Note 734 — XVIII. IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.
Reading edition
Hist. Archiep. Bremens ann. 1179 (Lindenbrog. Script. Septent. p. 107).
It must be borne in mind, however, that in the Irish church bishops were almost as numerous as in the primitive church of Africa—“singulæ pene ecclesiæ singulos haberent episcopos.”—Bernard. Vit. S. Malachiæ cap. X.