St. Patrick: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

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St. Patrick has many mythical tales associated with him. Most famously, he is credited with driving the snakes out of Ireland (even though there have never been snakes in Ireland). This story, which comes to us from the 12th century seems to be one of many miraculous acts attributed to Partick. Snakes are often taken here to be a metaphor for pagans, thereby claiming that Patrick drove the pagans out of Ireland. However, that’s not what he did and that’s not why he was important in his time. In fact, in his own lifetime Patrick wasn’t a big player in Ireland’s conversion. He was not a king or a queen… perhaps you could say he was a bishop. The modern-day story of Patrick seems to be the final step in the evolution of a cultural hero. Today, we will be talking about the real St. Patrick and how he came to be the patron saint of Ireland. Apologies for any mispronunciation of Irish names, I am but a lowly eachtrannach.
Sources:
John Skinner, John O’Donohue - The Confession of Saint Patrick
John Walsh, Thomas Bradley - A History of The Irish Church 400-700 A.D.
T. M. Charles-Edwards - Early Christian Ireland
Bernhard Maier - The Celts
M. Dillion, N. Chadwick - The Celtic Realms
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
Liam Breatnach - The Early Irish Law Text Senchas Mar and the Question of its Date
Ludwig Bieler - Was Palladius Surnamed Patricius?
Aloys Grillmeier - Christ in Christian Tradition (Volume 1)
D. A. Binchy - Patrick and his Biographers
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[@rachelguderjahn2231]

This was fascinating! Thank you!

[@furthausen]

Great vid.Thanks!

[@MilwaukeeAtheists]

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[@johnoleary4647]

I frequently watch the blastphemeers bible stories ...its great fun to watch ..especially when drinking beer 😂

[@TheHeathenCoalition]

Great video, I know you put a lot of effort into researching this scallywag! 🍀☘🍀

[@johnoleary4647]

We get alot of rain in Ireland....I've heard snakes hate rain ?... Id like to here Aron Ra 's take on why we have no snakes?

[@anthonymarlowe6986]

There's 4 different versions saying St Patrick was Italian Irish English from Wales.

[@kylelutes8961]

0:49 what is an ecto-naut?

[@MilwaukeeAtheists]

Eachtrannach is the Gaelic word for foreigner 😂

[@bukketball]

Le Démon Patrice c'est moi ..👹