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Saint Patrick | |
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_-_stained_glass,_Saint_Patrick_-_detail.jpg) Stained-glass window of St. Patrick from Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Junction City, Ohio, United States | |
| Born | c. 385 Roman Britain (present-day Great Britain) |
| Died | c. 17 March 461 Saul, Dál Fiatach, Ulaid, Gaelic Ireland (present-day Northern Ireland) |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheran Churches |
| Major shrine | Armagh, Northern Ireland Glastonbury Abbey, England |
| Feast | 17 March (Saint Patrick's Day) |
| Attributes | Patron; Holding a shamrock; carrying a cross, serpent, harp |
| Patronage | Ireland, Nigeria, Montserrat, Archdiocese of New York, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, Boston, Rolla, Missouri, Loíza, Puerto Rico, Murcia (Spain), Clann Giolla Phádraig, engineers, paralegals, Archdiocese of Melbourne; invoked against snakes, sins[1] |
Saint Patrick (about 402 - March 17, probably 491 or 493) is the patron saint of Ireland.[2][3][4] He was born in a village in Roman Britain. Saint Patrick came from a Christian family. He was the son of Calpornius, who was a deacon. According to the autobiographical Confessio of Patrick, when he was about sixteen years old, he was captured by Irish pirates. They took him from his home in Britain and sold him as a slave in Ireland. His work was to take care of animals. He lived there for six years and learned the local language. He then escaped and returned to his family.
After becoming a cleric, he returned to northern and western Ireland as a missionary. Because he knew the language he could preach to the people. He also married couples when the king prohibited it. He brought Christianity to Ireland. He converted many pagans to Christianity. He also challenged many of their leaders and druids such as Aodhan the Brave also known as Chief Aodhan. St.Patrick eventually converted Chief Aodhan and they worked together to convert many other pagans.
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated every year on March 17 in his honour.
- ↑ "Saints by Cause". Archived from the original on 10 August 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2006.
- ↑ "X.—An Inquiry as to the Birthplace of St. Patrick. By J.H. TURNER, M.A. p.268. Read before the Society, 8 January 1872. Archaeologica Scotica pp. 261–284. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 5, 1890" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ De Paor glosses it as "[probably near] Carlisle" and Thomas argues at length for the areas of Birdoswald, twenty miles (32 km) east of Carlisle on Hadrian's Wall. There is a Roman town called Bannaventa in Northamptonshire, but this is likely too far from the sea. See De Paor, pp. 88 & 96
- ↑ *De Paor, Liam (1993). Saint Patrick's World: The Christian Culture of Ireland's Apostolic Age. Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 1-85182-144-9.