Patrick

Also known as: Patrick of the Bells / Patrick of the Psalms / Patrick of the closed-up mind / Patrick of the joyless clerks and of the bells / Patrick of the true crozier / S. Patrick / man from Rome with the white books / son of Calphurn · Role: saint · First appears: The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin's Story · Part 1

At the time Patrick had power, Oisin was brought to him. Patrick kept him in his house, taught and questioned him, and promised him the same good treatment he had received from Finn, saying that the sound of his voice pleased him. Yet Oisin was not content with how he was treated.

One time, Oisin protested that he was not being fed enough, and Patrick accused him of lying. He later admitted, “You told no lie indeed,” and the two argued with one another; in the poets’ account, Oisin addresses him as “O Son of Calphurn of the friendly talk.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Oisin was brought to Patrick, who kept him in his house and taught him.(The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin's Story · Part 1)
  • With: Oisin
  • “And it was S. Patrick had power at that time, and it was to him Oisin was brought; and he kept him in his house, and used to be teaching him and questioning him.”
• Oisin protested that he was not being fed enough, and Patrick accused him of lying.(The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin in Patrick's House)
  • With: Oisin
  • “S, Patrick was vexed when he heard that, and he said to Oisin that he had told a lie.”
• Patrick admitted that Oisin had not lied.(The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin in Patrick's House)
  • With: Oisin
  • “‘You told no lie indeed,’ said Patrick.”

The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin's Story · Part 1

• pupil: Oisin “And it was S. Patrick had power at that time, and it was to him Oisin was brought; and he kept him in his house, and used to be teaching him and questioning him.”

The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin's Story · Part 2

• protégé: Oisin (Patrick promises Oisin the same good treatment.) “and you will get the same good treatment from me you got from Finn, for the sound of your voice is pleasing to me.”

The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin in Patrick's House

• with Oisin (Oisin stays with Patrick; the passage does not state a lasting service or guardianship bond.) “And Oisin stopped on with S. Patrick, but he was not very well content with the way he was treated.”
• protégé: Oisin “And Oisin stopped on with S. Patrick, but he was not very well content with the way he was treated.”

The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · The Arguments · Part 1

• with Oisin (Patrick attempts to convert Oisin and bring him to baptism.) “And S. Patrick took in hand to convert Oisin, and to bring him to baptism; but it was no easy work he had to do, and everything he would say, Oisin would have an answer for it.”
• rivals with Oisin (They are described as arguing with one another.) “And it is the way they used to be talking and arguing with one another, as it was put down afterwards by the poets of Ireland:--”

The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · The Arguments · Part 2

• parent: Calphurn “O Son of Calphurn of the friendly talk, it is a pity for him that gives respect to clerks and bells; I and Caoilte my friend, we were not poor when we were together.”

The Fianna · Oisin and Patrick · Oisin's Laments

• parent: Calphurn “Patrick of the true crozier, did you ever see, east or west, a greater hunt than that hunt of Finn and the Fianna? O son of Calphurn of the bells, that day was better to me than to be listening to your lamentations in the church.”

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.