Saints

What is Saint George associated with?

• Fishing

• Building monesteries

• Saving people from a dragon

• Driving all snakes into the sea

What is Saint Patrick associated with?

• Fishing

• Building monesteries

• Saving people from a dragon

• Driving all snakes into the sea

What does the author mainly describe in the passage?

• how Patrick found religion while he was a slave

• how Patrick became the patron saint of Ireland

• the traditions in current St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

• the charges Patrick denied in his Confessio

Read the following sentences: “Rather than tell the Irish that their old ways were wrong, Patrick incorporated parts of their religion into Christianity. Legand has it that, because the Irish celebrated their gods with fire, Patrick added bonfires to the Easter ritual. Because the Irish venerated the sun, Patrick added a sun to the cross—creating what is now known as a ‘Celtic cross.’”

• The changes that Patrick made to Christian practices to make the religion more familiar to the Irish have not been maintained in current practice.

• The changes that Patrick made to Christian religious practice to adapt the religion to Irish culture were offensive to Christian priests and bishops.

• Patrick did not mind making small changes to Christian religious practice to adapt the religion to a different culture.

• Despite Patrick’s efforts to adapt Christian religious practice to Irish culture, he was unable to convert many Irishmen to Christianity.

What is this passage mostly about?

• why Ireland is called the Emerald Isle

• why there are no snakes in Ireland

• the life and legend of St. Patrick

• how St. Patrick escaped from pirates

What is Saint George associated with?

• Fishing

• Building monasteries

• Saving people from a dragon

• Driving all snakes into the sea

What is Saint Patrick associated with?

• Fishing

• Building monasteries

• Saving people from a dragon

• Driving all snakes into the sea

What does the author mainly describe in the passage?

• how Patrick found religion while he was a slave

• how Patrick became the patron saint of Ireland

• the traditions in current St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

• the charges Patrick denied in his Confessio

Read the following sentences: “Rather than tell the Irish that their old ways were wrong, Patrick incorporated parts of their religion into Christianity. Legend has it that, because the Irish celebrated their gods with fire, Patrick added bonfires to the Easter ritual. Because the Irish venerated the sun, Patrick added a sun to the cross—creating what is now known as a ‘Celtic cross.’”

• The changes that Patrick made to Christian practices to make the religion more familiar to the Irish have not been maintained in current practice.

• The changes that Patrick made to Christian religious practice to adapt the religion to Irish culture were offensive to Christian priests and bishops.

• Patrick did not mind making small changes to Christian religious practice to adapt the religion to a different culture.

• Despite Patrick’s efforts to adapt Christian religious practice to Irish culture, he was unable to convert many Irishmen to Christianity.

What is this passage mostly about?

• why Ireland is called the Emerald Isle

• why there are no snakes in Ireland

• the life and legend of St. Patrick

• how St. Patrick escaped from pirates