Click on this link for a good biography of Saint Patrick.
The Life of St- Patrick - 1912 was released on: USA: December 1912
On St. Patrick's Day we commemorate the life of St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland.
St. Patrick's Cathedral
St Patrick's day is technically Catholic as Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland. He would have been beatified by the catholic church. St Patrick's day is a celebration of his life. However, it is not really a religious festival.
St. Patrick was not married.
St. Patrick was not married.
Yes, that's why it is called St. Patrick's Day.
That was his surname when he was a slave. (Full name Maewyn Succat)
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.
Ciaran Needham has written: 'The life of St. Patrick'