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Saint Patrick

5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland

11 dated entries naming Saint Patrick, drawn from 10 separate years between 385 CE and 1140 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Battle for the Body of St. Patrick in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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4th century

  • 385Saint Patrick, missionary in Ireland (approximate date)source

5th century

  • 430Saint Patrick reaches Ireland on his missionary expedition (approximate date).source
  • 432Saint Patrick, Roman Britain-born missionary, is consecrated a bishop and converts the Irish to Christianity until his death around 460.source
  • 456Saint Patrick leaves Britain once more to evangelise Ireland as a missionary bishop.source
  • 471The army of King Ceretic of Strathclyde raids the Irish coast, carries off some of Saint Patrick's followers, and sells them into slavery (approximate date).source
  • 493March – Battle for the Body of St. Patrick: The Uí Néill Dynasty fights over the body of Saint Patrick with the Airgialla Kingdom (according to the Annals of the Four Masters).source
  • 493March 17 (approximate date) – Saint Patrick, Romano-British Christian missionary, patron saint of Irelandsource

11th century

  • 1005High King of Ireland Brian Boru makes a second expedition to the north, to take hostages from the northern kingdoms. During this campaign he visits Armagh – making an offering of 20 ounces of gold to the church and confirming to the apostolic see of Saint Patrick, ecclesiastical supremacy over the whole of Ireland.source

12th century

  • 1109An army was led by the High King, with the people of Northern Ireland, to Sliabh. However, Ceallach, successor of Patrick, made a year's peace between Mac Lochlainn and Ua Briain; after which the people with the Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, proceeded to attack the Ulidians; who in turn gave them the three hostages which they themselves selected.source
  • 1125On 5 January 1125, the roof of the great stone church at Armagh was raised, having been without a complete roof for 130 years; the work was overseen by Ceallach, successor of Patrick.source
  • 1140A descendant of Patrick made a visitation to Connaught for the first time, and was praised.source

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