The History of Saint Patrick - a Short Story

Friend me on Facebook! For freelance/business inquiries - business@ I made this for St. Patrick’s day. Most of you probably imagine a Leprechaun or clovers when you hear of St. Patrick. Who is this man, and why do we celebrate him? I accidentally put in the wrong date for when St. Patrick was born. I blame that on staying up for 36 hours to finish the video. :-P ----- St. Patrick was born, not in Ireland, but in Britian around AD 35. Well, actually, he wasn’t called St. Patrick at the time, or even Patrick, but was referred to as Maewyn Succat. Good thing he changed his name later, St. Maewyn’s Day doesn’t have the same ring. We’ll stick with Patrick just in case I’m slaughtering that pronunciation. Patrick was quite far from being a saint growing up. Until he was 16 he considered a pagan, or maybe even an atheist by today’s definition. It was at that age when he was taken into slavery by a
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