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Patrick
Chambers says, “We can trace the footsteps of St. Patrick
almost from his cradle to his grave by the names of places called after
him.” Thus, assuming the Scottish origin, he was born at Kil-patrick (the cell of Patrick), in Dumbartonshire; he resided
for some time at Dal-patrick (the district of Patrick), in
Lanarkshire; and visited Cragphadrig (the rock of Patrick), near
Inverness. He founded two churches, Kirk-patrick in
Kirkcudbright, and Kirk-patrick in Dumfries; and ultimately
sailed from Port-patrick, leaving behind him such an odour of
sanctity that among the most distinguished families of the Scottish
aristocracy Patrick has been a favourite name down to the present day.
Arriving in England, he preached at Patter-dale (Patrick's
valley), in Westmoreland; and founded the church of Kirk-patrick, in Durham. Visiting Wales, he walked over Sarn-badrig (causeway
of Patrick), which now forms a dangerous shoal in Carnarvon Bay; and,
departing for the Continent, sailed from Llan-badrig (church of
Patrick), in the isle of Anglesea. Undertaking his mission to convert
the Irish, he first landed at Innis-patrick (island of
Patrick), and next at Holm-patrick, on the opposite shore of
the mainland, in the county of Dublin. Sailing northwards, he touched
at the Isle of Man, called Innis-patrick, where he founded
another church of Kirk-patrick, near the town of Peel. Again
landing on the coast of Ireland, in the county of Down, he converted
and baptised the chieftain Dichu on his own threshing-floor, an event
perpetuated in the word Saul- i.e. Sabbal-patrick (barn of
Patrick). He then proceeded to Temple-patrick, in Antrim; and
from thence to a lofty mountain in Mayo, ever since called Croagh-patrick. In East Meath he founded the abbey of Domnach-Padraig (house of Patrick) and built a church in Dublin on
the spot where St. Patrick's Cathedral now stands. In an island
of Lough Derg, in Donegal, there is St. Patrick's Purgatory; in
Leinster, St. Patrick's Wood; at Cashel, St. Patrick's Rock. There are scores of St. Patrick's Wells from which he drank; and
he died at Saul, March 17th, 493. (Book of Days.)
St. Patrick's real name was Succat, changed first into Cothraige,
then to Magonus, and afterwards (on his ordination) to Patricius. (See Dr. Todd, in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. vi.)
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