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Question about place of Saint Patrick's birth
Incidentally, I changed the description in the Wiki entry from 'Roman Catholic' to Christian because it's now recognised that Patrick wasn't actually sent to Ireland by the Pope. The Church in Rome didn't have the sort of influence and authority in the 5th Century that it gained in later centuries, and the 7th-Century clerics who were writing about Patrick's life just assumed that he must have had a Papal Mandate like his predecessor Palladius. He was a sort of proto-Evangelical - he took it upon himself to go to Ireland and preach the Gospel. Both main religious traditions on this island - the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland (Anglican) see themselves as carrying on St Patrick's work.
Incidentally, I changed the description in the Wiki entry from 'Roman Catholic' to Christian because it's now recognised that Patrick wasn't actually sent to Ireland by the Pope. The Church in Rome didn't have the sort of influence and authority in the 5th Century that it gained in later centuries, and the 7th-Century clerics who were writing about Patrick's life just assumed that he must have had a Papal Mandate like his predecessor Palladius. He was a sort of proto-Evangelical - he took it upon himself to go to Ireland and preach the Gospel. Both main religious traditions on this island - the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland (Anglican) see themselves as carrying on St Patrick's work.
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I was interested that a Conservapedian has it that Saint Patrick was born near the Welsh coast, because a website I have seen this afternoon (Saint Patrick's Day 2019) has it that Saint Patrick was born in Scotland. Does any one know which is correct? [[User:Carltonio|Carltonio]] ([[User talk:Carltonio|talk]]) 11:27, 17 March 2019 (EDT)