The day honors the patron saint of Ireland, a man who wasn't even born in the country. ... it can be easy to forget why St. Patrick’s Day is even observed at all. Here’s what to know.

Patrick seems to exist in a liminal space between the natural and the supernatural, legend and fact. St. Patrick’s Day itself falls on March 17, a day not quite spring and not quite winter.

Saint Patrick's Day is coming soon, named after a real Saint Patrick. ... In it, he said "I saw, in a vision in the night, a man" who was from Ireland and gave him a letter.