1st February - Saint Brigid of Ireland - Independent Catholic News

1st February - Saint Brigid of Ireland - Independent Catholic News: Foundress. Saint Brigit of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland, �451-525) is one of Ireland's patron saints, along with Patrick and Columba. Brigid is believed to have been born in Faughart, near Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Three biographies agree that her mother was Brocca, a Christian Pict and slave who had been baptised by Saint Patrick. They name her father as Dubhthach, a chieftain of Leinster.