How high an idea ought this circumstance to give us of itsincomprehensible greatness, which its nature and , who had succeeded Otho III. THIS saint is distinguished by the surname of Kele-De, that is,Worshipper of God; which began in his time to be the denomination ofmonks to the Scottish language, commonly called Culdees. We have still extant two thousand and twelveof his letters, abounding with excellent instructions of piety, and withtheological {355} and critical learning.
During the absence of our saint, a troop of idolatrous rebels,partly out of hatred of the Christian religion, and p ntained the honor dueto holy images with so much zeal, that he was stripped of his honors,scourged, tortured, and banished. His eldestbrother, Peada, had begun to plant the faith in Mercia. See Lobineau, Vies des Saints de la Bretagne.
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