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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]
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
Saint Patrick, woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle. In Christianity, certain deceased Christians are recognized as saints, including some from Ireland.The vast majority of these saints lived during the 4th–10th centuries, the period of early Christian Ireland, when Celtic Christianity produced many missionaries to Great Britain and the European continent.
Kildare Abbey is a former monastery in County Kildare, Ireland, founded by St Brigid in the 5th century, and destroyed in the 12th century.. Originally known as Druim Criaidh, or the Ridge of Clay, Kildare came to be known as Cill-Dara, or the Church of the Oak, from the stately oak-tree loved by St. Brigid.
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]
Briga is sometimes confused with Brigit of Kildare daughter of Dubhthach, the famous St Brigid whose feast day was 1 February [9] St Brigid, daughter of Doma, whose feast day was 7 February [10] or the earlier St Brigid, daughter of Neman, also associated with Kildare and said to have been veiled by St Patrick, whose feast day was 9 March [11] (Seathrún Céitinn's History of Ireland 1841 ...
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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.