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Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun brígh, meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". [1] An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". [2] Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare, who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael".
Bridget of Sweden, OSsS (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373), ... before Bridget was born, have a Franciscan origin, by which she may have been influenced, ...
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.
Britta, Brigitte, Bridget, Brigita, Birgit Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name Brighid . Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget .
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]
Bridget, 13 years her junior, is the youngest (playing Sam, she is one of three kids). Looking through old Everett family photos recently, she notes of Brinton, "there's all these pictures of her ...
Bridget Balch is a staff writer for AAMCNews whose areas of focus include medical research, health equity, and patient care. This article originally appeared on Aamc.org and was syndicated by ...
From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.