IN GAUL AND BRITAIN 37 § 1. At Lérins 37 § 2. At Home in Britain 41 § 3. At Auxerre 48 § 4. Palladius in Ireland (A.D. 431-2) 54 § 5. Consecration of Patrick (A.D. 432) 59 CHAPTER IV POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF IRELAND 67 CHAPTER V IN THE ISLAND-PLAIN, IN DALARADIA 81 CHAPTER VI IN MEATH 93 § 1. King Loigaire’s Policy 93 § 2. Legend of Patrick’s Contest with the Druids 104 § 3. Loigaire’s Code 113 § 4. Ecclesiastical Foundations in Meath 116 CHAPTER VII IN CONNAUGHT 126 CHAPTER VIII FOUNDATION OF ARMAGH AND ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANISATION 150 § 1. Visit to Rome (_circa_ A.D. 441-3) 150 § 2. Foundation of Armagh (A.D. 444) 154 § 3. In South Ireland 162 § 4. Church Discipline 166 § 5. Ecclesiastical Organisation 171 CHAPTER IX WRITINGS OF PATRICK, AND HIS DEATH 187 § 1. The Denunciation of Coroticus 187 § 2. The Confession 196 § 3. Patrick’s Death and Burial (A.D. 461) 206 CHAPTER X PATRICK’S PLACE IN HISTORY 212 APPENDIX A—SOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 225 I. WRITINGS OF PATRICK, AND DOCUMENTS OF THE FIFTH CENTURY:— 1. The _Confession_ 225 2. The Letter against Coroticus 227 3. _Dicta Patricii_ 228 4. Ecclesiastical Canons of St. Patrick 233 Note on the _Liber de Abusionibus Saeculi_ 245 5. Irish Hymn (_Lorica_) ascribed to Patrick 246 6. Hymn of St. Sechnall 246 7. Life of Germanus, by Constantius 247