Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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Brigid

Gender
Female
Floruit (period)
None
Floruit date range
? - 526
Description
Brigid (439/452--524/526), patron saint of Kildare. The only native Irish saint with a widespread cult in all the Celtic countries. The earliest sources come from more than a century after her supposed death, on 1 February in either 524 or 526, and were interested in miracle stories rather than biographical detail. Her early cult is among the most influential of any saint in Ireland or Britain. Commemorated in the Aberdeen Breviary. See T.M. Charles-Edwards, 'Brigit', ODNB, for further references.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
None Abbess 100 None
non-matyr Virgin 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
Gaelic From Dalriada, mainland Ireland, Mann 100 None
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
2 1 yes St Brigid None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
Cow lying at saint's feet None
specialist associations
association notes
Patron of poets None
Patron of blacksmiths None
Patron of healers None