Saint Patrick of Ireland

Saint Patrick of Ireland - St Patrick

Started by Maureen Eves-Lavis on Thursday, May 19, 2022

Maureen Eves-Lavis

5/19/2022 at 2:01 AM

I thought St Patrick went to Ireland, not born in Ireland.
How did he get and Irish name if born to a Romanish family in Britannia (Britain).
He was enslaved in Ireland!

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Patrick

Private User

5/21/2022 at 8:32 AM

I agree. Anything I ever read of him was that he was born in Roman territory(either the island of Britian, or in Italy), and that we went to Ireland on purpose or by accident(shipwrecked while going elsewhere), then was enslaved on Ireland.

Ingrīda Cinkmane (Dzelvīte)

5/21/2022 at 2:00 PM

Saint Patrick of Ireland is my 54th great uncle.

Private User

5/21/2022 at 3:17 PM

Maureen, you have it a bit backward. "Patrick" became an "Irish" name *because* of Saint Patrick. The name derives from the Latin "Patricius", patrician, which might well have been bestowed on any Romano-British boy by parents with pretensions.

Joaquim Telêmaco Carneiro, [de Mello]

5/27/2022 at 6:15 PM

Saint Patrick of Ireland is my 52nd great uncle..

Deborah Margaret Murphy

5/28/2022 at 3:24 AM

Hi all

St Patrick is my 51st great uncle. (allegedly)

Debbie

Steve Lanyon

10/23/2022 at 4:50 AM

52nd ggu from dads side

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