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Patrick was a trouble maker who lived in England and one day when the Irish attacked, he was captured and made a slave. Not until he became a slave was he close to God.

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He was abducted by pirates & sold into slavery into Ireland.

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When Patrick was 16 he was abducted from Britain and sold as a slave in Ireland and forced to work as a slave (a shepherd) until he managed to escape 6 years later and return to his home.

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