Saint Patrick
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.