The Life of Saint Bridget - Virgin and Abbess Patroness of Ireland

Saint Bridget - also known as Saint Brigit of Kildare or Brigit of Ireland ) and was nicknamed Mary of the Gael.

She is one of Ireland's patron saints along with Saints Patrick and Columba. Irish hagiography makes her an early Irish Christian nun, abbess, and founder of several monasteries of Christian nuns, including that monastery of ‘Kildare’ Ireland, which was considered legendary and was highly revered.