1. St. Patrick Mrs. Tucker 7th Grade World History/Honors
Cobalt Institute of Math and Science

2. St. Patrick
St. Patrick was born to Roman parents in Scotland in A.D He was kidnapped at 16 and taken to Ireland to work as a Shepherd Now cold and hungry, he turned to prayer. At 22, 6 years later, he walked 200 miles to the sea and sailed away. He returned to Ireland to preach Christianity. He set up Churches and monasteries.
400’s A.D. only Ireland was Christian. For several hundred years, Irish monks preserved Roman learning and passed it on to the people of Europe. St. Patrick inspired Pope Gregory I to send 40 monks to Southern Britain to teach Christianity.