Discovering Saint Patrick
- ISBN-10
- 0809143607
- ISBN-13
- 9780809143603
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Author
- Thomas O'Loughlin
Description
The search for 'the real Saint Patrick' has puzzled and intrigued scholars for centuries. This new study asks, "How much can we really know about the life and times of Patrick?" "Why and how was the Patrick myth built up in the seventh century, and what was its influence on the development of Irish Catholicism?" (Motivation)
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