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Irish abbess and saint (c. 451 – 525)

"Saint Brigid" redirects here. Not to be confused with Bridget of Sweden.

Saint Brigid of Kildare or Saint Brigid of Ireland (Irish: Naomh Bríd; Classical Irish: Brighid; Latin: Brigida; c. 451 – 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba.

According to medieval Irish hagiographies, she was an abbess who founded the important abbey of Kildare (Cill Dara),^[3] as well as several other monasteries of nuns. There are few documented historical facts about her, and her hagiographies are mainly anecdotes and miracle tales, some of which are Christianisations of hero tales from Irish mythology.^[2] They say Brigid was the daughter of an Irish clan chief and an enslaved Christian woman, and was fostered in a druid's household before becoming a consecrated virgin.

She is patroness of many things, in