O'Meagher — On St. Patrice de Rouen. 
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The inscription beneath is : — 
Met son haston pastoral pour pra . . . er 
. . . et le pied d'un capitaine et le . . . rist." 
In the centre of the window St. Patrick's figure is of larger propor- 
tions than in any other panel. He is depicted in cope^ and mitre,^ and 
wearing on his shoulders the pallium, received, according to the Bollan- 
dists, from Leo the Great in 444, and carrying in his right hand an 
Archbishop's crozier. In front of the prelate are a number of venomous 
reptiles which he is driving before him, and from above the Almighty is 
I represented blessing his mission. Below is an incomplete inscription : — 
I II chassa (d'Ib)ernie les 
i ... bestes." 
I failed to find any confirmation of St. Patrick having been invested 
with the pallium. The Annals of Ulster under the year 441 merely 
record : " Leo being ordained the 41st bishop of the Eoman Church, the 
faith of Patrick the bishop was approved." Lastly, to the left is por- 
trayed the saint's fast, and his descent from Croagh Patrick : — 
* ' Thereafter Patrick gat him into the wilderness, that is, to Cruachan 
Aigli, after the mayner of Moses, and Elias, and Christ. And 
for forty days and forty nights he fasted in that place, having 
four stones about him and a stone under him, even as Moses 
fasted on Mount Sinai when the Law was delivered unto him. 
Por they, Moses and Patrick, were alike in many ways. One 
hundred and twenty years was the age of them both. Each 
was a leader of people. Eorty nights on mountains they fasted, 
and the burial places of them both are uncertam." — Lehar BrecCy 
Homily on St. Patrick, "W.S., p. 475. 
And his descent from Croagh Patrick, when he is met by a crowd, and 
in order to emphasise his preachings by a miracle, he struck the ground 
with his pastoral staff, and thereupon a deep chasm was formed, which is 
represented on the window as filled with flames. The inscription is : — 
" Luy priant la terre s'ouvre que I'on 
Appelle le purgatoire Sainct Patrice. ' 
1 Cope. — The Tripartite Life and the Booh of Armagh only mention white rohes 
as being worn by St. Patrick and his clerics. Coloured vestments were first sanc- 
tioned by Pope Innocent III., 1198-1208. 
Mitre. — The present shape of the mitre was assumed about the thirteenth cen- 
tury ; at first it was low, with the sides straight, and afterwards its height was 
increased, and eventually it assumed its present swelling and rounded form. 
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