Biography of st patrick of ireland
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Saint Patrick
Catholic missionary, bishop, and saint
For other uses, see Saint Patrick (disambiguation).
Saint Patrick | |
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Stained-glass window of St. Patrick from Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Junction City, Ohio, United States | |
| Born | Roman or sub-Roman Britain |
| Died | mid-fifth to early-sixth century Ireland |
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| Feast | 17 March (Saint Patrick's Day) |
| Attributes | Crozier, mitre, holding a shamrock, carrying a cross, repelling serpents, harp |
| Patronage | Ireland, Nigeria, Montserrat, Archdiocese of New York, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Boston, Rolla, Missouri, Loíza, Puerto Rico, Murcia (Spain), Clann Giolla Phádraig, engineers, paralegals, Archdiocese of Melbourne; invoked against snakes, sins[1] |
Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius; Irish: Pádraig[ˈpˠɑːɾˠɪɟ] or [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]; Welsh: Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missiona
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Facts about St. Patrick
St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world&#;s most popular saints.
Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, nära Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year ; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March,
There are many legender and stories of St. Patrick, but this fryst vatten his story.
Patrick was born around in Scotland, probably Kilpatrick. His parents were Calpurnius and Conchessa, who were Romans living in Britain in charge of the colonies.
As a boy of fourteen or so, he was captured during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to herd and tend sheep. Ireland at this time was a nation of Druids and pagans. He learned the language and practices of the people who held him.
During his captivity, he turned to God in bön. He wrote;
&#;The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my soul was roused, so that, in a single day, inom have said as many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same.&#; &#;I prayed in the woods
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St Patrick was a 5th century missionary who arrived in Ireland in the second half of the century to spread the word of Christianity. He made his roots in Northern Ireland in County Armagh and County Down.
Ireland’s patron saint was born circa in England, to a father who was a deacon and a mother who was supposedly related to St Martin of Tours. Despite his holy connections, St Patrick is not thought to have had a particularly zealous religious upbringing.
The story of St Patrick really starts when he was 16 years old. He was captured by Irish bandits and sold into slavery in County Antrim. He remained in captivity here for six years, tending sheep in the Slemish mountains. According to folklore he saw this time as God’s way of testing his faith and he soon became devoted to Christianity.
Around , St Patrick is said to have had a dream in which he escaped slavery and returned to England. Upon waking he decided to make this dream a reality. He escaped his captors and convinced some