Saint Patrick (c.387-461) is the patron saint of Ireland because of That It was he who converted almost the entire country to Christianity.
Protector saint against poisons, burns and woundshis party, the March 17it is known throughout the world by beer lovers.
However, St. Patrick has other meanings. So much so that he is even recognized by different miracleslike ridding an entire island of a plague of snakes.
Who was Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was born in Kilpatrick, a town near Dumbarton, Scotland, in year 387.
Son of a Roman couple, he was kidnapped during his adolescence and taken to Ireland, where he was forced to work as a boy. slave.
During his time in slavery, he discovered his faith in Christ and he began to preach it when he escaped by boat to an island, six years later.
Everything he experienced during his imprisonment and how he began his religious journey was written in an autobiographical book entitled ““Confession”. Years later, this work was translated from Latin with the name “The Confessions of St. Patrick”.
Despite freeing himself from his captors, Saint Patrick decided to return to Ireland evangelize the populationwhich at that time was linked to the beliefs of druidismthe religion of the ancients Celts and Bretons.
Although he was persecuted and arrested by his opponents, it is believed that it was his work that caused the conversion of this nation to Catholicism.
To defend himself from his detractors, the saint wrote his Confession, and would also compose the “St. Patrick’s Breastplate”.
This sentence protects of those who wish to harm a person.
On March 17, 493, the death of Saint Patrick was commemorated, and he even became Bishop of Ireland and several miracles were recognized, such as having freed an entire island from a plague of snakes.
How powerful is St. Patrick’s prayer to ward off witchcraft and the evil eye
There is two versions prayer to St. Patrick. One is the short and, according to the site Santopediait’s like this:
For his part, the longer versiondepending on the site Catholic Information Agency (ACI Prensa)says it:
I wake up today through powerful forcethe invocation of the Trinity, through faith in its Three Persons, through the confession of the Unity, of the Creator of Creation.”.
Source: Clarin
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