Saint Patrick | |
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Born | Great Britain |
Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Orthodox Church Anglicanism Lutheranism |
Major shrine | Armagh, Northern Ireland Glastonbury Abbey, England |
Feast | 17 March (Saint Patrick's Day) |
Patronage | Ireland, Nigeria, Montserrat, Archdiocese of New York, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, Boston, Rolla, Missouri (USA), Loíza, Puerto Rico, Murcia (Spain), engineers, paralegals, Archdiocese of Melbourne; invoked against snakes, sins, witchcraft |
Saint Patrick (about 402 - March 17, probably 491 or 493) is the patron saint of Ireland and Nigeria. He was born in a village in Wales. When he was 16 years old he was captured and sold into slavery. He also married couples when the king prohibited it.