St. Patrick's Day

                                St. Patrick’s Day

     Saint Patrick was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Saint Patrick’s Day is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion. On St Patrick's Day it is customary to wear shamrocks and/or green clothing or accessories (the "wearing of the green"). St Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish. This story first appears in writing in 1726, though it may be older.