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Also known as

• Apostle of Ireland
• Maewyn Succat
• Patricius
• Patrizio

Memorial

• 17 March

Profile

Kidnapped from the British mainland around age 16, and shipped to Ireland as a slave. Sent to the mountains as a shepherd, he spent his time in the field in prayer. After six years of this life, he received had a dream in which he was commanded to return to Britain; seeing it as a sign, he escaped. He studied in several monasteries in Europe. Priest. Bishop. Sent by Pope Celestine to evangelize England, then Ireland, during which his chariot driver was Saint Odran, and Saint Jarlath was one of his spiritual students. In 33 years he effectively converted the Ireland. In the Middle Ages Ireland became known as the Land of Saints, and during the Dark Ages its monasteries were the great repositories of learning in Europe, all a consequence of Patrick’s ministry.

Born

• between 387 and 390 at Scotland as Maewyn Succat

Died

• between 461 and 464 at Saul, County Down, Ireland of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Name Meaning

• warlike (Succat - pagan birth name);
• noble (Patricius - baptismal name)

Patronage

• Adelaide, Australia, archdiocese of
• against fear of snakes
• against ophidiophobia
• against snake bites
• against snakes
• Armagh, Ireland, archdiocese of
• Auckland, New Zealand, diocese of
• Ballarat, Australia, diocese of
• Boston, Massachusetts, archdiocese of
• Burlington, Vermont, diocese of
• Cape Town, South Africa, archdiocese of
• Dromore, Ireland, diocese of
• engineers
• Erie, Pennsylvania, diocese of
• excluded people
• Fort Worth, Texas, diocese of
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, diocese of
• Ireland
• Kilmore, Ireland, diocese of
• Loiza, Puerto Rico
• Melbourne, Australia, archdiocese of
• Mymensingh, Bangladesh, diocese of
• New York, New York, archdiocese of
• Nigeria
• Norwich, Connecticut, diocese of
• ophidiophobics
• Poona, India, diocese of
• Port Elizabeth, South Africa, diocese of
• Portland, Maine, diocese of
• Sacramento, California, diocese of

Prayers

• The Breastplate of Saint Patrick
• Prayer for the Faithful
• Saint Patrick Prayer
• Prayer for God’s Protection and Christ’s Presence

Representation

• baptismal font
• demons
• harp
• bishop driving snakes before him
• bishop trampling on snakes
• snakes
• cross
• Purgatory
• serpent
• shamrock

Images

• Gallery of images of Saint Patrick

Storefront

• Commercial Links related to Saint Patrick

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran
• Catholic Online
• Confession of Saint Patrick
• Encyclopedia Britannica (1911 edition)
• Encyclopedia Britannica (2008 edition)
• Epistle to the Christian Subjects of the Tyrant Coroticus, by Saint Patrick
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Furness Dig May Have Found Saint Patrick’s Birthplace
• Goffine’s Devout Instructions
• Golden Legend, by Jacobus de Voragine
• Google Directory: Saint Patrick’s Day
• Google Directory: Saint Patrick
• Google Directory: Saint Patrick’s Works
• Life and Acts of Saint Patrick by Bishop Jocelin
• Metrical Life of Saint Patrick, by Saint Fiech
• New Catholic Dictionary: Saint Patrick
• New Catholic Dictionary: Saint Patrick’s Purgatory
• Our Island Saints, by Amy Steedman
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Saint Patrick’s Day: Origins, Symbols and Traditions
• Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick - Part I
• Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick - Part II
• Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick - Part III

Readings

I came to the Irish people to preach the Gospel and endure the taunts of unbelievers, putting up with reproaches about my earthly pilgrimage, suffering many persecutions, even bondage, and losing my birthright of freedom for the benefit of others. If I am worthy, I am ready also to give up my life, without hesitation and most willingly, for Christ’s name. I want to spend myself for that country, even in death, if the Lord should grant me this favor. It is among that people that I want to wait for the promise made by him, who assuredly never tells a lie. He makes this promise in the Gospel: “They shall come from the east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” This is our faith: believers are to come from the whole world. - from the Confession of Saint Patrick

Christ shield me this day:
Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every person who thinks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me

- Saint Patrick, from his breastplate