Saint Patrick (TRIH ep 164)
432 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the historicity and legend of Saint Patrick. They foreground Patrick's two surviving writings (the Confessio and a letter to Caroticus), use them to trace his social background in Roman Britain, and debate his birthplace and dates. They review theories about his alleged kidnapping, including Roy Fletchner's thesis that Patrick might have been a tax exile rather than a slave, and discuss the possible existence of multiple Patricks and the contemp...
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Around 432
- Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476)
- Sack of Rome by Visigoths (410)
- Reign of Justinian I (527)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Hagia Sophia (532)
- Romans withdraw from Britain (410)
- Christianity becomes Roman state religion (380)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
- Council of Chalcedon (451)