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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 following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
St Ita is the patron saint of Killeedy, Ireland, [6] and along with St. Munchin is co-patron of the Diocese of Limerick. She is reportedly a good intercessor in terms of pregnancy and eye illnesses. [8] St. Ita's AFC is the name of the association football club which is based in Killeedy. The saint appears on the club's crest.
Saint Patrick, woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle. In Christianity, certain deceased Christians are recognized as saints, including some from Ireland.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.
Saint Gobnait (fl. 6th century?), also known as Gobnat or Mo Gobnat or Abigail or Deborah, is the name of an early medieval female Irish saint whose church was Móin Mór, later Bairnech, in the village of Ballyvourney (Irish: Baile Bhuirne), County Cork in Ireland. [3]
The saint has the same name as the goddess Brigid, derived from the Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, "high, exalted", and ultimately originating with Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. In Old Irish, her name was spelled Brigit [6] and pronounced [ˈbʲrʲiɣʲidʲ]. In Modern Irish she is also called Bríd. [6]
Female saints of medieval Ireland (32 P) Pages in category "Women of medieval Ireland" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Saint Moninne or Modwenna of Killeavy was one of Ireland's early female saints. After instruction in the religious life, she founded a community, initially consisting of eight virgins and a widow with a baby, at Slieve Gullion, in what became County Armagh. They lived an eremitical life, based on that of Elijah and Saint John the Baptist ...
Her name means "little fire" or "little flame". [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Saint Patrick ordained Edana as a monastic. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She is the patroness saint of several parishes in western Ireland including Tuam and Elphin .