Thou didst cause the Red Sea to ebb, and nothing in the world is difficult for Thee. Ah Jesus! said he, prosper my way to yon boat. And when he awoke he saw the ship in the offing, so that it seemed to him almost like an airy cloud, and he was sorely grieved thereat. Iubar called him, and he laid his head on his breast, and fell asleep and Iubar went on board unobserved by Abban.
But Abban did not wish to do this, but to set out for Rome with Iubar, and he wept so that his shirt and breast were wet. Iubar went to Rome, and he begged Abban to stay and superintend the monks till his return. But he had one church that he loved above them all in an island on the south side of Leinster, named Beggery. Iubar had many a saintly pupil, and many a noble church. We are willing, said they, that he should worship Him who wrought these miracles for him.Ībban went to Bishop Iubar, his mother's brother and the bishop welcomed him for his godliness even more than for his near relationship to himself. And Abban's fosterers went to the queen and king and told them of these miracles. The calf arose and joined the other calves, and bleated and frisked along with them. Ah Jesus! said he, who didst create this calf without any material create it now out of the material that is left of it here. The wolf ate it, and thanked Abban for its meal.īut the other youths were grieved that the calf should have been devoured by the wolf, and they went to complain of Abban to his foster-mother, and Abban was afraid of his foster-mother. Eat this calf, said he, for thou art hungry. God commanded, said Abban, to help necessity. One day when Abban was with his foster-mother's calves, a wolf came to him. And he returned to the abode of his fosterers. They saw that they had no power over him, they allowed him to follow his own will.
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But the next morning they found him free without chain or fetter on the green of the fort. And he was imprisoned, and chains put upon him, and he was put into into prison as a criminal St. The grace of God rested manifestly upon him nor was this wonderful, seeing that Patrick, when he first landed in Leinster, prophesied of him, as did many other saints.Īnd his fosterers were astonished at Abban's mode of life and they took him with them to his father and mother, and declared to them that Abban had no desire to shape his acts with a view to the succession, but (only) to follow the true God and the Catholic faith.Īnd his father and his mother entreated him to remain as their heir, but it was of no avail. Whatever was recited to him of the words of God he would recite, and he remembered the Scripture without any trouble or committing to memory. with a view to his succeeding his father in the kingdom but it was of no avail. And he was sent to be fostered, and to be instructed in feats of strength and valour to be instructed in strength and skill and valour, and the practice of every feat St.
And when Milla saw her brother, she said:-īishop Iubar to my aid! It is he who knows my secrets Let him ask forgiveness of my sins Sharp pains have overtaken me.īishop Iubar is before thee, Sharp pains have overtaken thee Thou shalt bear a noble wondrous son May the King of the elements aid thee!Īt the prayer of the holy bishop the woman bare a son without pain or travail and he was baptized, and the name Abban was given to him. And it so befell that she was pregnant, and at the time of her delivery she sent word to her brother, Bishop Iubar. He had a wife named Milla, and she was own sister to Bishop Iubar. Once upon a time an eminent king assumed the headship of Leinster, whose name was Cormac. Bethada Náem nÉrenn Lives of the Irish Saints Life of Abban
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