Why do you drink beer in San Patricio?

He was born in 387 in Beenhaven Taberniae, Scotland. He was calling Maewyn Succat and his father was a Roman Christian officer. As a teenager he was kidnapped by pirates who took him to Ireland and forced him to work as a slave in the breeding. He managed to escape and moved to France.

However, he felt the divine call and decided to return precisely to Ireland, the place where he had been subjected, to free his captors.

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Back on the island, he made a pilgrimage by preaching Catholicism, building churches and gaining popularity. Legend has it that Dublin Cathedral is located exactly where a well that the patron baptized for converts to Catholicism was. It is also said that he managed to scare snakes out of Ireland. And that he used a green three leaf clover to explain to the listener what is the Holy Trinity.

He died in 461 and was buried in Saul (Stragford Lough), where he built his first church.

With time, the festival has ceased to be solely religious to become an event of international importance, a pride to be Irish.

Saint Patrick

Since 1996, the streets of Dublin present the first big parade of St. Patrick. From then on, the Irish government began to promote its culture more enthusiastically through campaigns to improve its image, strengthen Irish identity and invite others to join it.

It's where the beer comes in. With the party's mbadiveness, religious connotations have been relegated to the background, overshadowed by entertainment and icons reinforcing the sense of Irish identity, such as clover, leprechauns and beer, particularly those malt particularly grilled, like the fat and the porter.

Even though in San Patricio, everyone wants – and should – taste green beer, a sample prepared with light-colored beer and green color.