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A female Irish saint, a virgin who served as a prioress or abbess of a convent at Ouchter Ard. 8 March [90] Derlugdacha 5th century, late Kildare monastery 2nd Abbess of Kildare 1 Feb [91] Díchu mac Trichim: 5th century Irish Saul, Co. Down Ulster saint, of the Dál Fiatach. A chieftain who became the first convert of St. Patrick. 29 April [20 ...
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"
[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 . A "famous holy well", [5] known for its healing properties, was named for her. [2] [6] Her feast day is July 5.
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]
Saint Brigid of Kildare or Saint Brigid of Ireland (Irish: Naomh Bríd; Classical Irish: Brighid; Latin: Brigida; c. 451 – 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba.
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 ...
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]
Íte ingen Chinn Fhalad (d. 570/577), [3] also known as Íde, Ita, Ida or Ides, was an early Irish nun and patron saint of Killeedy (Cluain Creadhail). She was known as the "foster mother of the saints of Erin". The name "Ita" ("thirst for holiness") was conferred on her because of her saintly qualities. Her feast day is 15 January.