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[[Image:Brigid.jpg|right|frame|Sfânta Brighita din Kildare]]
[[Cuvios|Cuvioasa]] '''Brighita din Kildare''' sau '''Brighita a Irlandei''' (irlandeză: Naomh Bhríde) (c. 451-525) a fost o [[monah]]ie irlandeză, [[stareț]]ă și [[Avva|maică duhovnicească]] care a întemeiat mai multe [[Mănăstire|mănăstiri]] de maici în Irlanda. [[Praznic|Prăznuirea]] Sfintei Brighita în [[Biserica Ortodoxă]] se face la [[1 februarie]]. Împreună cu sfinții [[Patrichie al Irlandei]] ([[17 martie]]) și [[Columba din Iona]] ([[9 iunie]]), sfânta Brighita este unul din cei trei [[sfinți]] protectori ai Irlandei. Toți trei sunt înmormântați împreună în Downpatrick din County Down (provincia Ulster) în celebra colină Hill of Down.
==Aghiografie==
Cea mai veche ''Viață'' a sfintei Brighita este ''Vita Brigitae'' a lui Cogitosus și este considerată a fi fost scrisă nu mai târziu de anul 650 d.Hr.
===Early life===
===Sainthood===
Whether she was raised a Christian or converted in 468, as some accounts say, is unknown, but she was inspired by the preaching of Saint Patrick from an early age. Despite her father's opposition she was determined to enter religious life. Numerous stories testify to her piety. She had a generous heart and could never refuse the poor who came to her father's door. Her charity angered her father: he thought she was being overly generous to the poor and needy when she dispensed his milk, butter, and flour to all and sundry. When she finally gave away his jewel-encrusted sword to a leper, Dubhthach realized that perhaps her disposition was best suited to the life of a nun. Brigid finally got her wish and she was sent to a convent.
[[Image:Fosses-la-Ville.jpg|thumb|left|"La chapelle Sainte-Brigide" in în Fosses-la-Ville.|150px]]
Brigid received the veil from St. Mael of Ardagh and professed vows dedicating her life to [[Christ]]. She is believed to have founded a convent in Clara, her first: other foundations followed. But it was to be in Kildare that her major foundation would emerge. Around 470 she founded a double [[monastery]], for nuns and monks, on the plains of Kildare or Cill-Dara, "the church of the oak," her cell being made under a large oak tree. As abbess of this foundation she wielded considerable power, but proved to be a wise and prudent superior.
===Saint Brigid's Cross===
[[Image:St Brigid cross.png|right|thumb|100px|St. Brigid's CrossCrucea Sfintei Brighita]]
Similar to the association between St. Patrick and the shamrock, a cross made of rushes was linked with Brigid. Legend has it she made the cross from rushes she found on the ground beside a dying man in order to [[convert]] him. It is interesting that this legend does not appear in any of the oldest sources and to this day its origin remains lost in the oral tradition. It remains the custom in many houses in Ireland to have a St. Brigid's Cross in honor of the saint. The cross takes many forms and is technically classed by folk crafts experts as a "plaited"; however, the technologies utilized can extend beyond plaiting to weaving and other forms. According to tradition a new cross is made each [[feast day]] of St. Brigid (February 1), and the old one is burned to keep fire from the house, yet customs vary by locality and family. Many homes have multiple crosses preserved in the ceiling, the oldest blackened by many years of hearth fires. Some believe that keeping a cross in the ceiling or roof is a good way to preserve the home from fire which was always a major threat in houses with thatch and wood roofs.
