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Who is St. Patrick?
By Velda | March 14, 2011
St. Patrick was born in Roman Britain in the 4th century, into a wealthy Ramono-British family where his father and grandfather were deacons in the Church. At the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken to Ireland to serve as a slave. It is believed he was held somewhere on the west coast of Ireland, possibly Mayo, but the exact location is unknown.
According to his Confession, he was told by God in a dream to flee from captivity and go to the coast, where he would board a ship and return to Britain. Upon returning, he quickly joined the Church in Auxerre in Gaul and studied to be a priest. It is said that in 432 AD, when he was a bishop, he was called back to Ireland by God to Christianize the Irish.
After nearly thirty years of evangelism, he died on March 17, 461 and according to tradition, was buried in Downpatrick.
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