Who was Saint Patrick? ✝️ Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. At the age of sixteen, Patrick was captured by Irish sea raiders from his home in western Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland. He would later escape and make his way home, before returning as a cleric to spread the Christian faith (and drive out a snake or two…). Playing a key role in spreading Christianity in Ireland, he is now referred to as the