Ecclesiastical chronicle for Scotland . eping thisin view, some think that the Gothicarch of the Piscina is one of the ear-liest known examples of the kind ex-isting in Scotland: ideas, however,for which there appears to be no good ground. The originalChurch is said to have sunk, and another was built upon its to Butler Lives of the Saints (Palladia*), July 6]the Relics of Palladius were held in so great esteem by BishopSchevez of S. Andrews, in whose Diocese the Church was situ-ated, that he had them collected together, and deposited in asilver Shrine set with diamonds. To this
Ecclesiastical chronicle for Scotland . eping thisin view, some think that the Gothicarch of the Piscina is one of the ear-liest known examples of the kind ex-isting in Scotland: ideas, however,for which there appears to be no good ground. The originalChurch is said to have sunk, and another was built upon its to Butler Lives of the Saints (Palladia*), July 6]the Relics of Palladius were held in so great esteem by BishopSchevez of S. Andrews, in whose Diocese the Church was situ-ated, that he had them collected together, and deposited in asilver Shrine set with diamonds. To this period (1478-1496),most probably, the oldest part of the Chapel also belongs; and,according to Tradition, the Shrine was afterwards stolen by thesacrilegious Knight of Pitarron, from which time, it is said, theFamily fortunes of the Wisharts began to decline. The old Barons of Glenfarcruhar and Monboddo bury under-neath this Chapel, which is now used as a Female School; and atthe entrance door stands a Sculptured Stone, carved upon one. PALLADIUS. n side. The Fordoun Stone is said to have been raised tocommemorate the Death of King Kenneth III., who, accordingto Tradition, was killed in that neighbourhood, through the stra-tagem of Finella, wife of the Thane of the Mearns. This murderis said to have been committed while the King was passing eitherto or from the Shrine of S. Palladius, to which, among severalother Shrines, he went by way of penance, for the part he had inthe assassination of Duffus. If it be true that Palladius Baptized Ternan when a child, andConsecrated him Bishop of the Picts, he must have lived a goodwhile; and, indeed, Polydore Virgil, in his History of England,brings him down to the Keign of Constantine, who succeeded hisbrother Dovgard in the year 457. On the other hand, Historianswho lived nearer Palladius time seem to insinuate that he Diedsoon after his coming over; and in S. Patricks Office it is said,that Patrick came to Ireland after Palladius had l
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