On March 17, the world celebrates the feast day of St. Patrick, a zealous British bishop of the fifth century who became famous for spreading Christianity in Ireland. Patrick is Ireland’s main patron ...

Devotees of St. Brigid celebrated her Sunday with the return of a relic associated with the so-called matron saint of Ireland. The festivities came about a millennium after her remains were removed ...

A woman prays with a rosary at a stone cross during a pilgrimage to the holy well of St. Brigid in Liscannor, Ireland, Feb. 1, 2017. (OSV News photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters) DUBLIN (OSV News) — An ...

Through narrow, winding roads with overflowing hedgerows, Faughart appears virtually untouched through the centuries. I came to this ancient village a few months ago to visit St. Brigid’s Shrine.

Ireland on Thursday is celebrating the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St. Brigid of Kildare, the Emerald Isle’s female patron saint. St. Brigid (c. 453–524 A.D.) is credited with pioneering ...

Devotees of St. Brigid are commemorating the 1,500th anniversary of her death on Thursday, the feast day of the so-called matron saint of Ireland, who's been gaining a modern following. Many of the ...

Devotees draw inspiration from Brigid the saint — and from Brigid the ancient pagan goddess, whose name and attributes she shares. Dancers perform in front of an image of St. Brigid projected onto The ...

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