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The Story
of the Life of
Saint Patrick
English as a Foreign LanguageCountry Unit - Ireland
2012-2013
Illustrations and info:http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/saintpatrick/
Author: Delia ugui
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This is the story
of the life
of Saint Patrick,
the patron saint
of Ireland.
He was a devoted Christian
who lived a very long time ago.
We do not know with certainty
the date of his birth,
but it is said that he died
on the 17th of March, 461.
This is why Irish people,
wherever they are,
celebrate Saint Patricks Day
on the 17th of March of every year.
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Nevertheless, Saint Patrick
was not actually Irish.
He was born somewhere
in Roman Britain,
although we do not know
exactly where.
Moreover, his real name
was not Patrick, either.
He changed his name to Patrick
much later,
as an adult,
once he became a priest.
This is what we do know
about Saint Patricks life:
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More than1600 years ago,
when he was born,
Roman Britain was not
a bad place
to live in.
The Romans had built
many towns called villas
and good roads to travel
from one villa to another.
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Young Saint Patrick lived
with his family and their servants
in one of these lovely villas
by the seashore.
He went to
a Roman school
and studied
Latin and
Arithmetics.
He also
helped his family
by working
in the fields.
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One terrible morning,
when he was about 16 years old,
a group of Irish raiders
anchored their ship
on the nearby shore.
They attacked the villagers
while they were still sleeping
and made them prisoners.
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The boy was kidnapped,
separated from his family
and taken away by ship.
He didnt know where he was going.
He didnt know if he would ever
see his parents again.
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He was a strong, healthy boy,
so the pirates thought
they could sell himas a slave
and make good money.
They took him to Ireland.
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The boy
had never been
away
from home
before.
Ireland was
very different
from Roman Britain
at that time.
The Romans
never managed
to conquer Ireland
or Scotland,
for that matter.
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Therefore, in Ireland
there were no roads or towns.
It was all wild, all hills
and seemingly endless forests.
Irish houses were different.
They were small wooden houses,
with roofs made of straw.
The people wore strange clothes
and spoke a different language.
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The Irish religion was also different.
When the Romans
had conquered Britain,
they had brought
the Christian religion with them.
But the Irish
had heard
little about it.
They were still pagans.
They believed in Nature,
they built shrines
and worshipped trees,
such as the oak.
The Irish spiritual leaders
were wise, important men
called druids.
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His Irish master,
the man who had bought him
as a slave,
needed someone
to guard his sheep
by day and night.
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The boy was ordered
to keep the sheep safe
from raiders and wild animals,
to make sure
that none of them wandered off
and to move them
to fresh pastures
where they could graze.
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And so,
he became a shepherd
in Ireland.
It was a hard life
and he was away
from his home and his family.
But he remembered his faith
and he prayed to God
all the time.
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He also learnt to speak Irish,which was going to be
very useful to him in the future.
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Six years
had passed
since
he had been
a slave
in Ireland.
One
night,
he had
a dream
An angel told him
he would soon be free.
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A ship is ready
to take you back,
the angel said.
He abandoned
the sheep
and made
his escape.
He felt a bit guilty,
but he had to try to go back
to his home country.
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He walked and walked
until he got to the coast.
There was a ship ready to sail,
just like the angel
had said in his dream.
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And so,
his dream came true.
He left his days
of slavery behind.
He didnt know
what lay ahead of him,
but he knew that God
was looking out for him.
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When he finally
set foot
on dry land
again,
he journeyed on
and came to
a religious
centre.
He felt that God
wanted him
to become
a priest or a monk.
So, he studied hard!
It was then
that he changed
his name to Patrick.
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When he finished his studies,
he went home
and visited his family.
He told them all
about his adventures.
They couldnt believe
he was home at last!
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The years passed
and Patrick became a bishop.
He now lived a comfortable life
as a Christian bishop.
But then, one night,
the angel visited him again
in a dream.
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The angel told him
that the people of Ireland
were calling him.
I must leave at once!
God wants me to go back to Ireland.
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He said goodbye to his family
and sailed west.
Now I serve God and I must do
what he has asked.
You will be in my prayers.
And so, Patrick
went back to the land
where he once was a slave.
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Back in Ireland,
Patricks mission
was to tell people
about God.
The first thing to do
was to build a church.
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One of the first Irish people
that Saint Patrick
converted to Christianity
was the master of a swineherd
called Dichu.
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Dichu gave him
a barn on a nearby hill
so that he could hold
his first service there.
In the present
there are no traces
of this first church,
but in 1932
a church and a round tower
were built in the area to mark
the 1500th anniversary
of his arrival in Ireland.
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For the building of his chief church,
Patrick chose a special site:
the hill of Armagh.
The hill of Armagh
was originally known as
the ridge of the willow tree
and belonged to a great chief
called Daire.
It was the site of a shrine
where the druids already
worshipped.
From there,
you could almost see
Emain Macha,
the ancient fortress
of the kings of Ulster.
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The legend says that Patrick
asked Daire to let him build his
church there, but he refused.
Shortly afterwards, Daire
and his horse dropped dead.
Patrick brought them
back to life
and Daire gave him
the land he wanted
as a reward.
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The Book of Armagh
tells the sotry of a lost fawn
that Patrick carried here
looking for its mother.
The church
that Patrick built
has been destroyed
and rebuilt 17 times!
On the 17 March, 1840,
an Irish archbishop
began building a cathedral here
in Saint Patricks honour.
A few years later,
Ireland was devastated
by the Great Famine
and building works stopped,
but they started again soon.
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To raise funds,
the people of Armagh
organized a great fair
and received
many donated items.
The cathedral
opened for worship in 1873.
Armagh is now known as the
City of Saints and Scholars.
It has become one of the
greatest centres
of religion and learning.
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Using the knowledge
of Irish language and culture
he had gained
during his captivity,
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Patrick brought
Christianity to Ireland
in the form of more than
300 churches
and over 100,000 Irish baptised.
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At the end of his life,
Patrick decided
to write the story
of his life and work.
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Et haec est Confessio mea
antequam morior.
And this is my confession
before I die.
The Book of Armagh,
written in Latin and old Irish
contains important texts relating
to Saint Patrick.
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There is a legend that says
that after Saint Patrick died,
his body was placed on a cart.
Two young oxen
were set free to drag the cart
wherever they wanted.
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Saint Patricks Grave, Downpatrick
The legend says that the oxen
eventually stopped at this place.
Two other saints are burried here.
There is a little English rhyme about it:
In Down three saints one grave do fill
Patrick, Brigid and Columcille.
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