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A female Irish saint, a virgin who served as a prioress or abbess of a convent at Ouchter Ard. 8 March [90] Derlugdacha 5th century, late Kildare monastery 2nd Abbess of Kildare 1 Feb [91] Díchu mac Trichim: 5th century Irish Saul, Co. Down Ulster saint, of the Dál Fiatach. A chieftain who became the first convert of St. Patrick. 29 April [20 ...
St. Finnian imparting his blessing to the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin, Irish: Dhá Aspal Déag na hÉireann) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finnian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Erard's Meadow), now Clonard in County Meath.
Saint Brigid of Kildare or Saint Brigid of Ireland (Irish: Naomh Bríd; Classical Irish: Brighid; Latin: Brigida; c.451 – 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiographies, she was an abbess who founded the important abbey ...
After Celtic lands became Christianised, there were attempts by Christian writers to euhemerize or even demonize most of the pre-Christian deities, while a few others became Saints in the church. The Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythology , who were commonly interpreted as divinities or deified ancestors, were downgraded in Christian writings to ...
Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius; Irish: Pádraig [ˈpˠɑːɾˠɪɟ] or [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]; Welsh: Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba.
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Brendan the Navigator (Brénainn moccu Alti or Brénainn maccu Alti as he is often known in medieval Irish) is the patron saint of two Irish dioceses, Kerry and Clonfert. He is also a patron saint of boatmen, mariners, travellers, elderly adventurers, whales, [ 28 ] the United States Navy, [ 29 ] and also of portaging canoes.
St. Ciarán's Church (CoI) Ciarán of Saigir (Old Irish pronunciation: [ˈkʲiːaraːn … ˈsagʲirʲ]; 5th century – c. 530), also known as Ciarán mac Luaigne or Saint Kieran (Welsh: Cieran), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland [2] and is considered the first saint to have been born in Ireland, [3] although the legend that he preceded Saint Patrick is questionable.