St Patrick

St. Patrick was born in England in about the year A.D. 385. He was taken to Ireland by pirates to work as a slave and eventually became a priest and bishop. In his Confessions he wrote:

^{I came to the Irish heathens to preach the Good News and to put up with insults from unbelievers. I heard my mission abused, I endured many persecutions even to the extent of chains, I gave up my free-born status for the good of others. Should I be worthy I am ready to give even my life, promptly and gladly, for his name; and it is there that I wish to spend it until I die, if the Lord should graciously allow me.}