Saint Patrick

With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner here's just a couple of things about Saint Patrick.

...was not Irish. He was a British Celt, first enslaved in Ireland as a teen, later a missionary to Ireland.

...was not necessarily the first missionary to Ireland.

No one knows his birth or death date. 17 March is traditionally considered to be one of the two, but there is no documentation for this.

The only documents about Patrick are his Confession and a letter he wrote to Coroticus.

There were never snakes---or other reptiles---in Ireland for Patrick to chase out.

Patrick predates the Roman Catholic Church, and was considered a ``saint'' before the Roman church created its canon (list) of saints (and added him to it).