THS: St. Patrick

10 Things about St. Patrick: And nothing about Guinness.

1. He was the son of a Roman official, Calpurnius, living in Wales.

2. When he was about sixteen he was captured by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family.

3.He dreamed of having seen God by guiding him to escape with a getaway ship to travel to Britain, and France.

4. There he joined a monastery and studied under St. Germain, the bishop of Auxerre. He spent approximately 12 years in training.

5. When loosing hope to be a missionary under King Tara, he prayed to God for inspiration. God placed a shamrock on the ground in front of him and resembled it as the blessed trinity.

6. Patrick was granted a request from the Lord that the Irish should keep the Christian faith for all time and they should be spared the horrors of the Judgment Day.

7. Patrick could judge Irish himself- legend that states Ireland will be drowned under a sea of water seven years before the last judgment originates.

8. St. Patrick is believed to have driven the snakes from Ireland, one of Christianity's most widely known figures.

9. He died on March 17, 461.

10. After his death, St Patrick is still known as the patron saint of Ireland and will be remembered by the infamous him he wrote:

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.