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Refusing many good offers of marriage, she became a nun and received the veil from St. Macaille. This happened through the work of the feminist organization Herstory. It is known as Imbolc, “in the belly” where new life is to be found – that is, in the belly of the earth, in the belly of the feminine, in the belly of the human soul.
Bridget was born of a pagan chieftain and Christian woman, though they were not married.
Her friendship with St. Patrick is attested by the following paragraph from the "Book of Armagh", a precious manuscript of the eighth century, the authenticity of which is beyond question: "inter sanctum Patricium Brigitanque Hibernesium columpnas amicitia caritatis inerat tanta, ut unum cor consiliumque haberent unum. Moreover, hundreds of place-names in her honour are to be found all over the country, e.g.
It is metrical, as may be seen from the following specimen:
Ni bu Sanct Brigid suanach
Ni bu huarach im sheire Dé,
Sech ni chiuir ni cossens
Ind nóeb dibad bethath che.(Saint Brigid was not given to sleep,
Nor was she intermittent about God's love;
Not merely that she did not buy, she did not seek for
The wealth of this world below, the holy one.)
Cogitosus, a monk of Kildare in the eighth century, expounded the metrical life of St.
Brigid, and versified it in good Latin. 1 February, 525, at Kildare. (Between St. Patrick and St. Brigid, the columns of the Irish, there was so great a friendship of charity that they had but one heart and one mind. Bridget of Kildare’s importance was finally recognized by the Irish government in 2022 by declaring her feast day on February 1, as a new national holiday.
It seems certain that Faughart, associated with memories of Queen Meave (Medhbh), was the scene of her birth; and Faughart Church was founded by St. Morienna in honour of St. Brigid. Christus per illum illamque virtutes multas peregit". Bridget is credited with any number of miracles – one of which was turning water into beer, which I quite enjoy, but also numerous cures – even before dedicating herself once and for all to God as a nun.
According to this twelfth- century ecclesiastic, nothing that he had ever seen was at all comparable to the "Book of Kildare", every page of which was gorgeously illuminated, and he concludes a most laudatory notice by saying that the interlaced work and the harmony of the colours left the impression that "all this is the work of angelic, and not human skill".
The relics of the three saints were discovered in 1185, and on 9 June of the following year were solemnly translated to a suitable resting place in Downpatrick Cathedral, in presence of Cardinal Vivian, fifteen bishops, and numerous abbots and ecclesiastics.
She was a friend to St. Patrick, and their friendship was said to be the pillars of the Irish people. There was so great a friendship of charity that they had but one heart and one mind. It was through St.
Patrick and St. Brigid that Christ performed many great works. Those who had witnessed them recorded miracles during her lifetime or had some relation to the person who had. Most of her miracles were attributed to women, and if she wished or predicted something to occur, it came to pass. A few examples – on Easter Sunday a leper had come to Brigid to ask for a cow. She asked for a time to rest and would help him later, but he couldn’t wait and said he would go elsewhere for a cow. Brigid then offered to heal him, but the man stubbornly replied that his condition allowed him to acquire more than he would if he was healthy. She replied that was not true, and had one of her maidens wash the man with a blessed mug of water. He was instantly cured and vowed to serve Brigid.
Yet, by God’s good grace, and the intercession of her myriad of saints, what was, might be again, before the Emerald is entirely inundated by the waves of the world, whether that be figuratively, or, as Saint Malachi purportedly predicted, really.
Saint Bridget of Kildare, ora pro nobis!
(source: wikipedia.org)
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St. This is what is known as the "Second Life", and is an excellent example of Irish scholarship in the mid-eighth century. Brigid also founded a school of art, including metal work and illumination; St. Conleth presided over this school. Here’s hoping and praying for her greatest miracle – that this will not be just an excuse for another green-beer-drunk-fest, but will do something to revive the Faith in the land Saint Patrick evangelized, and whose people once evangelized the world.
St. Brigid died leaving a cathedral city and school that became famous all over Europe.
Bridget has her work cut out for her, as the practice of Catholicism in Ireland falls off the cliffs of Moher. Stories of her life were passed down by word of mouth. She invites us to be aware of thresholds that we are in the midst of, both individually and together.
Through Bridget’s life-giving spirit, we can identify the barren places within us in the most important relationships of life and in our societies and religious communities.
At his order, she spread out her mantle, which was Tyrian purple.