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March 17th 2011 01:10
Saint Patrick's Day is a religious holiday celebrated internationally on 17 March. It is named after Saint Patrick (c. AD 387–461), the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland. It is observed by the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland), the Eastern Orthodox Church and Lutherans. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official feast day in the early 17th century, but has gradually become more of a secular celebration of Irish culture.
Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador and in Montserrat.
It is also widely celebrated by the rest of the world, especially in places with a large Irish population, heritage or affiliation with the Irish people such as Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and Montserrat, among others.
Major cities have unique ways of marking the day. Seattle and other cities paint the traffic stripe of their parade routes green. Chicago dyes its river green and has done so since 1962 when sewer workers used green dye to check for sewer discharges and had the idea to turn the river green for Saint Patrick's Day.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Saint Patrick's Day.
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