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1. St Patrick
By: Marta Goncalves

2. Why is St Patrick is the Patron
Saint of Nigeria?
He's been the Patron Saint of Nigeria since
1961.
St Patrick is indeed the patron saint of Nigeria
alongside the Blessed Virgin Mary.
One major reason is that the St. Patrick's
Missionary Society started working in Nigeria
long before independence and is quite popular in
terms of it's achievements.

3. What Nigerian's do to celebrate
St Patrick's day?
Technically, Saint Patrick is the secondary
patron saint of Nigeria, next to the Virgin
Mary, but the church there does celebrate
his feast day this week. There are 20
million Roman Catholics in Nigeria which
accounts for 14% of the population.
Nigerian Catholics credit the spread of the
faith there largely to Irish missionaries
who began arriving in the early 1900s. In
fact many Nigerians received their
education from the Irish priests and
religious. So in schools Saint Patrick's Day
is a "free day" in Nigeria.

4. What people in Britain do to remind
people that St Patrick is not just the
Irish Patron saint?
On the day of St Patrick almost all of the
nigerian churches in Britain remind
everyone that St Patrick is nigerian by
celebrate the day.

5. Why people need to be ware that St
Patricks is not just the Patron Saint of
Ireland?
People need and should be ware that St Patricks
is not just the Patron Saint of Ireland but
Nigeria as well.