General Chat

Ann........my lappie's just had a tea spray LOLOL :-D

Oh dear.
Ann, you've got your norty head on, haven't you ?? ;-)

and a pillock for an Archdruid in North Wales :-D :-D

For no other reason than it intregues me ....

St David was born in Wales, his mother being St Nom who lived in Gwynedd. She, depending on source, was either a beautiful local woman, or as some believe, of noble Irish birth originally. Despite being the result of rape, David was at least born in Wales.

St Patrick was born in Roman Britain. He was taken prisoner during an Irish raid, and spent 6 years as a slave. Escaped back to mainland, and when he returned to Ireland it was as a bishop. But he was not Irish.

St Andrew was born in modern day Israel (brother of Simon Peter (St Peter)). He never travelled as far as Scotland, but, supposedly there are relics associated with him in St Mary's Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh....so falls into the 'Patron' range.

St George was born to a Greek family, in Israel / Palestine (Lyda/Lod). Also, he was not English. Venerated as a Christian Martyr, but also revered by Muslims. He didn't visit England, and I don't know of any relics there either (?).

So, you have an illegitimate son who became, amongst other things, an archbishop of Jerusalem, a slave who became a bishop, a fisherman who preached in Asia Minor and Greece before falling foul of the Romans, and a Roman soldier who became a tribune, but refused to renounce his Christian upbringing and was executed, by the Romans. Buried in Lyda or Lydda.

To summarise:

Wales - Welsh person
Ireland - English person
Scotland - Middle Eastern person
England - Roman person, born in the Middle East.

And we wonder why we have some 'differences' ???

:-D :-D :-D