Abbess of Kildare

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• Kildare Abbey — is a former monastery in County Kildare, Ireland, founded by St Brigid in the 5th century, and destroyed in the 12th century. Originally known as Druim Criaidh, or the Ridge of Clay, Kildare came to be known as Cill Dara, or the Church of the Oak …   Wikipedia

• Abbess — An abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or Mother Superior, of an abbey of nuns.In Roman Catholic and Anglican abbeys, the mode of election, position, rights, and authority of an abbess correspond generally… …   Wikipedia

• History of County Kildare — County Kildare, Ireland was first defined as a diocese in 1111, shired in 1297 and assumed its present borders in 1836. Its location in the Liffey basin on the main routes to the south and west meant it was a valuable possession and important… …   Wikipedia

• Brigid of Kildare — Infobox Saint name=Brigid of Kildare imagesize=200px titles=Virgin, abbess, inspirer birth date=453 death date=524 venerated in=Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism feast day=February 1 patronage=babies; blacksmiths; boatmen; cattle;… …   Wikipedia

• Brigit of Kildare — This article is about Saint Brigid of Ireland. For Saint Bridget of Sweden, see Bridget of Sweden. For Brigid the goddess, see Brigid. Brigid of Kildare Virgin, abbess, inspirer Born 453 …   Wikipedia

• School of Kildare —     School of Kildare     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► School of Kildare     Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara), originally known as Druim Criaidh, or the Ridge of Clay, situated in Magh Liffe, or the Plain of the Liffey, came to be known as Cill Dara, or… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Diocese of Meath and Kildare — The United Dioceses of Meath and Kildare is a diocese in the Church of Ireland located in Ireland. The diocese is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin.[1] Contents 1 Overview and history 1.1 History of the diocese of Meath …   Wikipedia

• Muirenn — Muirenn, Gaelic Irish female given name. Bearers of the name Muirne, mother of Fionn mac Cumhail Muirenn bean Ragallaig, died 643. Muirenn ingen Cellach Cualann, Queen of Brega, died 748. Muirenn ingen Cellaig, Abbess of Kildare, died 831.… …   Wikipedia

• Calendar of saints (Church of England) — The Church of England commemorates many of the same saints as those in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, mostly on the same days, but also commemorates various notable (often post Reformation) Christians who have not been canonised, with a… …   Wikipedia

• Brigit of Ireland, Saint — ▪ Irish saint Brigit also spelled  Bridget;  also called  Bride  born , [according to tradition] Fochart, near Dundalk, County Louth, Ire. died c. 524, –528, Kildare, County Kildare       virgin and abbess of Kildare, one of the patron saints of… …   Universalium

• St. Brigid of Ireland —     St. Brigid of Ireland     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Brigid of Ireland     (Incorrectly known as BRIDGET).     Born in 451 or 452 of princely ancestors at Faughart, near Dundalk, County Louth; d. 1 February, 525, at Kildare. Refusing many… …   Catholic encyclopedia