2006-11-21 02:00:32 · 21 answers · asked by niddlie diddle 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ St. Patrick's Day
apparently, from the article, he was a christian missionary from great britain that went to ireland to convert people.(that's the short version)
According to his Confessio, Patrick was born in vico banavem taburniae, somewhere along the west coast of Great Britain or north coast of France.[2] Vico means 'little settlement' or 'village'. Bannavem is the placename. Taburniae is a suffix meaning 'of the Taburnia', probably relating to a tribal group. However, it has been argued that the correct spelling should be Bannaventa Burniae possibly meaning the 'Promontory Hill of the Burnia'.
The place has never been identified with certainty. Suggested sites include Dumbarton, Kirkpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway, Urswick [3] and Birdoswald (Latin: Banna) in Cumbria, Banwen in south west Wales, Banwell in Somerset and Norton (Latin: Bannaventa) in Northamptonshire. A further claim is made for Boulogne-sur-Mer, then a part of Armorica.[4]
2006-11-21 02:02:23 · answer #1 · answered by Kismet 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
St. Patrick was a Roman citizen. He lived in Britannia (England, not Scotland, maybe Wales). I wouldn't call him an Englishman, persay, any more than I would call someone living in the countryside of Italy at his time Italian. He lived in the Roman Empire when it was breaking apart, and Britannia fell away from the Empire when he was a young man.
Without the protection of the army, pirates started raiding the coasts. Some took him as a slave to Ireland, where he was a shepherd. He heard a voice which told him how to escape to Gaul (France). After enjoying his freedom for a while, he was convinced/convinced himself to go to Ireland as a missionary. I think he also met up with his family for a while.
2006-11-22 04:58:51 · answer #2 · answered by Halcyon 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
St. Patrick was the son of a Roman father and a British Celtic mother. He was born in Britain and later went to Ireland as a missionary.
2006-11-21 02:02:57 · answer #3 · answered by tangerine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
st patrick wasnt an irishman, he was english or welsh im not positive but anyway, he went to ireland as a missionary and somehow ended up driving all the snakes out of ireland. which is why the st patrick cross has snakes on it.
2006-11-22 15:47:17 · answer #4 · answered by luke 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
St Patrick was a missionary from england who went to ireland to preach cristianity to them, as they were pagans then. he somehow got all the snakes out of irelend, or some where, and that is there are no snakes in ireland
2006-11-22 23:22:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If St. Patrick was English, I doubt most Irish people would like him very much.
That said, I believe he was actually Welsh.
2006-11-25 00:44:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
st. patrick wasnt irish but he did go to ireland as a missionary and he got rid of the snakes in ireland
2006-11-22 05:09:06 · answer #7 · answered by nyrfan317 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There were no Sassenach around at that time. They were still climbing off the trees in what's today North Western Germany.
He was a Briton, probably with a Roman background.
2006-11-23 10:04:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently he was Welsh, an abducted in his life by a band of merry men called Nile of the nine hostages. only to escape, and come to Ireland to teach Christianity. he also is credited in banishing all forms of snakes, out of Ireland,. I'm not sure when, he started putting greed dye in beer,and wearing a funny peaked hats, and singing rebel songs.
2006-11-21 09:25:10 · answer #9 · answered by reiki wizzard 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i think he was an englishman. Questoin 4 u, what is green beer??
2006-11-23 07:32:30 · answer #10 · answered by The Lucky Irish Lass 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋