Anonymous ID: 69a087 Jan. 9, 2025, 8:15 p.m. No.22326820   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>6829

>>22326804

Well she's not well known, so there's that.

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Brigit-of-Ireland

 

St. Brigid of Ireland (born c. 450, according to tradition, Fochart [now Faughart], near Dundalk, County Louth, Irelandโ€”died c. 525, Kildare, Ireland; feast day February 1) was an abbess who founded an important monastic community at Kildare in the 5th century and is revered as one of the three patron saints of Ireland, along with St. Patrick and St. Columba (Colmcille).

 

Little is known of Brigidโ€™s life but from legend, myth, and folklore. According to these, she was born in the province of Leinster to a noble father and an enslaved mother and was sold along with her mother to a Druid, whom she later converted to Christianity. On being set free, she returned to her father, who tried to marry her to the king of Ulster. Impressed by her piety, the king removed her from parental control. According to the Liber hymnorum (11th century), the Curragh, a plain in County Kildare, was granted by the king of Leinster to St. Brigid. At Kildare she founded the first nunnery in Ireland. The community became a double abbey for monks and nuns, with the abbess ranking above the abbot. Her friend St. Conleth became, at Brigidโ€™s beckoning, bishop of her people. She is said to have been active in founding other communities of nuns.

 

more on site https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Brigit-of-Ireland