🎧 Saint Brigid: Turning Bathwater to Beer
🎧 The Ancients • 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
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