[Labyrinthos]

St. Patrick was a Catholic Bishop commissioned by Rome to conver the pagans in Ireland.

Then where diod I read that he wasn't a Catholic? I wouldn't make something likke that up and I'm not that old to suffer forgetful.

[frogjerk]

Then where diod I read that he wasn't a Catholic? I wouldn't make something likke that up and I'm not that old to suffer forgetful.

Like I said, you probably mean that Saint Patrick wasn't Irish, he was Scottish by birth.

[AnAmericanMother]

Probably the Anglicans' argument that they are part of the ancient Celtic Church, which was in opposition to Rome (mostly in a spat over the date of Easter.) In their view, St. Patrick was really a member of the "Celtic", not the "Roman", church.

It's one way to do an end run around the problem of the Apostolic Succession . . .

Of course, the problem with this theory is that St. Patrick was educated and ordained to the priesthood on the Continent (at Auxerre in Burgundy), and his boss St. Germain chose him to accompany him when he was sent by the Pope to convert the Irish.