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II.—THE CONFESSION OF PATRICK.
The Beginning of the Books of Saint Patrick, Bishop.[1]
CHAPTER I.
Patrick's birth and parentage—Patrick a Briton—His captivity—The cause of his writing a desire to praise God for His benefits—His creed—His modesty, and want of learning—Raised up by God to do His work.
PATRICK,[2] a sinner, the rudest and the least of all the faithful, and most contemptible to very many, had for my father Calpornius, a deacon, a son of Potitus[3] a presbyter,[4] who dwelt in the village of Bannavem[5] Taberniæ,[6] for he had a small farm[7] hard by the place where I was taken captive.[8] I was then nearly sixteen years of age. I did not
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