A 7th century relic label bearing the names of the Irish saints Brigid, Dar Lugdach and Conleth, found in Abbey of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, c. 700 AD [950×1014]
A 7th century relic label bearing the names of the Irish saints Brigid, Dar Lugdach and Conleth, found in Abbey of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, c. 700 AD [950×1014]
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Interesting! It doesn’t look like the ribbon-shaped relic labels you’d normally see.
Didn’t know until I saw it on Nationwide the other day, that Brigid was known across Europe apparently. Missionaries from here carried her message. A cloth, said to be her mantle, is in the cathedral of Bruges and her head is allegedly in a church near Lisbon.
“Found” by Vikings? While on a holiday to Ireland?
Looks like the writing on the old punts
Amazing!!
It is mind blowing how widespread her following is. There are churches in many European countries with connections