St Patrick’s Day on March 17th marks the death of the man who brought Christianity to I…

St Patrick’s Day on March 17th marks the death of the man who brought Christianity to Ireland in the 5th century. Patrick was actually Romano-British, kidnapped from somewhere in western Britain by Irish raiders at 16 and enslaved as a shepherd for six years before escaping home and later returning as a missionary. The shamrock he supposedly used to explain the Holy Trinity became Ireland’s national symbol, and the day has been a religious feast day since the early 1600s.