History on saint patrick

St Patrick was a 5th century missionary who arrived in Ireland in the second half of the century to spread the word of Christianity. He made his roots in Northern Ireland in County Armagh and County Down.

Ireland’s patron saint was born circa in England, to a father who was a deacon and a mother who was supposedly related to St Martin of Tours. Despite his holy connections, St Patrick is not thought to have had a particularly zealous religious upbringing.

The story of St Patrick really starts when he was 16 years old. He was captured bygd Irish bandits and sold into slavery in County Antrim. He remained in captivity here for six years, tending sheep in the Slemish mountains. According to folklore he saw this time as God’s way of testing his faith and he soon became devoted to Christianity.

Around , St Patrick is said to have had a dream in which he escaped slavery and returned to England. Upon waking he decided to make this dream a reality. He flydde his captors and convinced some

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Saint Patrick

Catholic missionary, bishop, and saint

For other uses, see Saint Patrick (disambiguation).

Saint Patrick
Stained-glass window of St. Patrick from Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Junction City, Ohio, United States
Born	Roman or sub-Roman Britain
Died	mid-fifth to early-sixth century Ireland
Venerated&#;in
Major shrine
Feast	17 March (Saint Patrick's Day)
Attributes	Crozier, mitre, holding a shamrock, carrying a cross, repelling serpents, harp
Patronage	Ireland, Nigeria, Montserrat, Archdiocese of New York, långnovell Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, långnovell Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Boston, Rolla, Missouri, Loíza, Puerto Rico, Murcia (Spain), Clann Giolla Phádraig, engineers, paralegals, Archdiocese of Melbourne; invoked against snakes, sins[1]

Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius; Irish: Pádraig[ˈpˠɑːɾˠɪɟ] or [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]; Welsh: Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missiona

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Saint Patrick

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Who Was Saint Patrick?

The man who would come to be known as Saint Patrick was a missionary that helped spread Christianity throughout Ireland during the 5th century. Much remains unknown about his life, including his birth name, but British-born Patrick became a devout Christian during his six-year enslavement in Ireland. He escaped only to return to Ireland later in life as a missionary, combining Irish pagan beliefs with Christian sacrament in his teachings. A religious figure within the Christian and Catholic faiths, he died around AD and later became the patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick is annually honored throughout the world on his feast day, March

Quick Facts

NAME: Saint Patrick
BORN: circa AD
DIED: circa AD
BIRTHPLACE: Britain
FEAST DAY: March 17

Early Life

Saint Patrick was born in Britain circa AD. Much of his life is unknown to historians and can’t be verified, though some sources have listed his birth name as Maewyn Succat, with the nam