 This is not to say with certainty that Muirchú was less educated, because there is a slight possibility that the "Book of Armagh" did not reproduce the "Vita Patricii" properly.Latin was almost always the second language of Irish monks unless they came from outside Ireland, so the discrepancies between the three authors could also be contributed to this.Muirchú is also seen to quote books other than the bible, including classical authors such as Virgil and Sedulius, again alluding to the fact that he was clearly very well educated by monastic standards.