See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

SAINT See also:

• BRIDGET, BRIGITTA, BIIGITTA, OF SWEDEN, SAINT (c. 1302-1373)
• SAINT BRIDGET

BRIDGET  , more properly BRIGID (c . 452-523), one of the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Faughart in See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• LOUTH

Louth, her See also:

• FATHER

father being a See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• ULSTER
• ULSTER, EARLS OF

Ulster . Refusing to marry, she See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose a See also:

• LIFE

life of seclusion, making her See also:

• CELL (from Lat. cella, probably from an Indo-European kal —seen in Lat. celare, to hide; another suggestion connects the word with Lat. cera, wax, taking the original meaning to refer to the honeycomb)

cell, the first in Ireland, under a large See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, whence the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was called Kil-dara, " the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of the oak." The See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city cf See also:

• KILDARE

Kildare is supposed to derive its name from St Brigid's cell . The See also:

• YEAR

year of her See also:

• DEATH

death is generally placed in 523 . She was buried at Kildare, but her remains were afterwards translated to See also:

• DOWNPATRICK

Downpatrick, where they were laid beside the bodies of St See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick and St See also:

• COLUMBA, SAINT (Irish, Colum)

Columba . Her feast is celebrated on the 1st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February . A large collection of miraculous stories clustered See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round her name, and her reputation was not confined to Ireland, for, under the name of St See also:

• BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

Bride, she became a favourite See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and numerous churches were dedicated to her in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . See the five lives given in the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum, Feb. r, i . 99, 119, 950 . Cf . Whitley-See also:

• STOKES, SIR G
• STOKES, SIR GEORGE GABRIEL, BART
• STOKES, WHITLEY (1830-1909)

Stokes, Three See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle-Irish Homilies on the Lives of Saint Patrick, Brigit and Columba (See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta, 1874) ; Colgan, Acta SS . Hiberniae; D .

O'Hanlon, Lives of Irish Saints, vol. ii.; See also:

• KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN (1784-1862)
• KNOWLES, SIR JAMES (1831-1908)

Knowles, Life of St Brigid (1907); further bibliography in Ulysse See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

Chevalier, Repertoire See also:

• DES

des See also:

• SOURCES

sources hist . Bio.-Bibl . (2nd ed., See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1905), S.V .