Sacred Sisters

ebook Gender, Sanctity, and Power in Medieval Ireland · Hagiography Beyond Tradition

By Maeve Callan

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This book focuses on five saints: the four female Irish saints who have extant medieval biographies (Darerca, Brigid, Íte, and Samthann), and Patrick, whose writings — fifth-century Ireland's sole surviving texts — attest to the centrality of women in Irish Christianity's development.
Sacred Sisters