RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Brigid of Kildare

451 - 525

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Saint Brigid of Kildare or Saint Brigid of Ireland (Irish: Naomh Bríd; Classical Irish: Brighid; Latin: Brigida; c. 451 – c. 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), as well as several other convents of nuns. There are few documented historical facts about her, and her hagiographies are mainly anecdotes and miracle tales, some of which are rooted in pagan folklore. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brigid of Kildare is the 393rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,331st in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 77th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Brigid of Kildare ranks 393 out of 3,187. Before her are Pope Zosimus, Pope Fabian, Jacques de Molay, Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, and Pope Pelagius II. After her are Pope Anastasius IV, Joel, Ignatius of Antioch, Pope Urban I, Pope Nicholas II, and Pope Lando.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 451, Brigid of Kildare ranks 1. After her is Jacob of Serugh. Among people deceased in 525, Brigid of Kildare ranks 2. Before her is Boethius.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Brigid of Kildare ranks 13 out of 549. Before her are Samuel Beckett (1906), George Berkeley (1685), Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850), Mary Harris Jones (1837), John Scotus Eriugena (810), and Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819). After her are Bram Stoker (1847), Edmund Burke (1729), Michael Gambon (1940), Francis Bacon (1909), Eddie Jordan (1948), and Sinéad O'Connor (1966).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Brigid of Kildare ranks 1. After her are Kevin Farrell (1947), Columbanus (540), Columba (521), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), Saint Fiacre (607), Seán Brady (1939), Dymphna (700), Saint Kilian (640), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), and Adomnán (624).

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