A Wee Bit O' History
430 A.D. or so...
Pope Celestine I first sent Palladius to be the first bishop of Ireland even though the Irish that believed in Christ were few in number with Druids being the most common. A year after Palladius arrived, a lad formerly named Maewyn Succat was sent by Pope Celestine to spread Christianity throughout the land. Maewyn, who had spend years as a slave/shepherd to a Druidical high priest, ran from Ireland after an angel urged him to escape. While Maewyn was studying Christianity in France, Ireland still sung in his head and gave him visions of returning.
When Maewyn got to Ireland, he took a new name - Patrick. In the forty years (or so) he spent in Ireland, we succeeded in converting a great many citizens. And this man is known to us as St. Patrick.
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