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St. Patrick: Not Irish, Dueled With Druids, Refused to ‘Suck a Man’s Breast’ Lisa Bitel, The Conversation © Provided by The Daily Beast Photo by Time Life Pictures/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty On March 17, people around the world will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by parading in green hats, sporting images of shamrocks and leprechauns tiny, grinning, fairy men pinned to their lapels. Patrick’s picture will adorn greeting cards: an aged, bearded bishop in flowing robes, grasping a bishop’s staff and glaring at a coil of snakes. The icon refers to one of Patrick’s legendary miracles in which he is said to have prayed to banish all snakes from Ireland. However, as a historian of medieval Ireland, I can assure you that the real St. Patrick, who lived and worked in the fifth century, never saw a snake or wore a shamrock.

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