Difference between revisions of "Patricians"
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m (Patricians moved to Irish Patricians: The terms "Patrician" and "plebian" refer to classical Roman class system, not middle age Irish.) |
m (Irish Patricians moved to Patricians: Re-move? I can't see why one sentence on Irish patricians requires moving it to a whole new article. The title is not "Roman patricians," after all) |
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Revision as of 05:17, March 23, 2007
The Patricians were the highest class of citizens in early Ireland, composed of wealthy landowners. Although the patricians were only 10% of society, they held all the power with their three hundred member senate. Eventually, the plebian lower class gained equality with the upper class and "Patrician" became a name for any court official. Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was so named because he belonged to the patrician class.