St. Patrick Was Italian T-Shirt! According to the Catholic Church, he was born in Scotland, around the area now known as Kirkpatrick ("cell of Patrick") and his parents (Calpurnius and Conchessa) were Romans living in Britain to watch over colonies. Around the age of 14 he was captured as part of a raid and brought to Ireland until he escaped at age 20 back to Britain and his family. After having a prophetic dream he was ordained and eventually became a bishop, upon which time he set out to take the Gospel to Ireland, which at the time was a land of Druids and pagans. He succeeded in converting chieftains and entire kingdoms, acquiring a large following of disciples. For 40 years he roamed Ireland converting people wherever he went and built Ireland's first church at Saul, where he later died.
