“I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that 'all that I am,' I have received from God. So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.”
Source : "Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus". Translated by John Skinner, www.ancienttexts.org.