Phillip Jensen: So, who was St Patrick? [Video]

St Patrick’s Day is a Saint’s day – but who was St Patrick?

Legendary stories make it hard to know the truth about early saints. We don’t know anything about some saints, like St Valentine, and what we know about other famous ones, like St Nicholas, is contradictory and confusing. Even for some Biblical saints, like St Matthias or St Bartholomew, there is very little information.

So what do we know of St Patrick? Not much, but a lot more than we know of St Matthias or St Bartholomew. The central elements of his life story are not really in doubt; the details of the events are difficult to be certain about. Keep reading

Also see
I Arise Today - St. Patrick's Breastplate
I Bind Unto Myself - St. Patrick's Breastplate
Christ Be Beside Me - adapted from St. Patrick's Breastplate