hy's return from France. The same conclusion follows from
the words "We are Scots, _not Gauls_," lower down.

[768] St. Bernard is speaking, not of stone churches in general, as
has sometimes been assumed, but of stone oratories, which may have
been unknown in "that land," _i.e._ the district about Bangor (see p.
32, n. 3). The innovation would naturally cause dissatisfaction among
a conservative people. Indignation may also have been excited by the
unusual size of the building; for it was "a great oratory" (Sec. 63).
But on the other hand, its ornate style cannot have contributed to the
opposition which the project aroused; for it commenced when the
foundations were being laid. Indeed, however "beautiful" it may have
been (Sec. 63), it was probably, like the churches of the Cistercians,
of simple design and devoid of ornament. See St. Bernard's _Apologia ad
Guillelmum_, Sec. 28 ff. (_P.L._ clxxxii. 914 f.). The only relic of the
medieval monastery of Bangor is a rudely built wall, once pierced by a
door and a window, now built up. It seems to be later than the twelfth
century. About 120 yards to the south-west of it is "The Abbey
Church," still used for worship. The main part of this structure dates
from the seventeenth century. But the core of the tower appears to be
much earlier, and may be on the site of St. Malachy's oratory.

[769] Job xv. 35 (vg.); Ps. vii. 14 (vg.).

[770] Lev. xix. 16.

[771] Ps. ci. 5.

[772] Acts xiv. 12.

[773] Ps. lxxiv. 21.

[774] Luke xiv. 28.

[775] _Viro_, _i.e._ Malachy.

[776] Cp. John vi. 66.

[777] _Quia non uis non uidebis._

[778] John viii. 21.

[779] Heb. iv. 12.

[780] 1 Kings xvii. 18.

[781] Perhaps because he imitated the customs of the Gauls.

[782] 1 Pet. iii. 9.

[783] Isa. liii. 7.

[784] Ps. xxxix. 1.

[785] Rom. xii. 19.

[786] 1 Sam. xvi. 14; xix. 9 (vg.).

[787] 2 Cor. xii. 7

[788] 1 Tim. i. 20.

[789] Susanna, 35.

[790] Ecclus. xxxi. 8 (vg.: with variant).

[791] Prov. i. 14.

[792] Ps. l. 12.

[793] Malachy disposed of the treasure according to his will. That
fact, together with his relation to the brothers, revealed by the next
few sentences, makes it exceedingly probable that he was still their
abbot.

[794] Ps. lv. 23 (vg.).

[795] Bangor was apparently his headquarters.

[796] Heb. viii. 5.

[797] Jocelin, writing towards the end of the twelfth century,
declares that St. Patrick founded a monastery at Saul (_Vita S