The life of St. Patrick -- 1. Miracles of St. Patrick, and the miracles of scripture -- 2. Of the authorities for the life of St. Patrick -- 3. St. Patrick's early life and first captivity -- 4. St. Patrick's captivity and release -- 5. St. Patrick at
Tours, Auxerre, and Lerins -- 6. St. Patrick's episcopal consecration and Irish mission -- 7. St. Patrick blesses the plain of Tara -- 8. St. Patrick's labours in Leinster -- 9. St. Patrick in Munster -- The tripartite Life of St. Patrick / by John Colgan -- 10. The effects of St. Patrick's mission; The successors of St. Patrick in the See of Armagh; St Fiacc's hymn or poem on the Life of St. Patrick; The hymn of St. Sechnall or Secundinus -- 11. St. Patrick's confession - introductory remarks; St. Patrick's confession; St Patrick's epistle to Coroticus -- 12. MediAval devotions to St. Patrick - his purgatory. The Life of St. Columba -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Of the writer of the Life of St. Columba, and of the opportunities which he had for obtaining authentic information -- 3. The early life of St. Columba -- 4. The education and ordination of St. Columba; St. Colman's hymn; St. Columba's hymn -- 5. St. Columba in Ireland; Hymn-"Noli, Pater" etc; Hymn-"In te Christe"; Poem attributed to St. Columba -- 6. In the land of exile; Hymn of St. Columba - "Altus prosator". The Life of St. Brigit -- 1. Her parentage and early life; Metrical Irish "Life of St. Brigit"; Hymn - "Christus in nostra insula"; hymn in honour of St. Brigit -- 2. The saint's vocation to the cloister -- 3. The convent of Kildare -- 4. The last days, and the end; Offices for the feast of Brigit.
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