--- title: "St. Patrick: Feast Day March 17, Life & Quotes · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/ description: "St. Patrick, Bishop and Missionary, patron of Ireland and engineers. Remembered on March 17. Read their life and their own words, with sources." --- Bishop and Missionary · Remembered on March 17 # St. Patrick St. Patrick is remembered on March 17 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of Ireland and engineers. Below: a short life and 1 sourced quotation in their own words. | | | |---|---| | Remembered on | [March 17](https://blessbible.app/saints/march/#17) | | Title | Bishop and Missionary | | Died | c. 461 | | Patron of | [Ireland](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#ireland), [engineers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#engineers) | | In their own words | [1 sourced quotation](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/#words) · 1 attributed saying (source unconfirmed) | | Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, March 17, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/#calendar) | ## Life A Roman Briton kidnapped at sixteen by Irish raiders and enslaved six years as a herdsman, where the boy who had ignored God learned to pray a hundred times a day. A voice in a dream led him to a ship and home — and then, in another dream, the voice of the Irish called him back. Ordained and consecrated, he returned to his captors’ island and spent thirty years crossing it, confronting kings and druids, baptizing thousands, planting churches and monasteries. His Confession, written in rough soldier’s Latin, is one long act of gratitude from ‘Patrick, a sinner.’ ## Patron of Tradition invokes St. Patrick as patron of Ireland and engineers. [Ireland](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#ireland) [Engineers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#engineers) ### Saints with the same patronage - [St. Brigid of Kildare](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-brigid-of-kildare/) Ireland · February 1 Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/). ## In their own words Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/#scripture). > I am Patrick, a sinner, most unlearned, the least of all the faithful, and utterly despised by many. — *Confessio, 1*, c. 450 ### Attributed, source unconfirmed These sayings circulate under the saint’s name, but no source has been confirmed. Bless shows them with that label. > Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left. — Popular saying, source unconfirmed ## In Scripture In Bless, St. Patrick’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version. 1. On this theme · source unconfirmed > And let them sing in accordance with the ways of the Lord. For great is the glory of the Lord. — [Psalm 137:5](https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/137/#v5) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/#q187) 2. On this theme > For I am the least of the Apostles. I am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. But, by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me has not been empty, since I have labored more abundantly than all of them. Yet it is not I, but the grace of God within me. — [1 Corinthians 15:9–10](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-corinthians/15/#v9) · CPDV Beside their words: [“I am Patrick, a sinner, most unlearned, the least of all the faithful, and utterly…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/#q186) ## In the calendar The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Patrick. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given. | Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) | |---|---|---|---| | [Wednesday, March 17, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/03/17/) | Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent | Violet | Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 · Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 · See Luke 8:15 · John 8:31-42 | | [Friday, March 17, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/17/) | Friday of the Second Week of Lent | Violet | Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a · Psalm 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21 · John 3:16 · Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 | Readings Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. [March 16 St. Heribert of Cologne](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-heribert-of-cologne/) [March 18 St. Cyril of Jerusalem](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cyril-of-jerusalem/) [All the saints of March](https://blessbible.app/saints/march/) [Born on March 17?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#03-17) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/) Spotted a mistake in a date, a patronage or a quotation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. St. Patrick Remembered on March 17 On this page 1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/#life) 2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/#patron) 3. [In their own words](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/#words) 4. [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/#scripture) 5. 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