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Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba. He is also the patron saint of Nigeria. Patrick is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland (part…

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Attributes
Crozier, mitre, holding a shamrock, carrying a cross, repelling snakes, green colour
Born
Britain
Died
Mid-fifth to early-sixth century Ireland
Feast
17 March (Saint Patrick's Day)
Major shrine
Downpatrick, Croagh Patrick
Patronage
Ireland, Nigeria, Montserrat, Archdiocese of New York, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Boston, Rolla, Missouri, Loíza, Puerto Ri…

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Saint Patrick

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Saint Patrick

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related to Places associated with Saint Patrick · 66
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related to "Two Patricks" theory · 43
Saint Patrick → An, Aquitaine's Chronicle, Auxerre, Auxilius, Britain, By, Christian, Ciaran, Columbanus, Connacht, County Kildare, County Meath, Dunshaughlin, Germanus, High King, Hill, Ireland, Ireland's Christianity, Irish, Irish Christians
related to External links · 25
Saint Patrick → BBC, Celtic Sources, Christianity, Church History Timelines St, Dictionary, DMLCS, Elva Johnston, Epistola, Ethics, Historical Man, History Hub, Incl, James O'Leary, Medieval Latin, Migne Patristica Latina, Most Ancient Lives, Opera Omnia, Patrick, Patrick's Confession, Popular Myth
related to Saint Patrick and Irish identity · 17
Saint Patrick → Catholic Ireland, Christian, Christianity, Christianity's, In, Ireland, Irish, Jenny Butler, Later, Patrick, Popular, Saint Patrick's Day, St Patrick, Subsequently, The, There, They
related to In literature · 14
Saint Patrick → Barca, Dragon, El Purgatorio, Ireland, Lawhead, Patrick, Pedro Calderón, Robert Southey, Roman, Saint George, Saint Patrick's Purgatory, San Patricio, Son, Stephen
related to Sainthood and veneration · 14
Saint Patrick → Breviary, Catholic Church, Cummian, Cumméne Find, Cumméne Fota, Easter, Feast Day, Luke Wadding, March, Patrick, Saint Patrick's Day, The, Waterford-born Franciscan, Writing
related to In art · 13
Saint Patrick → Bishop, Florilegum Insulae Sanctorum, Harry Clarke, Ireland, Jacques Callot, Jeanne, King, Montbaston, Patrick, Richard, Saint Patrick Preaching, St, Thomas Messingham
related to Battle for the body of St Patrick · 6
Saint Patrick → According, Annals, Battle, Body, Cath Coirp Naomh Padraic, Four Masters
related to Patrick and the innkeeper · 6
Saint Patrick → He, It, Patrick, Saint Patrick's Day, Sometime, This
Venerated in · 5
Saint Patrick → Anglicanism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Oriental Orthodoxy

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patrick ireland irish saint patrick's church century also st britain years life says later many cross day muirchú death bishop

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Saint PatrickAttributesCrozier, mitre, holding a shamrock, carrying a cross, repelling snakes, green colour1.00infobox
Saint PatrickBornBritain1.00infobox
Saint PatrickDiedMid-fifth to early-sixth century Ireland1.00infobox
Saint PatrickFeast17 March (Saint Patrick's Day)1.00infobox
Saint PatrickMajor shrineDownpatrick, Croagh Patrick1.00infobox
Saint PatrickPatronageIreland, Nigeria, Montserrat, Archdiocese of New York, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Boston, Rolla, Missouri, Loíza, Puerto Ri…1.00infobox
Saint PatrickResting placeDownpatrick1.00infobox
Saint PatrickVenerated inCatholicism1.00infobox
Saint PatrickVenerated inEastern Orthodoxy1.00infobox
Saint PatrickVenerated inOriental Orthodoxy1.00infobox
Saint PatrickVenerated inLutheranism1.00infobox
Saint PatrickVenerated inAnglicanism1.00infobox
Saint Patrickis apatriotic symbol along with the colour green and the shamrock0.90text

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