Show HT ST 1 THE TIIE apostle ai ostle and patron saint of Ireland The place ploce of his birth Is un un- certain discovered in the tripartite tripartite tri tri- British museum a manuscript partite life Ule of the sixth century which affirms that St. St Patrick was born in at thought by some to be the modern Boulogne Others maintain that he ho was born near Kilpatrick in Scotland Scotland Scotland Scot Scot- land In lie He died In Down Ulster March 17 or The name of was bestowed on him film in Rome by Pope Celestine Cel hla hie original name having been At the age of sixteen he was carried captive to Ireland by a II band baud of marauders marauders marauders mar mar- auders but after six months escaped escaped osea j ed to Scotland Carried off oft asea a sec ond and time Ume and again escaping he resolved resolved resolved re re- re- re solved to become a II missionary to the tho Irish was ordained In Scotland and after a n. long preparation was Conse donse- Consecrated crated bishop Having previously according to some accounts visited Gaul and perhaps Italy he passed of labor over to his chosen field about and preached the gos gospel l I with such Buch extraordinary effect that not absolutely the first to introduce Christianity into that country he has always received the credit of its general conversion He lie baptized thA th kings kinge of Dublin and Munster and the seven even sons eons of the king of with the greater part of their subjects and before his death had converted almost the whole island to the faith St. St Bernard Bernard Ber Ber- nard testifies that he fixed his metropolitan metropolitan metropolitan met met- see see at Armagh and It appears appears ap appears ap- ap pears that he appointed several other other other oth oth- er bishops with whom he held councils councils coun coun- ils to settle the discipline of the church hurch He is said sold In his old age to have gave written his Confession but butis Its is authenticity is considered doubtful doubtful doubt doubt- ful ul by many many The Boman Roman Catholic church hurch keeps his festival on March St. St Patrick devoted the lands I bestowed on him to the foundation of If churches of cloisters for both sexes flexes and of numerous monastic schools which flourished during the next Text three centuries He was also zealous for the suppression of slavery slavery slav slav- ery ry which was wal one of th the great Incentives in incentives ln- ln to the piratical expeditions BO so frequent in his day |