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The Life of St. Patrick

by J. B. Bury

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — On the Diffusion of Christianity Beyond the Roman Empire
  3. 3Chapter II — The Captivity and Escape of Patrick
  4. 4§ 2 — Captivity and Escape
  5. 5Chapter III — In Gaul and Britain
  6. 6§ 2 — At Home in Britain
  7. 7§ 3 — At Auxerre
  8. 8§ 4 — Palladius in Ireland (A.D. 431-2)
  9. 9§ 5 — Consecration of Patrick (A.D. 432)
  10. 10Chapter IV — Political and Social Condition of Ireland
  11. 11Chapter V — In the Island-Plain, in Dalaradia
  12. 12Chapter VI — In Meath
  13. 13§ 2 — Legend of Patrick’s Contest With the Druids
  14. 14§ 3 — Loigaire’s Code
  15. 15§ 4 — Ecclesiastical Foundations in Meath
  16. 16Chapter VII — In Connaught
  17. 17Chapter VIII — Foundation of Armagh and Ecclesiastical Organisation
  18. 18§ 2 — Foundation of Armagh (A.D. 444)
  19. 19§ 3 — In South Ireland
  20. 20§ 4 — Church Discipline
  21. 21§ 5 — Ecclesiastical Organisation
  22. 22Chapter IX — Writings of Patrick, and His Death
  23. 23§ 2 — The Confession
  24. 24§ 3 — Patrick’s Death and Burial (A.D. 461)
  25. 25Chapter X — Patrick’s Place in History
  26. 26Appendix A — Sources
  27. 27I — 1. The Confession
  28. 28II — 1. Memoir of Patrick, by Tírechán
  29. 29III — 1. The Irish Annals
  30. 30Appendix B — Notes
  31. 31Chapter II
  32. 32Chapter III
  33. 33Chapter IV
  34. 34Chapter V
  35. 35Chapter VI
  36. 36Chapter VII
  37. 37Chapter VIII
  38. 38Chapter IX
  39. 39Chapter X
  40. 40Appendix C — Excursus
  41. 412 — Irish Invasions of Britain
  42. 423 — The Dates of Patrick’s Birth and Captivity
  43. 434 — The Place of Patrick’s Captivity
  44. 445 — Tentative Chronology From the Escape to the Consecration as Bishop
  45. 456 — The Escape to Gaul. The State of Gaul, A.D. 409-416
  46. 467 — Palladius
  47. 478 — Patrick’s Alleged Visit (or Interrupted Journey) to Rome in A.D…
  48. 489 — Patrick’s Consecration
  49. 4910 — Evidence for Christianity in Ireland Before St. Patrick
  50. 5011 — King Loigaire and King Dathi
  51. 5112 — The Senchus Mór
  52. 5213 — Patrick’s Visits to Connaught
  53. 5314 — King Amolngaid: Date of His Reign
  54. 5415 — Patrick at Rome
  55. 5516 — Appeal to the Roman See
  56. 5617 — Patrick’s Paschal Table
  57. 5718 — The Organisation of the Episcopate
  58. 5819 — The Place of Patrick’s Burial
  59. 5920 — Legendary Date of Patrick’s Death
  60. 6021 — Professor Zimmer’s Theory

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