Show CITY WEARS THE GREEN TODAY IN HONOR OI OF SAINT I I II I The city wear ara the green today and I the leaf o of the bam k adorns the clothing of numbers Of Its Ita inhabitants It Is now flow Im 1437 years since St Pat Patricks 1 ricks day was first celebrated OIl On thin day clay In the year yeat 4 St Patrick at Saw Saul near LouP County Down Ireland fou the first I church The birthplace or of the saint ma ia manot not khO known tk the generally generall accepted the theory theor ory or that he be was born at a c now called near Dear Glasgow i Scotland about i He first became prominent In the i year w he w Wi mide a captive of DC tM the king of in Ireland The I Irish saint did not secure his biB re reka release till Ull years later when he ka lease seven ven JIM went to Gaul where he be was as ordained I IThe I and CS as a I The pet heard beard of oc St PatrIck WM wa wain I In I where he be set about evan uan ge th tb manY tribe triV So well n did the be saint IIlo a lila work that sine that tI time Ireland has bas been known wn as 88 tIme the Island of the Saints Sainta The method employed by t the evangelist was original He would first win the chiefs or of t the e varioUs tribes over oer to his bis cause Through e conversion n l of the chiefs the winning over of their was only a of time Much beep written about St gt 11 Tb sat saint t was known as a devout d discreet t and an seer He died March 17 getic mi nary and was burled ed In III t the sam city In which he foUnded his cb church In 42 |