Saint Brigid

Kildare's holy founder

Saint Brigid is one of Ireland's three patron saints, along with Saint Patrick and Saint Columba.

She founded a monastery at Kildare in the fifth century and is associated with healing, poetry, and agriculture.

Her feast day, February 1, coincides with Imbolc, the Celtic spring festival.

Many traditions attributed to her—the perpetual flame, the sacred well—blend Christian devotion with older Irish customs.

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fire · eternal · abbess · monastery · holy well · cross · rushes · healing · poetry · smithcraft · cloaks · miracles · holy · wells · sacred · oak tree · Candlemas · February

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type of sanctity

Saint BrigidSaint Sebastian

Arrow-riddled Christian martyr

Saint Lawrence · Saint Stephen · martyrs

spiritual orientation

Saint BrigidSatan

Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God

demon · devil · succubus · Lilith · Cromwell

religious tradition

Saint BrigidThor

Germanic thunder deity

Odin · Shiva · Kali · Ishtar

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