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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"
The exact number of Irish saints is not known but the Martyrology of Donegal lists 1000 saints, male and female. [1] For this reason, Ireland in a 19th-century adage is described as "the land of saints and scholars". [2] Christianity was introduced into Ireland toward the end of the 4th century.
Female saints of medieval Ireland (32 P) M. ... Pages in category "Medieval Irish saints" The following 172 pages are in this category, out of 172 total.
The Martyrology of Tallaght is an Irish martyrology from the late eighth century. It lists of hundreds of saints from Ireland and beyond. [1]In various religions, a saint is a revered person who has achieved an eminent status of holiness, known as sainthood.
15th-century Irish women (11 P) F. Female saints of medieval Ireland (32 P) Pages in category "Women of medieval Ireland" The following 3 pages are in this category ...
An Old Irish prose Life, Bethu Brigte, was composed in the 9th century. [19] Several later Latin and Irish Lives of the saint were composed. The Vita III, in hexameter verse, is sometimes attributed to St Coelan of Inishcaltra of the 7th–8th centuries, [ 20 ] but appears more likely to have been written by St Donatus , an Irish monk who ...
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Fedelm - female prophet and poet; Fedelm Noíchrothach - daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa, unfaithful wife of Cairbre Nia Fer and lover of both Cú Chulainn and Conall Cernach; Flidais - lover of Fergus mac Róich; Lugaid mac Con Roí - son of Cú Roí and killer of Cú Chulainn; Mesgegra - king of Leinster