Coroticus

E386477

historical figure king warlord

Coroticus was a 5th-century British warlord or king, known primarily as the target of Saint Patrick’s denunciatory letter condemning his soldiers for raiding and enslaving Irish Christians.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Coroticus canonical	2
Corotic	1
Coroticus of Alt Clut	1
Coroticus, a British ruler	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical figure ⓘ king ⓘ warlord ⓘ
allegedCrime	killing of newly baptized Christians ⓘ slave raiding ⓘ
associatedWith	soldiers of Coroticus ⓘ
conflict	raids on Christian communities in Ireland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	sub-Roman Britain ⓘ surface form: Sub-Roman Britain
describedIn	Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus ⓘ surface form: Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus
ethnicGroup	Briton ⓘ
floruit	5th century ⓘ
genreOfSources	Christian polemical letter ⓘ
hasCorrespondent	Saint Patrick ⓘ
historicalContext	sub-Roman Britain ⓘ surface form: Sub-Roman Britain
historicalRegion	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Britain
historicity	partly uncertain ⓘ
impact	evidence for early Irish Christianity and British-Irish relations ⓘ
knownFor	being denounced by Saint Patrick ⓘ raids against Irish Christians ⓘ
languageSpoken	Brittonic ⓘ
moralEvaluationBySaintPatrick	apostate ⓘ tyrant ⓘ
nameVariant	Ceretic ⓘ Coroticus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Corotic Coroticus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coroticus of Alt Clut
notableEvent	enslavement of Irish Christians ⓘ raids on Ireland ⓘ
notableWork	raid on Irish Christians ⓘ
occupation	king ⓘ warlord ⓘ
opponent	Saint Patrick ⓘ
positionHeld	ruler ⓘ
possibleAssociation	Alt Clut ⓘ
possibleTitle	king of the Britons ⓘ
primarySourceLanguage	Latin ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
source	Confessio of Saint Patrick ⓘ surface form: writings of Saint Patrick
subjectOf	scholarly debate on identification with Ceretic of Alt Clut ⓘ
timePeriod	5th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus → associatedPerson → Coroticus ⓘ

subject surface form: Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus

soldiers of Coroticus → employer → Coroticus ⓘ

soldiers of Coroticus → allegiance → Coroticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coroticus, a British ruler

Coroticus → nameVariant → Coroticus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corotic

Coroticus → nameVariant → Coroticus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coroticus of Alt Clut