Was St Patrick a feminist?
Opinion: what do the myths and legends have to say about St Patrick's relationship with feminism? There was much interest recently in the idea that St Patrick might have had a wife, Sheelagh, and that her feast day was the day after his on March 18th. The "feminist angle" was exulted by some and seen to reflect the balance between male and female in the cosmic order. But what of the St Patrick we find in mythology? As a "folk hero", St Patrick is the one who single-handedly converted the whole Irish population to Christianity. In legends, he did this by destroying Paganism: interestingly...
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