Sounds a bit reformed huh?
Many have heard more than just an echo. Made himself bishop, predestinated by God. He understood repentance to be more than doing penance. The Church he established, the Irish Church, was independent of Rome for centuries, and then was brought back in, the inverse of the Reformation, but certain themes do resound.
It’s often difficult to sort out the truth of the matter, what with there being so much desire to claim Patrick, such a clearly devout man who made such a difference in the world, far beyond Ireland and long after he left it. That’s why I rely upon the only two documents clearly authored by him, the two we have linked here, “Confessio” and “Letter To Coroticus.” The rest would appear to have been revised or embellished to me. Translations from Patrick’s vulgar Latin tend to vary in favor of one side or the other, too, with either one being arguably correct.