The village church of Derrybrien is dedicated to a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary known as what?
Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (Latin: "Patricius" ; Irish: "Pádraig" ] ; Welsh: "Padrig" ) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, along with saints Brigit of Kildare and Columba. He is also venerated in the Anglican Communion, the Old Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church as equal-to-the-apostles and "Enlightener of Ireland".
Vortigern Vortigern ( ; Old Welsh "Guorthigirn", "Guorthegern"; Welsh: "Gwrtheyrn" ; Old English: "Wyrtgeorn" ; Old Breton "Gurdiern", "Gurthiern"; ; Latin: "Vortigernus, Vertigernus, Uuertigernus, etc" ), also spelled Vortiger and Vortigen, was possibly a 5th-century warlord in Britain, known perhaps as a king of the Britons. His existence is contested, and information about him is obscure.