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[[Image:Patrick of Ireland.jpg|right|frame|St. Patrick of Ireland]]
Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Patrick of Ireland''', [[Bishop]] of Armagh and [[Enlightener]] of Ireland, was born a Briton. Captured and brought to Ireland as a slave, he escaped and returned home. Later, he returned to Irelandas a [[missionary]], bringing Christianity to its people. His feast day is [[March 17]](OS) / March 30 (NS).
==Life==
:Never cease to pray for the flock you have gathered on earth,
:Holy bishop Patrick!
==See also==
*[[Missionary]]
==External links and sources==
*<sup>1</sup> [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/patrick/confession.i.html ''Confessio'' of Saint Patrick] (in [http://wwwhome.amdgscarlet.be/amdg/oldies/sankt/confess.htm French])
*<sup>2</sup> [http://www.iol.ie/~santing/patrick/CoroticusFrame.htm ''Letter to Coroticus'']
*<sup>3</sup> [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100821 St. Patrick the Bishop of Armagh and Enlightener of Ireland] from the [[Orthodox Church in America]] website
*''Declaration'' and ''Letter'' from A.B.E. Hood, ed. and trans., ''St. Patrick: His Writings and Muirchu's Life''. (Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1978.) ISBN 084766080X
*[http://www.medievalchurch.org.uk/p_patrick.html Patrick]
*[http://www.voskrese.info/spl/fiacc.html ''Hymn of Saint Fiacc''] (in [http://wwwhome.amdgscarlet.be/amdg/oldies/sankt/fiacc.html French])
*[http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/text122.html ''Annals of Ulster''] mentioning the relics of St. Patrick, in 552 AD
*[http://celticchristianity.org/library/secund.html ''Audite, omnes amantes Deum''], or ''Hymn of St. Patrick, Teacher of the Irish'', by his nephew Saint Sechnall or Secundinus (in [http://wwwhome.amdgscarlet.be/amdg/oldies/sankt/patrick-sechnall.html French])
*[http://membres.lycos.fr/stmaterne/psomalis/patrick.pdf Byzantine Service (in Greek) to Saint Patrick (PDF)], Apostle of Ireland, by protopsaltis Panagiotis Somalis
*[http://stmaterne.blogspot.com/search/label/saint%20Patrick Saint Patrick's ''Life'' , prayers, history in French], with [[icon]]s: [http://www.amdg.be/sankt/patrick-boll.html 1] [http://www.amdg.be/sankt/mar17.html 2]
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/p/mdg01.htm Icon of St. Patrick of Ireland]
[[Category:Saints]]
[[Category:Saints of the British Isles]]
[[Category:Latin Pre-Schism Western Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]]
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:5th-century bishops]]
[[Category:Missionaries]]
[[Category:Monastics]]
[[Category:Wonderworkers]]
[[Category:5th-century saints]]
[[es:Patricio de Irlanda]]
[[ro:Patrichie al Irlandei]]
