Can you name at least one Irish saint? Detailed answer

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Can you name at least one Irish saint?

Saint Patrick (385-461) is the patron saint of Ireland, but he was not born there at all and has nothing to do with the Irish family.

By nationality, he is British - from the north or west of the country. His birthplace is traditionally referred to as Bannavem or Bannaventa Taberniae.

For a very long time it was believed that this was an ancient settlement in the area of the River Severn or in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire, but the latest and rather convincing version is the village of Banwell in Somerset.

As a young man, Patrick was kidnapped and taken to Ireland as a slave. After six years, he managed to escape to the continent, where he became a monk. And then, many years later, Patrick returned to Ireland again, having seen a prophetic dream in which "Irish voices" asked him to bring the word of God to their homeland.

Ireland, however, has no shortage of homegrown holy talents.

Saint Brendan (4867-578?) was from County Kerry. He was born in the capital, the city of Tralee (Tralee), and in 512 he took the priesthood. An acclaimed Irish navigator, Saint Brendan is said to have reached America many centuries before Columbus (who, as we already know, did not).

Saint Columba (521-597) belonged to a very noble Irish family. After many years of wandering around the country, during which Columba preached sermons and founded monasteries, at the age of forty-two, he suddenly retires to voluntary exile on the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland, where, along with other monks, he is engaged in missionary activities, converting the Picts to Christianity.

Saint Kevin (4987-618) was also the son of noble Irish parents. At the age of seven, he was sent to a monastery to become a priest. However, Kevin decided in his own way and became a hermit. By the time of his stay in the monastery, there is a famous legend about how a boy, during the whole Great Lent, motionlessly held a thrush's nest. On the first day of Lent, as Kevin knelt in prayer with outstretched arms, a blackbird sat on his palm and made a nest. During the entire post, he remained motionless so as not to disturb the nest, and the bird fed him with berries and nuts. By the end of Lent, the chicks hatched, and Kevin and his brethren celebrated Easter.

Saint Malachy (1094?-1148) was appointed abbot of Bangor in County Down, and by the age of thirty became Bishop of Connor and then Archbishop of Armach. According to legend, Malachi underwent a series of involuntary visions in which he "saw" every Pope, from the then-reigning Pope Innocent II to the pope who would rule during the Apocalypse. According to the prophecy of St. Malachi, the current pope, Benedict XVI, is the penultimate one.

Saint Oliver Plunket (1629-1681) was born in County Meath, studied with the Jesuits in Rome, and in 1669 was appointed Archbishop of Armach and Primate of all Ireland. In 1678, the Englishman Titus Oates accused Plunket of a fictitious conspiracy of Catholics who allegedly plotted to kill King Charles II. Plunket was charged with treason and sent to the gallows at Tyburn, where he was allowed to die before being gutted and quartered.

Saint Brigid (453?-523?), abbess of the first Irish nunnery she founded in Kildare, is known for miraculously turning used water from her bath into beer for the spiritual guests of the monastery.

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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