Patrick was named Maewyn Succat at birth and, when he was named a bishop, he received the name Patricius from Pope Celestine.
The names mean:
warlike (Maewyn Succat - pagan birth name)
noble (Patricius - baptismal name)
Are you sure you don't mean 'Patrick Henry'? If so it was Patrick James Henry.
St. Patrick always thought that a horseshoe meant good luck to the beholder.
To me, that sounds like: Loyalty to the Union (of the 13 states) is more important than loyalty to an individual state.
The name Patterson means son of Patrick, or in other words son of Patterson means son of Patrick.
Patrick Henry meant that although he was from Virginia, his allegiance must be foremost to the United States of America as an American.
Maewyn Succat was Patrick's birth name and it mean 'war like'
Maewyn Succat is not Gaelic. It was the name of the boy that later became St. Patrick.
Patrick was named Maewyn Succat at birth and, when Pope Clement named him a bishop he was given the name Patricius. The names mean: warlike (Succat - pagan birth name) noble (Patricius - Christian name)
Patrick was named Maewyn Succat at birth and, when baptized, received the name Patricius. The names mean: warlike (Succat - pagan birth name) noble (Patricius - baptismal name) Patrick in its earliest form, was derived from the Latin name Patricius (patrician, i.e. "nobleman")
Patrick was named Maewyn Succat at birth and, when baptized, received the name Patricius. The names mean: warlike (Succat - pagan birth name) noble (Patricius - baptismal name) Patrick in its earliest form, was derived from the Latin name Patricius (patrician, i.e. "nobleman")
His was named Maewyn Succat at birth and baptized under that name. When he was ordained and made a bishop Pope Celestine I changed his name to Patricius.In English, this name has been changed to Patrick.
Patrick was named Maewyn Succat at birth and received the name Patricius when he was consecrated a bishop by Pope Celestine before bing sent back to Ireland as a missionary.The names mean:warlike (Succat - pagan birth name)noble (Patricius - baptismal name)
Patrick was named Maewyn Succat at birth and received the name Patricius when he was consecrated a bishop by Pope Celestine before bing sent back to Ireland as a missionary.The names mean:warlike (Succat - pagan birth name)noble (Patricius - baptismal name)
Patrick was named Maewyn Succat at birth and, when baptized, received the name Patricius. The names mean: warlike (Succat - pagan birth name) noble (Patricius - baptismal name) Patrick in its earliest form, was derived from the Latin name Patricius (patrician, i.e. "nobleman")
Don't you mean Irish Gaelic? There is currently no language called Celtic and the last time there was one was in 1000 BC, long before St. Patrick who, by the way, was not Irish: he was a Briton. His name was Maewyn Succat. He was baptized Patrick which in modern Irish Gaelic would be rendered Pádraig. The Welsh form is Padrig. Most saints who Christianized a particular country are not the nationality for which we remember them. St. Anthony of Padua was Portuguese. Sw. Wojciech (Adalbert) of Poland was an Englishman, etc. == Other sources indicate he was born near Carlisle. Strathclyde had a population that spoke a Welsh-like language.
The name means 'War-like" in English.
If you mean St Patrick, he lived in Wales and was captured by Irish pirates and sold in Ireland as a slave.