St Patrick's Day- Irish Celebrate Italian
Saint- Italians should Help !!!!!! March 17th
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ANNOTICO Report
St. Patrick
was NOT born in
St. Patrick, was born as Maewyn (Patricius)
Succat in
However NONE
disagree that St Patrick's parents were Calphurnius
and Conchessa. Calphurnius
belonged to a Roman family of high rank and held the office of decurio in
Therefore St.Patrick was born in
We as Italian
Americans should be appreciative and be honored that the Irish Community
chooses an Italian as their Most Celebrated citizen,
and his death as the most important day of Irish Ethnic Pride.
For those who
would wish to quibble, re Roman vs Italian,maps from as far
back AT LEAST as the 2nd century AD identify the Italian peninsula as
"Italia".
So wear your
GREEN/white/red,"The Tricolore"
proudly on Patrick's Day.
St.
Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the
anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day
as a religious holiday for thousands of years. On St. Patrick's Day, which
falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally
attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten
prohibitions against the consumption of meat were
waived and people would dance, drink, and feast—on the traditional meal
of Irish bacon and cabbage.
The
Irish
soldiers serving in the English military marched through
NO IRISH NEED
APPLY -----
Up until the
mid-nineteenth century, most Irish immigrants in
Despised for
their religious beliefs and funny accents by the American Protestant majority,
the immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When Irish Americans in
the country 's cities took to the streets on St. Patrick's
Day to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as
drunk, violent monkeys.
However, the
Irish soon began to realize that their great numbers endowed them with a
political power that had yet to be exploited. They started to organize, and
their voting block, known as the "green machine," became an important
swing vote for political hopefuls. Suddenly, annual St. Patrick's Day parades
became a show of strength for Irish Americans, as well as a must-attend event
for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, President Truman attended
Wearing of the
Green Goes Global day, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all
backgrounds in the
In modern-day
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The St.
Patrick You Never Knew - March 1997 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger ! Magazine
Online
http://www.americancatholic.org/ Messenger/Mar1997/feature1.asp
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St.
Patrick
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11554a.htm
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