Thomas O’Loughlin 
Saint Patrick [EPUB ebook] 
The Man and his Works

1.THE ENIGMA OF PATRICK 1
Someone Foreign? 1
Reading Patrick 3
’The Past is a Foreign Country’ 5
Understanding in Tension 7
Reinventions of Patrick 9
Letting Patrick Speak 12
2. PATRICK:LIFE AND TIMES 14
Dates 15
Places and People 19
Sketching in Patrick’s Background 21
Patrick’s Christianity 22
Education 25
Ireland at the Time 29
Religion in Ireland before Patrick 31
3. PATRICK’S WORLD 35
A Stranger 36
An Old Man 40
At the Ends of the Earth 42
On the Edge of the Eschaton 44
4. INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFESSION 48
The Meaning of Confessio 48
The Translation 50
Scripture Citations and Canon 50
5. PATRICK’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GOD’S
DEALINGS WITH HIM(THECONFESSIO) 52
6. INTRODUCTION TO THE EPISTOLA 90
Apostates 90
Morality and Spirituality 91
Audience 92
7. PATRICK’S ADDRESS TO THE SOLDIERS OF
COROTICUS (THEEPISTOLA) 93
FURTHER READING 106
Editions of Patrick in Latin 106
Concordance 106
Translations 106
Historical Context 107
Specialized Studies of Patrick 108
The Patrick Legend 109
Still Further Reading 109
Index of Further Reading 110
INDEX OF PATRICK’S USE OF SCRIPTURE 113