Feast on St. Patrick’s Day

PANAMA CITY — St. Patrick’s Day or the Feast of St. Patrick is celebrated March 17, the traditional day of St. Patrick’s death in AD 461. St. Patrick’s Day was officially recognized as a feast day in the early 17th century by the Catholic Church. Historically, the Lenten restriction generally imposed on eating and drinking was lifted for the day, giving rise to the embrace of great food and alcohol consumption by the celebrants.St. Patrick was born in Roman Britain in the […]