RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Brigid of Kildare

451 - 525

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Saint Brigid of Kildare or Saint Brigid of Ireland (Irish: Naomh Bríd; Classical Irish: Brighid; Latin: Brigida; c. 451 – 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiographies, she was an abbess who founded the important abbey of Kildare (Cill Dara), as well as several other monasteries of nuns. There are few documented historical facts about her, and her hagiographies are mainly anecdotes and miracle tales, some of which are Christianisations of hero tales from Irish mythology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brigid of Kildare has received more than 1,859,944 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Brigid of Kildare is the 1,331st most popular religious figure (down from 1,154th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Brigid of Kildare ranks 1,331 out of 3,187. Before her are Lidwina, Carlo Maria Martini, Andrew Bobola, Renato Martino, Raymonde de Laroche, and Andrew Avellino. After her are Meher Baba, David Yonggi Cho, George Müller, Simon Stock, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, and Urraca of Zamora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 451, Brigid of Kildare ranks 1. After her is Jacob of Serugh. Among people deceased in 525, Brigid of Kildare ranks 2. Before her is Boethius.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Brigid of Kildare ranks 77 out of 549. Before her are Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Peter Lacy (1678), Brenda Fricker (1945), James Barry (1795), Saint Fiacre (607), and Vergilius of Salzburg (700). After her are Neil Jordan (1950), James Hoban (1762), Fionnula Flanagan (1941), Conor McGregor (1988), George Johnstone Stoney (1826), and Maureen O'Sullivan (1911).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Brigid of Kildare ranks 6. Before her are Columbanus (540), Columba (521), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), Kevin Farrell (1947), and Saint Fiacre (607). After her are Saint Kilian (640), Dymphna (700), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Adomnán (624), and Violet Gibson (1876).

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