ly Elgwy, where a great number of disciples and scholars soon
put themselves under his direction. St. Kentigern was here when St.
David died, in 546, or rather in 544, when the first of March fell on a
Tuesday.[3] After the death of the usurper Morcant, Rydderch returned
from Ireland, and recovered his crown, and St. Kentigern, leaving his
school to the care of St. Asaph, (whose name the town, which was raised
at Elgwy, bears to this day,) went back to Glasco, taking with him
several hundreds of his scholars; their number having probably been much
increased after the death of Daniel, bishop of Bangor, which happened
between the years 542 and 545. The return of St. Kentigern to his see,
is generally placed about the year 560, nor can it be placed later,
since in 565 he had a conference with St. Columbo, when that holy man
came over to Scotland, in order to convert the northern Picts, to whom
St. Kentigern had already sent missionaries.[4] Wharton therefore justly
places the residence of St. Kentigern in Wales, from the year 543 to
560.[5] King Rydderch powerfully seconded the zeal of our saint in all
his undertakings, being his constant friend and protector; as were the
two princes who afterward succeeded him, Guallauc, (who seems to have
been his son,) and Morcant Mwynfawn, (who was certainly his brother.)
The valor of Rydderch, and these two successors, which is highly
commended by an ancient author in Nennius, and other British historians,
was the bulwark of their dominions against the inroads of the Saxons.
St. Kentigern employed his zeal all this time, with wonderful success,
in correcting abuses, reforming the manners of his flock, and
propagating the faith; was favored with a wonderful gift of miracles,
and died in 601, aged eighty-five years. His tomb, in his titular church
at Glasco, was famous for miracles, and his name was always most
illustrious in the Scottish calendars. See his ancient life, Leland de
Scriptor. Usher, Ant. c. 15. Hector Boetius, Leslie, &c.

Footnotes:
1. Vaughn's Dissert. on the British Chron. Carte. t. 1, p. 211.
2. See Notes on St. Gildas and St. David.
3. Usher, Ant. Brit. c. 14.
4. Vit. S. Kentigerni. Usher, Antiqu. c. 15, p. 358.
5. Wharton de Episcopis Asaphensibus, pp. 300, 302.

This is also the Octave of the Epiphany.[1] The principal object of the
devotion of the church on this day is the baptism of our Saviour by St.
John in the Jordan. We learn from the great council of