Patrick became a priest and was later made a bishop by Pope Celestine I and sent to Ireland as a missionary.
Are you referring to St. Patrick? He was a 5th century bishop and missionary who was sent by Pope Celestine I to Ireland to convert the pagan Druids to Catholicism.
Patrick was sent to Ireland as a missionary by Pope Celestine I to convert the country to Christianity.
Maewyn Succat was Saint Patrick's original birth name. It was changed to Patrick when the pope sent him back to Ireland as a bishop and missionary.
Pope Celestine sent St. Patrick to Ireland.
Pope Celestine was the pope who sent Patrick to evangelize England and Ireland.
Patrick's original name was Maewyn Succat which means 'War-like.' Pope Celestine did not feel this was an appropriate name for a bishop or priest so changed his name to Patricius (Patrick) before he sent him to Ireland as a missionary.
The head missionary that was sent to help out the Anglo-Saxons was St Augustine. Augustine was sent by Pope Gregory.
saint Patrick had a different name,and then he changed it to Patrick.
Pope Celestine I gave him the name "Patercius" or "Patritius" at the time he made him a bishop and sent him as a missionary to Ireland. His original name was Maewyn Succat, a pagan name.
Pope Celestine
Pope Celestine I asked Patrick to return to Ireland as a missionary and bishop.