St. Brigid's Day, February 1, celebrates one of Ireland's patron saints Saint Brigid. St. Brigid's Feast Day was once celebrated by pagan Irish as Imbolic the Celtic feast marking the start of spring.

St Brigid's Day became a national bank holiday in Ireland in 2023 but people have been celebrating the country's only female patron saint for many centuries. St Brigid’s Day marks the beginning ...

She was honored on the mid-winter holy day of Imbolc, still commemorated on Feb. 1, which also became St. Brigid's Day. St. Brigid’s father is said to have been a ruler, her mother enslaved.

In Ireland, 1 February marks the beginning of spring and the celebration of Lá Fhéile Bríde - St Brigid's Day. Brigid's name is synonymous with Kildare as it is believed she founded the Church ...

The year's first sacred holiday, the feast day of Saint Brigid, is celebrated on February 1, marking the beginning of Spring. The Bogha Bríde or Brigid's Day Cross is the symbol of the day.

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We bought one for our own house and I began to research it's meaning and history. St. Brigid's cross symbolises the beginning of Spring. In Ireland the official beginning of Spring is February 1st.

St. Brigid Roman Catholic Church's presepio, which boasts more than 3,000 pieces, has been an annual tradition since 1991.

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