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[[Image:Patrick of Ireland.jpg|right|frame|St. Patrick of Ireland]]
Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Patrick of Ireland''', [[Bishop]] of Armagh and [[Enlightener]] of Ireland, was born a Briton. Captured and brought to Ireland as a slave, he escaped and returned home. Later, he returned to Irelandas a [[missionary]], bringing Christianity to its people. His feast day is [[March 17]](OS) / March 30 (NS).
==Life==
Saint Patrick was born around 390 (likely in 387), at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland. His name is from the Latin ''Patricius'', meaning ''high-born''. His parents were part of the Christian minority of Britain; his father, Calpurnius, was a [[deacon]], "the son of Potitus, a priest, of the village Bannavem Taburniæ." At the age of 16, he was captured during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to herd and tend sheep. During that time, he prayed frequently and came for the first time to have a true faith in God. At age 22, he had a vision in which God told him to be prepared to leave Ireland. Soon, he escaped, walking 200 miles to a ship and returning to England. In a dream, he saw the people of Ireland calling him, "We beg you, holy youth, that you shall come and shall walk again among us." He St Patrick sought clerical training. He was ordained by St. [[Germanus of Auxerre|Germanus]], bishop of Auxerre. Around 430 he was ordained a bishop, after which he returned to Ireland. There, he preached the [[Gospels|Gospel]], reaching tribal chieftains, gaining their permission to teach their subjects also. During his episcopate, he was attacked for a sin he confessed to a close friend, a sin he committed "in a single hour" when only 15, but he did not suffer as a result. He established an episcopal administration and led a [[monasticism|monastic]] lifestyle, establishing Christianity in Ireland. St. Patrick died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, on March 17, 461.
==Works attributed to Patrick==
:I arise today
:through the strength of the love of [[Cherubim]],
:in obedience of [[Angels]], in the service of the [[ArchangelsArchangel]]s,
:in hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
:in prayers of [[Patriarch]]s, in predictions of [[Prophet]]s,
:Never cease to pray for the flock you have gathered on earth,
:Holy bishop Patrick!
==See also==
*[[Missionary]]
==External links and sources==
*<sup>1</sup> [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/patrick/confession.i.html ''Confessio'' of Saint Patrick] (in [http://wwwhome.amdgscarlet.be/amdg/oldies/sankt/confess.htm French])
*<sup>2</sup> [http://www.iol.ie/~santing/patrick/CoroticusFrame.htm ''Letter to Coroticus'']
*<sup>3</sup> [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100821 St. Patrick the Bishop of Armagh and Enlightener of Ireland] from the [[Orthodox Church in America]] website
*''Declaration'' and ''Letter'' from A.B.E. Hood, ed. and trans., ''St. Patrick: His Writings and Muirchu's Life''. (Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1978.) ISBN 084766080X
*[http://www.medievalchurch.org.uk/p_patrick.html Patrick]
*[http://www.voskrese.info/spl/fiacc.html ''Hymn of Saint Fiacc''] (in [http://wwwhome.amdgscarlet.be/amdg/oldies/sankt/fiacc.html French])
*[http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/text122.html ''Annals of Ulster''] mentioning the relics of St. Patrick, in 552 AD
*[http://celticchristianity.org/library/secund.html ''Audite, omnes amantes Deum''], or ''Hymn of St. Patrick, Teacher of the Irish'', by his nephew Saint Sechnall or Secundinus (in [http://wwwhome.amdgscarlet.be/amdg/oldies/sankt/patrick-sechnall.html French])
*[http://membres.lycos.fr/stmaterne/psomalis/patrick.pdf Byzantine Service (in Greek) to Saint Patrick (PDF)], Apostle of Ireland, by protopsaltis Panagiotis Somalis
*[http://stmaterne.blogspot.com/search/label/saint%20Patrick Saint Patrick's ''Life'' , prayers, history in French], with [[icon]]s: [http://www.amdg.be/sankt/patrick-boll.html 1] [http://www.amdg.be/sankt/mar17.html 2]
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/p/mdg01.htm Icon of St. Patrick of Ireland]
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