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Default Re: PhOtOs>History of St. Patrick >Patron Saint of Ireland

Do You Know Who Invented St. Patrick’s Day? > Not Many People Do



Luke Wadding: You may never have heard of him, but many owe him a deep debt of gratitude.



Luke Wadding is a man thank/ blame for making the day as it is ??


Wadding, an Irish native born in Ireland,
October 1558, was a Franciscan priest ordained in 1607 and sent as chaplain to Rome in 1618.


Once there, he soon began raising funds for an Irish college for clerical students studying for the priesthood.


He had accumulated great power in Rome and succeeded in his quest, opening the college in Rome, in 1625.

Wadding acted as head of the Irish College
THERE, for decades after.
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ALL Members, from
IRISH 'Heritage'..

ENJOY St. Patrick's Day,, & The Celebrations




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