St. Patrick’s Day

1.         He was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland.

2.       St. Patrick's Day celebrates the Roman Catholic feast day of the patron saint of Ireland.

3.       It’s designated where it is because St Patrick died around March 17.

4.       Green is one of the three colors in the Irish flag.

With its lush, green landscape, Ireland is known as the "Emerald Isle."

Green is the color of spring.

Green is the color of the shamrock.

5.       Saint Patrick's feast day, as a kind of national day, was already being celebrated by the Irish in Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. In later times, he became more and more widely known as the patron of Ireland. Saint Patrick's feast day was finally placed on the universal liturgical calendar in the Catholic Church due to the influence of Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding.