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St. Patrick: "Your ship is ready!"translated

October 2, 2026 · 1 min read

This is his sixth year here in Ireland. Shepherd. And for the sixth year, the owners still don’t get tired of mocking him, beating him, torturing him and humiliating him. However, what else can a slave expect from his masters? Prisoners in these parts are not considered people. All they can do is pray. And also remember with longing about your former life, about your home...

Mavin Sukkat - there are legends that he had this name before he became known as Patrick. Mavin’s parents were believers, but in his childhood and youth he was never particularly interested in religion and did not have a deep faith. For what? His life was already flowing prosperously, in satiety and contentment. There were servants, slaves, every whim was fulfilled. The young man was taught reading, writing, counting and other sciences, but he preferred to have fun with his friends. The connections and fortune of the parents should have provided the young man with a brilliant future, career and position...

His father's name was Calpurius. He was the son of a priest and served as a deacon in the church. Calpurius also held the position of decurion - an official responsible for collecting taxes. The position is high and difficult. For example, if not enough taxes were collected, the decurion added his money to the required amount. That is, only a noble and wealthy person could be a decurion...

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