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How Maewyn Succat became St. Patrick, and the shamrock became a heretical symbol of the Trinity

The martyrdom of St. Robert Barnes

How Maewyn Succat became St. Patrick, the shamrock became a (heretical) symbol of the Trinity, and the Easter Vigil fire made Ireland Christian (supposedly)

How Maewyn Succat became Saint Patrick

On the Feast Day of St. Robert Barnes

Maewyn Succat revisited

An oldie but goodie from the early days of our national acid trip

St. Robert Barnes, Doctor and Martyr

Good Friday: Today, not Sunday, is the most important day of the liturgical year

The story of Maewyn Succat. That's Patrick to you.