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Among the most ancient accounts of St Brigid are two Old Irish hymns; the first by St Ultan of Ardbraccan (died c. 657), Brigit Bé Bithmaith ('Brigid ever-excellent woman') also known as "Ultan's hymn", [16] and the second is "Broccán's hymn", composed by St Broccán Clóen (died c. 650) at the request of Ultan who was his tutor. [17]
Brigid of Kildare (c. 451 – 525), nicknamed "Mary of the Gaels," is also named as Ireland's patron saint, a companion to Patrick or even Ireland's "matron saint." [61] [62] [58] Columba or Colmcille (521–597) is also a patron saint of Ireland; the three are claimed to be buried together at Downpatrick. [63] [64]
Brigid's cross is named for Brigid of Kildare, the only female patron saint of Ireland, who was born c. 450 in Leinster.Unlike her contemporary, Saint Patrick, Brigid left no historical record, and most information about her life and work derives from a hagiography written by the monk Cogitosus some 200 years after her birth. [13]
I kicked things off at a candlelit concert in St Brigid’s Cathedral in Kildare town, a 30-minute train ride from Dublin. Over the course of the evening, some of Ireland’s coolest female ...
Brigid or Brigit (/ ˈ b r ɪ dʒ ɪ d, ˈ b r iː ɪ d / BRIJ-id, BREE-id, Irish: [ˈbʲɾʲiːdʲ]; meaning 'exalted one'), [1] also Bríd, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland.She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán.
Brigit of Kildare (451–525), patron saint of Ireland, abbess Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373), mystic and saint, founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks Saint Bríga , (fl. 6th century), founder of the monastery of Oughter Ard in Ardclough, County Kildare
Cogitosus was a monk of Kildare, an important monastery in Ireland, who wrote the oldest extant vita of Saint Brigid, Vita Sanctae Brigidae, around 650. [1] There is a controversy as to whether he was related to Saint Brigid. [2] Muirchú moccu Machtheni names Cogitosus as the first Irish hagiographer. [3]
Within the area of Beckery, there is a site known locally as St Brigid’s Chapel which was thought to represent a minor monastic site, possibly with a holy shrine known as an oratory.' [4] Despite the chapel now lying in ruin, it is a popular destination for pilgrims and is used as an archaeological 'training site' which allows people to ...
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