Excerpt from Lives of the Irish Saints, Vol. 8: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons; Compiled From Calendars, Martyrologies, and Various Sources; Relating to the Ancient Church History of Ireland The Rev. Dr. Lanigan denies, that our saint had been St. Patrick's disciple, '6 in opposition to the Tripartite and Jocelyn's Life!8 Of our Irish Apostle. A principal argument, oii which the learned Irish Church historian relies, is founded on the unusual term Of years to which his life must have been prolonged, were we to accept such a statement. We are told, '9 that Rioch had charge of the books and writings, and that he was librarian to St. Patrick.20 This Office be discharged after he had been ordained Deacon. According to the accounts extant, St. Rioch is said to have been a companion of his uncle, St. Patrick, during all his journeys. But, in addition to gifts of supernatural grace our saint had acquired, and that purity of soul whereby he became the admired Of all admirers, he was remarkable for a wonderful beauty of person as if a bounteous Creator had specially decreed, that the virtues and amiable qualities of his soul should be enshrined, in an earthly temple, worthy Of being considered the fairest receptacle Of imperishable beauty, and within an ornamental casket, which contained the precious jewels Of most extraordinary virtues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.