Description
The St. Patrick Medal is a medal that is given to people who are in the engineering field. The patron saint of engineers is St. Patrick of Ireland. He was born in 387 AD in Roman Britain, and when he was fourteen or so, he was captured by Irish pirates and taken to Ireland as a slave. He turned to God and wrote his memoir, The Confession, which tells of his conversion to Christianity. After escaping from his slavery, Patrick arrived in Slane, Ireland on March 25, 433. There are several legends about what happened next, with the most prominent claiming he met the chieftan of one of the druid tribes and converted him. He then preached the Gospel throughout Ireland and converted many people. St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints.
St Patrick Medal - patron of Engineers
Medals may differ
2.5cm long x 1.5cm wide
Facts
Feastday:
March 17
Patron:
of Ireland
Birth: 387
Death: 461
St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. He
was born in Roman Britain and when he was fourteen or so, he was
captured by Irish pirates during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as
a slave to herd and tend sheep. At the time, Ireland was a land of
Druids and pagans but Patrick turned to God and wrote his memoir,
The Confession
. In
The Confession
, he wrote:
"The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the
faith, and my soul was rosed, so that, in a single day, I have said as
many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same. I prayed in
the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from
the snow or ice or rain."
Patrick's captivity lasted until he was twenty, when he escaped after
having a dream from God in which he was told to leave Ireland by going
to the coast. There he found some sailors who took him back to Britain
and was reunited with his family.
A few years after returning home, Patrick saw a vision he described in his memoir:
"I saw a man coming, as it were from Ireland. His name was
Victoricus, and he carried many letters, and he gave me one of them. I
read the heading: 'The Voice of the Irish.' As I began the letter, I
imagined in that moment that I heard the voice of those very people who
were near the wood of Foclut, which is beside the western sea-and they
cried out, as with one voice: 'We appeal to you, holy servant boy, to
come and walk among us.'"
The vision prompted his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained
by St. Germanus, the Bishop of Auxerre, whom he had studied under for
years, and was later ordained a bishop and sent to take the Gospel to
Ireland.
Patrick arrived in Slane, Ireland on March 25, 433. There are several
legends about what happened next, with the most prominent claiming he
met the chieftan of one of the druid tribes, who tried to kill him.
After an intervention from God, Patrick was able to convert the
chieftain and preach the Gospel throughout Ireland. There, he converted
many people -eventually thousands - and he began building churches
across the country.
St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. He
was born in Roman Britain and when he was fourteen or so, he was
captured by Irish pirates during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as
a slave to herd and tend sheep. At the time, Ireland was a land of
Druids and pagans but Patrick turned to God and wrote his memoir,
The Confession
. In
The Confession
, he wrote:
"The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the
faith, and my soul was rosed, so that, in a single day, I have said as
many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same. I prayed in
the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from
the snow or ice or rain."
Patrick's captivity lasted until he was twenty, when he escaped after
having a dream from God in which he was told to leave Ireland by going
to the coast. There he found some sailors who took him back to Britain
and was reunited with his family.
A few years after returning home, Patrick saw a vision he described in his memoir:
"I saw a man coming, as it were from Ireland. His name was
Victoricus, and he carried many letters, and he gave me one of them. I
read the heading: 'The Voice of the Irish.' As I began the letter, I
imagined in that moment that I heard the voice of those very people who
were near the wood of Foclut, which is beside the western sea-and they
cried out, as with one voice: 'We appeal to you, holy servant boy, to
come and walk among us.'"
The vision prompted his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained
by St. Germanus, the Bishop of Auxerre, whom he had studied under for
years, and was later ordained a bishop and sent to take the Gospel to
Ireland.
Patrick arrived in Slane, Ireland on March 25, 433. There a
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