What nationality was St. Patrick?
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St. Patrick was born in Britain, which at the time was under Roman rule. I believe that would make him a Roman, but I'm not sure. Thomas Cahill, in "How the Irish Saved Civilization," calls him a "Romanized Briton." Anyway, the story goes that he was captured by Irish pirates and was brought to Ireland as a slave. He changed his name to Patricius, which is from the Latin word for "patrician."

St. Patrick wrote an autobiography, "Confession." It's very short, and here's an online version:

http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Stories/St.Patrick.Confession.text.html

Frank Delaney's version of St. Patrick's gives a lengthy version in his delightful and remarkable book, "Ireland: A Novel."

Diana

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He was British But, His auto-biography was called Confessio with no (N).

welsh

irish.. nah idk

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