St. Brigid, the compassionate, sensible female patron saint of Ireland, gets a lot less recognition than St. Patrick
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St. Brigid of Kildare’s shrine in Faughart, County Louth, Ireland. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/ Hulton Archive via Getty Images – By Lisa Bitel, Professor of History & Religion, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Published: 2022 Mar 11 – On March 17, …