This article interprets St Patrick’s Confessio, supplemented by his Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus, in the light of North American slave narratives, arguing that Patrick’s account of his enslavement in Ireland shares many of the characteristics of North American slave narratives identified by James Olney. In addition, Patrick’s account of his conversion shares all of the characteristics of North American slave conversions discussed by Albert J. Raboteau. As such, although not intended as such, Patrick’s confession can be described as the only extant example of an early Christian slave narrative, which makes it of great significance for the study of slavery in early Christianity.

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为奴六年：作为早期基督教奴隶叙事的圣帕特里克的自白

本文根据北美奴隶叙事解释了圣帕特里克的自白，并辅以他给科罗蒂库斯士兵的信，认为帕特里克关于他在爱尔兰被奴役的描述与詹姆斯奥尔尼所确定的北美奴隶叙事的许多特征相同。此外，帕特里克对其皈依的描述与阿尔伯特·J·拉博托所讨论的北美奴隶皈依的所有特征相同。因此，尽管并非如此，帕特里克的忏悔可以说是早期基督教奴隶叙事中唯一现存的例子，这对于研究早期基督教的奴隶制具有重要意义。