THE ATHENAEUMOmnia Opera Sancti PatriciiSaint Patrick
Philosophy
Omnia Opera Sancti Patricii
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textThe writings that are certainly Patrick’s own: the Confession, and his angry letter to the soldiers of Coroticus, who had killed and enslaved his converts. Patrick was a Briton taken to Ireland as a slave at sixteen, who escaped and came back. His Latin is plain and awkward, and he apologises for it.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 1 hr 10 min
- Where to find it
- The Latin Reading Room
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #45527. In the public domain in the United States.