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He characterizes the Picts and Scots as worms emerging from their holes, while the Saxons are compared to dogs. A Christian writer, Gildas also denounces a fleeting era of peace and prosperity as one steeped in moral decay, reserving his highest praise for Christian figures like St. Alban, the protomartyr. 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