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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Medieval Irish saints. It includes Medieval Irish saints that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Female saints of medieval Ireland"
St Brigid being carried away by angels, in a painting by John Duncan (1913) Brigid is said to have been given the last rites when she was dying by Saint Ninnidh of the Pure Hand. Afterwards, he reportedly had his right hand encased in metal so that it would never be defiled, and this was the origin of his epithet. [ 22 ]
The vast majority of these saints lived during the 4th–10th centuries, the period of early Christian Ireland, when Celtic Christianity produced many missionaries to Great Britain and the European continent. The exact number of Irish saints is not known but the Martyrology of Donegal lists 1000 saints, male and female. [1]
Female saints of medieval Ireland (32 P) M. Medieval Irish saints of Cornwall (10 P) Medieval Irish saints on the Continent (28 P) Medieval saints of Connacht (25 P)
Samthann / ˈ s æ v h æ n /, [1] modernised spelling Samhthann or Samthana, is an Irish folk saint, purportedly a Christian nun and abbess in Early Christian Ireland. [2] She is one of only four female Irish saints for whom Latin Lives exist. She died on 19 December [3] 739. [4]
This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...
Like many Cornish saints, public and liturgical veneration of Ia is mostly limited to the area surrounding her patronal town. Ia has two churches dedicated to her, both in St Ives: St Ia's Church, which is of the Church of England, and a Catholic church dedicated to the Sacred Heart and Saint Ia. [5] A now ruined chapel near Troon was also dedicated to her, initially built around the 10th ...
6th-century Irish women (1 C, 8 P) 7th-century Irish women (1 C, 5 P) ... Female saints of medieval Ireland (32 P) Pages in category "Women of medieval Ireland"