lord of the Isles.—Celtic Scotland, vol. ii., p. 417.

[291] See Four Masters, A.D. 1152.