Saint Patrick, an Englishman, used fire to fight fire to drive the energy vampires from the shadow realms out of Ireland

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Born in Wales or Scotland, as a teen Patrick was captured and sold into slavery in Ireland. Six years later he escaped to Gaul (now France) where he later became a monk. Around 432 he returned to Ireland as a missionary and succeeded in converting the island to Christianity. Later in life he wrote a brief text, Confessio, detailing his life and ministry. (It is now known as The Confession of St. Patrick in which he writes of his years of slavery as a shepherd, praying in the woods and mountains. He reflects that the ice, rain and snow did not bother him, he was so on fire for God. )

There once was a very young saint
That banished all of the snakes.
He came in 432
With a lot of work to do.
But alive anymore he ain’t.

By:
Dervla Walsh