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Hagiography
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A hagiography is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader, as well as, by extension, an adulatory and idealized biography of a preacher, priest, founder, saint, monk, nun or icon in any of t
Page from Vita Sancti Martini by Sulpicius Severus
Page from Vita Sancti Martini by Sulpicius Severus
The Eagle symbol of St John the Evangelist from the Book of Dimma folio 104v. (Dublin, Trinity College, MS.A.IV.23)
The Eagle symbol of St John the Evangelist from the Book of Dimma folio 104v. (Dublin, Trinity College, MS.A.IV.23)
Calendar entries for 1 and 2 January of the Martyrology of Oengus
Calendar entries for 1 and 2 January of the Martyrology of Oengus
Example of Greek Orthodox visual hagiography. This is one of the best known surviving Byzantine mosaics in Hagia Sophia – Christ Pantocrator flanked b
Example of Greek Orthodox visual hagiography. This is one of the best known surviving Byzantine mosaics in Hagia Sophia – Christ Pantocrator flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist made in the 12th century.
Brigid of Kildare
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Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland is the patroness saint of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiographies, she was an abb
Hagiography
…written in the hagiographer's native vernacular Irish. Of particular note are the lives of St. Patrick, St. Columba (Latin)/Colum Cille (Irish) and St. Brigit/Brigid—Ireland's three patron saints. The earliest extant Life was written by Cogitosus. Additionally, several Irish calendars relating to the feastdays of…
Saint Brigid of Ireland in stained glass at St Mary of the Rosary Church in Cong, Ireland
Saint Brigid of Ireland in stained glass at St Mary of the Rosary Church in Cong, Ireland
Kildare Cathedral, built on the site of the original abbey said to have been founded by Brigid
Kildare Cathedral, built on the site of the original abbey said to have been founded by Brigid
Saint Brigid by Patrick Joseph Tuohy
Saint Brigid by Patrick Joseph Tuohy
St Brigid being carried away by angels, in a painting by John Duncan (1913)
St Brigid being carried away by angels, in a painting by John Duncan (1913)