Saint Patrick
5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
b. 4th century · d. 5th century
1st Archbishop of Armagh
Offices
Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba. He is also the patron saint of Nigeria. Patrick is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland, Lutheranism, and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where he is regarded as equal-to-the-apostles and Enlightener of Ireland.
Related people
- Calpornius child of · traditional
- Conchesa child of · traditional
- Germanus of Auxerre disciple of · traditional
- Darerca of Ireland relative of · traditional
- Cettin teacher of · traditional
- Odran teacher of · traditional
- Tigris of Ireland sibling of · traditional
- Secundinus preceded · inferred
Works
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Roman Britain birth
- Slemish imprisonment
- Auxerre residence
- Armagh ministry
- Saul death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Annala Uladh, Annals of Ulster 1 claim — Annals of Ulster (ed. Hennessy) I, A.D. 431–1056
- The Confession, and the Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus 1 claim — Founding of the church of Armagh
Documents
- Confessio author
- Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus author