39/3a - 17 March 1951

39/3a

17 March 1951

On 17 March 1452, the feast of St. Patrick, the combined forces of Castile and Murcia defeated the Moors in the Battle of Alporchones, close to the city of Lorca. The church of St. Patrick of Lorca is called after St. Patrick to acknowledge the victory. The writer is asking + McQuaid for a relic of St. Patrick on the 500th anniversary of the battle.