Bridget (Ffraid)


Unidentified Saint, late fifteenth century, Church of St Mary, Beaumaris
Bridget of Kildare, abbess

Feast Day: Anhysbys/unknown

1 February, or 24 March

Texts

Places

Churches dedicated to the saint are found at places in the form Llansanffraid and St Bride's, the latter found exclusively in the south. the Welsh forms of places such as St Bride's-super-Ely are in the form of Llansanffraid, although these are often fairly late attestations. The official dedications are variously to Ffraid, Bride and Bridget.

  Church
Dedication		  Well   Placename Landscape
feature		 Modern Text

4. Capel San Ffraid, Capel San Ffraid, (Dedication) Details
5. Capel Sanffraid, Llansanffraid Glan-Conwy, (Dedication) Details
6. Chape of St Ffraid, Towyn y Capel, (Dedication) Details
8. Church of St Ffraid, Eglwys Sanffraid, (Dedication) Details
9. Church of St Bridget, St Brides Major, (Dedication) Details
10. Church of St Bridget, Llansantffraed, (Dedication) Details
12. Church of St Ffraid, Glyn Ceiriog, (Dedication) Details
13. Church of St Ffraid, Llansanffraid Glan-Conwy, (Dedication) Details
14. Church of St Bridget, Dyserth, (Dedication) Details
15. Church of St Ffraid, Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, (Dedication) Details
16. Church of St Ffraid, Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain, (Dedication) Details
19. Church of St Bridget, St Brides, (Dedication) Details
20. Church of St Bridget, Llansantffraed, (Dedication) Details
21. Church of St Bride, St Bride's-super-Ely, (Dedication) Details
22. Church of St Bride, St Brides Wentlooge, (Dedication) Details
23. Church of St Bridget, St Bride's Netherwent, (Dedication) Details
24. Church of St Bridget, Llansantffraed-in-Elwel, (Dedication) Details
25. Church of St Bride, Llansantffraed Cwmdeuddwr, (Dedication) Details
26. Church of St Bridget, Llansantffraed, (Dedication) Details
29. Church of St Bride, St Bride's Minor, (Dedication) Details
30. Church of St Bridget, Bridstow, (Dedication) Details
2. Bridstow, Bridstow, (Placename) Details
7. Eglwys Sanffraid, Eglwys Sanffraid, (Placename) Details
11. Church of St Bride, Skenfrith, () Details
33. St Ffraed's Well, Swyddffynnon, (Well) Details
35. St Ffraed's Well, Skenfrith, (Well) Details
36. Ffynnon St Ffraid, Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, (Well) Details
38. Llansantffraed, Llansantffraed, (Placename) Details
39. Llansantffraed, Llansantffraed, (Placename) Details
40. Llansantffraed, Llansantffraed, (Placename) Details
41. Llansantffraed Cwmdeuddwr, Llansantffraed Cwmdeuddwr, (Placename) Details
42. Llansanffraid Glan-Conwy, Llansanffraid Glan-Conwy, (Placename) Details
43. Glyn Ceiriog, Glyn Ceiriog, (Placename) Details
44. Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, (Placename) Details
45. St Brides Wentlooge, St Brides Wentlooge, (Placename) Details
46. St Bride's-super-Ely, St Bride's-super-Ely, (Placename) Details
47. St Bride's Minor, St Bride's Minor, (Placename) Details
48. Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain, Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain, (Placename) Details
49. Llansantffraed-in-Elwel, Llansantffraed-in-Elwel, (Placename) Details
50. Pistyll San Ffraid, Capel San Ffraid, (Well) Details
51. St Brides, St Brides, (Placename) Details
52. St Brides Major, St Brides Major, (Placename) Details
53. St Bride's Netherwent, St Bride's Netherwent, (Placename) Details


Online sources

 The Catholic Encyclopedia

 Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Further reading

S. Baring-Gould and John Fisher The Lives of the British Saints (London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1907), 264⁠–85    View online

David Farmer The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 66⁠–7

Elissa Henken Traditions of the Welsh Saints (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1987), 161⁠–7, 324⁠–5

Nicholas Orme The Saints of Cornwall (Oxford: 2000), 74⁠–5

Pádraig Ó Riain A Dictionary of Irish Saints (Dublin: 2011), 123⁠–5

The Catholic Encyclopedia     View online

Saints in Scottish Place-Names (2013), saint.h?id=396    View online

Images



View images of Bridget on the Stained Glass in Wales website