...'Justus,' so also in his works was he just: and after their holy greetings were passed, this man of Qod gave unto Patrick a staff, which he declared himself...him, some of whom appeared to be youths, and others decrepid old men, with whom, when Patrick had conversed, he learned that the oldest of them were the...

...and esteemed of all, and in his name and in his works he was Just ; and after their holy greetings were passed, this man of God gave unto Patrick a staff...of the youths ; and when Saint Patrick, marvelling, enquired of them the cause of so strange a miracle, they answered unto him, saying : " We from our...

...(Tripartite Life, p. 29). 40. Patrick meets a man who lives on an island in the Tuscan sea and who gives him a staff "which he declared himself to have received from the hands of the Lord Jesus. . . . And the Staff is held in much veneration in Ireland, and even unto this day it is called the Staff of Jesus"...