"Ravenous wolves have gulped down the Lord's own flock which was flourishing in "Ireland," he wrote, "and the whole church cries out and laments for its sons and daughters." He called Coroticus's deed "wicked, so horrible, so unutterable," and told him to repent and to free the converts."

"It remains unknown if he was successful in freeing Coroticus's slaves, but within his lifetime (or shortly thereafter), the entire Irish slave trade had ended."

Way to go Patrick. Having been enslaved himself by the Irish Marauders I guess he really had a strong emotional tie to this issue.