become a proverb since in Ireland when people hear of danger or
jeopardy:--"The left hand of Ultan against you (the danger)." Ultan
became, after the death of Declan, a miracle-working abbot of many
other holy monks.

43. The holy and glorious archbishop, i.e. Patrick, sent one of his
own followers to Declan with power and authority (delegation) from
the archbishop. And proceeding through the southern part of Decies
he was drowned in a river [the Lickey] there, two miles from the city
of Declan. When Declan heard this he was grieved and he said:
"Indeed it grieves me that a servant of God and of Patrick who sent
him to visit me, having travelled all over Ireland, should be drowned
in a river of my own territory. Get my chariot for me that I may go
in haste to see his corpse, so that Patrick may come to hear of the
worry and the grief I have undergone because of his disciple's
death." The body had been recovered before the arrival of Declan by
others who were close at hand and it had been placed on a bier to be
carried to Ciaran for interment. Declan however met them on the way,
when he ordered the body to be laid down on the ground. They
supposed he was about to recite the Office for the Dead. He (Declan)
advanced to the place where the bier was and lifted the sheet
covering the face. It (the face) looked dark and deformed as is
usual in the case of the drowned. He prayed to God and shed tears,
but no one heard aught of what he said. After this he commanded:--"In
the name of the Trinity, in the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Ghost whose religious yoke I bear myself, arise to us for
God has given your life to me." He (the dead man) rose up
immediately at the command and he greeted Declan and all the others.
Whereupon Declan and his disciples received him with honour. At
first he was not completely cured but (was) like one convalescent