St. Patrick Mrs. Tucker 7th Grade World History/Honors Cobalt Institute of Math and Science
St. Patrick St. Patrick was born to Roman parents in Scotland in A.D. 387. 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.