St. Patrick (was Re: SC - Haggis shop???)

[Laura C. Minnick]

Elysant-

Patrick as a disciple of St. David? Umm slight problem with the dates...

>From the _Annales Cambriae_:


457   St. Patrick goes to the Lord.

458   St. David is born in the thirtieth year after Patrick left
Menevia.


The notes from Patrick's _Confessions_ have this to say about his
biography:

Patrick of Ireland

     ...was not Irish. He was a British Celt, first enslaved in Ireland
as a teen, later a missionary to Ireland. 
     ...was not necessarily the first missionary to Ireland. 
     No one knows his birth or death date. 17 March is traditionally
considered to be one of the two, but there
     is no documentation for this. 
     The only documents about Patrick are his Confession and a letter he
wrote to Coroticus. 
     There were never snakes---or other reptiles---in Ireland for
Patrick to chase out. 
     Patrick is not a ``Roman saint'', and predates the Roman catholic
church. 


Website with the _Confessions_ and other spiffy stuff is:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/pat-confession.html

The _Annales Cambriae_ can be found at:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/annalescambriae.html

God, I _love_ the On-line Medieval Sourcebook!

'Lainie