A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

STPAT

Sun, 23 Nov '25
Legendary snake exterminator, familiarly
Fri, 7 Jun '24
Green party figure, for short?
Sat, 27 Mar '21
Eponym of an N.Y.C. cathedral
Sun, 7 Feb '21
The Apostle of Ireland, familiarly