Confessio of Saint Patrick

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Christian religious text autobiographical work

The Confessio of Saint Patrick is a brief autobiographical work in which Saint Patrick recounts his life, missionary calling, and spiritual reflections, offering the primary firsthand account of Ireland’s patron saint.

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Label Occurrences
writings of Saint Patrick 2
Confessio of Saint Patrick canonical 1
life of Saint Patrick 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious text ⓘ
autobiographical work ⓘ
associatedWith Saint Patrick ⓘ
patron saint of Ireland ⓘ
audience Christian communities in Ireland ⓘ
critics of Saint Patrick ⓘ
author Saint Patrick ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
describesEvent captivity of Saint Patrick in Ireland ⓘ
escape of Saint Patrick from slavery ⓘ
opposition to Saint Patrick’s mission ⓘ
return of Saint Patrick to Ireland as missionary ⓘ
visions and dreams of Saint Patrick ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
spiritual reflection ⓘ
hasTheme confession of sins ⓘ
defense of ministry ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
grace of God ⓘ
humility ⓘ
missionary vocation ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
historicalSignificance key source for early Irish Christian history ⓘ
primary firsthand source on Saint Patrick ⓘ
influenced later hagiographies of Saint Patrick ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainSubject Christian conversion of Ireland ⓘ
confession of faith ⓘ
divine calling ⓘ
life of Saint Patrick ⓘ
missionary work in Ireland ⓘ
mentions Scripture ⓘ
Trinity ⓘ
baptism ⓘ
oftenPublishedWith Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus ⓘ
preservedIn medieval Latin manuscripts ⓘ
purpose to confess God’s work in Patrick’s life ⓘ
to defend Patrick’s mission and episcopal ministry ⓘ
religiousDenomination Latin Christian Church ⓘ
surface form: Latin Christianity
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
selfDescriptionByAuthor confession ⓘ
settingDescribed Ireland ⓘ
Roman Britain ⓘ
studiedIn Celtic studies ⓘ
Patristics ⓘ
church history ⓘ
timeOfWriting 5th century ⓘ

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

Confessio → historicalSourceFor → Confessio of Saint Patrick ⓘ
this entity surface form: life of Saint Patrick
Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus → relatedWork → Confessio of Saint Patrick ⓘ
subject surface form: Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus
soldiers of Coroticus → historicalSource → Confessio of Saint Patrick ⓘ
this entity surface form: writings of Saint Patrick
Coroticus → source → Confessio of Saint Patrick ⓘ
this entity surface form: writings of Saint Patrick