Abdominal bloating can also be a symptom of several serious conditions, including: 1  fluid in the abdominal cavity (ascites) as a result of cancer, liver disease, kidney failure, or congestive heart failure. 2  celiac disease (wheat gluten intolerance)  ovarian cancer.
Death and Legacy: St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick died circa 461 in Saul, Ireland and is said to have been buried in in the nearby town of Downpatrick, County Down. Though he was never formally canonized as a pope, Patrick is on the list of saints and was declared a Saint in Heaven by many Catholic churches.
Let's pause then to remember (or learn) that the day's roots go back some 1,600 years as a holy day to honor the saint credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland and efficiently, if apocryphally, ridding the island of snakes. March 17 is unreliably believed to be the day St. Patrick died in 461.