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Saint Patrick: Life and Legacy

Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. He was born in Britain in 390 AD to a Roman family and was captured and enslaved in Ireland at age 16. During his six years of captivity, he turned to religion. He later returned to Ireland and dedicated his life to converting the Irish to Christianity. He established churches across Ireland and is credited with spreading Christianity in Ireland. Today, Saint Patrick's Day on March 17th is celebrated worldwide in honor of his legacy.

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Saint Patrick: Life and Legacy

Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. He was born in Britain in 390 AD to a Roman family and was captured and enslaved in Ireland at age 16. During his six years of captivity, he turned to religion. He later returned to Ireland and dedicated his life to converting the Irish to Christianity. He established churches across Ireland and is credited with spreading Christianity in Ireland. Today, Saint Patrick's Day on March 17th is celebrated worldwide in honor of his legacy.

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Saint Patrick

Celebrating Ireland’s Patron Saint


• Born in 390 to minor Roman Family

• Captured and sold into slavery at the age


of 16

• Turned to religion during his six years of


captivity in Ireland

• Returned to Britain at age 22 and


dedicated his life to the conversion of the
Irish
Slemish Mountain,
County Antrim.

where Patrick is
said to have
worked as a
shepherd while a
slave.
Education

• Studied in Gaul (present day France)

• Ordained to the diàconate around 417

• Spent 15 years at the Church of Auxerre


Hill of Slane
IRISH
EMBLEM

According to legend, St. Patrick used the shamrock,


a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to
the pre-Christian Irish people.
Saint Patrick's grave Downpatrick
Representations
of
St. Patrick

stained glass window


Christ the Light,
Cathedral
Oakland, California.
Stained-Glass Window
Saul Church

The solitary stained glass


window in Saul Church, erected
at the place where Saint Patrick
himself built his first church.

It gives us a low-key picture of


the man. He is middle-aged,
carrying a bible and a staff, this
could be the missionary of
history.
Devotional
Picture
Note
he is always
portrayed in the
robes of a
mediaeval Bishop
CROAGH PATRICK
Start of the Pilgrim Path
The Pilgrim Path Croagh Patrick
Major Accomplishments

• Ordained a Bishop in 432

• Secured toleration of Christians in Ireland

• Converted members of the Irish royal families


Significance
• Patron Saint of Ireland

• Fostered the growth of Christianity in Ireland

• His feast day, March 17th

• Died on March 17th 461

• Celebrated as a religious and secular holiday World-


Contemporaries

• Hypatia of Alexandria - Female mathematician

• Celestine I - Pope

• St. Augustine - Theologian


Parades and
Parties
St. Patrick’s Day

is celebrated World-Wide
Limerick International Band Parade
Skyfest at Limerick , St. Patrick’s
Week
White House Lawn Pond goes Green for St. Patrick’ s
New York Fire-Fighters
March down Fifth Avenue,
New York
Chicago River is dyed green
every St. Patrick’s Day
Music Concert in Trafalgar Square,
London, St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day
In
Munich
St. Patrick’s Day

In Mallorca?
The
End

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