The two maps are merely intended to help the reader to see the whereabouts of some places which he might not easily find without reference to the Ordnance Survey. I consulted Mr. Orpen’s valuable map of Early Ireland (unfortunately on a small scale) in Poole’s Historical Atlas of Modern Europe. But he has used material which applies to a later period, and I have not ventured to follow him, for instance, in marking the boundary between the northern frontiers of the kingdoms of Connaught and Meath.
It was fortunate for me that my friend Professor Gwynn was engaged at the same time on a “diplomatic” edition of the records contained in the Codex Armachanus, which constitute the principal body of evidence. With a generosity which has placed me under a deep obligation, he put the results of his labour on the difficult text at my disposal, and I have had the invaluable help and stimulus of constant communication with him on many critical problems arising out of the text of the documents.
Since the book was in type I have received some communications from my friend Professor Rhŷs which suggest a hope that the mysterious Bannauenta, St. Patrick’s home, may perhaps be identified at last. I had conjectured that it should be sought near the Severn or the Bristol Channel. The existence of three places named Banwen (which may represent Bannauenta) in Glamorganshire opens a prospect that the solution may possibly lie there.
J. B. BURY.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| [CHAPTER I] | ||
| On the Diffusion of Christianity beyond the Roman Empire | [1] | |
| [CHAPTER II] | ||
| The Captivity and Escape of Patrick | [16] | |
| § 1. | Parentage and Capture | [16] |
| § 2. | Captivity and Escape | [27] |
| [CHAPTER III] | ||
| In Gaul and Britain | [37] | |
| § 1. | At Lérins | [37] |
| § 2. | At Home in Britain | [41] |
| § 3. | At Auxerre | [48] |
| § 4. | Palladius in Ireland (A.D. 431-2) | [54] |
| § 5. | Consecration of Patrick (A.D. 432) | [59] |
| [CHAPTER IV] | ||
| Political and Social Condition of Ireland | [67] | |
| [CHAPTER V] | ||
| In the Island-Plain, in Dalaradia | [81] | |
| [CHAPTER VI] | ||
| In Meath | [93] | |
| § 1. | King Loigaire’s Policy | [93] |
| § 2. | Legend of Patrick’s Contest with the Druids | [104] |
| § 3. | Loigaire’s Code | [113] |
| § 4. | Ecclesiastical Foundations in Meath | [116] |
| [CHAPTER VII] | ||
| In Connaught | [126] | |
| [CHAPTER VIII] | ||
| Foundation of Armagh and Ecclesiastical Organisation | [150] | |
| § 1. | Visit to Rome (circa A.D. 441-3) | [150] |
| § 2. | Foundation of Armagh (A.D. 444) | [154] |
| § 3. | In South Ireland | [162] |
| § 4. | Church Discipline | [166] |
| § 5. | Ecclesiastical Organisation | [171] |
| [CHAPTER IX] | ||
| Writings of Patrick, and his Death | [187] | |
| § 1. | The Denunciation of Coroticus | [187] |
| § 2. | The Confession | [196] |
| § 3. | Patrick’s Death and Burial (A.D. 461) | [206] |
| [CHAPTER X] | ||
| Patrick’s Place in History | [212] | |
| [APPENDIX A—Sources] | ||
| Bibliographical Note | [225] | |
| I. Writings of Patrick, and Documents of the Fifth Century:— | ||
| 1. | The Confession | [225] |
| 2. | The Letter against Coroticus | [227] |
| 3. | Dicta Patricii | [228] |
| 4. | Ecclesiastical Canons of St. Patrick | [233] |
| Note on the Liber de Abusionibus Saeculi | [245] | |
| 5. | Irish Hymn (Lorica) ascribed to Patrick | [246] |
| 6. | Hymn of St. Sechnall | [246] |
| 7. | Life of Germanus, by Constantius | [247] |
| II. Lives and Memoirs of Patrick:— | ||
| 1. | Memoir of Patrick, by Tírechán | [248] |
| Additions to Tírechán in the Liber Armachanus | [251] | |
| 2. | Additional notices in the Liber Armachanus | [252] |
| 3. | Life of Patrick, by Muirchu | [255] |
| 4. | Hymn Genair Patraicc (Hymn of Fíacc) | [263] |
| 5. | Early Acts in Irish | [266] |
| 6. | Vita Secunda and Vita Quarta | [268] |
| 7. | Vita Tripartita | [269] |
| 8. | Vita Tertia | [272] |
| 9. | Life by Probus (Vita Quinta) | [273] |
| 10. | Notice of Patrick in the Historia Brittonum | [277] |
| III. Other Documents:— | ||
| 1. | The Irish Annals | [279] |
| 2. | The Catalogus Sanctorum Hiberniae | [285] |
| 3. | The Liber Angueli | [287] |
| [APPENDIX B—Notes] | ||
| Chapter I. | [288] | |
| ” II. | [289] | |
| ” III. | [294] | |
| ” IV. | [299] | |
| ” V. | [300] | |
| ” VI. | [302] | |
| ” VII. | [306] | |
| ” VIII. | [307] | |
| ” IX. | [313] | |
| ” X. | [321] | |
| [APPENDIX C—Excursus] | ||
| 1. | The Home of St. Patrick (Bannauenta) | [322] |
| 2. | Irish Invasions of Britain | [325] |
| 3. | The Dates of Patrick’s Birth and Captivity | [331] |
| 4. | The Place of Patrick’s Captivity | [334] |
| 5. | Tentative Chronology from the Escape to the Consecration as Bishop | [336] |
| 6. | The Escape to Gaul. The State of Gaul, A.D. 409-416 | [338] |
| 7. | Palladius | [342] |
| 8. | Patrick’s Alleged Visit (or Interrupted Journey) to Rome in A.D. 432 | [344] |
| 9. | Patrick’s Consecration | [347] |
| 10. | Evidence for Christianity in Ireland before St. Patrick | [349] |
| 11. | King Loigaire and King Dathi | [353] |
| 12. | The Senchus Mór | [355] |
| 13. | Patrick’s Visits to Connaught | [358] |
| 14. | King Amolngaid: Date of his Reign | [360] |
| 15. | Patrick at Rome | [367] |
| 16. | Appeal to the Roman See | [369] |
| 17. | Patrick’s Paschal Table | [371] |
| 18. | The Organisation of the Episcopate | [375] |
| 19. | The Place of Patrick’s Burial | [380] |
| 20. | Legendary Date of Patrick’s Death | [382] |
| 21. | Professor Zimmer’s Theory | [384] |
| INDEX | [393] | |
| MAPS | ||
| Part of Kingdom of Ulidia (Dalaradia and Dalriada), with Orior | [to face 84] | |
| Kingdoms of Meath and Connaught | [” 104] | |