St. Patrick
Subtitle: the life and world of Ireland's saint
By: J.B. Bury; foreword by Thomas Charles-Edwards
Contributors: ebrary, Inc
Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781848851870
Subjects: Christian saints; Biography
Description: "St. Patrick is perhaps the most venerated saint of the modern age, whose feast day is marked each year by massive celebrations across the world, from Dublin to New York and Sydney to Rio de Janeiro. In spite of his popularity very little is known of his life, which is clouded by myth and uncertainty. The facts that are known--that he was born in the late fourth century in Roman Britain, was captured by Irish raiders at the age of 16 and sold into slavery, and escaped six years later to Britain where he became a priest and later a bishop before returning to Ireland to proselytize--give only a vague sense of the man behind the legends. J.B. Bury{u2019}s biography, which remains the definitive work on the saint, dispels many of the myths and paints a vivid and exacting portrait of the world around St. Patrick, revealing the influences and inspirations that transformed him from a minor fifth century missionary into the patron saint of Ireland and a source of living inspiration for countless people--the Irish above all--some 1,500 years after his death." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.