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Martyrological notice
Constantine, i.e. son of Fergus, successor of Mochutu of Rathen in Delbna Ethra in Meath, i.e. a king of Britain, who left his realm and came on his pilgrimage to Rathen in the time of Mochutu. He was also king of Scotland, and he sold the goodness of the earth for pilgrimage in order to gain heaven. So he gave himself to manual labour like any monk a-serving God ; and 'tis he that marked out the church, i.e. of Rathen, and dug its dyke, and bettered Cepach Cusantin ' Constantine's Plot,' to the south of Rathen. Great then was his bellyful, to wit, the dinner of a hundred, 'tis this that satisfied him : so Mochutu's leavings were given to him. Mochutu sained his mouth, and (then) he used to consume only the same quantity as any (other) monk. And though his bellyful was lessened his strength was not diminished.3
Historical martyrology witness · The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee (1905)
Constantine, i.e. son of Fergus, successor of Mochutu of Rathen in Delbna Ethra in Meath, i.e. a king of Britain, who left his realm and came on his pilgrimage to Rathen in the time of Mochutu. He was also king of Scotland, and he sold the goodness of the earth for pilgrimage in order to gain heaven. So he gave himself to manual labour like any monk a-serving God ; and 'tis he that marked out the church, i.e. of Rathen, and dug its dyke, and bettered Cepach Cusantin ' Constantine's Plot,' to the south of Rathen. Great then was his bellyful, to wit, the dinner of a hundred, 'tis this that satisfied him : so Mochutu's leavings were given to him. Mochutu sained his mouth, and (then) he used to consume only the same quantity as any (other) monk. And though his bellyful was lessened his strength was not diminished.3