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When Patrick was in his forties, he had a vivid dream that told him to return to Ireland.  He wrote in his ''Confession'':<ref name="AmericanMinute">[http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-17&view=View American Minute] for March 17th</ref>

When Patrick was in his forties, he had a vivid dream that told him to return to Ireland.  He wrote in his ''Confession'':<ref name="AmericanMinute">[http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-17&view=View American Minute] for March 17th</ref>

{{QuoteBox|In the depth of the night, I saw a man named Victoricus coming as if from Ireland, with innumerable letters, and he gave me one and while I was reading I thought I heard the voice of those near the western sea call out: 'Please, holy boy, come and walk among us again.' Their cry pierced my very heart, and I could read no more, and so I awoke.}}

{{QuoteBox|In the depth of the night, I saw a man named Victoricus coming as if from Ireland, with innumerable letters, and he gave me one and while I was reading I thought I heard the voice of those near the western sea call out: 'Please, holy boy, come and walk among us again.' Their cry pierced my very heart, and I could read no more, and so I awoke.}}

Patrick risked his life by returning to Ireland and attempting to convert the ruling Kings and Chieftains who ruled the island.  According to legend, he used the shamrock ''(seamróg)'', a small three-leafed plant that resembles a miniature clover to educate the Irish about the Trinity. However, since many of the Irish lready worshiped a [[Goddess]], Brigid, with three forms, it is unlikely that the Irish needed the idea of three parts in one god explained to them.

Patrick risked his life by returning to Ireland and attempting to convert the ruling Kings and Chieftains who ruled the island.  According to legend, he used the shamrock ''(seamróg)'', a small three-leafed plant that resembles a miniature clover to educate the Irish about the Trinity. However, since many of the Irish already worshipped a [[Goddess]], Brigid, with three forms, it is unlikely that the Irish needed the idea of three parts in one god explained to them.

==Conversion==

==Conversion==