Strands #247 “More Than Just...
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.While I agree with much of what Simms says (except Constantine, the first Christian Emperor, is 4th Century, not 2nd), after the Roman withdrawal from Britain and the subsequent pagan invasions by the Anglo-Saxons, Britain was largely de-Christianised in all but the periphery (such as Cornwall and Wales), until St Augustine's re-conversion mission (at the end of the 6th Century). So although England was Christian before Ireland, Ireland has been Christian continuously for longer.
QUOTE - simms "the stories told about St Patrick say he was a roman aristocrat who was kidnapped by pirates and ended up in Ireland"
St. Patrick was from the Kingdom of Rheged. He was taken from a small community on the Cumbrian coast as a slave to Ireland at some point he was shipwrecked and was washed up at Heysham on Morecambe Bay. He later returned to Ireland where he preached the Christian faith. See following site for more info.