[RightWhale]

Entirely possible.

Wiki--
C'est à Aix qu'arriva en 802 l'éléphant blanc, présent du calife de Bagdad Harun ar-Rachid. L'empereur fut enterré dans cette chapelle en 814.

LOL. Aix means water, from the old Latin--It was a Roman camp first.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Alas, I have recalled 2 saints who did different things!
It was some other Irish saint who went as missionary to northern europe!