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The most curious fact connected with personal designation 

 is that we can actually lead the biography of a saint, from his 

 cradle to his grave, in the foot prints which he has left behind 

 him on his travels."^ Thus, he was born at Zij^-patrick (the 

 church of P.) in Dumbarton, and at twelve years of age was 

 carried away by Niall of the Nine Hostages, and being sold 

 was a swineherd in the county Antrim. Miraculously released, 

 he was educated in Gaul, and thence returned to Britain, He 

 resided at i)a/-patrick (the division of P,) in Lanark ; visited 

 Oai^-phadrig (the rock of P.), Inverness ; founded the three 

 churches of ZeVy^-patrick at Durham and Irongray in Kirkcud- 

 bright, and at Fleming in Dumfries ; and sailed from Port- 

 patrick, leaving such an impression of his sanctity that Patrick 

 has ever since been a favourite family name, among the most 

 distinguished peerage families of Scotland. Beaching South 

 Britain, he baptised at a fountain iii Patterdale (properly 

 V^ixicV^ -dale) Westmoreland ;t and visiting the Welsh, 

 he walked near Harlech Castle on the i&mj-badrig (St. P.'s 

 causeway), now covered by the sea. Departing for Rome, he 

 sailed from Zfa-badrig, (the church of P.) in Anglesea; and 

 returned on his mission to Ireland, colloquially known as 

 " Paddy's-faf/.^' He reposed for a short time on the coast of 

 Dublin, giving name to /?i^^5-patrick§ (the isle of P.) where 

 he landed, as well as to ^o/«2-patrick, the opposite district on 

 the mainland. Sailing northward, he landed on the coast of 



* The traditional accounts, are preserved and sometimes coufirmeii, by numerous 

 biographies. This list has been compiled from the Annals of the Four Masters, the 

 Monasticon Hibernicon, Chronicles of Ireland, the Statistical Account of Scotland, 

 and various books on Topography. 



+ Guide to the Lakes. 



♦ Pennant's North Wales; and Edwards on the Inundation of the Cantre 'r 

 Gwaelod. 



§" F. Colgan observes that the Isle of Man anciently depended upon Ireland, and 

 that it was converted by St. Patrick, for which reason it has been called Tnh Patrick, 



that is, Patrick's Island but I am apt to believe that the Isle of Man F. Wadiug 



speaks of, is no other than the isle of Inis Patrick, which lies on the coast of Ire- 

 land, betweea Dublin and Drogheda " — Monas. Hibrrn. 



