St Patrick Biography

St Patrick biography

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NAME: St Patrick
OCCUPATION: Saint
BIRTH DATE: c. 500
PLACE OF BIRTH: United Kingdom
AKA: Saint Patrick

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St Patrick is recognized as the patron saint of Ireland, credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland.

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St Patrick was a Christian missionary. Two authentic letters from him survive, the only universally accepted details of his life. When he was 16, he was captured in Britain by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Ireland. He escaped, returned home and became a bishop. He later returned to Ireland, but little else is known. By the seventh century, he was credited as the patron saint of Ireland.