Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Icon of Saint Patrick from Christ the Savior Russian Orthodox Church, Wayne, West Virginia Stained glass window of St Patrick from the Protestant Church of Ireland cathedral in Armagh 17 March, popularly known as Saint Patrick's Day , is believed to be his death date and is the date celebrated as his Feast Day . [ 103 ]
Slemish Mountain is the legendary first known Irish home of Saint Patrick. [6] According to legend, following his capture and being brought to Ireland as a slave, Patrick worked as a shepherd at Slemish Mountain for about six years, [7] from ages 16 to 22, for a man named Milchu (or Miluic).
After the English Reformation (an uneven process between 1536 and 1564 but at St Patrick's effective from about 1537), St Patrick's became an Anglican (Church of Ireland) church. In the 1530s some images within the cathedral were defaced by soldiers under Thomas Cromwell , [ clarification needed ] and neglect led to the collapse of the nave in ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. Cultural and religious celebration on 17 March For other uses, see Saint Patrick's Day (disambiguation). Saint Patrick's Day Saint Patrick depicted in a stained-glass window at Saint Benin's Church, Ireland Official name Saint Patrick's Day Also called Feast of Saint Patrick Lá Fhéile ...
St. Patrick's Church, Belfast (Irish: Eaglais Naomh Padraig) is a Catholic church, built in the Romanesque Revival style with a four-stage tower and spire rising from the front west elevation. [1] It is located in Donegall Street area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first church opened on the site in 1815 while the current building opened in ...
St Patrick's Cathedral sign, November 2009. St Patrick's Cathedral (Irish: Ardeaglais Phádraig, Ard Mhacha) is a Church of Ireland cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Diocese of Armagh. [1] The origins of the site are as a 5th century Irish stone monastery, said to have been founded by ...
Called 'the golden-haired' she was a princess and the daughter of King Laoghaire who was baptised by St. Patrick together with her sister St. Fidelma. 11 January [93] Eithne/Etna 6th century Irish Eileach-an-Naoimh, (Garvellach islands, Scotland) The mother of St. Colmcille/Columba [94] Eithne and Sodelb: 6th century Leinster Tech ingen mBóiti
According to local legends, the Rock of Cashel originated in the Devil's Bit, a mountain 20 miles (30 km) north of Cashel when St. Patrick banished Satan from a cave, resulting in the Rock's landing in Cashel. [1] Cashel is reputed to be the site of the conversion of the King of Munster by Saint Patrick in the 5th century.