The life of St. Patrick and his place in history
by J. B. Bury
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About This Book
This classic biography first appeared in 1905 and still offers a valuable resource to scholars, theologians, and others interested in Irish history. The well-documented study depicts St. Patrick’s early life in 4th-century Britain during the Roman occupation, his abduction by Irish raiders, his conversion to Christianity, and his lifelong efforts to convert pagans and found churches.
Chapters (486)
- THE LIFE OF ST. PATRICK
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I ON THE DIFFUSION OF CHRISTIANITY BEYOND THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- CHAPTER II THE CAPTIVITY AND ESCAPE OF PATRICK
- § 1. Parentage and Capture
- § 2. Captivity and Escape
- CHAPTER III IN GAUL AND BRITAIN
- § 1. At Lérins
- § 2. At Home in Britain
- § 3. At Auxerre
- § 4. Palladius in Ireland (A.D. 431-2)
- § 5. Consecration of Patrick (A.D. 432)
- CHAPTER IV POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF IRELAND
- CHAPTER V IN THE ISLAND-PLAIN, IN DALARADIA
- CHAPTER VI IN MEATH
- § 1. King Loigaire’s Policy
- § 2. Legend of Patrick’s Contest with the Druids
- § 3. Loigaire’s Code
- § 4. Ecclesiastical Foundations in Meath
- CHAPTER VII IN CONNAUGHT
- CHAPTER VIII FOUNDATION OF ARMAGH AND ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANISATION
- § 1. Visit to Rome (circa A.D. 441-3)
- § 2. Foundation of Armagh (A.D. 444)
- § 3. In South Ireland
- § 4. Church Discipline
- § 5. Ecclesiastical Organisation
- CHAPTER IX WRITINGS OF PATRICK, AND HIS DEATH
- § 1. The Denunciation of Coroticus
- § 2. The Confession
- § 3. Patrick’s Death and Burial (A.D. 461)
- CHAPTER X PATRICK’S PLACE IN HISTORY
- APPENDIX A SOURCES
- Bibliographical Note
- I
- 1. The Confession
- 2. The Letter against Coroticus
- 3. Dicta Patricii
- 4. Ecclesiastical Canons of St. Patrick
- [Note on the Liber de Abusionibus Saeculi]
- 5. Irish Hymn ascribed to Patrick
- 6. Hymn of St. Sechnall
- 7. Life of Germanus, by Constantius
- II
- 1. Memoir of Patrick, by Tírechán
- 2. Additional Notices in the “Liber Armachanus”
- 3. Life of Patrick, by Muirchu
- (4) Hymn Genair Patraicc
- 5. Early Acts in Irish
- 6. Vita Secunda (V₂) and Vita Quarta (V₄)
- 7. Vita Tripartita
- 8. Vita Tertia
- 9. Life by Probus
- 10. Notice of Patrick in the Historia Brittonum
- III
- 1. The Irish Annals
- 2. The Catalogus Sanctorum
- 3. Liber Angueli
- APPENDIX B NOTES
- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- APPENDIX C EXCURSUS
- 1. The Home of St. Patrick (Bannauenta)
- 2. Irish Invasions of Britain
- 3. The Dates of Patrick’s Birth and Captivity
- 4. The Place of Patrick’s Captivity
- 5. Tentative Chronology from the Escape to the Consecration as Bishop
- 6. The Escape to Gaul. The State of Gaul, A.D. 409-416
- 7. Palladius
- 8. Patrick’s Alleged Visit (or Interrupted Journey) to Rome in A.D. 432
- 9. Patrick’s Consecration
- 10. Evidence for Christianity in Ireland before St. Patrick
- 11. King Loigaire and King Dathi
- 12. The Senchus Mór
- 13. Patrick’s Visits to Connaught
- 14. King Amolngaid: Date of his Reign
- 15. Patrick at Rome
- 16. Appeal to the Roman See
- 17. Patrick’s Paschal Table
- 18. The Organisation of the Episcopate[430]
- 19. The Place of Patrick’s Burial
- 20. Legendary Date of Patrick’s Death
- 21. Professor Zimmer’s Theory
- FOOTNOTES
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