St. Patrick's Day is known as a day of celebration and festivities, but very few people know the true story of St. Patrick and who he easily is. By tradition, he is a patron saint of the Catholic religion because of the captivity that he went through, the time of solitude and his great faith, and eventually the estimate of people that were converted to know God straight through him. It is legend that he heard angels and they helped him in his decisions. All in all, he is known as the patron saint of good luck and blessings to the Catholics in that era up until the 21st century.
St. Patrick was a real live person born in the time nearby 400 Ad in Roman Britain, when the British Isles were still under the domain of the Romans. He was born with the name Maewyn. His name wasn't changed until he was in the monastery. His father was a soldier in the army, and Patrick also reports him to be a deacon, civil official, and a town councilor, who was a son of a Romano-British priest. The house was Christian, but they weren't extremely religious, some historians even say Patrick was agnostic in his childhood.
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According to his most preeminent work, the Confessio, Patrick was captured along with many others when his settlement was attacked, and he was taken to Ireland as a slave. Patrick was under the authority of a druid high minister and his house and here he learned the native Celtic language which he later used to communicate, and help those to be converted.
After 8 years in captivity, he escaped at the age of twenty-two, and legend has it that an angel directed him to spend twelve years in a monastery near Paris, France, where he adopted the name Patrick. It was while this time of captivity that Patrick found God and industrialized the habit of praying throughout the day to advance himself and to be closer to God. It is recorded in the Confessio that he would often pray up to 100 times a day. One night, while in the monastery, he said he heard many voices that were calling him back to Ireland to help the remaining slaves. At this time he was somewhere in his mid thirties and so he answered the callings. He became one of the first Christian missionaries in Ireland.
He was obvious in the Lord, and he journeyed far and wide, baptizing and confirming with untiring zeal. Indeed, Patrick was flourishing at converting Ireland to christianity . And he even made prominent converts even among the royal families. For 20 years he had travelled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries, schools and churches, which would aid him in his conversions. He died on March 17th.
You can see how originally this was a Catholic holy day, but today St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday. Or, rather, 'be Irish Day '. Speculation as to why this holiday is so popular could be the advent of spring that occurs within just a few days.
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