CHAPTER XXIII.

IRISH SCHOLARS ABROAD

I.--ST. VIRGILIUS, ARCHBISHOP OF SALZBURG 566 Country of St. Virgilius 566 Accusations against Virgilius 569 Doctrine of the Antipodes 570 Virgilius, the Apostle of Carinthia 572 Discovery of the Tomb of Virgilius 573

II.--SEDULIUS, COMMENTATOR ON SCRIPTURE 574 Writings of Sedulius 574

III.--JOHN SCOTUS ERIGENA 576 Born in Ireland 576 Patronised by Charles the Bald 579 His _Liber de Prædestinatione_ 581 Alleged Errors about the Real Presence 583 His Translation of the Pseudo-Dionysius 584 His Treatise _De Divisione Naturae_ 586 This Book condemned A.D. 1225 587 His Death 588

IV.--FOREIGN SCHOLARS IN IRELAND 589 College of Slane 590 Dagobert, a Pupil of Slane 590 Egbert in Ireland 591 Studies in Connaught 592 St. Chad in Connaught 593 St. Willibrord in Ireland 594 Agilbert, Bishop of Paris, in Ireland 595