Prior to Saint Patrick’s
arrival in Ireland to build a Christian Church, his mission was foretold by
pagan wizards. There was a fierce heathen king named Logaire who reigned in
the Irish capital of Tara. He called upon his favorite wizards to look into
the future with their black arts and this is what they foresaw:
“…there would come to be a
certain foreign practice, like a kingdom, with a strange and troublesome
doctrine; a practice brought from afar across the seas, proclaimed by few,
adopted by many and respected by all; it will overthrow kingdoms , kill
kings who resisted, win over great crowds, destroy their gods, and after
driving out all the resources of their art it would reign for ever and
ever.“
KRONE
LIMITED EDITION SAINT
PATRICK
FOUNTAIN PEN
These words were indeed prophetic, for Saint Patrick wiped out the worship
of idols and established the Catholic faith in Christ throughout the
country. The defining moment in Saint Patrick’s mission came when he
challenged King Logaire and his pagan followers on Easter, declaring that
the power of their gods were no match for the power of the Christian God.
This challenge also coincided with the most important pagan festival of
the year. In a series of confrontations and contest over two days , Saint
Patrick killed both of Logaire’s favorite wizards and reduced the king
to a frightened and humiliated mortal.
It is ironic that the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick, was in fact
a Roman Briton who had a vision that he was to go to Ireland to establish
the Christian church. He believed in this mission so passionately that he
left his family behind in Britain - foresaking an opportunity for a
personal life- to achieve his goal. His exploits gave rise to the legend
of him driving the snakes out of Ireland. This is likely to be a metaphor
for the defeat of paganism, as serpent imagery is common in pagan
religions and the use of that in iconography would have died out with the
fall of the heathens. Saint Patrick devoted his life to converting the
Druids and his legacy is a Christian Ireland.
This is a significantly large fountain pen with an extraordinarily
brilliant decoration that commands an immediate presence. The barrel is a
luminescent, brilliant colored painting in the fashion of 15th Century
engrossed illuminations that are found on rare biblical documents and
books. Each pen is hand painted over the hand turned ebonite barrel
material. The brilliant transparency of the painting re-creates the
glowing stained glass from the cathedrals of the period. The image of
Saint Patrick depicts him dressed in his simple garb as a Shepherd.
The cap of the pen and the blind cap are made of rich Briarwood, which has a
delicate carving to reproduce a Celtic knot pattern. The antique bronze clip
is a unique Celtic symbol, which is predominant and accents the cap so
beautifully. The band on the base of the barrel has the word “EIRE”
which means Ireland in Gaelic. The Limited Edition signature nib is 18K.
Saint Patrick
Fountain pen edition is limited to 288 pieces
18K Solid Gold Nib
