ʻO Saint Brigid o Ireland a me ka hana mana o ka pia
St. Bridget ʻO Ireland, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Mary of the Gaels" he kiʻi i mahalo ʻia i ka moʻomeheu a me ka moʻomeheu o ka Green Isle. Hānau ʻia ma kahi o ke kenekulia 1, hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ia ma ka lā XNUMX o Pepeluali ma ka Martyrologium Romanum me nā haipule kaulana e like me Saint Patrick a me Saint Columba.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Bridget ma kahi o 451 AD kokoke i Dundalk, County Louth. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia he kaikamahine ʻo ia na ke aliʻi pegana a i ʻole druid a me ke kauā. Mai kona wā ʻōpiopio, hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia iā ia iho me ka lokomaikaʻi e kokua i ka poe ilihune a ai nele. ʻOiai ua hoʻāʻo kona makuakāne e kūʻai aku iā ia, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia e ke aliʻi o Leinster nāna i ʻike i kona hemolele.
Ua kaulana ʻo Brigida no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka Kildare Monastery, kanaono kilomika mai Dublin, kahi āna i noho ai abbess. Ua hoʻokipa mua ka monastery a hui o na kane a me na wahine, e like me ka hana maʻamau i ka halepule Celtic o ia manawa. Ua ʻike ʻia ka monastery ʻo "hale ʻoka” a ua ʻōlelo ʻia he kuahu i kau ʻia ma ke kaola lāʻau he mana kupanaha.
ʻO Saint Bridget a me ka hana mana o ka pia
Ma waena o nā hana mana he nui i hāʻawi ʻia iā Saint Bridget, ʻo ia ka mea kaulana loa ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka wai i ka pia, hoʻoulu ʻia e ka male ma Kana. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, i ka wā Lent, loaʻa ke kaiāulu me ka ʻole o ka pia no ka ʻahaʻaina Easter. Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻo Bridget i kahi barela a ua lilo ka wai i pia, kahi i hoʻokō ai i nā pono o umikumamawalu ekalesia a hiki i ka Easter.
Eia kekahi, ma ka la 1 o Feberuari, ka la ahaaina o Sana Brigida, ka moolelo o ʻO ke keʻa o Bridget. Wahi a kekahi moʻolelo, ʻoiai ʻo ia ma kona ʻaoʻao moe makua kāne make, Ua ulana o Bridget i kea o wili a mauʻu a wehewehe i ke ano o ke kea Kristiano. Ua hoʻohuli ʻia kona makuakāne a ua bapetizo ʻia ʻo ia ma mua koke o kona make ʻana.
Il haipule Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Saint Brigid i ʻEulopa e mahalo i nā mikionali Irish i nā kenekulia ma hope o kona make ʻana. I kēia lā, aia nā wahi hoʻomana i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no Saint Brigid ma Belgium a me Italia, kahi i mālama ʻia ai ka ʻahaʻaina o St. Bridget.'Imbolc, he hoʻolauleʻa puna.