The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick/The Life and Acts of St. Patrick/Chapter 41

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180071The Most Ancient Lives of Saint PatrickThe Life and Acts of St. Patrick by Jocelin, translated by Edmund L. Swift
Chapter XLI: Of the Holy Man named Hercus
James O'Leary

Of the Holy Man named Hercus.

But a certain man named Hercus, the son of Degha, who had heard many things of Saint Patrick, rose up in the sight of all, and did him honor. Therefore the prelate blessed him, and promised eternal life unto him; and he, believing in God, received the grace of baptism, and, leading his life renowned for virtues and for miracles, after a while he was made a bishop, and died in the city of Slane.