Brigid of Kildare

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Brigid of Kildare is a 5th–6th century Irish saint and abbess, venerated as one of Ireland’s patron saints and renowned for founding monasteries and her association with learning, charity, and healing.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Saint Brigid of Kildare 12
Brigid of Kildare canonical 2
Saint Bridget 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Irish patron saint
abbess
founder of monastery
associatedWith Brigid’s cross
Kildare, Ireland
charity
healing
holy wells in Ireland
hospitality
learning
miracles involving animals
miracles involving food
monastic schools
birthDate 5th century
buriedAlongside Saint Columba
surface form: Columba of Iona

Saint Patrick
surface form: Patrick of Ireland
commemoratedBy Brigid’s crosses woven from rushes
devotion at holy wells in Ireland
pilgrimages to Kildare
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
deathDate 523
524
deathPlace Kildare, Ireland
ethnicGroup Irish
feastDay 1 February
Imbolc
surface form: Imbolc (traditional association)
hasLegend story of giving away her father’s sword to a beggar
story of miraculously increasing food and milk for the poor
story of receiving land for her monastery from the King of Leinster
honorificPrefix Saint
languageOfWorkOrName Old Irish
name Brigid of Kildare self-link
notableWork foundation of the double monastery at Kildare
oneOf three patron saints of Ireland
patronage Island of Ireland
surface form: Ireland

blacksmiths
children
dairy workers
farmers
fugitives
healers
midwives
poets
scholars
the poor
placeOfBurial Downpatrick, County Down
surface form: Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland
positionHeld abbess of Kildare
founder of Kildare monastery
possibleNamesakeOf Brigid
surface form: Celtic goddess Brigid
region Leinster
religion Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism
sexOrGender female
sharesPatronageWith Saint Columba
surface form: Columba of Iona

Saint Patrick
surface form: Patrick of Ireland
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

European Lutheran churches
surface form: Lutheran churches

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London namedAfter Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
Angela Lansbury middleName Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Brigid
Downpatrick, County Down hasGraveOf Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid (traditional)
Down Cathedral dedicatedTo Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
Down Cathedral traditionallyRegardedAsBurialPlaceOf Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
Down Cathedral associatedWith Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
St Bridget’s Kirk dedicatedTo Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Bridget
St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride dedicatedTo Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride namedAfter Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
Celtic Christianity associatedWithPerson Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
Downpatrick traditionalAssociation Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo namedAfter Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Bridget
Brigid of Kildare name Brigid of Kildare self-link
St Bride’s Church, Douglas, Scotland dedicatedTo Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
MacBride associatedWithSaint Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
Bridget associatedWith Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
St Brigid’s College, Callan namedAfter Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid of Kildare
Dún Dá Lethglas associatedWith Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid
Dún Dá Lethglas burialTraditionOf Brigid of Kildare
this entity surface form: Saint Brigid