Brigit of Kildare

Saint Brigit of Kildare, or Brigit of Ireland (variants include Brigid, Bridget, Bridgit, Bríd and Bride), nicknamed Mary of the Gael (Irish: Naomh Bríd) (c. 451–525) is one of Ireland's patron saints along with Saints Patrick and Columba. Irish hagiography makes her an early Irish Catholic nun, abbess, and founder of several monasteries of nuns, including that monastery of ‘Kildare’ Ireland ((53°09′28″N 6°54′41″W / 53.15772°N 6.91128°W / 53.15772; -6.91128.), which was considered legendary and was highly revered. Her feast day is the 1st February, celebrated as St Brigid’s Day or Imbolc in Gaelic Ireland, one of the four quarter days of the pagan year, which marked the beginning of spring, lambing, and lactation in cattle.