St. Patrick - Jonesburg, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 51.430 W 091° 18.303
15S E 647067 N 4302291
Small Catholic Church, named St. Patrick's, in Jonesburg, MO
Waymark Code: WMQYZP
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2016
Views: 1
County of statue: Montgomery
Location of statue: 1st St., 1 block S. of I-70 exit
Artist: Unknown
ST. PATRICK
St. Patrick first came to Ireland -- not as a Saint, but as a slave. He was a nobleman's son who was captured when he was 16 years old and sold as a slave in Ireland. St. Patrick herded sheep and prayed to God. He escaped six years later and went to Europe -- thinking he was through with Ireland. In a dream, the Irish people appeared begging him to return to Ireland. He became a priest, then a Bishop, and was sent to pagan Ireland to convert it to Christianity. St. Patrick went to Ireland twice -- once because of pirates and once because of God -- and both times against his will. During his missionary years, he established monasteries, churches, schools, raised the standard of scholarship, encouraged study of Latin, use of a written alphabet, social reform, and converted most of Ireland without bloodshed. Ireland became known as a "Land of Saints and Scholars.
St. Patrick's life is a combination of history and legend. Historians differ on where he was born, where he died, and where he is buried -- it really doesn't matter. St. Patrick is everywhere you see a shamrock, everywhere you set foot in Ireland, and everywhere the Irish people go.
Information and text from my own research and composition.