He's the original Phat Controller. Innit.

😄😄

Absolutely fantastic C. I remember you *thinking* about starting.

I demand an electronic copy of the finished product in due course.

Yes. And also, very unappreciated, righteousness against a fellow (nominally Christian) Roman citizen who sees the Irish as barbarian others. He's disavowing his own, having already been disavowed. Its a unique voice from the frontier of late antiquity. Remarkable in its prescience & articulation.

bsky.app/profile/voxh...

Its what he would have wanted...

Quoting Patricius, quoting Romans 12. The full chapter is...timely. Masterclass in subtexthal referencing.

The 'Story' of St Patrick with Dr Elizabeth Dawson

☘️For full discussion of how traditions and celebrations developed over the centuries see a previous episode with one of the foremost experts on the cult of St Patrick, Dr Elizabeth Dawson, Carlow College. Thanks to @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social for producing. 2/3☘️ open.spotify.com/episode/4TK3...

St Patrick and the joys of Hiberno-Latin with Dr Anthony Harvey

☘️Did you know that St Patrick's own words are the only surviving Latin narrative texts of his age to have been composed outside of Roman imperial territory? Have a listen to the latest episode of the podcast with brilliant lexicographer Dr Anthony Harvey @ria.ie 1/3☘️ open.spotify.com/episode/3ffC...

The real Patrick is here. On a mission to bring the word of God to the edge of the world.
www.confessio.ie/about/hypers...

All else is innovation, and its hard to see why we'd stop at any particular point and say "Now, THIS is where we stop".

Post Reformation, the classification of Patrick and the early Irish Christian church was hotly debated, with Patrick being declared Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and even (by John Toland) a rationalist free thinker.

www.irishphilosophy.com/2015/03/17/a...

☘️ Read St Patrick in his own words ☘️

A concise booklet 'My name is Patrick. I am a sinner. A simple country person and the least of all believers' presents St Patrick’s Confession in a clear and faithful English translation: shop.ria.ie/products/my-name-is-patr...

Ben Affleck Meme photo of him standing outside a door, smoking a cigarette, looking utterly dejected. If you know, you know. The clue is in the account name.

March 16th.

Temple Bar tourist trap pub installs giant St Patrick with a pint, then covers it with a bin bag

Giant pint-wielding statue of St Patrick taken down from Temple Bar pub after less than a day

Well, at least it wasn't a snakebite he was holding...

The cognitive dissonance is that tangible, you could sell it on eBay.

I see some people in UK are horrified that a certain type of person is profiting from ripping archaeology out of the ground & selling it to the highest bidder but not the actual industry that is built on *checks notes* ripping archaeology out of the ground and selling it to the highest bidder...

Palaeography horror movie called The Cursive of Frankishtein...

Colin Farrell and Colm Meaney to star...

I remember sitting on a hill on an uninhabited western island with @jjconeill.bsky.social during an excavation of an actual early medieval irish hermitage and coming up with a mock film script about chancers creating a self help holy theme park on an island for gullibles that actually takes off..

Except for you.

There's no saving you.

Ladz. I can come to your house, shake a fist and fast agin ye for 3 days, then abuse ye in authentic early medieval fashion before doling out authentic medieval penance and saving your soul for a FRACTION of what these people are charging...

Just saying.

Headline: I booked a 10 Day solitary stay in a God Pod at an Irish monastery. Here's how it went.

Early Irish Asceticism. They've invented Early Irish Asecticism... except without the good bits.

Like hallucinations brought on by near starvation, internecine warfare, blinding close relatives, ever present cattle raids at dawn, and feral sheep and the way they might look at ye...

St Brigit in Continental Europe with Prof. Jean-Michel Picard

Happy St Brigid's weekend! To celebrate we bring you a journey through Europe w/Prof. Jean-Michel Picard, UCD. He has unreal stories of hunting down manuscripts (incl. Napoleon & nazis!) & helps us understand the appeal of Brigid in lands far from Kildare! #brigid open.spotify.com/episode/0Bl4...

Im the Grínch of Early Medieval Irish Hagiography?

This is very true.

Ahead of tomorrow's inevitable
deluge of social media imboloxology, this, by @elvabjohnston.bsky.social is the most significant piece of relevant scholarship in years. Do yourself a favour...

muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/arti...

Feel obliged to point out that was written several years ago, in a certain amount of angry grief, and that subsequent stuff in the interim by my betters have caused me to reconsider certain aspects.

That said, one should always feck pagan godess bolloxology whenever one comes across it.

Can I steal that for a byline?