Venerable
Brigid the Younger
A holy woman of Irish birth, venerated in the West.
- Feast
- February 1old style February 14
- Era
- 9th century
- Place
- St
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Brigid the Younger was a holy woman of Irish origin, of the ninth century, the sister of Saint Andrew the Scot, abbot of Saint Donatus at Fiesole in Tuscany in Italy. She is not to be confused with Saint Brigid of Kildare.
The sources available to us preserve no other details of her life. She is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 1 February (new style).
Commemorated the same day February 1
Sigebert IIIRight-Believing · King of AustrasiaFeb 1.jpg)
Brigid of KildareVenerable · Abbess of KildareFeb 1.jpg)
Perpetua and FelicitasHoly Martyrs · Martyrs of CarthageFeb 1
Tryphon of ApameaMartyrFeb 1
Perpetua of CarthageMartyr · Martyr of CarthageFeb 1- Felicitas of CarthageMartyr · Martyr of CarthageFeb 1
Symeon Stylites of LesbosStylite · Stylite of LesbosFeb 1- Peter the Hermit of GalatiaVenerable · Hermit near AntiochFeb 1
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Vendemianus of BithyniaVenerable · Hermit of BithyniaFeb 1
Basil the ConfessorConfessor · Hierarch of ThessalonikiFeb 1- Elias of HeliopolisMartyr · Martyr of SyriaFeb 1
- Anastasius of NauplionNew Martyr · New Martyr of NauplionFeb 1