St. Patrick’s Day

• St. Patrick was a Fifth century Christian bishop
• St. Patrick’s day is celebrated mostly in honor of ireland but outside of the original culture it is also celebrated as a day of solemnity and a day of religion.
• St. Patrick’s day is held on the 17th day of march because it is the same day as St. Patrick himself.
• Originally the color associated with sT. Patrick’s Day was blue but because the nickname for ireland is the emerald island it was thought more appropriate to associate the holiday with green
• St. Patrick was Captured By pirates and was imprisoned as a slave