And oh dear, heaven help you if any Scottish person catches you saying he was English if he was born in SCOTLAND, so he was a Roman Scot (British would be acceptable) who went to tel the Irish how to run their lives :) Jane Pearson jtpoutdoor@xtra.co.nz ----- Original Message ----- From: <MeadowlandsNJ@aol.com> To: <IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] St Patrick > In a message dated 2/26/2004 2:44:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, > seosimhin@btopenworld.com writes: > English? > His parents were Roman > he may have been born in Britain that doesn't make him British. > Like being born in a stable doesn't make you a horse > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > http://www.saintpatrickcentre.com/ > and > http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11554a.htm > Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the > year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493. > He had for his parents Calphurnius and Conchessa. The former belonged to a > Roman family of high rank and held the office of decurio in Gaul or Britain. > Conchessa was a near relative of the great patron of Gaul, St. Martin of Tours. > Kilpatrick still retains many memorials of Saint Patrick, and frequent > pilgrimages continued far into the Middle Ages to perpetuate there the fame of his > sanctity and miracles. > > > B > > > ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== > For the IRL-CAVAN-L archives, go to > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/IRL-CAVAN >