Ireland: The Land of Saints and Scholars

The trials and successes of the twelve Irish saints including Ireland's Patron Saint Patrick, Saint Brigid, who founded Ireland's first community of sisters, and many others who were either canonized or saintly laypersons. A classic volume providing insight into the facts and legends of these remarkable people.

The nine papers of this volume were first presented as papers at the St Patrick and Early Christianity in Fingal c.400-1200 AD Conference, held in May 2000 at Skerries, where St Patrick was believed to have landed when he returned to convert Ireland. Topics include medieval sub-kingdoms of Brega, an ecclesiastical enclosure in Grange, early evidenc

This monograph supports and advances the views of Celtic scholar David R. Howlett. Topics such as the compositional level of the historical St Patrick, the five collections of the sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of St Matthew, on which the thematic structure of his Confession is based, are discussed. This work demonstrates that the historical St Patrick might well be considered not only as a first-rate Biblical theologian, but as a wise, monastic, spiritual director versed in moral and pastoral theory.

Discover St. Patricks relevance for the 21st century through his Confessio and Letter to Coroticus and the beautiful discourse of Pope John Paul II given in Drogheda. With fuller appreciation, pray with St. Patrick in a newly composed Novena based on early Irish sources.