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 the soldiers of Coroticus), use them to trace his social background in Roman Britain, and debate his birthplace and dates.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 432
- Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)
- 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)
- Frankish kingdom of Clovis I (481)
- Council of Chalcedon (451)
- Augustine of Hippo (354)