[Redbob]

Interesting that so much can be gleaned from what little is really known of the life of St. Patrick:
Everything that is known of him comes from two letters that he wrote late in life, the second pleading with the Church to be allowed to stay in Ireland in spite of the allegations of fraud and corruption against him.

[Mr. Silverback]

Interesting that so much can be gleaned from what little is really known of the life of St. Patrick: Everything that is known of him comes from two letters that he wrote late in life,

The English translation of The Confession totals 6,380 words all by itself, over half again the size of a feature article in a major magazine. Colson's commentary today is only 574 words, 110 of which are comments by Colson on the subject, not details of Patrick's life. If you wrote a 6,380 word autobiographical article, would those reading it have a pretty decent idea of the major events of your life? And if someone used your article as a source to write 464 words about you, could they reasonably be accused of extrapolating from little or no information?