10 facts about st patrick

St. Patrick has become larger-than-life, the stuff of myths and legends. Much of what is claimed of him is highly improbable — like that he drove all the snakes out of Ireland.

However, like many legends, it has some basis in fact. St. Patrick was a real person, and one of real influence on Ireland.

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(Perhaps the myth about the snakes arose from a more figurative idea of eliminating “snakes”?)

St. Patrick’s Early Life

Perhaps one of the most surprising things about St. Patrick is that he wasn’t Irish!

He was born in AD 387, probably in Gaul. (There is some uncertainty about the location of his hometown, which may have been in Britain.)  As a teenager, he was captured and sold into slavery as a shepherd in Ireland.

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Patrick’s Ministry

After being restored to his family, visions from God convinced Patrick he was to return to Ireland as a missionary, so he spent a number of years in preparation. First he attended