Name: St. Patrick's Greatest Gift
Uploaded: 2020-01-01
Duration: 19 min 56 s
Description: Every year, millions of people celebrate St. Patrick's Day. But few are aware of the enormous impact he actually had on the history of civilization. Author Thomas Cahill reveals the little known story of how St. Patrick helped preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians.

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A slave's return sparks the rescue of books, literacy, and culture.

Look beyond the holiday legend to uncover how Patrick's life intersected with the fate of literacy in a collapsing Europe. Guided by author Thomas Cahill, this film traces how Irish monastic book copying helped preserve texts that shaped Western art, philosophy, science, and government. Sign up to see the overlooked story behind a familiar name.

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