Patrick was born in about 385 A.D. in Roman Britain. His father was a Roman official.His name was Calpornius, and Patrick's mother's name was Concessa.Patrick was taken from his home by pirates and sold as a slave to Miliucc, who put him to work tending the sheep and swine on Slemish mountain in County Down, Ireland.Six years later he escaped to France and thence to Italy.He studied and was ordained as a priest, and in 432 A.D. he arrived back in Ireland as a bishop.Over the course of the next 29 years, he traveled the country, confronting kings and druids, and converting the people of Ireland to Christianity.When he died on March 17, 461 A.D., he had succeeded in his mission. The conversion of the people of Ireland was one of the most peaceful missions of the Catholic church. There were no martyrs (they came later). The church that he established there was to survive to this day, through much suffering and persecution.Many missionaries have gone out from Ireland over the more... See more text