Saint Patrick is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland, and has become a patron saint of the nation. He was a missionary there in the 5th Century.
Saint Patrick was a Roman British Christian missionary who was captured as a slave when he was sixteen years. After six years in slavery, he escaped and went back to his family. He later became a cleric and was later ordained to be a bishop. He died on 17th March and this day has come to be known as Saint PatrickÕs Day, a religious feast day.
St. Patrick died on March 17th, 461
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St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th. This date is considered the date of the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The holiday was made an official Christian feast day in the seventeenth century.
It has nothing to do with St. Patrick! A four leaf clover is NOT lucky, it's all a myth. If you want to know the true history of St. Patrick's Day, learn more about Patrick and forget four leaf clovers, pots of gold, and leprauchauns!
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Myles V. Ronan has written: 'Dublin's Catholic cathedrals -- St. Patrick's' -- subject(s): Cathedrals, Church history, History, St. Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin, Ireland) 'The Reformation in Dublin, 1536-1558'
St. Patrick was not married.
St. Patrick was not married.
Yes, that's why it is called St. Patrick's Day.
No, St. Patrick was not married and had no children.
Yes, St. Patrick was a bishop.
Nobody. St. Patrick's Day did not begin until years after St. Patrick was already dead. If he celebrated the day, he was already in heaven.