![]() ![]() ![]() The precise date of her death is unknown - celebrations for her 1500th anniversary have already begun in Ireland. Raised by Druids, Brigid may have been the last high priestess of the goddess, before converting to Christianity and becoming an abbess (the female head of a religious community). 451-c.525) shares her name with a Celtic goddess. This year the Irish government added Saint Brigid’s Day as a new national holiday, the first to be named after a woman.īrigid (c. She is Ireland’s most famous female saint. Today the Open Table Network is sharing the story of Brigid and her ‘soul friend’ and claiming them as patrons of our growing partnership of LGBTQIA-affirming Christian communities.īrigid of Kildare was a sixth-century Irish nun who brought art, education and spirituality to early medieval Ireland. It is also LGBT+ History Month in the UK, an annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans & non-binary history. FEBRUARY 1st is the feast of St Brigid of Kildare, a prophetic figure to whom the church where the first Open Table community began is dedicated. ![]()
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