Author: Tomie De Paola
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823409242
Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Relates the life and legends of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

Author: Ann Tompert
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 9781563979927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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A picture book biography of the patron saint of Ireland.

Author: George Philip Krapp
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : St. Patrick's Purgatory (Legend)
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Author: E. A. Thompson
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780851157177
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Those who want to know what manner of man Patrick was, something about the Roman world in which he originated, and the problems he faced among the Irish will find this book helpful and satisfactory. Patrick is allowed to emerge from his own accounts. And what an impressive figure he was! TABLET Thompson has presented Patrician scholars with some intriguing new hypotheses in a field where hypotheses abound. These have the virtue of relying solely on the only reliable source bearing on Patrick, namely his own writings. HISTORY Everyone knows of St Patrick, but what do we know about him? Simply that it was he who 'converted the Irish to Christianity'. The strange fact is that for two hundred years or so after his death, although his name was remembered with respect, everything else about him was forgotten. E.A. Thompson pieces together the story of his life, drawing his evidence from the only real clues that exist, Patrick's own writings, not from the later Lives. He reveals him as coming from a well-to-do nominally Christian family in Britain, being captured by Irish raiders and forced into slavery in Co Mayo, converting to a most earnest Christianity, and eventually escaping from Ireland to the fulfilment of his calling. As a bishop, he is shown to have been a man of profound originality, and his writings -- his Confession and his Letter to Coroticus -- further display his character. It is no surprise that a host of legends became attached to his name, and the biography is completed with a look at some of those early legends.

Author: Joseph Sanderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 576

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Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 732

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Author: Thomas O’Loughlin
Publisher: SPCK
ISBN: 0281072140
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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The only true apostle of Ireland who more or less converted the country single-handed? or A Christian bishop from the embattled edge of a crumbling empire? All that can really be known of Patrick comes from his authentic writings - the Confessio and the Epistola (Address to the Soldiers of Coroticus). Thomas O'Loughlin's engaging yet scholarly reflections on these fifth-century texts lead us into a greater understanding of the mind of Patrick, the man, believer and missionary. Explanatory notes woven through the translations illuminate a very different world and time; it is not long before we realize, however, that Patrick's theology is no less relevant to our own. Includes a full index of biblical references

Author: Saint Patrick
Publisher: Aeterna Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 845

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Our chief purpose in writing this new Life of St Patrick, when so many Lives already exist, is to give a fuller and, we venture to hope, more exact account of the Saint’s missionary labours in Ireland than any that has appeared since the Tripartite Life was first written. For this purpose we have not only thoroughly studied Colgan’s great work, and made ourselves familiar with the really valuable publications of our own times, but we have, when practicable, personally visited all the scenes of the Saint’s labours, both at home and abroad, so as to be able to give a local colouring to the dry record, and also to catch up, as far as possible, the echoes, daily growing fainter, of the once vivid traditions of the past. Aeterna Press

Author: Marian Broderick
Publisher: The O'Brien Press Ltd
ISBN: 1788491157
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223

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An engaging and rich exploration of Saint Patrick and his extraordinary influence on the world. Forced into slavery at the age of fifteen, Patrick overcame all hardship to fulfil his calling: to bring the people of Ireland into the light of God's word. He carried out his mission of conversion and care at a crucial time of change, as Christianity spread across Romanised Europe and harnessed existing social structures and belief systems in Pagan Ireland. Patrick met high kings and mythical heroes, Celtic gods and goddesses, lowly farmers and loyal servants, and he left lasting marks upon the Irish landscape and way of life. He was humble, courageous and resourceful, and was the first of Ireland's saints to write down his experiences. Thus began the cult of Saint Patrick, galvanised over 1500 years of devotion and scholarship, and culminating recently in the cheerful 'greening' of the world's most famous landmarks. Drawing from recorded histories, 'tall tales' from all four provinces and beautiful illustrations, this is a light-hearted look at the global phenomenon of Saint Patrick, his life and his legacy, the facts and the fiction of his incredible journey from slave to international saint.

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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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