Miracles with fire or supernatural light phenomena have, in the past, associated the saints of Ireland with pagan beliefs and rituals, solar myths and fire cults. On the other hand, biblical precedents can be found to restore the saints to Christian tradition. Miraculous fire and light in both Irish pagan and Christian traditions symbolise not only the presence of the deity on earth but also the illumination of the mind and spirit. The similarity which appears between the saint and the goddess Brigit may connect her fiey miracles to the ancient cult of the goddess, patron of poetry, medicine and metalwork (a craft made possible by fire) and to the heart and foundation of Irish culture itself.Sainte Brigit et le feu venu du ciel. Les miracle...
In Celtic religious studies, it is often difficult to find reliable textual sources if you are worki...
“Holy Body, Wholly Other: Sanctity and Society in the Lives of Irish Saints” focuses on the ways in ...
The motif of divine light is prominent in such early medieval Irish and Latin texts as Adomnán’s Lif...
Miracles with fire or supernatural light phenomena have, in the past, associated the saints of Irela...
Every year on the seventeenth of March, the world goes wild. Saint Patrick\u27s Day has arrived, and...
The Brigid that I refer to here is an Irish saint who is said to have lived in the 5th-6th centuries...
L’image de sainte Brigide emprunte à la fois des éléments de la déesse païenne Brigit et des élément...
This thesis examines the late seventh-century Latin Life of Columba (Vita Columbae) in a context sym...
On the outskirts of Papal authority, early medieval Ireland created its own Christian identity separ...
When Saint Patrick landed in Ireland in 432 AD, history says that he brought Christianity to the Iri...
There is a story told about a boy who wanted a bicycle for Christmas and who prayed earnestly to God...
Prodigious crossings of seas and rivers by saints are quite commonplace in Celtic folklore and hagio...
Four Irish Saints are accredited to performing abortions, otherwise known as the ‘Abortion Miracle’ ...
Early Irish literature, other Celtic literatures and later folklore are rich with descriptions of pe...
The Death of Muirchertach mac Erca The archaic account of the death of Muirchertach mac Erca is on...
In Celtic religious studies, it is often difficult to find reliable textual sources if you are worki...
“Holy Body, Wholly Other: Sanctity and Society in the Lives of Irish Saints” focuses on the ways in ...
The motif of divine light is prominent in such early medieval Irish and Latin texts as Adomnán’s Lif...
Miracles with fire or supernatural light phenomena have, in the past, associated the saints of Irela...
Every year on the seventeenth of March, the world goes wild. Saint Patrick\u27s Day has arrived, and...
The Brigid that I refer to here is an Irish saint who is said to have lived in the 5th-6th centuries...
L’image de sainte Brigide emprunte à la fois des éléments de la déesse païenne Brigit et des élément...
This thesis examines the late seventh-century Latin Life of Columba (Vita Columbae) in a context sym...
On the outskirts of Papal authority, early medieval Ireland created its own Christian identity separ...
When Saint Patrick landed in Ireland in 432 AD, history says that he brought Christianity to the Iri...
There is a story told about a boy who wanted a bicycle for Christmas and who prayed earnestly to God...
Prodigious crossings of seas and rivers by saints are quite commonplace in Celtic folklore and hagio...
Four Irish Saints are accredited to performing abortions, otherwise known as the ‘Abortion Miracle’ ...
Early Irish literature, other Celtic literatures and later folklore are rich with descriptions of pe...
The Death of Muirchertach mac Erca The archaic account of the death of Muirchertach mac Erca is on...
In Celtic religious studies, it is often difficult to find reliable textual sources if you are worki...
“Holy Body, Wholly Other: Sanctity and Society in the Lives of Irish Saints” focuses on the ways in ...
The motif of divine light is prominent in such early medieval Irish and Latin texts as Adomnán’s Lif...