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| Statue of St Patrick in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland |
Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland,
in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493.
He had for his parents Calphurnius and Conchessa. The former belonged to a Roman family of high rank and held the office of decurio
in Gaul or Britain. Conchessa was a near relative of the great patron
of Gaul, St. Martin of Tours. Kilpatrick still retains many memorials of
Saint Patrick, and frequent pilgrimages continued far into the Middle
Ages to perpetuate there the fame of his sanctity and miracles.
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