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Saint Brigit of Kildare (Irish: Naomh Bríd; c. 451–525) also known as Brigit of Ireland is one of Ireland’s patron saints along with Patrick and Columba. Her name is also variously spelled as Brigid Bridget Bridgit Bríd and Bride and she is sometimes known as Mary of the Gael. Irish hagiography makes her an early Irish Christian nun abbess and founder of several monasteries of nuns including that of Kildare in Ireland which was considered legendary and was highly revered.
