Happy St Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick, Patron Saint of Northern Ireland (Saint’s Day, March 17)

Saint Patrick was born in Scotland. When he was sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and sold into slavery in Northern Ireland. For six years he worked as a Sheppard, before an Angel told him to leave. He returned to Britain and quickly came under the tutelage of St. Germain. It was Germain that sent Patrick to Rome and from there to a mission in Ireland. Patrick spent the rest of his life performing miracles and converting the inhabitants of Ireland. His most famous deed was to banish all of the snakes from Ireland, though these snakes may have been a metaphor for Druids or other practitioners of paganism. Patrick has never been formally canonized by the Pope.