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moreover of Sandde wIlo was the parent of S. David. Ceredig is 

 thought to have been the Ooroticus against whom S. Patrick 

 wrote his denunciatory epistle. It is remarkable to find a son of 

 this tyrant aiding in the mission field with the apostle of the 

 Irish. Ceredig, it must be remembered, was engaged in 

 expelling the Irish colonists from the west coast of Wales, and 

 it was because Corotieus had taken captive and sold into slavery 

 a number of Irish neophytes that Patrick reproached him. 



In the life of 8. Carantoc we are informed that at the time 

 when he appeared, " the Scots (Irish) overcame Britain for 

 thirty years, the names of whose generals were Briseus, 

 Thuthaius, Machleius, and Anpachus." And again, " Ceredig 

 held Ceredigion, and from him it received its name. And after 

 he held it, the Scots (Irish) came and fought with them and 

 seized all the country." Here we have an intimation of two 

 invasions, one before Ceredig arrived and expelled them, 

 another, later, when he was " an old man." 



The names of Irish Chiefs of the first invasion are not easy 

 to identify in their latin form, Tuathius may be Dathi, King of 

 Ireland, 405-408, and Anpachus may be Amalghaid, King of 

 Connaught, 438-449, and the name of a Mac Lear (Laodegaire) 

 may be disguised under Machleius. 



Carantoc, according to the Latin Life, went to Ireland, " in 

 the year of the birth of Saint David, son of Sandde." 

 Unfortunately it is exceedingly doubtful what year that was. 



"He went to Ireland, Patrick having preceded him; and 

 they met each other and resided together. And they consulted 

 together what they should do, and they agreed that they should 

 separate, one go to the left, and the other to the right, because 

 many clerics walked with them, and others because they wanted 

 health (uUus unusquisque pariter preimm quod requireret sanitatewi). 

 And Carantoc went to the right part, and Patrick to the left, 

 and they agreed that they should meet once a year." In 

 Ireland, Carantoc founded a churcb at Dulane, in Meath. 



In the histories of S. Patrick, which we have, Carantoc 

 does not appear to have been intimately associated with him, 

 except on one notable occasion ; and there can be little doubt, from 

 this reticence, that he acted with considerable independence, 



