St Patrick Apostle of The Irish
In 430, Pope Celestine I sent Palladius, a bishop of Britain, to minister to the "Scots believing in Christ." Palladius, however, returned to Britain almost immediately, having accomplished little.
In 432 Celestine sent St. Patrick. Although he is called the Apostle of Ireland, this does not imply that he found Ireland altogether pagan and left it altogether Christian. It is however quite true that when St. Patrick did come paganism was the predominant belief, and that at his death it had been supplanted by Christianity.
Patrick (Irish: Naomh Pádraig) is thought to have been born in Britain about 390. He was captured by Irish raiders and spent six years as a slave in Ireland but escaped. He entered the church and became a bishop before returning to Ireland as a missionary.
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