[MR] Atlantia Digest, Vol 266, Issue 8/St. Patrick

[Victoria Wank]

Greetings Lord Mungo and Atlantia,
I read somewhere that “snakes” is code for “pagans.” Patrick rid Ireland of pagans and paganism. Snakes symbolized evil going all the way back to Genesis. Something to consider.

In Service,
Lady Rebekkah Samuel 
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>   1. Wikipedia: St. Patrick of Ireland (Garth Groff and Sally Sanford)
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> Noble Friends, Especially the Irish (which is all of us today!):
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> Today is the traditional feast day of Saint Patrick, generally regarded as
> "The Apostle of Ireland" and the nation's patron saint.
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> According to legend and his own autobiography, Patrick was born in the late
> 4th century CE. He was a Romano-British Christian, probably from what is
> now northern England. At about the age of 16 he was kidnapped by pirates
> from the Irish kingdom of D?l Riata, who sold him into slavery in Ireland
> as a herdsman. After some six years, Patrick escaped from Ireland and
> returned to his family. He resolved to enter the clergy, and studied in
> France where he was ordained. Patrick then returned to Ireland as a
> missionary, and spent the rest of his life preaching and converting Irish
> pagans to Christianity. He is believed to have died around 464 CE.
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> As with many saints of this era, all sorts of legends abound about Patrick,
> with many treated as facts by believers. One important fact missing from
> Patrick's story is that parts of Ireland were already Christianized, though
> he gets most of the credit. There was another saint active in Ireland
> called Palladius, sometimes also known as Patrick, and the two were often
> confused with each other by later writers. To make matters even murkier,
> that great 12th century biographical hack Joslyn of Furness wrote about
> Patrick and freely borrowed miracle stories from other saints which were
> taken as authoritative.
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> And driving out the snakes? Well, post-ice age there were no snakes in
> Ireland. It makes a good story though.
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> No matter what you believe about Saint Patrick, he is a touchstone of Irish
> culture and an important symbol of that country's rich, if somewhat murky
> past. So no matter whom you may be, be Irish today--wear some green and
> hoist a Guinness or your other favorite tot to his memory.
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> You can read more about Saint Patrick at
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick .
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> For comparison, here is what the Church says about Patrick:
> https://catholicsaints.info/saint-patrick/ .
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> And the "other" Patrick (Palladius):
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladius_(bishop_of_Ireland) .
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> Yours Aye,
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> Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  ?
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