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• 1Saint Patrick was born in Roman Britain (not Ireland) around 385-387 and was captured by Irish pirates at approximately age 14-16, spending six years enslaved as a shepherd[1][8]
• 2Patrick is the patron saint of not only Ireland but also Nigeria—the Nigerian bishops made him their patron in 1961 upon the nation's independence[2]
• 3According to tradition, Patrick used the shamrock (Ireland's national flower) to explain the Holy Trinity to pagan Irish people[1]
• 4Patrick is the patron saint of engineers because he oversaw church construction and taught the Irish to build arches using lime mortar instead of dry masonry[2]
• 5Patrick founded his main church at Armagh, which became the head church in Ireland, and he is credited with establishing numerous churches and monasteries throughout the island[2][3]