Dar Lugdach
Successor of Brigit of Kildare, (died 525/527)
Feast: 1 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Dar Lugdach (also Darlugdach died c. 525/527) was the immediate successor of Brigid of Kildare as abbess of Kildare, and is recognised as a saint. She is recorded as having died one year to the day after Brigid, and shares the same feast day as the more famous abbess. Little is known of her family history.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Brigid of Kildare Saint“This feast day is shared by Dar Lugdach, who tradition says was her student, close companion, and successor.” — Wikipedia
- Butler's Lives of the Saints - the Nine Maidens (18 July) — Butler: "They are said to have afterwards entered a monastery founded by St Darlugdach and St Brigid at Abernethy" - Darlugdach, St Brigid's successor at Kildare, feast 1 February.
- Wikidata Q18527449 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Dar Lugdach (CC BY-SA)
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