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St. Patrick did not consider himself a man of letters; the short texts that survive reflect, however, his powerful personality. A contemporary and fellow missionary of St. Patrick, Secundinus is an enthusiastic admirer and defender of St. Patrick in this hymn.

1 I am Patrick, a sinner, most unlearned, the least of all the faithful, and utterly despised by many. My father was Calpornius, a deacon, son of Potitus, a priest,2 of the village Bannavem Taburniae;3 he had a country seat nearby, and there I was taken captive. I was then about sixteen years of age. I did not know the true God.4 I was taken into captivity to Ireland with many thousands of people—and deservedly so, because we turned away
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