Disambiguation evidence for Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus via surface form

"Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus"


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Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus".

Predicate Object
addresseeDescription soldiers of a British warlord named Coroticus
associatedPerson Coroticus
associatedPerson Saint Patrick
audienceType Christian community
audienceType secular military followers of Coroticus
author Saint Patrick
canonicalStatus non-biblical Christian text
condemns enslavement of Irish Christians
condemns massacre of newly baptized Irish Christians
dateWritten 5th century
ecclesiasticalFunction exercise of episcopal authority
ethicalStance defense of Christian converts
ethicalStance opposition to slave-raiding
genre Christian polemical writing
historicalContext early Christian mission in Ireland
importance early Christian condemnation of slavery
importance major source for the life of Saint Patrick
instanceOf 5th-century text
instanceOf Christian letter
instanceOf open letter
instanceOf pastoral letter
language Latin
literaryForm epistle
mainAddressee soldiers of Coroticus
mentions newly baptized Irish Christians
moralTheme justice
moralTheme repentance
moralTheme solidarity with persecuted Christians
originalRegion insular Christian world
placeAssociated Britain NERFINISHED
placeAssociated Ireland
purpose to denounce violence against Irish converts
purpose to excommunicate the perpetrators of the massacre
purpose 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
topic ecclesiastical discipline
topic persecution of Christians
topic slavery
transmission preserved in later hagiographical collections