Forget everything you thought you knew about St. Patrick: Marty Scorsese is here to set the record straight.

On the season two premiere episode of Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints on streaming service Fox Nation , Scorsese and director Matti Leshem dispel all that stuff about snakes and green beer. They get right down to the real reasons Patrick was canonized — he was just a good dude.

“The snakes are a complete myth — since the last ice age, there have been no snakes in Ireland,” Leshem scolded The Hollywood Reporter . “The snakes are a symbol of paganism, and in our episode, the pagans play a big part, so we didn’t need snakes. We have pagans and some ultimately are converted.”

Geez, guy, relax — I’m just playing. (We’re still playing: Leshem wasn’t actually reprimanding

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