Legends about St. Patrick:

Some of the history of Sn. Patrick are based on legends.


One of the best-known story tells how the magic of the snakes of Ireland into the sea, just as they are drowning. Different stories or anecdotes say that standing on top of the hill, using a wooden baton that are driving the snakes into the sea, forever banished from the land of Ireland. One legend says that one old serpent resisted, but St. Patrick is more ready for their intelligence. He says he has a box of snakes to avoid unnecessary to enter. The snake insisted the box is too small and the discussion starts strong. Finally the snake entered the box to prove that he is well and immediately Sn. Patrick closed the box, and then the push the box into the sea. While it is true there are no snakes in Ireland, but probably never haiga serpents which is an island separated from the rest of the continent at the end of the time. At the time of the heathen they had gold to the snake as a common symbol, and possibly loved. They forced out the snakes from Ireland was probably a symbol of the termination of pagan practices.

One of the best legends tells us how he led the snakes of Ireland into the sea to drown these. According to another story, Patricio Trevol use a 3 sheets to illustrate the idea of the Trinity. Many people believed that the permission of Trevol tradicon symbol of Ireland as a result of this legend. Today, her day off March 17th is celebrated as a national holiday in Ireland.

San Patrico also introduced the Roman alphabet and Latin literature into Ireland, after his death around the 461 AD, Irish monasteries acted as centers of learning.

Compton's Encyclopedia says that despite the continuing treatment of his life, Patrcia traveled widely, baptizing, confirming, preaching and builds churches and monasteries. Patrick's victory almost become the majority of the population of the Island His "Epistola" preaches the case of the Christian Irish at the hands of British conquest. St. Patrick wrote in to be appreciated for its simplicity and humility

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Anyway Who is St. Patrick?

According to the Book World, St. Patrick lived around the years 389-461 AD, and is the patron of Ireland. He was mainly responsible for converting the Irish to Cristianos.Se became acquainted as apostle to the Irish. Its Latin name is Patrick. Patrick was born in England. His father was wealthy and Christian. When Patrick was 16 years old, pirates captured him during an assault and sold as a slave in Ireland. He served as a pastor in Northern Ireland. During his captivity, was devoted to religion. Depue, 6 years of slavery he escaped and returned home to England.

As a result of his experience in Ireland, Patrick was made compulsory by the idea of converting the Irish to Christians. Only prepared for the test, study in the monastery of Northern Ireland, on an island on the side of France. He also went to Auxerre, France and Religious Studies at San Geronimo, a French bishop. In part because their previous education was inadequate, their religion was superior to the sabiera recruited to return to Ireland as a missionary. After Palladius, the first Irish missionary bishop died in 431, Pope sent Patrick to Ireland.

Patrick began his work where there was no Christian preacher. The best truth and friendship of several leaders and soon made some conversions. He said he had found more than 300 churches and baptized more than 120,000 people. He brought the clergy in England and France for their new churches in their missions triumph in Ireland, though many British clergymen opposed him in the way he organized the churches. Patrick predators in Ireland for the rest of his life.

Various writings of Patrick have survived and served as the most important import sources to your work and life. Patrick wrote "Confession", an account of spiritual development. Hence the group justified its mission to Ireland and express his humility and gratitude that God haiga called on to serve the Irish. Patrick also wrote a letter to Corot, in which he criticized a robbery in Ireland Croticos led by a British leader during the robbery, several of Patrick's converts were killed. The letter also reflects the resentment of Patrick clergy attitude discover British and the Irish nobility.

St. Patrick is buried there? One legend has it that the same was buried in the tomb of St. Bridget and St. Columba in the town of Downpatrick, Down in the colony. St. Patrick's jaw is booked on a silver plate and for a long time people asked for her and took her to his house when someone was sick for protection from evil eye. Other legends say that the last days of St. Patrick's lived in Glastonbury and in that city was where he was buried. The chapel of St.. Patrick still exists as part of a monastery at Glastonbury. There is evidence of an Irish pilgrimage to his tomb during the reign of King Ine AD 688, when a group led by peregrineses San Indractus was killed. The big concern anxious to have the bodies or relics of saints, and that's why there are many variations of traditions of the place of where the body of St. Patrick and that everyone wanted a part of your body and others.