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St Patrick
J. B. Bury
其他書名
The Life and World of Ireland's Saint
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010-01-30
主題Biography & Autobiography / ReligiousReligion / Christianity / Saints & SainthoodHistory / Europe / IrelandReligion / Christianity / HistoryHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralReligion / Christian Church / HistoryHistory / Ancient / General
ISBN08577170069780857717009
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WNuRDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋J.B. Bury's classic biography dispels many of the myths around the saint and paints a vivid and exacting portrait of the world around St Patrick.

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. Yet, 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, escaped six years later to Britain where he became a priest and later a bishop before returning to Ireland to proselytise - give only a vague sense of the man behind the legends.

This biography reveals 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, and remains the definitive work on St Patrick.