Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus

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Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus is an early Christian letter by Saint Patrick condemning the enslavement and massacre of newly baptized Irish Christians by the soldiers of a British warlord named Coroticus.

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

Ireland ⓘ
purpose to denounce violence against Irish converts ⓘ
to excommunicate the perpetrators of the massacre ⓘ
to urge repentance by Coroticus and his soldiers ⓘ
relatedWork Confessio of Saint Patrick ⓘ
religiousFigureDepicted Saint Patrick as bishop ⓘ
linked to: Saint Patrick
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
setting post-Roman Britain and Ireland ⓘ
survivesAs medieval manuscript copies ⓘ
theologicalTradition Latin Christianity ⓘ
topic Christian ethics ⓘ
ecclesiastical discipline ⓘ
persecution of Christians ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
transmission preserved in later hagiographical collections ⓘ

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Saint Patrick → notableWork → Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus ⓘ
Confessio → relatedWork → Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus ⓘ
soldiers of Coroticus → mentionedIn → Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus ⓘ
linked to: Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus
Coroticus → describedIn → Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus ⓘ
linked to: Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus
Confessio of Saint Patrick → oftenPublishedWith → Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus ⓘ