🎧 Saint Brigid: Turning Bathwater to Beer
Archive of Dan Snow's History Hit 🎧
•
28m
Every March cities around the world gear up to celebrate Saint Patrick's day, but from 2023 Ireland will have a new bank holiday. This time they will be celebrating Saint Brigid. But who was she? This other patron saint of Ireland was a pupil and successor to Patrick, and unlike him she was born in the country. In this episode of the Ancients, find out about her miraculous creation of beer, the ways in which her sainthood differs from her male counterparts and more.
Lisa Bitel is Dean's Professor of Religion and Professor of Religion and History at the University of Southern California. She previously came onto the podcast to talk about Saint Patrick. You can find this episode here: pod.link/1520403988
Up Next in Archive of Dan Snow's History Hit 🎧
-
🎧 Falklands40: Battle of Goose Green
Please note that this episode contains descriptions of combat and some explicit language.
At the Battle of Goose Green the Second Battalion the Parachute Regiment (2 Para) fought against various sub-units of the Argentine army and air force— this would be the first and the longest battle of the ...
-
🎧 SAS Founder: Warrior or Phoney?
David Stirling was an aristocrat, innovator and special forces legend that earned him the nickname 'The Phantom Major'. His formation of the Special Air Service in the summer of 1941 led to a new form of warfare and Stirling is remembered as the father of special forces soldiering. But was he rea...
-
🎧 The Wars of the Roses: The Rise of ...
As part of our Wars of the Roses special month, there’s one family that demands more attention than they usually get: The Beauforts’.
The influence of the Beauforts’ in the Wars of the Roses can still be felt today, as Margaret Beaufort, the eventual heiress, gave birth to Henry VII, the first ...
