He was born in Britain around the A.D. 390 to an aristocratic Christian family with a townhouse, a country villa, and plenty of slaves. At 16, Patrick’s world turned. He was kidnapped and sent overseas to tend sheep as a slave in the chilly, mountainous countryside of Ireland for seven years. According to folklore, Patrick had a dream that showed him how to escape! He found passage on a pirate ship back to Britain, where he was reunited with his family.
His dreams then told him to go back to Ireland, which he did and that is where he got ordained as a priest and spent the rest of his life banishing snakes from Ireland and trying to convert the Irish to Christianity. He brought Bibles and helped set up churches in Ireland.
**Our project today was to learn the history of St. Patrick's day and create a lapbook**
And it couldn't be complete with how to catch a Leprechaun :) And did you know St. Patrick used the 3-leaf clover to teach about the trinity of God?
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