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ISBN-10: 1156037468
ISBN-13: 9781156037461
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: 450 births, 451 births, 452 births, 453 births, 454 births, 455 births, 456 births, 457 births, 458 births, 459 births, Theodoric the Great, Justin I, Thrasamund, Pope Hormisdas, Gunthamund, Brigit of Kildare, Emperor Ming of Southern Qi, Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei, Gwynllyw, Medardus, Jacob of Serugh, Xiao Zhangmao, Liu Zixun, Yu Zhong, Wang Jian, Empress Dowager Wang Baoming, Saint Gildard, Jacob of Saruq, Blossius Aemilius Dracontius, Marinus of Neapolis, Apollinaris of Valence, Leontia, Chilperic II of Burgundy, John the Silent, B'utz… Aj Sak Chiik, Fan Yun. Excerpt: Saint Brigit of Kildare, or Brigit of Ireland (variants include Brigid, Bridget, Bridgit, Brid and Bride), nicknamed Mary of the Gael (Irish: ) (c. 451-525) is one of Ireland's patron saints along with Saints Patrick and Columba. Irish hagiography makes her an early Irish Christian nun, abbess, and founder of several monasteries. Her feast day is 1 February, celebrated as St Brigid's Day or Imbolc in Gaelic Ireland. The earliest extensive life of Brigit is the Vita Brigitae of Cogitosus and is thought to have been written no later than 650. According to tradition, Brigit was born at Faughart near Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Because of the legendary quality of the earliest accounts of her life, there is much debate among many scholars and even faithful Christians as to the authenticity of her biographies. According to her biographers her parents were Dubhthach, a pagan chieftain of Leinster, and Brocca, a Christian Pict and slave who had been baptised by Saint Patrick. Some accounts of her life suggest that Brigit's father was in fact from Lusitania, kidnapped by Irish pirates and brought to Ireland to work as a slave, in much the same way as Saint Patrick. Many stories also detail Brigit's and her mother's statuses as pieces of property belo...