Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary, who is generally recognized as the patron saint of Ireland or the Apostole of Ireland. Although Brigid and Colmcille are formally also patron saints.
The legend begins from authentic letters from him which come the only accepted details of his life. The letters state that when he was about 16, he was captured from his home by irish raiders and taken to Ireland as a slave, where he lived for six years before managing to escape and returning to his family.
After entering the Church, he returned to Ireland as an ordinard bishop in the north and west of the island, however little is known about the place in which he worked. By the seventh century, he had come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland.
Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on the date of his death, March 17th. His feast day is celebrated both inside and outside Ireland.
In Legend, St. Patrick is credited with banishing snakes from the island of Ireland, by chasing them into the sea after they attacked him during a 40-day fast he was undertaking on top of a hill. However, majority of the evidence suggests that Ireland never had any snakes to begin with. Yet no snakes have migrated here from elsewhere for instance from Scotland.
The legend begins from authentic letters from him which come the only accepted details of his life. The letters state that when he was about 16, he was captured from his home by irish raiders and taken to Ireland as a slave, where he lived for six years before managing to escape and returning to his family.
After entering the Church, he returned to Ireland as an ordinard bishop in the north and west of the island, however little is known about the place in which he worked. By the seventh century, he had come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland.
Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on the date of his death, March 17th. His feast day is celebrated both inside and outside Ireland.
In Legend, St. Patrick is credited with banishing snakes from the island of Ireland, by chasing them into the sea after they attacked him during a 40-day fast he was undertaking on top of a hill. However, majority of the evidence suggests that Ireland never had any snakes to begin with. Yet no snakes have migrated here from elsewhere for instance from Scotland.
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