Episode

St. Patrick's Letter to Coroticus

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Medieval Death Trip
Published
Mar 17, 2025
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1583
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Summary

For this St. Patrick's Day, we finally present the last canonical text written by St. Patrick, his letter to Coroticus, completing the series we began in Episode 68 with the first half of Patrick's Confessio. Today's Texts Patrick. Epistola ad Coroticum. St. Patrick: His Writings and Life, edited and translated by Newport J.D. White, Macmillan, 1920, pp. 52-60. Google Books. References Kelly, David. "St Patrick's Writings: Confessio and Epistola." Saint Patrick's Confessio, Royal Irish Academy, 2011, www.confessio.ie/more/article_kelly#. Audio Credit: Father Ted, "The Old Grey Whistle Theft," season 2, episode 4, written by Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews, 29 March 1996. Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction 00:08:10 Text: Patrick, Epistola ad Coroticum 00:21:00 Commentary 00:24:07 Mystery Word: húrla-hárla 00:25:11 Outro