The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-03-18
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
Tuesday, March l7rh. A True His
tory OF the Life OF
St. Patrick.

d StlIl beIleNe St. IOtflck To ne Il
peasant boy, who came suddenly
into prominence and earned his
title by killing all deadly reptiles
in Ireland with the wave of his
hand Shorn of fiction, the life
of ST. Patrick is one of deep in
terest The wise men claim st.
Patrick as Scotchmnn, English
man, Frenchman, Spaniard, or
Welshman. but every son of Erin
knows that the saint was an
lrishman. st. Patrick was of
the Irish Royal blood. and to
show that he was not of any other
nationality let us examine his
ancestry His father was CAL
phurnius, deacon, son of Poti-
tus, priest in the Roman Cathu-
lie church His mother was Con-
chessa, near relative TO St.
Martin of Tours. Potitus was
son of Odais, son of Connudh:
son Leobut; son of Mere; son of
Oda, son of Ore, son of Muric,
son of Ore, son of Leo. son Of
Maxine, son of Othrag, son OF
Emiede, son of Fuse, son of Pill
iste, son of Pherum (Farine), son
of Briottan MaoI, son of Fear
ghus Lethdug, son of Nunhaidh,
Il quo Of the Nundians, who were
descended of Mngog, son of
Japhet, Calphurnius was the
Illumination of the Celtic, CAL
pun; the later form was Macul-
pun, now MacAlpin. one of the
early royal families in Scotland,
who came into that country from
Ireland, where they were of the
royal and noble lineage As Il
child, St. Patrick was called Sue
cat, but when he was baptized
into the Catholic faith his name
was changed to Paderic or
Patrick, which means "noble-
man" So here is our saint 5
name, Patrick McAlpin, who as a
boy first came into historical
prominence in Gaul, then Il
Roman province.
st. Patrick landed in Ireland
us a missionary in 1872 A. d.
Ireland at that time was peopled
by fierce and fiery race of sun
aud idol worshipers, whose
priests were the Drulds. They
had, strange to say, Il code OF
morals of their own. and they
treated women with the greatest
consideration. They were bar
barians, for the Romans. who for
nearly 400 years had been the
conquerors of Brithln, had to ac-
knowledge that they could do
nothing with the people of Ire
land. lnvincible in warfare,
they We're, too, and their code of
morals, which gave them rugged
health, was perhaps us much to
be credited with this result as
their valor on the field. st.
Patrick landed in County Meath.
His first convert was Benignus, Il
boy Mt the house of whose parents
the saint stopped. The next con-
vert was Prince Diehn, who
hearing Of the landing of st.
Patrick, came down to the coast
to drive him and his religion into
the sea. But Prince Diehn's
sword arm became rigid us marble
when he attacked st. Patrick,
and Diehn, finding that he was
dealing with some one above the
human, accepted Christianity
and was baptized. St Patrick
great ambition was the CONVEX
sion of his old master, Prince
Milchu. lie travelled north in
the direction of Milchu's castle,
but when he came in sight Of it q
great red light in the sky caused
him to halt in wonder He soor
learned the cause of the glare
His fame as II converter of souls
to Christ had preceded him
something mace tne Olu warrior
Milchu feel, when he heard that
st. Patrick was travelling to hi,
castle, that he would be lead t.
desert the gods of his fathers
Milchu determined to prevent
such humiliating fate by dyinl
as he had lived, so he set fire tC
his ancestral home and persisted
in the flames sooner than be con
verified 10y st. Patrick. From the
funeral pyre of his old master
st. Patrick burned with a new
and brilliant idea IN view The
court of King Laeghaire (Angli
cised to O'Leary, aud ancestor o
that family, son Of Nal Nor, o
the time of the Nine Hostages
1876 monarch of Ireland, who's
reign opened BIS A. d. Che mar
!: ried first lime, daughter, o
; Prince Luighdrach, and becam,
ancestor of the princely familie
of O'Neil and McNeil-St. Brigid
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