Saint Brigid: Turning Bathwater into Beer
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Saint Patrick is a household name, celebrated around the globe every March. But what do we know about another of Ireland’s patron saints, Brigid?
In this episode, find out about Patrick’s pupil and successor, her miracles and the ways in which her sainthood differs from that of her male counterparts.
Lisa Bitel is Dean's Professor of Religion and Professor of Religion and History at the University of Southern California. She previously came onto the podcast to talk about Saint Patrick. You can find this episode here: pod.link/1520403988
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Agents on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and in today's |
| 0:21.5 | podcast we're talking once again about an Irish saint. You might remember a couple of months back |
| 0:26.8 | we did an episode for Saint Patrick's Day all about Saint Patrick with Professor Lisa Batell |
| 0:32.8 | from USC Dawnsife. Now when we approach to Lisa about Saint Patrick and doing a podcast on that |
| 0:39.2 | Lisa was like yes absolutely but you must also do one we must also talk about Saint Bridget |
| 0:46.4 | because Saint Bridget is another of the patron saint of Ireland. One of her many miracles is that |
| 0:52.8 | she turned bathwater into beer. Her story is really really interesting as is her legacy. So |
| 0:59.6 | following our recording on Saint Patrick Lisa and I recorded a second episode all about Saint Bridget. |
| 1:05.4 | This was a really fun chat with her on Saint Bridget. This is one of her main areas of interest |
| 1:12.2 | of focus when talking about Irish saints and you're going to see why in this episode she is a really |
| 1:18.4 | interesting figure. So without further ado to talk all about Saint Bridget of Kildair, |
| 1:24.2 | another of Ireland's patron saint's here's Lisa. Lisa it's great to have you back on the podcast. |
| 1:30.3 | Oh I'm happy to be back. We chast about Saint Patrick last time. This time we're talking about |
| 1:34.8 | Saint Bridget because of the patron saint's of Ireland we normally seem to always focus on Saint |
| 1:40.0 | Patrick but Saint Bridget now especially in 2022 she's making a comeback. Maybe you're referring |
| 1:45.8 | to the fact that she just got a national holiday. Before the national holidays were Patrick |
| 1:51.9 | Jesus and I forgot who the third one was and now there's a woman with one as well and that's nice. |
| 1:58.2 | Okay so let's delve into this now. What sources do we have for Saint Bridget? Whether she was |
| 2:03.5 | literate or not unfortunately she didn't write anything that she left to us so we don't have anything |
| 2:08.5 | from her perspective or from her period. What we have is the earliest existing saint's life |
| 2:16.0 | hagiography from Ireland. So before any lives of Saint Patrick we have this life of Saint Bridget |
| 2:23.3 | written by an author whose name we know Coguitossus who apparently was a churchman at her main |
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