St Patrick was a Christian missionary and patron saint of Ireland, along with Saint Brigid of Kildare and Columba.
Born on the west coast of Britain, the small Welsh town Banwen is often referred to as his birthplace, although there are many hypotheses about this. When he was sixteen he was captured and sold into slavery in Ireland, from where he escaped and returned home to his family six years later. Then he started his religious life and returned to the island where he had fled to preach the Gospel. Converted hundreds of people, many of them became monks. To explain how the Trinity was three and one at the same time used the three-leaf clover and so it has an important role in Irish culture. Was supportive of the sacrament of confession particular, as we know it today, whereas before it was held communally. A century later the practice spread to the rest of Europe.
The popular belief attributes the disappearance of the St. Patrick's snakes on the island where is Ireland and the ratio at some pictures of the saint he appears crushing these animals with his stick. But some evidence suggests that the post-Ice Age Ireland was not inhabited by snakes.
Highly revered in the United States due to the large number of Irish immigrants. In Manhattan, New York, there is a cathedral with its name, headquarters of the archdiocese of the metropolis. On March 17 there are several celebrations in Ireland and the United States, known as St. Patrick's parades, festivals and parades which take place in memory of the saint, which is the main way of affirming the pride of Irish immigrants and their descendants in America.
Born on the west coast of Britain, the small Welsh town Banwen is often referred to as his birthplace, although there are many hypotheses about this. When he was sixteen he was captured and sold into slavery in Ireland, from where he escaped and returned home to his family six years later. Then he started his religious life and returned to the island where he had fled to preach the Gospel. Converted hundreds of people, many of them became monks. To explain how the Trinity was three and one at the same time used the three-leaf clover and so it has an important role in Irish culture. Was supportive of the sacrament of confession particular, as we know it today, whereas before it was held communally. A century later the practice spread to the rest of Europe.
The popular belief attributes the disappearance of the St. Patrick's snakes on the island where is Ireland and the ratio at some pictures of the saint he appears crushing these animals with his stick. But some evidence suggests that the post-Ice Age Ireland was not inhabited by snakes.
Highly revered in the United States due to the large number of Irish immigrants. In Manhattan, New York, there is a cathedral with its name, headquarters of the archdiocese of the metropolis. On March 17 there are several celebrations in Ireland and the United States, known as St. Patrick's parades, festivals and parades which take place in memory of the saint, which is the main way of affirming the pride of Irish immigrants and their descendants in America.
