St. Patrick is believed to have come from Britain, although the exact location of his birth is unknown. In Confessio, Patrick’s spiritual autobiography, he identifies his family home as at Bannaventa Taberniae. Scholars have proposed different parts of Britain as the site of his family home, with some claiming Scotland, southern Wales, northwestern England (in the historical county of Cumberland), or southern England near Dorset, Somerset, or Devon. St. Patrick’s association with Ireland comes from his having been kidnapped by Irish raiders and enslaved there for six years, beginning when he was 16, and his later return to Ireland as a Christian missionary.
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