UBrigid oNgcwele waseIreland kunye nommangaliso webhiya
USanta Brigida waseIreland, owaziwa ngokuba yi "Mary of the Gaels" ngumntu ohlonelwayo kwisithethe kunye nenkolo yeGreen Isle. Yazalwa malunga nenkulungwane ye-1, ikhunjulwa nge-XNUMX kaFebruwari eMartyrologium Romanum kunye nabangcwele abaziwayo abanjengoSaint Patrick kunye noSaint Columba.
UBridget wazalwa malunga nowama-451 AD kufuphi neDundalk, County Louth. Kuthiwa wayeyintombi yenkosi yobuhedeni okanye idruid kunye nekhoboka. Ukususela ebuntwaneni, wazinikela ngesisa ukunceda amahlwempu ewe abasweleyo. Nangona uyise wazama ukumthengisa, wakhululwa ngukumkani waseLeinster owabuqonda ubungcwele bakhe.
UBrigida waziwa ngokuseka i I-Monastery yaseKildare, iikhilomitha ezingamashumi amathandathu ukusuka eDublin, apho wayekwabi. Umzi woonongendi waqala wamkela a uluntu lwamadoda nabafazi, njengoko kwakuqhelekile kwicawa yamaCelt ngelo xesha. Indlu yoonongendi yayisaziwa njenge “iseli oki” yaye isibingelelo esasibekwe phezu komthi kwakusithiwa sinamandla angummangaliso.
I-Saint Bridget kunye nommangaliso webhiya
Phakathi kwemimangaliso emininzi ebizwa ngokuba nguSaint Bridget, eyona idumileyo ngulo ukutshintshwa kwamanzi abe yibhiya, iphefumlelwe nguMtshato waseKana. Ngokutsho kwentsomi, ngexesha leNzila, uluntu lwazifumana lungenabhiya kwisidlo sePasika. UBridget wawusikelela umphanda kwaye amanzi ajika abe yibhiya, eyanelisa iimfuno ze amabandla alishumi elinesibhozo kude kube yiPasika.
Ngapha koko, ngomhla woku-1 kuFebruwari, umhla womthendeleko ka-Saint Brigid, isiko le Umnqamlezo kaBridget. Ngokutsho kwelinye ibali, ngoxa wayesemandlalweni wakhe utata oswelekayo, UBridget waluka umnqamlezo we irash okanye umququ yaza yacacisa intsingiselo yomnqamlezo wamaKristu. Uyise waguquka waza wabhaptizwa ngaphambi nje kokufa kwakhe.
Il Nqula kaSaint Brigid wanwenwela eYurophu ebulela kubafundisi baseIreland kwiinkulungwane ezalandela ukufa kwakhe. Namhlanje, kukho iindawo zonqulo ezinikezelwe kuSaint Brigid eBelgium naseItali, apho kubhiyozelwa umthendeleko weSt.'Imbolc, umbhiyozo wasentwasahlobo.