March 2014

Lá Sona Naomh Pádraig

Although the dates of St. Patrick's life cannot be fixed with certainty, he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth…

Although the dates of St. Patrick's life cannot be fixed with certainty, he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth century. He is generally credited with being the first bishop of Armagh, Primate of Ireland.

When he was about 16, he was captured from his home in Great Britain, and taken as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family. After becoming a cleric, he returned to northern and western Ireland. In later life, he served as an ordained bishop, but little is known about the places where he worked. By the seventh century, he had already come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland.

St. Patrick's Day is observed on 17 March, the date of his death. It is celebrated inside and outside Ireland as a religious and cultural holiday,it is also a celebration of Ireland itself.

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