St Patrick

What kind of world was ST Patrick born into Why were his visions and dreams considered so dangerous by the early church How much do we really know about Irelands foremost SaintIn this beautiful little book painter Hector McDonnell tells the amazing story of the RomanoBritish youth enslaved by Irish raiders who escaped only to return and Christianise Ireland. With fascinating new theories, exquisit old plates and finely printed on recycled paper throughout.

• The satchel of the Book of Armagh
• First published 2007 AD Wooden Books Ltd 2007 AD Published by Wooden Books Ltd. 8A Market Place, Gl
• COnTenTS Introduction 1 I Patrick 2 Visions 4 RomanoBritish Beginnings 6 On the Wor
• 1 InTROduCTIOn Saint Patrick is a most intriguing figure. His career probably spans the mid fifth c
• 2 3 I PatrIck an Irish Roman EGO PATRICIUS PECCATOR RUSTICISSIMUS Et minimus omnium fidelium. I, Pat
• 4 5 VIsIons the voice of god Patrick says he had seven supernatural experiences, mostly in dreams, a
• 6 7 romanoBrItIsh BegInnIngs amongst the gentry My father was Calpornius, a deacon, son of Potitus,
• 8 9 on the Worlds edge a barbarians slave When Patrick was sixteen, Irish raiders appeared, devastat
• 10 11 escaPIng slaVery visions and pledges One night, while fasting, presumably as a selfimposed rel
• 12 13 the IrIsh mIssIon a message from Voclut After his escape Patrick became a priest in Britain, b
• 14 15 BIshoP PatrIck spreading the gospel A British church synod must have later elected Patrick as
• 16 17 accusatIons old sins and unorthodoxies Patrick worked in Ireland for many years, but specific
• 18 19 lIght of the World a pagan heart I suspect Patrick was accused of pagan practices, as somebody
• 20 21 Into the dark ages with the vestiges of empire One RomanoBritish group used extreme violence a
• 22 23 trechn muIrchs PatrIck making a saint Copies of the Letter and Confession were probably prese
• 24 25 slemIsh and skerry the pagan who would not yield Trechn and Muirch both say that Patrick was s
• 26 27 easter at tara breaking the old order Trechn and Muirch also both describe a decisive confront
• 28 29 the end of Pagan Ireland greater than the druids Muirch has Patrick enter Taras feasting hall
• 30 31 armagh building an Irish Rome Armagh was named after the mythological Macha, who gave birth to
• 32 33 Voclut near the western shore Trechn relates how Patrick founded a church near Voclut wood an
• 34 35 Wonder tales and curses Muirch and Trechns Patrick was effectively performing spells like a po
• 36 37 croagh PatrIck a sacred mountain Croagh Patrick or the Reek, overlooking Clew Bay in Mayo, is
• 38 39 lughnasa hIlls Waters sheltering old beliefs Many Lughnasa assemblies were on sacred hills, s
• 40 41 aWay WIth the faIrIes storms about heaven Patrick also converted Crom Dubh, who became so poor
• 42 43 holy ancestors awkward relations Early genealogists had to show that their lords were of the v
• 44 45 glastonBury an English home In the English West Country, where Patricks life may well have beg
• 46 47 relIcs sacred remains Inevitably Patrick relics were cherished. His insignia still existed cir
• 48 49 lough derg purging sins Droves of medieval pilgrims visited Patricks Purgatory on Saints Islan
• 50 51 snakes and shamrocks green salad and serpents We are told there are no snakes in Ireland becau
• 52 53 st PatrIcks day new world fun and old world rites Nowadays we think of enormous parades on the
• 54 55 saInt Paddy a fine figure of a saint The stereotype Patrick, the national patron saint, is not
• 56 57 sItes assocIated WIth st PatrIck Armagh, originally Ard Macha, an ancient hill site dedicated
• 58 NB The Irish annals dates given are all open to debate. 312 37 Constantine gives Christianity o