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I read this little book, How the Irish Saved Civilization, by Thomas Cahill years ago, and it made a significant impact on how I view the rather fun St Patrick’s holiday. Saint Patrick was a Roman Citizen–yes, a real person–who was kidnapped by “barbarians” and taken as a slave to Ireland in the 5th century. During his six grueling years of captivity, his faith grew. He eventually escaped but later returned to the land of his captures as a missionary. He is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland and most likely converting the Pics and Anglo-Saxons.

Later, as the Roman Empire was overrun by barbarians and libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost, the Irish Monks and scribes maintained the very record of Western culture by copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian. St. Patrick’s work instilled a sense of literacy and learning that created the conditions that allowed Ireland to become the “isle of saints and scholars,” thus saving Western Civilization.