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Saint Patrick (''Naomh Pádraig'') of [[Ireland]] was an independent Christian missionary who travelled to Ireland in the early-or-mid 5th Century AD to complete the work of the Bishop Palladius, who had earlier been charged by the Pope with the task of evangelising Ireland. Patrick is believed to have converted virtually the entire island of [[Ireland]] to [[Christianity]]. Much about him remains a mystery, though some of his personal writings have survived.

Saint Patrick (''Naomh Pádraig'') of [[Ireland]] was an independent Christian [[missionary]] who travelled to Ireland in the early-or-mid 5th Century AD to complete the work of the [[Bishop Palladius]], who had earlier been charged by the [[Pope]] with the task of evangelising Ireland. Patrick is believed to have converted virtually the entire island of [[Ireland]] to [[Christianity]]. Much about him remains a mystery, though some of his personal writings have survived.

The [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] teaches that he was the son of a deacon and a grandson of a priest. The Orthodox Church refers to him as Saint Patrick, the Enlightener of Ireland.  

The [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] teaches that he was the son of a [[deacon]] and a grandson of a [[priest]]. The Orthodox Church refers to him as Saint Patrick, the Enlightener of Ireland.  

==Life as a Slave==

==Life as a Slave==

He was captured as a teenager during a raid on the west coast of Britain (possibly Wales, or perhaps what is now South West Scotland) by an Irish king known as [[Niall of the Nine Hostages]] and sold as a slave in Ireland, where he herded animals on Slieve Mish (''Sliabh Mis'') mountain, near Belfast. After six years of this, he escaped to Gaul ([[France]]).

He was captured as a teenager during a raid on the west coast of [[Britain]] (possibly Wales, or perhaps what is now South West Scotland) by an Irish king known as [[Niall of the Nine Hostages]] and sold as a slave in Ireland, where he herded animals on Slieve Mish (''Sliabh Mis'') mountain, near Belfast. After six years of this, he escaped to Gaul ([[France]]).

==Dream==

==Dream==

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