St. Patricks Day is a holiday defined by the color green and celebrated with beer of the same hue but is that really what it is all about? What there even a man called Patrick? Yes there was but his story is not surrounded by pots of gold and little green men but begins with a man who was captured and spent 6 years in captivity. Listen to learn more about the man behind the holiday.

Patrick's autobiography

Confession of Saint Patrick

Adventures in Odyssey Episode on St. Patrick

https://www.amazon.com/394-Saint-Patrick-Heart-Afire/dp/B00EP8FC60/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1395068241&sr=8-3&keywords=patrick+a+heart+afire

Sit still my daughter blog post

https://www.sitstillmydaughter.com/blog/patrick-the-man-behind-the-holiday