Saint Brigid of Fiesole

Also known as

• Brigid the Younger

Memorial

• 1 February

Profile

Sister of Saint Andrew of Fiesole. Hermitess in the Apennines mountains of Italy. Legend says that when her brother was dying, angels carried her to his deathbed for a final visit.

Died

• 9th century of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• with Saint Andrew of Fiesole
• being carried by angels

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Brigid of Fiesole”. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brigid-of-fiesole/>