St.Patrick's Day

They have parades for St.Patrick's Day. Leprechauns earn gold. Patrick is said to have used the three-leaves plant to explain the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) to the pagan Irish. This is not necessarily true, but a nice sentiment regardless.St Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year on March 17th. The day is the observation of the death of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. With these 30 St Patrick’s Day facts, let’s uncover more about this great festival which is celebrated all over the world. St Patrick was born in 385 AD in a place believed to be Banna Venta  Berniae, a town in Roman Britain (his exact place of birth is however. He died during the fifth century in the year 461 AD at Saul, Down Patrick, Ireland.

St Patrick’s Day commemorates the arrival of the Christianity in Ireland. It happened in the year 432. Patrick was born to Roman parents (Calpurnius and Conchessa). He was not Irish, instead, he was English. His given name was Maewyn Succat. Technically we would be celebrating “Maewyn Day” instead of the “St Patrick’s Day” if his name was not changed. He wrote a book Confessio during his last years. At the age of 16, St Patrick was kidnapped and was taken to Ireland. He was kidnapped by a group of Irish raiders who were attacking his family’s estate. He worked there for 6 years tending sheep and then escaped and became a priest. St Patrick’s Day is also known as the ‘Feast of Saint Patrick’ and the ‘Day of the Festival of Patrick’. Saint Patrick used Shamrock a young sprig of clover to teach the pagans about the Holy Trinity. The shamrock is now the official flower of Ireland. It is associated with St Patrick.