Hence the confusion that arose amongst Celtic hagiographers, and the interchanging of the acts of several saints who bore the same name.
[114] _Deacon_ .-- This was an important office in the early Roman Church.
[115] _Heresy_ .-- The Pelagian.
[116] _Followed him_ .-- The Four Masters imply, however, that they remained in Ireland.

They also name the three wooden churches which he erected.

Celafine, which has not been identified; Teach-na-Romhan, House of the Romans, probably Tigroni; and Domhnach-Arta, probably the present Dunard .-- Annals, p.

129.
[117] _Nemthur_ .-- The _n_ is merely a prefix; it should read Em-tur.
[118] _Celestine._--See the Scholiast on Fiacc's Hymn.
[119] _Preserved._--It is much to be regretted that almost every circumstance in the life of St.Patrick has been made a field for polemics.

Dr.Todd, of whom one might have hoped better things, has almost destroyed the interest of his otherwise valuable work by this fault.