Saint Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick’s Day is a day we all celebrate, but do we know who this saint was, or how he even became a saint? Well if you look back in history he was from a wealth family that lived in Britain. At the age of sixteen, however, he was captured during a raid and was sold into slavery in Ireland. In his time of slavery he devoted himself to the Christian religion. He escaped after six years and went back to Britain, where he studied in the monastery of Lerins.

He returned to Ireland when Palladius, the first missionary, died in the year 431 AD. Nobody had preached Christianity in Northern and Western Ireland, and that’s where he started, using the shamrock as a representation of the Trinity. Several tribal leaders put their trust into him and they became Christians, leading to more converts. Patrick founded more than three hundred churches and baptized more than one hundred twenty-thousand people.

On Saint Patrick’s Day (March l7th) we wear the shamrock, or the color green, to honor this saint for all of his achievements. Although no-one knows how the pinching of people who didn’t wear green started.

All in all, have a nice Saint Patrick’s Day!