Excerpt from An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, Vol. 4 of 4: From the First Introduction of Christianity Among the Irish to the Beginning of the Thirteenth Century, Compiled From the Works of the Most Esteemed Authors Who Have Written and Published on Matters Connected With, the Irish Church His companions for the pmpose of going to Rome, but, when outside of the city, stopped for a while In St. Peter's church and prayed them for a prosperous journey. Having finished his prayer, and just as he was coming out of the church, the rays of the rising sun struck his eyes, upon which, recollecting his dream, be determined on not proceeding further, and, together with his companions, throwing himself oii his knees thanked God for having pointed out to him the place, where he should live and die. When this circumstance was made known to the abbess Hemma, she made over to Mariaa and his brethren the church of St. Peter, and got her grant con firmed by Henry IV. Then king of Germany. Se veral pious and liberal citizens, among whom one Bezelin distinguished himself, contributed towards building for them a monastery. (5) 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.