Home  ›  Patrick Ireland

Patrick Ireland

Statue of Saint Patrick on the Hill of Tara in County Meath

Maewyn Succat, known as St. Patrick (cca 385-461) is a holy Catholic celebrated on 17 March. He is regarded as the evangelist of Ireland and as the founder of Irish Christianity.

Summary

/ / Legend of Saint Patrick

Originally Britto-Roman , Patrick (whose birth name was Maewyn Succat) was born about 385 in Britain island to Bannaven Taberniae (or Banna Venta Berniae), which is located probably near Carlisle in Cumbria. His father, Calpurnius, was a deacon and government employee and his grandfather was a priest (at that time, the Western clergy was not subject to the obligation of celibacy). His grandmother was from Touraine , in France. His father, though only a deacon, was not considered a very religious man, his comfortable situation from the collection of taxes.

According to legend, in 405 , at the age of sixteen, Maewyn Succat later, St. Patrick was kidnapped by Irish pirates, including Niall "of the Nine Hostages" , which sold like slaves. During his six years of captivity (in a cage), near the Bois de Fochoill in Mayo , he is a shepherd on behalf of Irish chieftain. Few religious before his capture, he met God and became a Christian devotee.

In 411 , he managed to escape after God told him, in one of his dreams, to reach the shore and embark on a boat , supposedly to 200 km from Waterford or Wexford. After three days at sea, he landed on the English coast, and shortly after the French coast, where he became a priest. At the age of thirty-one or thirty two years, Maewyn Succat, then found his family. She greeted him warmly and begged him to leave. But a little later at night, he had visions and heard "voices" of those who live near the woods Focult near the western sea, crying, with one voice: "We don 't implore holy boy, come here. "Thanks be to God," added he, after several years the Lord has answered their call. " He then won the Islands of Lerins , near Cannes in France , and settled in the monastery of Saint-Honore , where he devoted himself to theological studies for two years. Then, with St. Germain of Auxerre , he became deacon and bishop.

In 432 he returned to Ireland he began to evangelize. He traveled throughout Ireland preaching, teaching, building churches, monasteries and schools. He was known for his heroic courage, his humility and kindness.

At the Rock of Cashel , in a sermon, he showed a cloverleaf: - That the figure of the Trinity saint. The triads were familiar figures in Celtic religion: the clover will become the symbol of Ireland, through Maewyn Succat. According to some sources (the monks of Lerins in particular), St. Patrick would have been the chapel of the Holy Trinity of the Ile Saint-Honore , who presented an architectural form near clover (a nave and three chapels circular), to represent Trinity Patronage

For Roman Catholics, Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and engineers.

This patronage was confirmed by a decree of the Congregation for the Sacraments of 3 December 1962. He was also named the second head of Nigeria April 11, 1961, the day the Virgin Mary was proclaimed patron at first as Queen of Nigeria.

His patronage of the Diocese of Boston was confirmed by John Paul II, apostolic letter dated 15 October 1994.

The twelve perils Patrick

The reason for the suffering of St. Patrick according to the Scriptures, is its "twelve perils" by which the salvation of his soul was endangered. Significantly, he refers to these twelve experiments in the context of his mystical experiences, thereby linking them inextricably.

Additions

Related articles

External link

Sources

  • Marie-Louise Jacotey, Patrick, patron saint of Ireland: Isle of Saints. - Langres : D. Guniot, 2005 , 56 p. Not paginated ( ISBN 2-87825-261-6 ).
  • Blaise Pons, Saint Patrick, Flerus, Paris , 1989 , unpaginated 22 p. ( ISBN 2-215-00578-5 )
  • Mey Patrick, Saint Patrick (390-461) or New apostle informed druid? Coop Breizh 1997 , 160 pages, ( ISBN 2-909-92481-5 )
  • Coleno Annunciation, St. Patrick, Editions du Rocher, Paris , coll. "Regine Pernoud this," 1996 , ( ISBN 2-268-02362-1 )
  • Frdric Kurzawa, Petite life of St. Patrick, Descle de Brouwer, coll. "Small Lives", 1995 , 215 pages, ( ISBN 2-220-03698-7 )
  • Confession and Letter to Coroticus, Editions du Cerf by Saint Patrick
  • [ read online ] St. Patrick: Apostle of Ireland in the Third Century ...: with appendix year ... By R Steele Nicholson


Leave a Reply


Frequently Asked Questions

1 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 5 (1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5, rated)
Loading ... Loading ...
Help us improve the wiki Send Your Comments