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He was taken in raids ordered by Niall Mor, who had had made a habit of such things.
Maewyn Succat, later known as Patrick, was kidnapped by Irish pirates from his home in Roman Britain, probably Scotland, at the age of 16 and taken as a slave to Ireland where he was forced to work as a shepherd until he escaped six years later.
we celebrate saint patricks day because he brought the cathlic religon to Ireland and explaned the religon through using a clover/shamrock we also celebrate it because he is said to have gotten all the snakes out of Ireland aswell... When he was about 16 he was captured from Britain by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family. After entering the Church, he returned to Ireland as an ordained bishop in the north and west of the island, but little is known about the places where he worked. By the eighth century he had come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland. The Irish monastery system evolved after the time of Patrick and the Irish church did not develop the diocesan model that Patrick and the other early missionaries had tried to establish.Patrick with teaching the Irish about the concept of the trinity by showing people the shamrock, a 3-leaved clover, using it to highlight the Christian belief of 'three divine persons in the one God'
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A slave state. Its Southern border was taken as the line, North of which slavery would henceforth be illegal.
St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland, was abducted from Scotland or Wales, and sold as a slave in Ireland.
england.. he was taken by pirates as a slave!
Patrick was taken from Britain to Ireland by pirates as a slave.
He was taken to Ireland and sold as a slave.
St. Patrick was captured and taken to Ireland where he worked as a slave. It is said he worked as a shepherd in Slemish, Northern Ireland.
No, Saint Patrick was actually made a slave by raiders who were believed to be Celtic pirates, not Vikings. He was captured and taken to Ireland where he was held as a slave for several years before escaping and returning to his home.
Saint Patrick was taken by Irish pirates as a slave when he was a teenager. He was sold into slavery in Ireland and spent six years herding sheep before escaping and returning to his home in Britain. This experience influenced his strong connection to Ireland, where he later returned as a missionary.
St. Patrick was dead when he became a saint. That is a primary requisite for becoming a saint.
St. Patrick initially came to Ireland when he was kidnapped by Niall of the Nine Hostages to be brought to Ireland as a slave when he was 16 years old.
Patrick, then known as Maewyn Succat, was abducted from the British mainland, probably Scotland, and taken as a prisoner to Ireland where he was sold as a slave.
In his own autobiography Patrick tells us that her was 16 years old when he was captured and taken as a slave to Ireland.
He was taken to Ireland.