June 29 - Saint Patrick, a case study

He did not make a Roman Church in Ireland, it is a very indigenous/earthy faith that is not co-opted by the Roman church for another 200 years. During his life Ireland went from having NO Christians to having Christians spread throughout the entire country. This is also an interesting case study because Christianity had been spread through Western Europe largely by sword, you worshiped who your prince worshiped. Christianity spread from tribe to tribe without the sword in Ireland under St. Patrick.