it was clearly apparent of what manner he was destined to be. For he
was as a burning lamp in extraordinary charity, so as to show not only
the warmth of a pious heart and devotion in relieving the necessity
of men, but also an unwearied sympathy for the needs of irrational
animals. And because such a lamp should not be hidden under a bushel,
so from his boyhood he began to sparkle with the marvels of miracles.


III. HOW CIARAN RAISED THE STEED OF OENGUS FROM DEATH

2. For when the horse of the son of the king of that territory
perished with a sudden death, and the young man was much grieved at
its fall, there appeared to him in dreams a man of venerable and
shining countenance, who forbade him to be grieved for the death of
the horse, saying unto him, "Call," said he, "the holy boy Keranus,
and let him pour water into the mouth of thy horse, and sprinkle its
forehead, and it shall revive. And thou shalt endow him with due
reward for its resurrection."

When the king's son had wakened from sleep, he sent for the boy
Keranus that he should come to him; who, when he made his presence
known, and heard the dream throughout, according to what the angel
taught him, sprinkled the horse with holy water and raised it from
death. When this great miracle was seen, the king of that territory
made over to Saint Keranus a fertile and spacious field in honour of
Omnipotent God, in Whose Name his horse was resurrected.


IV. HOW CIARAN TURNED WATER INTO HONEY