Trias Thaumaturga

The Three Wonderworking Patrons of Ireland

Sunday, 25 December 2022

Saint Patrick's Flowers

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It seems strange perhaps to be writing about Saint Patrick at Christmas, but the shamrock is not the only plant to which our national apostl...
Tuesday, 4 October 2022

'Twin Souls-Kindred Spirits': Brigid of Kildare and the 'Poverello' of Umbria.

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October 4 is the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi and below is an article syndicated from The Irish Catholic and published in 1930 in an ...
Thursday, 17 March 2022

Oration on Saint Patrick

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To celebrate the feast of our national patron, below is a sermon on St Patrick, described by the Boston Catholic newspaper The Pilot as ...
Tuesday, 8 February 2022

The History of the Mantle of Saint Brigid

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We conclude the series of posts in honour of Saint Brigid with a look at the history of the relic of her mantle, preserved at the Cathedral ...
Monday, 7 February 2022

The "Mantle of Saint Brigid" at Bruges

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Derricke's Image of Ireland , 1581 The "Mantle of Saint Brigid" at Bruges is the title of a paper published in the Journal of ...
Sunday, 6 February 2022

Saint Brigid's Cloak

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  We continue the series of posts in honour of Saint Brigid with a reminder of one of her most famous relics - the Mantle or Cloak preserved...
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Marcella
I am an Irishwoman interested in the lives of our native saints and martyrs. I am not a professional scholar in this field but attempt to keep up with the work of those who are. I am particularly interested in the many obscure Irish saints whose names fill the pages of our Martyrologies.
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