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It appears that a lot of people don't know the origins of the day and the person:

"Little is known of Patrick's early life, though it is known that he was born in Roman Britain in the fourth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family. His father was a deacon and his grandfather was a priest in the Christian church. At the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave.[SUP][10][/SUP] 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 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.


In 432, he again said that he was called back to Ireland, though as a bishop, to Christianise the Irish from their native polytheism. Irish folklore tells that one of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of evangelism, he died on 17 March 461, and according to tradition, was buried at Downpatrick. Although there were other more successful missions to Ireland from Rome, Patrick endured as the principal champion of Irish Christianity and is held in esteem in the Irish church"


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i read that about 2 years ago very touching forgiveness what a beautiful thing
arwen83 said:
It appears that a lot of people don't know the origins of the day and the person:

"Little is known of Patrick's early life, though it is known that he was born in Roman Britain in the fourth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family. His father was a deacon and his grandfather was a priest in the Christian church. At the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave.[SUP][10][/SUP] 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 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.


In 432, he again said that he was called back to Ireland, though as a bishop, to Christianise the Irish from their native polytheism. Irish folklore tells that one of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of evangelism, he died on 17 March 461, and according to tradition, was buried at Downpatrick. Although there were other more successful missions to Ireland from Rome, Patrick endured as the principal champion of Irish Christianity and is held in esteem in the Irish church"


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I had no idea about the origin of St. Patrick's Day, thanks for sharing! Very interesting. :)

I am sad to admit, though, that when I first saw the title I thought it was going to be something about Patrick from Spongebob. And I don't even watch Spongebob.

It's been a long day and it seems my brain hasn't completely woken up yet. :o
 
rachelsedge said:
I had no idea about the origin of St. Patrick's Day, thanks for sharing! Very interesting. :)

I am sad to admit, though, that when I first saw the title I thought it was going to be something about Patrick from Spongebob. And I don't even watch Spongebob.

It's been a long day and it seems my brain hasn't completely woken up yet. :o
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That's the unfortunate reality of our society, Christian holidays are not honored for the people and meaning behind them. But I've ranted about that before. Sorry to disappoint about Spongebob :P lol
 
arwen83 said:
That's the unfortunate reality of our society, Christian holidays are not honored for the people and meaning behind them. But I've ranted about that before. Sorry to disappoint about Spongebob :P lol
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Oh, no, I wasn't disappointed at all! I would rather hear about that St. Patrick than about Spongebob. ;)
 
AAAPlus said:
Didn't he scare off a bunch of snakes or something?
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lol. Part of the legend behind that is he drove them out of Ireland when he arrived. That's why they say "There are no snakes in Ireland".
 
When I first read the thread title, "Patrick!" I immediately thought, "Swayze???"

You can tell I'm a child of the 80's. :)
 
Thank you, Arwen for reminding everyone of the purpose of this Holiday.

Happy St. Patrick's Day one and all!
 
arwen83 said:
It appears that a lot of people don't know the origins of the day and the person:

"Little is known of Patrick's early life, though it is known that he was born in Roman Britain in the fourth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family. His father was a deacon and his grandfather was a priest in the Christian church. At the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave.[SUP][10][/SUP] 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 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.


In 432, he again said that he was called back to Ireland, though as a bishop, to Christianise the Irish from their native polytheism. Irish folklore tells that one of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of evangelism, he died on 17 March 461, and according to tradition, was buried at Downpatrick. Although there were other more successful missions to Ireland from Rome, Patrick endured as the principal champion of Irish Christianity and is held in esteem in the Irish church"


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Veggietales did a good version of St. Patrick's story. :D hahaha (Seriously, it's actually pretty accurate. Funny and sometimes too kiddish, but very educational about the origin of St. Patrick's day.)
 
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