Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus
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Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus is an early Christian letter by Saint Patrick condemning the enslavement and massacre of newly baptized Irish Christians by the soldiers of a British warlord named Coroticus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus canonical | 3 |
| Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
5th-century text
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Christian letter ⓘ open letter ⓘ pastoral letter ⓘ |
| addresseeDescription | soldiers of a British warlord named Coroticus ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Coroticus
ⓘ
Saint Patrick ⓘ |
| audienceType |
Christian community
ⓘ
secular military followers of Coroticus ⓘ |
| author | Saint Patrick ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | non-biblical Christian text ⓘ |
| condemns |
enslavement of Irish Christians
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massacre of newly baptized Irish Christians ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 5th century ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalFunction | exercise of episcopal authority ⓘ |
| ethicalStance |
defense of Christian converts
ⓘ
opposition to slave-raiding ⓘ |
| genre | Christian polemical writing ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Christian mission in Ireland ⓘ |
| importance |
early Christian condemnation of slavery
ⓘ
major source for the life of Saint Patrick ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | epistle ⓘ |
| mainAddressee | soldiers of Coroticus ⓘ |
| mentions | newly baptized Irish Christians ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
justice
ⓘ
repentance ⓘ solidarity with persecuted Christians ⓘ |
| originalRegion | insular Christian world ⓘ |
| placeAssociated |
Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Britain
Ireland ⓘ |
| purpose |
to denounce violence against Irish converts
ⓘ
to excommunicate the perpetrators of the massacre ⓘ to urge repentance by Coroticus and his soldiers ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Confessio of Saint Patrick ⓘ |
| religiousFigureDepicted |
Saint Patrick
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Patrick as bishop
|
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| setting | post-Roman Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| survivesAs | medieval manuscript copies ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Western Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Christianity
|
| topic |
Christian ethics
ⓘ
ecclesiastical discipline ⓘ persecution of Christians ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| transmission | preserved in later hagiographical collections ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus
this entity surface form:
Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus