This Day in History: Today is of course St. Patrick's Day, and a quiet St. Patrick's Day at that since the parade has been cancelled. Did you know that St. Patrick wasn't Irish, in fact some would argue that he wasn't sufficiently Catholic either. He was a slave born in either Scotland or Wales around 386 A.D. St Paddy is said to have banished snakes from the Emerald Isle, however last week Ireland reported its first venomous snake bite in over 1500 years. On a side note, Ireland has never been home to snakes...it's just too cold.
See also: A Celebration of St Patrick and the Irish by Senator McDonald 1917
https://thebookshelf2015.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-celebration-of-st-patrick-and-irish.html
St. Patrick a Protestant
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2020/03/st-patrick-protestant.html
See also: 400 Books on Christian and Church History & the Early Fathers on 2 DVDroms
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