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Definition of St. Bridget

1. Noun. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523).

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Bridget

Literary usage of St. Bridget

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"St. Patrick said he would concede thorn the rieht every seventh year, when St. Bridget threw her anus round his neck, and exclaimed, " Л rr.il i, ..."

2. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"His translation to Ireland, where he rests between St. Patrick and St. Bridget. —He is, like Bridget, feared by the Anglo-Norman conquerors. ..."

3. The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by Seumas MacManus (1921)
"... CHAPTER XXI St. Bridget FOR four centuries after the Bishop Patrick, setting foot in the country, began scattering far and wide the seeds of the Gospel, ..."

4. The Dawn of the Reformation by Herbert Brook Workman (1902)
"APPENDIX E. St. Bridget AND ST. CATHERINE or SIENA. The story of these two saints would take us too ... St. Bridget was the wife of a great Swedish noble, ..."

5. The Dawn of the Reformation by Herbert Brook Workman (1902)
"APPENDIX E. St. Bridget AND ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA. The story of these two saints would take us too far afield. They are interesting studies in a long line ..."

6. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban by William Forbes Skene (1877)
"St. Bridget seems also to occupy a prominent place in Irish hagiology. That she was a historic character, belonging to the earliest period of the Irish ..."

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