Optional Memorial
Saint Patrick
- Feast day
- March 17
- Patron of
- Ireland
- Origin
- British
Life
Patrick was captured by Irish raiders as a youth and enslaved for six years. After escaping, he returned to Ireland as a missionary bishop and is credited with converting the Irish nation to Christianity.
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