Ukuhambahamba nge-Saint Patrick's Ireland

1. USanta uPatrick wayenguBritane, hayi iIreland, kwaye wazalelwa kubazali baseRoma njengoMaewyn Succat ogama lakhe latshintshwa laba nguPatricius.
2. Ngokwamabali, uPatrick waxhwilwa ngamaIreland wanyanzelwa ukuba abe likhoboka. 
3. Usuku lukaSanta Patrick lwadibaniswa nombala oluhlaza emva kokuba luhlanganiswe nenkululeko yokuzimela yase-Ireland ngasekupheleni kweminyaka ye-1700.

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Ngomhla we-17 kuMatshi kubhiyozelwa uSuku lwePatrick, okanye uLá Fhéile Pádraig ngesi-Irish. UPatrick wazalelwa "Maewyn Succat" kodwa walitshintsha igama lakhe laba ngu "Patricius" emva kokuba ngumfundisi. WayenguBritane, hayi iIreland, kwaye wazalwa ngabazali baseRoma. Uninzi lwamabali athi athinjwe yiIreland kwaye anyanzelwa ebukhobokeni. 

Abaphambukeli baseIreland baqala ukubukela Usuku lukaSt E-Boston ngo-1737, kwaye umngcelele wokuqala woSuku lwe-St. 

UPatrick oNgcwele akazange enze luhlaza. Umbala wakhe “wawungumbala oNgcwele kaPatrick,” umbala weflegi kamongameli waseIreland. Umbala oluhlaza wanxulunyaniswa noSuku lukaPatrick emva kokuba unxulunyaniswe nentshukumo yenkululeko yaseIreland emva kweminyaka yoo-1700.

Kuhambo lweFAM oluya Ayalend ngeCollette Tours, sityelele iindawo ezininzi ezinxulumene noSanta Patrick. Icawa yaseSt.Patrick yaseIreland Cathedral eArmagh kukholelwa ukuba yakhiwe phezu kwecawa yelitye eyakhiwe nguSt.Patrick ngo-445 AD. I-Down Cathedral eDownpatrick kukholelwa ukuba yindawo yakhe yokungcwaba emva kokubhubha kwakhe kwi-461 AD.

I-Croagh Patrick, eWestport, kwi-County Mayo, yintaba apho uSanta Patrick kuthiwa wayezila ukutya kwindibano yeentsuku ezingama-40 nobusuku bazo. Iipilgrim zihlangana entabeni ukukhumbula ubungcwele bukaPatrick.

Intaba yaseSlemish kwi-County Antrim, eMantla e-Ireland, kulapho kukholelwa khona ukuba uPatrick usebenze njengekhoboka malunga neminyaka emi-6.

Iliwa laseCashel, County Tipperary, ekuqaleni yayilisihlalo sobukhosi sookumkani baseMunster (eMzantsi-ntshona weIreland). Ookhokho babo babengama-Welsh.

Usapho lwam lunonxibelelwano lobuqu noSanta Patrick. Iirekhodi zase-Bhritane zibhala ngo-Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster. Wayengutatomkhulu wam omkhulu wama-25. Uncwadi lwaseIreland lubalisa ngoDermot ookhokho bakhe ababuyela ku-Óengus mac Nad Froích -Aengus, uKumkani wokuqala ongumKristu waseMunster. UKumkani uAengus, ukhokho wam ngqo, wabhaptizwa waba ngumKristu kwisihlalo sobukhosi saseCashel ngu-Saint Patrick ngokwakhe.

UPatrick kwathiwa wenze imisebenzi emininzi emikhulu, kodwa ngokucacileyo esona sipho sakhe sikhulu sayiguqula ikhosi yempucuko njengoko siyazi. Wayenoxanduva lokuzisa ukufunda nokubhala eIreland. Ukufunda nokubhala kwalahleka phantse kwaphela ngexesha lobumnyama, okwaqala emva kokuba amaVisigoths aseJamani aphanga iRoma kwaye atshisa iilayibrari. Ubugcisa, inkcubeko, isayensi, kunye noorhulumente zonke zimiliselwe kwimibhalo yakudala ethi, enkosi ku-Saint Patrick, asinde kwiminyaka eliwaka. I-Iliad, i-Odyssey, i-Aeneid, i-Plato, i-Aristotle, iTestamente eNdala neTsha ngokuqinisekileyo yayiya kulahleka ngonaphakade ukuba uPatrick wayengazange aseke umbutho weemonki owawukopa kwaye ugcina imibhalo yakudala. Wonke umntu kwihlabathi lasentshona okwaziyo ukufunda nokubhala, unetyala lombulelo kuSt.Patrick ngokwenza oko.