Yep- pricipally, I didn't know the only contemporary sources for his life were 2 texts he wrote himself, or that he'd spent time in Gaul. I didn't know all the details, like his travels & being captured again, or that his father was a deacon & his grandfather was a priest- that's interesting. A very interesting vid generally, & as it uses contemporary sources & gives the date of later ones, I think it gives an accurate picture of what IS known, & what can't be known (unless more records are found.)
@@beth7935 Thank you, I'm really glad you liked it. Yes, it's always interesting to peel back all the layers of myth and propaganda around a figure like Patrick and see what we really know about them.
Drink has been associated with the festival for at least 400 years. Plus he wined and dined with the kings of Ireland. He likely partied himself. It would have insulted the kings had he not
Thankyou very much for making this video. I grew up in NYC, not Irish but everyone including Jews are Irish on St Patrick's Day. Apart from the corned beef, cabbage, Irish soda bread, beer & parade I never knew anything about the man & not much is written about him. I'm a Christian & love his story & how God used him to pour out love & bring the knowledge of Jesus Christ to Ireland
Very informative -- but a few lingering questions: why was he kidnapped? What "group/companions" was he with for 28 days as they crossed Gaul? Who and why was he taken captive again when the group reached civilization? That is a well fed snake!
I've watched a few videos that have said the tale of snakes are symbolic, symbolising pagans, there's stories of alot of saints that have roots in paganism (if not further back) that hold alot of similar symbolism for example Saint Brigid, in paganism she's celebrated as a deity or archetype. I find it ironic how the church converted so many pagans (converting is being polite, they were forced or witch hunted), but now paganism is on the rise again.
I read a fabulous book about the life of St. Patrick by Stephan Lawhead entitled "Patrick" many years ago. Now the book was fictionalised, but it included as many factual accounts as the author could find and is, in my opinion, well worth reading.
Patrick mcgoonan was a kind of saint Irish and turned down the bond role on moral grounds The others went for the money except perhaps lazenby who turned down the money after ohmss!
It wasn't. This is only from the 19th century in an attempt to make him seem welsh. The two names (succat is actually a title) were put together from different sources.
St.Patrick was from a family who owned slaves.Ironic that he ended up as a slave in Ireland. More ironic is that ,despite many worthier people,Bridget,Colman and Colombanus,that the English decided that Patrick would be the patron saint of Ireland.
I wonder if you’re gonna tell the people about how st Patric wkilled off the druids and twa tribe. The twa (along with blac hunter gatherers hundreds of years earlier) migrated to Ireland before the church could reach there. The Druid’s loved the twa and began to even dress like them. The great st. Did not like this, and decided he would either convert them or kill them. So Patric went to Ireland setting up the Roman churches all around and any Druid or twa that wouldn’t convert were savagely wiped out. the removal of snakes from the motherland comes from the head dresses they wore similar to the ones of ancient kemet (with snakes on them). “St.Patric” is as much a saint as “St.Valentine”. There’s a reason so many paintings of him have him holding up the as above so below pose 😪😪. Please tell the people what you really know bout Patric and stop all the cap🤦🏾♂️ this world praises the most disgusting and vile men. I’m sure his fall from grace was very warranted wit his evil and wicced, lying ass 😮💨😮💨
My class feels that this video provided them with much more information about Saint Patrick's Day. They are glad you addressed the legends about the snakes. One student mentioned he was interested in learning more about the kidnapping story. Another student mentioned how Christianity may not have made the influence on Ireland that it has if Saint Patrick hadn't gone to Ireland. They thought it was about leprechauns, but instead it's about Christianity. They thought it was "rad!" "W."
My father was Irish and he very much disapproved of the way Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day. In Ireland, it a a reverential, somber day. Americans drink green beer and carouse, ignorant of Irish history & the struggles of the Irish people.
My Dad's side of the family is Irish, we celebrate the day by making the foods of Ireland, no drinking, no carousing. It's the big cities that's turned it into a party, the rivers dyed green and the beer, with huge parades.
Not sure why going to mass would be seen as a suitable way to celebrate Patrick's day as he was not a slave to popish Roman rites. Instead, he adhered only to the gospel.
You missed the fact that the "snakes" referred too were meant to be a reference of the Celtic people and their priest class, the Druids. Thus meaning he converted the pagans.
This reminds me of something i just read in the Divine Project, by Pope Benedict the XVI. (Great reading! The man is said to be one of the greatest theologians in all history) He explains how the story of creation in Genesis was developing along with the people of Israel through prehistory, and how in the context of their time and place, the snake represented the fertility religions surrounding them which constantly tempted them into worshipping false gods
Just came from another video where a few people in the comments cited both sides of the “what really happened” argument with conviction. We’re talking about a dude who was born approximately 200 years after the canonized gospels were written. Almost 1700 years ago. None of us know the true story. this is also an opinion, but What we do know is the Roman Catholic Church has notoriously manipulated history to their liking.
There were never snakes in Ireland. I suppose when some foreigners noticed the lack of snakes there, the local people told them St. Patrick drove them off.
Would just like to say whenever I view your history videos I know they will be unbiased and pure facts , I again would like to thank you and keep doing what your doing.
It was very interesting and yeah I pretty much knew most of that I've always considered the snake story as a idiom.... Snakes as a term for unbelievers he brought Christianity to Ireland thus driving out unbelievers a kind of way to explain it.
It wasn't. He didn't bring the religion either, it had been here for at least a century. The story of him introducing it is a piece of propaganda written by Armagh Church. And if you actually read the text,it mentions druids and pagans. The use allegory would be redundant. It's meant to explain the absence of snakes in Ireland and attribute it as a miracle. Simple as
The Orthodox Church recognises a thing called Holy Tradition- which contains orally transmitted stories about saints, etc. These stories are eventually put in writing. So the story about the snakes and the shamrock could have indeed happened, being kept alive in the conscience of the people even if they were recorded much later. On the other hand "driving snakes away" could have been a metaphor for driving away evil spirits or heretics. Etc. Still one thing is certain: he did exist, and we have written proof. Thanks for the info.
The snake story was a Norman story as to why theres no snakes here it may stem from Gerald of Wales topography of Ireland in which he wrote that frogs and lizards don't like Irish soil and would explode if they can't get away from it
@@lionhawk555 they probs did but I mean like the first time we here the story of Saint Patrick getting rid of snakes doesn't really appear until the 10th or 11th centuries when the normans came to England and hade interaction with Ireland too. Moreover, this story is quite similar in theme to the stories written by Gerald of Wales when he wrote his topography of Ireland in which he claimed that there's werewolves who were cursed by Saint Patrick the wolves of ossory, human-cow hybrids, and other weird stuff
My Irish husband, Brody, was born and lived in Drogheda until age 14. His father, who was an English history professor, was offered a Professorship at the University of MIAMI. A wonderful coincidence, since several years later, I moved to Miami. Brody, oddly, is ambivalent about St. Patrick's Day. But our girls adore their Daddy, mimic his strong Irish brogue, and ask him for stories from Ireland. Poor mites! Maman is full blood Cajun; Da is Irish as they come. What a combination!
@@HistoryCalling We have been saving for a trip to Ireland..we wanted the girls to be mature enough that their Dad's family history-his 14-times Great-Grandfather was one of the Irishmen who defended Drogheda from Oliver Cromwell's army. One of the few men-in-arms to survive. WE WOULD HAVE GONE LAST YEAR. We had almost enough for the trip until Joe Biden became POTUS...AND THE BOTTOM FELL OUT OF OUR ECONOMY. BUT WE'LL GO THERE SOON AS WE CAN.
@@katharper655 I think i remember your dads 14 times Great Grandfather so i do Mrs and he was on Cromwells side so he was. sure the old ladies used to throw stones at him when he walked down the street and then one day he just disappeared im not sure where he went - at least i think that was him - best watch what you say when you come there are still old ladies with long memories here that like to throw stones but youll get a good old Irish welcome still so you will - As the song goes "Come into the parlour if you think your Irish theres a welcome there for you - if your name is Timmothy or Pat as long as you come from Ireland theres a welcome on the mat" - top of the morning to you Mrs
My grandad left Ireland for England to work when he was 14. I dont recall his accent as I was only 6 when he died. But having visited his hometown I know it was soft and musical. I do know he forgot his Irish by his late 40s as mum said he complained that Radio Eireann couldnt speak it well. Not that after over 30 years he had forgotten a lot. I have only lived in Europe for 13 years and often forget my English especially if I dont speak it for a while.
I know considerably more than I did before, thank you. How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. Greetings from Texas, USA.
Thank you. I was a little worried this was going to be a revisionist hit job, but it was nothing of the sort. Very fair without personal point of view commentary. Great job.
Patrick was part of the pre-Roman Celtic Church in Ireland which kept the Saturday Sabbath instead of Sunday and remembered the death of the Lord on the actual Biblical date of Passover on Nisan 14th in the calendar that God set in place and which Jesus observed during His lifetime. The Celtic Christians also kept the Biblical food laws and did not eat unclean foods such as pork and shellfish and their clergy were free to marry, eschewing the celibacy of the Roman system. Patrick would not worship in either the Roman Catholic or Protestant churches today as the Celtic Church kept only the Passover date until the Synod of Whitby in 664 CE when the British Church turned fully Roman, discarding Sabbath for Sunday and Passover for Easter. The Protestant churches today still uphold these Roman traditions without question. ☘
I am 1/2 a century old but recently found out I'm Irish on my Mother's side. My mom always told me the real story of St Patrick. You taught me even more. Well done! Please do St. Valentine next.
Isn’t it amazing that what we perceive to be fact is , sometimes sadly, not. How can they write such things years after and we accept it. Like Anne Boleyn, Richard the 111 or Bloody Mary. She wasn’t any worse than her predecessors but, written in the context of faith, perceived to be so. Apologies, I got way off track. My mum was of Irish descent - from County Cork. Perhaps, peoole need something to believe in also. St Patrick chased the snakes out of Ireland , he must be a good guy. Loved the bit about the shamrock. I’ll still think it’s good luck , that’s o.k - right? 🤣🤣. St Patrick’s day is celebrated in a big way in Broken Hill, NSW. Has been for a number of years. Its a horse race in his honour. Thank you. Really appreciate the hard work you put into these videos 🙏🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
I love all history and history calling done a great job telling Henry the 8th Ann boleyn and many other stories in a way anyone can understand. Delighted she done this saint Patrick's thread and hope she does more on Irish history.
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Greetings from Portugal! This was a great video. I knew little of St. Patrick and, in fact, I assumed he was never a real person, but more of a myth. So thank you for enlightening me.
Hi Márcia. Thanks for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, Patrick was definitely real though many saints may not have been, so I completely understand why you might have thought he was a mythical figure. There's a lot of debate as to whether the Irish Saint Brigit was a real person for instance.
There's a myth in Northern Ireland that St Patrick did his shepherding on Slieve Slemish in Antrim...would you happen to know where this may have come from?
Lovely video. I especially enjoyed the images and scenes of the land in so many shades of green, and the maps and even satellite view of the emerald isle. You take us along on the travels of the Saint as though we are watching from behind a tree in the forest or among his traveling companions. I was surprised at the small amount of actual evidence of his life. I read a novel about his life, set in Roman Britain times, that was inspiring and followe him through captivity and returning home to study and be ordained and sent back to Ireland to bring the faith, and his struggles to convert the pagan kings. I thought it was based on early church records in Britain and France. Silly me! But I love the Saint, he looms large in my imagination. Thank You
Thank you :-) I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, there's not a whole lot of contemporary evidence for his life (though more than for most people living then I admit).
Hmm, good question. Joan of Arc springs to mind, but I think after next week's video (which is already done) I'm going to go back to the Tudors for a while, as that seems to be what people like the most. I'll bear the idea of more saints in mind though. Thanks for watching and commenting. I'm glad you liked the video.
So my mother went into labor with me on the 17th. She said if I was born on the 17th I would've been named Patricia. My name isn't Patricia. 😂😂 I was born the 18th.
He certainly had a rough life! A simple man with a strong vocation, living in a dangerous time. Brave, but probably not aware of just how brave he was. I wonder what he would say if he could see today how much he is revered and feted by Irish people all over the world. Great video, using information gleaned from such sparce sources. Thank you.
You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, it was a very tough life. He probably wouldn't believe how famous he is today (and I think he'd be surprised at the snake and shamrock stories!)
@@HistoryCalling well if he starts givin' out to us about them we'll just blame the yanks. (No offence ment to any American's turning in just self preservation)
That was an Awesome presentation I must say, Thank you immensely! Yes it's always a good thing to orient oneself whether it be: map, chart,video, history lesson or any other descriptive tool which helps one to better understand the subject at hand! Thank you for helping me to better know the facts regarding Saint Patrick! 😏🍀 the picture of me at the upper left was taken on St. Patrick's day in Down Town Florence Colorado 3 years ago as of yesterday! 🙄
Thank you for this. It's interesting actually if you talk to folks from Boston or New York. Though gone now, the WWII generation had a mixed take upon the holidays celebration. Some went to church, some went with the drinking. It seems the younger folks in the States have ignored, or forgotten much of the heritage of the immigrants who came here, and things like this hopefully will remind them of what there great grandparents were trying to build for the families. Not the contemporary stereotype to many indulge in.
First let me say, this was a very good and eye opening video. One of the best things to ever be invented, is the Internet. For reading and learning, it can't be matched. They say the Bible is the Greatest History Book. If so, the Internet is the Greatest Encyclopedia. I'm Irish American. I love History of all types and from every corner of the world. It saddens and angers me to realize so much of what we think we know, is not true at all. Similar to Historical or based on the life, movies. Once you read about the actual person or events, you understand the movie is almost all hype and make believe. And young people especially, all to often, believe every bit of it. For me, anything that is labeled "Historical" or "True", should be as accurate as possible. Thank you for the Truth.....
And since the Catholic Church was Started by Constantine in 385 AD. His conversion to Christianity was due to the movement of God and the saved words of the Apostle Paul who God sent to the Gentiles. Peter was sent to the Jews. No exception.
So, enslaved, kidnaped and enslaved, enslaved again and once more. Pig rustler, Sailor, known associate of rapscallions and Ner-do-wells. The two things we remember about him are most likely lies (shamrocks and snakes.) Wow, no wonder he drank so much. Adam
st Patrick was an English roman. when the roman empire was recalled st Patrick headed to Ireland to preach and he done a good job, as occupation was not a factor in Rome's domination in ireland. a stubborn tongue to domesticate the locals seen Ireland right.ireland a true Province State that still stands mighty
I was the best Irish ☘️ singer 🎤 at our St. Patrick’s Day party at the Officers Club at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota some 30 years ago! I won a small trophy 🏆 and a bottle of Irish liqueur 😂 I left the party at 3 am and it was snowing 🌨 🥶
He was not a Roman Catholic. Christianity reached the British Isles before Constantine legalized it in the Roman Empire. This predates Roman Catholicism. After the Romans left Britain the Anglo-Saxons moved in. Patrick was dead by the time the Pope sent Augustine to Canterbury to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Catholicism..
He was Roman though still fascination how christianity evolved over the centuries and alot of the rules of Catholicism are man made my view is that christs message was very simple just try to be a half deasent person
Patrick was a member of the Celtic or culdee church. They were far removed from papacy. Pre reformation protestants, if you will. The gospel of Yashua is the new covenant. Being a good person or living a good life is not possible. Ye must be born again.
That's an astounding final testimony of Patrick at 9:51 - 10:16: While (A) humbly referring to himself as an unlearned sinner, (B) he attributes everything he has done as a gift of God and (C) in support of this attribution he demands that no charge of ignorance be placed against him. Only a saint could write like this since a demon would never feign such humility. In certain respects, it is comparable to the Magnificat of Mary during her visitation with Elizabeth in St. Luke's Gospel, 1:46-55.
Saint Patrick wrote autobiography book- CONFESSION- in his own words he describes His story, life in slavery and how GOD was teaching Him and HELPED Him to find the way to freedom. Amazing book.
Ah, St Patrick's Day when everyone in America thinks they are Irish and totally waisted. Lol! My great grandparents were Irish (they immagreted to Australia) so its nice to hear some facts from their bith country.
Here's the real truth about St Patrick's day, in the northern hemisphere we cross the 12 hour mark of light in a day. All our holidays are pagan based. Celebrate however you like.
Its more accurate to state that the shamrock legend explained the concept of God the Father (creator), God the Son (Jesus), and God the holy spirit. Not just "God, Jesus and the holy spirit".
Oh my gosh, if I was ever condemned for what I did at age 15, I’d probably have been put to death! Saint Patrick is an amazing and inspiring human being and I am also surprised at what the holiday became in the US.
Voted down at 1.49 - it's titled 4th 6th century and yet you still managed to place the partitionist border? I don't think St Patrick saw the island as divided between 6 modern day counties and the rest.
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Yep- pricipally, I didn't know the only contemporary sources for his life were 2 texts he wrote himself, or that he'd spent time in Gaul. I didn't know all the details, like his travels & being captured again, or that his father was a deacon & his grandfather was a priest- that's interesting. A very interesting vid generally, & as it uses contemporary sources & gives the date of later ones, I think it gives an accurate picture of what IS known, & what can't be known (unless more records are found.)
@@beth7935 Thank you, I'm really glad you liked it. Yes, it's always interesting to peel back all the layers of myth and propaganda around a figure like Patrick and see what we really know about them.
Patrick’s mother was a moor and of African descent. I always wonder that is often left out.
@@pureheart2030 lmao no she wasn't
@@beth7935 yep saint Patrick's breast plate was one of them.
It’s too bad St Patrick’s day has turned into a drinking festival… far from anything he would have approved of.
Drink has been associated with the festival for at least 400 years. Plus he wined and dined with the kings of Ireland. He likely partied himself. It would have insulted the kings had he not
Thank you for creating this exceptional video presentation. It certainly answers many questions and is an enjoyable video to watch!
Thanks Lee. Glad you enjoyed it :-)
Thankyou very much for making this video. I grew up in NYC, not Irish but everyone including Jews are Irish on St Patrick's Day. Apart from the corned beef, cabbage, Irish soda bread, beer & parade I never knew anything about the man & not much is written about him. I'm a Christian & love his story & how God used him to pour out love & bring the knowledge of Jesus Christ to Ireland
You're very welcome. I'm glad the video and Patrick's story resonated so much with you. :-)
Very informative -- but a few lingering questions: why was he kidnapped? What "group/companions" was he with for 28 days as they crossed Gaul? Who and why was he taken captive again when the group reached civilization? That is a well fed snake!
He was taken to be made a slave. Quite common in Ireland at the time
Love your voice and Irish(?) accent.
Thank you and yes, I'm from Northern Ireland :-)
The interesting story about the snakes, Ireland never had snakes, according to David Attenborough
I've watched a few videos that have said the tale of snakes are symbolic, symbolising pagans, there's stories of alot of saints that have roots in paganism (if not further back) that hold alot of similar symbolism for example Saint Brigid, in paganism she's celebrated as a deity or archetype.
I find it ironic how the church converted so many pagans (converting is being polite, they were forced or witch hunted), but now paganism is on the rise again.
I read a fabulous book about the life of St. Patrick by Stephan Lawhead entitled "Patrick" many years ago. Now the book was fictionalised, but it included as many factual accounts as the author could find and is, in my opinion, well worth reading.
What happened to the "crime" of St. Patrick at the age of 15?
Thank you.
St Patrick let's go
How the Irish saved civilization by Thomas Cahill is the only writing of Patricius I have read.
Read something else. Cahill book is a joke
Thanks
Patrick mcgoonan was a kind of saint
Irish and turned down the bond role on moral grounds
The others went for the money except perhaps lazenby who turned down the money after ohmss!
Believe it or not, Saint Patrick’s name was actually Maewyn Succat before he became a bishop.
It wasn't. This is only from the 19th century in an attempt to make him seem welsh. The two names (succat is actually a title) were put together from different sources.
Are there any snakes in ireland now .intresting
No, not unless you count those in zoos and owned as pets.
Why does Saint Patrick give us stuff?
I pray against rape in Jesus name amen
St.Patrick was from a family who owned slaves.Ironic that he ended up as a slave in Ireland. More ironic is that ,despite many worthier people,Bridget,Colman and Colombanus,that the English decided that Patrick would be the patron saint of Ireland.
Wish the narrator spoke clearer english...couldn't understand the mumbled words.
The patron saint of alcoholics.
I wonder if you’re gonna tell the people about how st Patric wkilled off the druids and twa tribe. The twa (along with blac hunter gatherers hundreds of years earlier) migrated to Ireland before the church could reach there. The Druid’s loved the twa and began to even dress like them. The great st. Did not like this, and decided he would either convert them or kill them. So Patric went to Ireland setting up the Roman churches all around and any Druid or twa that wouldn’t convert were savagely wiped out. the removal of snakes from the motherland comes from the head dresses they wore similar to the ones of ancient kemet (with snakes on them). “St.Patric” is as much a saint as “St.Valentine”. There’s a reason so many paintings of him have him holding up the as above so below pose 😪😪. Please tell the people what you really know bout Patric and stop all the cap🤦🏾♂️ this world praises the most disgusting and vile men. I’m sure his fall from grace was very warranted wit his evil and wicced, lying ass 😮💨😮💨
Amen
My class feels that this video provided them with much more information about Saint Patrick's Day. They are glad you addressed the legends about the snakes. One student mentioned he was interested in learning more about the kidnapping story. Another student mentioned how Christianity may not have made the influence on Ireland that it has if Saint Patrick hadn't gone to Ireland. They thought it was about leprechauns, but instead it's about Christianity. They thought it was "rad!" "W."
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My father was Irish and he very much disapproved of the way Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day. In Ireland, it a a reverential, somber day. Americans drink green beer and carouse, ignorant of Irish history & the struggles of the Irish people.
Many Irish Americans celebrate it by being with family and going to mass....regular Americans think of it as another Cinco De Mayo
My Dad's side of the family is Irish, we celebrate the day by making the foods of Ireland, no drinking, no carousing. It's the big cities that's turned it into a party, the rivers dyed green and the beer, with huge parades.
Not sure why going to mass would be seen as a suitable way to celebrate Patrick's day as he was not a slave to popish Roman rites.
Instead, he adhered only to the gospel.
Ummmmm I don't know when you were last in Ireland, but the way you suggested Americans celebrate it sounds exactly the same as Ireland 😂
Good point. It's a good time to be grateful for the faith and dedication of this man in bringing Christianity to Ireland.
Thank you! I knew nothing about St. Patrick, but your video was very clear, honest and helpful. And your voice is very lovely. 🙂
Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Have a lovely St Patrick's Day tomorrow, wherever you are in the world.
You missed the fact that the "snakes" referred too were meant to be a reference of the Celtic people and their priest class, the Druids. Thus meaning he converted the pagans.
Cite your proof source
This reminds me of something i just read in the Divine Project, by Pope Benedict the XVI. (Great reading! The man is said to be one of the greatest theologians in all history)
He explains how the story of creation in Genesis was developing along with the people of Israel through prehistory, and how in the context of their time and place, the snake represented the fertility religions surrounding them which constantly tempted them into worshipping false gods
@@coffeebirdtree people of Israel didn't exist in prehistory. At the very earliest, they became a distinct people's around the end of the Bronze age
Right. I don’t get why people do not understand the metaphor.
Just came from another video where a few people in the comments cited both sides of the “what really happened” argument with conviction. We’re talking about a dude who was born approximately 200 years after the canonized gospels were written. Almost 1700 years ago. None of us know the true story. this is also an opinion, but What we do know is the Roman Catholic Church has notoriously manipulated history to their liking.
There were never snakes in Ireland. I suppose when some foreigners noticed the lack of snakes there, the local people told them St. Patrick drove them off.
Would just like to say whenever I view your history videos I know they will be unbiased and pure facts , I again would like to thank you and keep doing what your doing.
It was very interesting and yeah I pretty much knew most of that I've always considered the snake story as a idiom.... Snakes as a term for unbelievers he brought Christianity to Ireland thus driving out unbelievers a kind of way to explain it.
same for the dragon with st George
My opinion is it was referring to the druids.
@@colleenobrien8212 it was
It wasn't. He didn't bring the religion either, it had been here for at least a century. The story of him introducing it is a piece of propaganda written by Armagh Church.
And if you actually read the text,it mentions druids and pagans. The use allegory would be redundant. It's meant to explain the absence of snakes in Ireland and attribute it as a miracle. Simple as
Sons of Cain "Kenites" were run out of Ireland. Apparently they all have moved to USA and have taken over Washington DC. We need St Patrick here now.
I thought the snakes didn't crawl to Ireland because of the last ice age. I liked the documentary.
I believe snakes are everywhere.
Haha love the irish in reality St Patrick was born in Dumbarton, Scotland.
The Orthodox Church recognises a thing called Holy Tradition- which contains orally transmitted stories about saints, etc. These stories are eventually put in writing. So the story about the snakes and the shamrock could have indeed happened, being kept alive in the conscience of the people even if they were recorded much later. On the other hand "driving snakes away" could have been a metaphor for driving away evil spirits or heretics. Etc.
Still one thing is certain: he did exist, and we have written proof.
Thanks for the info.
Same in Anglicanism and Catholicism as long ago, they were one Church.
So interesting. I love how stories twist and turn over the centuries.
The snake story was a Norman story as to why theres no snakes here it may stem from Gerald of Wales topography of Ireland in which he wrote that frogs and lizards don't like Irish soil and would explode if they can't get away from it
The Romans already knew that there were no snakes in Ireland.
@@lionhawk555 they probs did but I mean like the first time we here the story of Saint Patrick getting rid of snakes doesn't really appear until the 10th or 11th centuries when the normans came to England and hade interaction with Ireland too. Moreover, this story is quite similar in theme to the stories written by Gerald of Wales when he wrote his topography of Ireland in which he claimed that there's werewolves who were cursed by Saint Patrick the wolves of ossory, human-cow hybrids, and other weird stuff
My Irish husband, Brody, was born and lived in Drogheda until age 14. His father, who was an English history professor, was offered a Professorship at the University of MIAMI. A wonderful coincidence, since several years later, I moved to Miami. Brody, oddly, is ambivalent about St. Patrick's Day. But our girls adore their Daddy, mimic his strong Irish brogue, and ask him for stories from Ireland. Poor mites! Maman is full blood Cajun; Da is Irish as they come. What a combination!
You'll have to bring your daughters to Ireland sometime (if you haven't already) so they can see where that part of their family comes from :-)
@@HistoryCalling We have been saving for a trip to Ireland..we wanted the girls to be mature enough that their Dad's family history-his 14-times Great-Grandfather was one of the Irishmen who defended Drogheda from Oliver Cromwell's army. One of the few men-in-arms to survive. WE WOULD HAVE GONE LAST YEAR. We had almost enough for the trip until Joe Biden became POTUS...AND THE BOTTOM FELL OUT OF OUR ECONOMY. BUT WE'LL GO THERE SOON AS WE CAN.
@@katharper655 I think i remember your dads 14 times Great Grandfather so i do Mrs and he was on Cromwells side so he was.
sure the old ladies used to throw stones at him when he walked down the street and then one day he just disappeared im not sure where he went - at least i think that was him - best watch what you say when you come there are still old ladies with long memories here that like to throw stones but youll get a good old Irish welcome still so you will - As the song goes
"Come into the parlour if you think your Irish theres a welcome there for you - if your name is Timmothy or Pat as long as you come from Ireland theres a welcome on the mat" - top of the morning to you Mrs
My grandad left Ireland for England to work when he was 14. I dont recall his accent as I was only 6 when he died. But having visited his hometown I know it was soft and musical. I do know he forgot his Irish by his late 40s as mum said he complained that Radio Eireann couldnt speak it well. Not that after over 30 years he had forgotten a lot. I have only lived in Europe for 13 years and often forget my English especially if I dont speak it for a while.
@@williamf4544what a pointless and rather nasty response.
St Patrick😊❤😊, please pray 🙏 for me❤❤❤
I know considerably more than I did before, thank you. How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. Greetings from Texas, USA.
Patrick was just a colonizer who genocided true pre-christian gnostic serpentine priestesses
Such a leap from his life to how St Patrick’s day is celebrated! Says a lot doesn’t it. 😂
Should be a call to change if you ask me. I’m not Catholic but modern parties seem disrespectful to St. Patrick.
It says something alright, I just don't what???🙏🤔
I think it says that people make holidays into what they want them to be....same with Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's.
Makes no sense for us to celebrate it in America. No one knows anything about it
That was very interesting, it is amazing how truths and myths can get so embellished. Thank you
My wedding anniversary is St. Patrick's day. I love listening to your videos. Blessings from the USA. Happy St. Patrick's day
Thank you. I was a little worried this was going to be a revisionist hit job, but it was nothing of the sort. Very fair without personal point of view commentary. Great job.
Patrick was part of the pre-Roman Celtic Church in Ireland which kept the Saturday Sabbath instead of Sunday and remembered the death of the Lord on the actual Biblical date of Passover on Nisan 14th in the calendar that God set in place and which Jesus observed during His lifetime. The Celtic Christians also kept the Biblical food laws and did not eat unclean foods such as pork and shellfish and their clergy were free to marry, eschewing the celibacy of the Roman system. Patrick would not worship in either the Roman Catholic or Protestant churches today as the Celtic Church kept only the Passover date until the Synod of Whitby in 664 CE when the British Church turned fully Roman, discarding Sabbath for Sunday and Passover for Easter.
The Protestant churches today still uphold these Roman traditions without question. ☘
I am 1/2 a century old but recently found out I'm Irish on my Mother's side. My mom always told me the real story of St Patrick. You taught me even more. Well done! Please do St. Valentine next.
Patrick was just a colonizer who genocided true pre-christian gnostic serpentine priestesses
I enjoy learning new things. I enjoy learning what is true and separating fact and fiction. Thank you for an excellent video.
Isn’t it amazing that what we perceive to be fact is , sometimes sadly, not. How can they write such things years after and we accept it. Like Anne Boleyn, Richard the 111 or Bloody Mary. She wasn’t any worse than her predecessors but, written in the context of faith, perceived to be so. Apologies, I got way off track. My mum was of Irish descent - from County Cork. Perhaps, peoole need something to believe in also. St Patrick chased the snakes out of Ireland , he must be a good guy. Loved the bit about the shamrock. I’ll still think it’s good luck , that’s o.k - right? 🤣🤣. St Patrick’s day is celebrated in a big way in Broken Hill, NSW. Has been for a number of years. Its a horse race in his honour. Thank you. Really appreciate the hard work you put into these videos 🙏🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
I love all history and history calling done a great job telling Henry the 8th Ann boleyn and many other stories in a way anyone can understand.
Delighted she done this saint Patrick's thread and hope she does more on Irish history.
Greetings from Portugal! This was a great video. I knew little of St. Patrick and, in fact, I assumed he was never a real person, but more of a myth. So thank you for enlightening me.
Hi Márcia. Thanks for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, Patrick was definitely real though many saints may not have been, so I completely understand why you might have thought he was a mythical figure. There's a lot of debate as to whether the Irish Saint Brigit was a real person for instance.
There's a myth in Northern Ireland that St Patrick did his shepherding on Slieve Slemish in Antrim...would you happen to know where this may have come from?
Sorry. I'm afraid I don't. It's maybe from a later hagiography though (if I had to guess).
If you think religion is BS, all these “saints’ make no damn sense lmao
Lovely video. I especially enjoyed the images and scenes of the land in so many shades of green, and the maps and even satellite view of the emerald isle. You take us along on the travels of the Saint as though we are watching from behind a tree in the forest or among his traveling companions. I was surprised at the small amount of actual evidence of his life. I read a novel about his life, set in Roman Britain times, that was inspiring and followe him through captivity and returning home to study and be ordained and sent back to Ireland to bring the faith, and his struggles to convert the pagan kings.
I thought it was based on early church records in Britain and France. Silly me! But I love the Saint, he looms large in my imagination. Thank You
Thank you :-) I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, there's not a whole lot of contemporary evidence for his life (though more than for most people living then I admit).
Patrick was just a colonizer who genocided true pre-christian gnostic serpentine priestesses
Thank-you for a great lesson. Will you talk about other saints?
Hmm, good question. Joan of Arc springs to mind, but I think after next week's video (which is already done) I'm going to go back to the Tudors for a while, as that seems to be what people like the most. I'll bear the idea of more saints in mind though. Thanks for watching and commenting. I'm glad you liked the video.
So my mother went into labor with me on the 17th. She said if I was born on the 17th I would've been named Patricia. My name isn't Patricia. 😂😂 I was born the 18th.
He certainly had a rough life! A simple man with a strong vocation, living in a dangerous time. Brave, but probably not aware of just how brave he was. I wonder what he would say if he could see today how much he is revered and feted by Irish people all over the world.
Great video, using information gleaned from such sparce sources. Thank you.
You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, it was a very tough life. He probably wouldn't believe how famous he is today (and I think he'd be surprised at the snake and shamrock stories!)
@@HistoryCalling well if he starts givin' out to us about them we'll just blame the yanks. (No offence ment to any American's turning in just self preservation)
😂 None taken dude
He was British!… Yep!… Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Yup, he wasn't from Ireland. It's one of those quirky little historical ironies. Happy St Patrick's Day to you too.
There’s more to the history they are not saying
Patrick drove out the ancient pagan culture.
Aha .. more please 🍀
He didn't though. Paganism and Druids are still mention 400 years later
I still don’t get why America is celebrating it
The same reason we have to celebrate black history month every freaking month
That was an Awesome presentation I must say, Thank you immensely! Yes it's always a good thing to orient oneself whether it be: map, chart,video, history lesson or any other descriptive tool which helps one to better understand the subject at hand! Thank you for helping me to better know the facts regarding Saint Patrick!
😏🍀 the picture of me at the upper left was taken on St. Patrick's day in Down Town Florence Colorado 3 years ago as of yesterday! 🙄
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. :-)
Thank you for this. It's interesting actually if you talk to folks from Boston or New York. Though gone now, the WWII generation had a mixed take upon the holidays celebration. Some went to church, some went with the drinking. It seems the younger folks in the States have ignored, or forgotten much of the heritage of the immigrants who came here, and things like this hopefully will remind them of what there great grandparents were trying to build for the families. Not the contemporary stereotype to many indulge in.
Well said. I can tell the pride you must have
First let me say, this was a very good and eye opening video. One of the best things to ever be invented, is the Internet. For reading and learning, it can't be matched. They say the Bible is the Greatest History Book. If so, the Internet is the Greatest Encyclopedia. I'm Irish American. I love History of all types and from every corner of the world. It saddens and angers me to realize so much of what we think we know, is not true at all. Similar to Historical or based on the life, movies. Once you read about the actual person or events, you understand the movie is almost all hype and make believe. And young people especially, all to often, believe every bit of it. For me, anything that is labeled "Historical" or "True", should be as accurate as possible. Thank you for the Truth.....
All most Americans know about him is if you don't wear green on his day, you get pinched, and you can partake in the green beer.
St. Patrick He is Famous Priest of Ireland in History😊✝☘🍀
The faith of this Christian encourages me to believe God for the impossible
Its amazing he was able to escape at all when he didn't know where he was going and didn't speak the language.
Gosh he was picked on, he sounded like a kind person and his gifts were not understood
Great video, I'd love more Irish history ones!
Me too! I'll try to fit some in :-)
Yes 👍🏻
And since the Catholic Church was Started by Constantine in 385 AD. His conversion to Christianity was due to the movement of God and the saved words of the Apostle Paul who God sent to the Gentiles. Peter was sent to the Jews. No exception.
Constantine didn't start the Catholic church. He legalised it. It was well established by his time.
F--k St Patrick's day
Hello unfortunately the person is speaking very fast. I suggest to slow the speech down so we can process the information.
Thank you.
This video is about 3 years old now and was one of the very first ones I made. You'll be happy to hear (literally!) that I have slowed down now :-)
So, enslaved, kidnaped and enslaved, enslaved again and once more. Pig rustler, Sailor, known associate of rapscallions and Ner-do-wells.
The two things we remember about him are most likely lies (shamrocks and snakes.)
Wow, no wonder he drank so much.
Adam
st Patrick was an English roman. when the roman empire was recalled st Patrick headed to Ireland to preach and he done a good job, as occupation was not a factor in Rome's domination in ireland. a stubborn tongue to domesticate the locals seen Ireland right.ireland a true Province State that still stands mighty
Interesting that his 1st language was Brythonic (Old Welsh).
To this day I wear something green on St. Patrick's day... Thank you for this.. Very informative..
You're very welcome :-)
I was the best Irish ☘️ singer 🎤 at our St. Patrick’s Day party at the Officers Club at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota some 30 years ago! I won a small trophy 🏆 and a bottle of Irish liqueur 😂 I left the party at 3 am and it was snowing 🌨 🥶
Patric was born in Banwen in the Neath valley, South Wales
Thank you for another great video. Happy St. Patrick's day!🍀
Same to you :-)
Patrick was just a colonizer who genocided true pre-christian gnostic serpentine priestesses
He was not a Roman Catholic. Christianity reached the British Isles before Constantine legalized it in the Roman Empire. This predates Roman Catholicism. After the Romans left Britain the Anglo-Saxons moved in. Patrick was dead by the time the Pope sent Augustine to Canterbury to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Catholicism..
He was Roman though still fascination how christianity evolved over the centuries and alot of the rules of Catholicism are man made my view is that christs message was very simple just try to be a half deasent person
Patrick was a member of the Celtic or culdee church.
They were far removed from papacy.
Pre reformation protestants, if you will.
The gospel of Yashua is the new covenant. Being a good person or living a good life is not possible. Ye must be born again.
He forgot the 250 or so snakes in leinster house, the seat of government in ireland
So, basically on one knows nothing about him!?
That's an astounding final testimony of Patrick at 9:51 - 10:16: While (A) humbly referring to himself as an unlearned sinner, (B) he attributes everything he has done as a gift of God and (C) in support of this attribution he demands that no charge of ignorance be placed against him. Only a saint could write like this since a demon would never feign such humility. In certain respects, it is comparable to the Magnificat of Mary during her visitation with Elizabeth in St. Luke's Gospel, 1:46-55.
I would love more videos about the saints!
We are all called to become Saints ❤ ☘️
Happy St Patrick's Day ☘️
Hi, how are you? I'm doing well. Great history video on St. Patrick day I enjoyed it. Have a great day greetings from Canada 😊
St Patrick: Breathes
Raiders: So I started slaving
Saint Patrick wrote autobiography book- CONFESSION- in his own words he describes His story, life in slavery and how GOD was teaching Him and HELPED Him to find the way to freedom. Amazing book.
Ah, St Patrick's Day when everyone in America thinks they are Irish and totally waisted. Lol! My great grandparents were Irish (they immagreted to Australia) so its nice to hear some facts from their bith country.
He was a Welsh man a true Britton
Here's the real truth about St Patrick's day, in the northern hemisphere we cross the 12 hour mark of light in a day. All our holidays are pagan based. Celebrate however you like.
Its more accurate to state that the shamrock legend explained the concept of God the Father (creator), God the Son (Jesus), and God the holy spirit. Not just "God, Jesus and the holy spirit".
Oh my gosh, if I was ever condemned for what I did at age 15, I’d probably have been put to death! Saint Patrick is an amazing and inspiring human being and I am also surprised at what the holiday became in the US.
The hat gives it away it's a draco 👽🦎reptilian hat...... so now yeno were story about the Dragon came from he was one ✌🐉
Voted down at 1.49 - it's titled 4th 6th century and yet you still managed to place the partitionist border? I don't think St Patrick saw the island as divided between 6 modern day counties and the rest.
Chase away our snakes, steal our religion, ya happy st Patrick's day.
I am Catholic and Irish....this is a great honest source of his life...
ST Patrick wasnt Catholic he brought Christianity to Ireland
I wonder why he is a saint? No miracles with at least two witnesses. Anyone know when those prerequisites started?
So why was he made a saint then? If he didn't have any stories of chaos, why would they name a day after him?
Didn't change anything for me. It added to my admiration for this servant of Christ.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! ☘️ 🇮🇪 ✝️
Thank you and same to you :-)☘
So he didn’t kill the twa people ? Or the druids ? 🤔
Pseudohistorical nonsense
Did he drive the snakes (Serpent seed) from Ireland?