A Man Cleansed by God

The American Catholic novelist John Edward Beahn retells the story of St Patrick as a biographical novel based on The Confession, Patrick's famous autobiographical work. Patrick was captured as a young teen by pirates and taken from his comfortable life in ancient Roman Britain to be sold as a slave in Ireland. Six years later he escaped and, after a long, arduous journey, he returned to his family—only to receive a call from God to go back to Ireland as a Christian missionary. He then entered the seminary , was ordained as a priest, and ultimately consecrated a bishop, returning at last to Ireland. There, his bold preaching brought many thousands into the Christian fold and led to the establishment of numerous churches and religious communities.

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