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==St. Patrick: Fact and Fiction==
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What are the sources for the following statments?
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*1 - ''"born Patricius Magonus Sucatus"''
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*2 - ''" seems to have studied at the monastery of Lérins on the Côte d'Azur from 412 to 415 ...He spent the next 15 years at Auxerre were he became a disciple of Saint Germanus of Auxerre and was ordained possibly about 417."''
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*3 - ''"Saint Germanus consecrated Patrick bishop about 431, and sent him to Ireland to succeed Saint Palladius, the first bishop, who had died earlier that year. "''
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*4 - ''"There was some contact with the pope. Patrick visited Rome in 442 and 444. "''
*5 - ''"Popular devotion to Patrick began in France, long before Sucat received the noble title of Patricius"''


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These and other statments seriously mar what is otherwise a fairly good and reasonably well written article. Also the chronology implicit in them is all over the place. The fact of the matter is that no one know for sure what the dates of Patrick's life are; those of 461 (arriving in Ireland) and 491 (death) are estimates arrived at only after decades of discussion. Will whoever rewrote this article please show the basis for including these statments. Thank you. ]
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I've re-revised the article ''again'' in line with what I wrote above, for the simple reason that ] reverted back to his version ''again'' without citing sources for statments I take issue with. I dislike doing this unilaterally because it is against the spirit of wikipedia, but it seems I have to draw attention to this in some manner other than being polite. ], 18:52 pm, 18th April 2005.
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== Lutheran saint? ==
* I did? Where? I just checked through my edits and all I can find is reverts of blatant vandalism and one weird edit (documented below). I also reverted "confession" -> "confessio" in the last two weeks or so - is this what you are referring to? - ]<sup><font color="DarkRed">]</font></sup> 18:11, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)


The text asserts that Patric is "venerated as a saint in the ... Lutheran church...". Lutheran churches do not recognize "saints" or venerate them, even though Lutheran church buildings may be named after disciples, evangelists or archangels venerated by Catholics as "saints". ] (]) 14:48, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
*Hello Pete, glad to hear from you. The basic issues I have with the article as you wrote it - forgive me if I have mistaken you for another editor - are outlined above. I have no problem whatsoever with them being included in an article concerning Pat, so long as they are placed under some heading along the lines of "Speculations about St. Patrick". Because we know so very little about Patrick I really feel it is vital to seperate facts, speculation and hagiography. And - I mean no offense - much of what I have outlined above falls under the latter two categorys. Thank you for your time. ], 22:08, 15th April 2005.


== Quality of Content ==
*: OOokay. You have me confused with someone else, I suspect. I've no comments really re. the points of contention above, as I didn't add them. - ]<sup><font color="DarkRed">]</font></sup> 22:21, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)


This is a truly dreadful article, mostly obsessed with Catholic trivia about shamrocks, bells, and visions. Patrick was actually a most important person in establishing and propagating literacy - a fundamental tool for propagating religious philosophy. Catholicism, for example. By ignoring the literacy part of Patrick's existence, this article becomes an astonishing and execrable waste of time! Is nobody here aware of this other side of Patrick's life, not to mention being able to include some relevant history? ] (]) 01:32, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
* Okay, cheers. Sorry for that! ]
:We don't really know any of this. You seem to want to replace one style of hagiographical myth-making with another. ] (]) 15:44, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
::I'm again astonished that a would-be Patrick scholar would be so completely in the dark about Patrick's work as to suggest that it's simply more "hagiographical myth-making"! Here is just '''one''' example of an academic analysis of Patrick's substantial, even monumental, works from 807 A.D.: https://www.confessio.ie/manuscripts/dublin#1 <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 00:47, 18 March 2024 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:::I'm well aware of the ''Confessio'', but I don't think Patrick actually mentions teaching reading, let alone writing, anywhere in it, though he may well have done some of that. ] (]) 02:23, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
:I wholehearedly concur. There is a load of deliberate obfuscation here. What is the point of quoting an idiot from 130 years ago who was so arrogant as to assert that Patrick could not spell at all. You quote him as referring to "Bonaven Taburnia" when it is, of course, ''Bannavem Taburniae''. Yes... this does refer to the Roman Fort Banna on Hadrian's Wall (now usually called Birdoswald).
:The Bannaventa near Coventry is matched by another, now Banwen, in Wales and means "pig market". On the other hand Bannavem Taburniae means "The Boars' Inns" because when the legionaries left it became a hunting lodge complex. ] (]) 15:41, 26 June 2024 (UTC)


== Myth? ==
Most theories place St.Patrick's birthplace in Wales. - Peter


So, is St. Patrick a myth? ] (]) 14:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
:(The above anonymously contributed without reading even the Misplaced Pages article. No consensus will ever be reached on precisely where in Romanized Britain the location ''vico banavem taburniae'' was sited. Wales is among the possibilities. --] 02:55, 22 December 2005 (UTC))


:Err..... no, but the Catholic Church did so mess with eg his dates (for their own political reasons) as to make their story as worthless as a myth. There was a real person born c420 at Gretna who died in 493. ] (]) 15:44, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
== Not NPOV ==


== Semi-protected edit request on 24 December 2024 ==
This article presents a great deal of speculative and controversial information as plain fact. For example, I don't believe it's remotely possible to say authoritatively that "His father was Calpornius, a deacon, son of Potitus, who was Romano-British".
:The ''Confessio'', listed in the External links, begins "I, Patrick, a sinner, a most simple countryman, the least of all the faithful and most contemptible to many, had for father the deacon Calpurnius, son of the late Potitus, a priest, of the settlement of Bannavem Taburniae..." I'll check to make a footnote in the entry. --] 11:17, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Add a hyperlink to 'Ireland' in the patronage that leads to the Ireland Misplaced Pages page. ] (]) 21:25, 24 December 2024 (UTC)


:{{not done}}:<!-- Template:ESp --> already linked under died and should not be relinked as per ] ] (]) 13:54, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Hmmm... the article currently starts with

:''Saint Patrick (circa '''373''' - March 17, 461) is the patron saint of Ireland. He was born around '''385''' in Caledonia, probably at Kilpatrick.''
(emphasis added)

The last two external links give 387 to 390 as the date of birth... which of these three is correct? (I don't think "circa 373" and "around 385" are the same thing.) ] 14:07, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)

387 to 390 sounds like circa 385 to me, so lets pick that. -- ]

Re: Dalriada
According to my sources, the Irish kingdom in Co. Antrim was called Dal Riada. Irish seafarers (called Scotti) carried colonizers from that county to establish the kingdom of Dalriada in Argyll in northern Britain, in what would later become Scotland. -- Larry Gross

Big disparity with the birth dates - why is it now "circa 420s"? -- ]

==Baptist vs. Catholic POV stuff==

Whatever did 192.31.106.34 do to the page tonight? Deleted legit links and added a major Baptist spin on a reasonably NPOV article? What's up with *that*?? Discussion of trans-vs-con- substantiation don't really belong in a biog. such as this. It reads like a Baptist sermon (which I'm familiar with). Recommend reversion. I've already rv'd the deleted links - that's just vandalism! ] 22:38, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Furthermore, large chunks were C&P'd from; http://www.calvaryroadbaptist.org/Article%20-%20St.%20Patrick%20A%20Baptist.htm and various other sites. ] 22:50, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

:I reverted it as it was basically a POV rant about how Patrick was a Baptist and all the Catholics are wrong, nyaah nyaah. Biased, preachy, irrelevant. I'm neither Catholic nor Baptist, BTW ] 14:49, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I thought Baptists were a Protestant group that originated many centuries later. What's going on? ] 03:55, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

They argue that in fact they predate Martin Luther and Protestantism and were an underground church.] 10:48, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== NPOV ==

Could someone please clean this article up? Specifically: one way or the other, could someone with sources and citations please clear up whether or not St. Patrick killed pagans.(Anon.)
:"NPOV", so abused at Misplaced Pages, actually means "Neutral point-of-view." --] 15:47, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== categories ==

* would that qualify for 2 "death year" categories? I don't know wikipedia's position on unreliable death dates. (] 20:54, 1 May 2005 (UTC))

== Patron saints of Ireland ==

If there is no opposition, I would like to add that saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, ''along with ] and ]'', as it is given as fact in ]. ] 19:47, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

== External links ==

I removed the following as essentially duplicating content in other links. ] says where links should be used, it sems to me as if there are rather too many all saying much the same thing.

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Lutheran saint?

The text asserts that Patric is "venerated as a saint in the ... Lutheran church...". Lutheran churches do not recognize "saints" or venerate them, even though Lutheran church buildings may be named after disciples, evangelists or archangels venerated by Catholics as "saints". Jarmo K. (talk) 14:48, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Quality of Content

This is a truly dreadful article, mostly obsessed with Catholic trivia about shamrocks, bells, and visions. Patrick was actually a most important person in establishing and propagating literacy - a fundamental tool for propagating religious philosophy. Catholicism, for example. By ignoring the literacy part of Patrick's existence, this article becomes an astonishing and execrable waste of time! Is nobody here aware of this other side of Patrick's life, not to mention being able to include some relevant history? Henrilebec (talk) 01:32, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

We don't really know any of this. You seem to want to replace one style of hagiographical myth-making with another. Johnbod (talk) 15:44, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
I'm again astonished that a would-be Patrick scholar would be so completely in the dark about Patrick's work as to suggest that it's simply more "hagiographical myth-making"! Here is just one example of an academic analysis of Patrick's substantial, even monumental, works from 807 A.D.: https://www.confessio.ie/manuscripts/dublin#1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henrilebec (talkcontribs) 00:47, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
I'm well aware of the Confessio, but I don't think Patrick actually mentions teaching reading, let alone writing, anywhere in it, though he may well have done some of that. Johnbod (talk) 02:23, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
I wholehearedly concur. There is a load of deliberate obfuscation here. What is the point of quoting an idiot from 130 years ago who was so arrogant as to assert that Patrick could not spell at all. You quote him as referring to "Bonaven Taburnia" when it is, of course, Bannavem Taburniae. Yes... this does refer to the Roman Fort Banna on Hadrian's Wall (now usually called Birdoswald).
The Bannaventa near Coventry is matched by another, now Banwen, in Wales and means "pig market". On the other hand Bannavem Taburniae means "The Boars' Inns" because when the legionaries left it became a hunting lodge complex. Freuchie (talk) 15:41, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Myth?

So, is St. Patrick a myth? 50.45.18.139 (talk) 14:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Err..... no, but the Catholic Church did so mess with eg his dates (for their own political reasons) as to make their story as worthless as a myth. There was a real person born c420 at Gretna who died in 493. Freuchie (talk) 15:44, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

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Add a hyperlink to 'Ireland' in the patronage that leads to the Ireland Misplaced Pages page. TheOrange1 (talk) 21:25, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: already linked under died and should not be relinked as per MOS:REPEATLINK Ultraodan (talk) 13:54, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
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