The most common belief about St. Paddy is, well, that he’s Irish. In actual fact – at le
The most common belief about St. Paddy is, well, that he’s Irish. In actual fact – at least, as far as we can tell, relying especially on his Confessions – Patrick was a fifth-century Briton who was captured by an Irish raiding party when he was about sixteen years old, and brought back to Ireland to become a slave. Read onImage: St Patrick standing on a snake in Purgatory: England, 1451 (London, British Library, MS Royal 17 B XLIII, f 132v) -- source link
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