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Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius; Proto-Irish: *Qatrikias; Modern Irish: Pádraig; Welsh: Padrig) 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 the island along with Saints Brigit and Columba.The dates of Patrick’s life cannot be fixed with certainty but on a widespread interpretation he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth century.

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birth place
Roman Britain, Great Britain, Banna_Venta_Berniae
LCCN Id
n/80/104029
major shrine
England, Northern Ireland, Armagh, Glastonbury Abbey
venerated in
Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodox Church, Lutheranism, Eastern Catholic Churches, Catholic Church

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