Anglo-Saxon St Swithun
Was Bishop of
Winchester
From his consecration
Until his death.
A century later
Dunstan and Æthelwold
Adopted him as patron
Of the restored church
Of Winchester
His body was
transferred
From almost complete
obscurity
To Æthelwold's new
basilica
After which his
posthumous miracles occurred
The Winchester
egg-woman
And Queen Emma's
ordeal
Feast Day 15th July
Saint Brigit of Kildare
Or Brigid of Ireland
Also known as Mary of
the Gael
Is one of Ireland's
patron Saints
Along with Patrick and
Columba
Her mother was Brocca
A Christian Pict and
slave,
Baptised by Saint
Patrick
Brigid herself was
born into slavery
But it was clear she
was holy
An became an early
Christian nun
When she became
Abbess,
She founded Kildare
monastery
The Church of the Oak,
On the site of an old
pagan shrine
To the Celtic goddess
Brigid
Feast day 1st February
Sucked into the darkness,
Plunged into the abyss
Life pronounced
extinct
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Yet in the darkness
Stood a figure
With lily-white wings
Smiling in Silence
And led him to the
light
To a life eternal
Everything is not
Wrong in the world
There is a sign of
hope
God is our inspiration
And our Guiding light
God has always been
The source of special
love
A perfect loving faith
That fits me like a
glove
Voices in prayer are never silent
As we pray to our Lord
on high
Our prayers to heaven
ascended
And we lift our eyes
to the sky
In hymns and psalms rejoicing
We praise our Lord on
high
Our praise to heaven
ascended
And we lift our voices
to the sky
