History of the Holidays St Patricks Day

Who was St Patrick?
Patrick was born as Maewyn Succat around the year of 385 AD, most likely in Wales.
Patrick was captured by Irish pirates at the age of 16 and brought to Ireland as a slave.
Working as a shepherd, Patrick was held captive for six years and grew closer to spirituality and prayer during this period of isolation.
After a "voice" told him it was time to leave Ireland, Patrick successfully fled his master and sailed back to Britain to continue studying Christianity.
Shortly after his return home, an angel in Patrick's dream told him to go back to Ireland as a missionary, and following this, he decided to travel to Gaul, to study religious instruction under Germanus, bishop of Auxerre.
Later ordained a bishop and eventually returning to Ireland, Patrick began his mission to spread the Christian message. During this time, Patrick converted thousands of people to Christianity and established councils, churches, schools and monasteries across the country.
Around 431 AD, Patrick was appointed as successor to St Palladius, the first bishop of Ireland, and during his later years, he wrote about his spirituality and life in his "Confession".
Believed to have died on March 17, in the year 461, Patrick's spiritual path led him to become a legendary figure, as he left behind an established church and an island of Christians.
St Patrick is also associated with the colour blue, after the creation of the Order of St Patrick in the 1780s made it the official colour. “St Patrick’s Blue” can be found on Ireland's Presidential Standard, and in the plume of bearskins worn by the Irish Guards.
Legend suggests that Patrick used the three-leaf shamrock on his mission to explain the Holy Trinity, teaching his followers that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit exist as individual elements of the combined entity. While some experts claim this story was invented centuries later, the tale has led to the common practice of people wearing the symbol on the feast day.
Patrick is also thought to have banished snakes from Ireland to help remove the evil and introduce a new age. But experts claim this is a myth as snakes never existed on the island in the first place.
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