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Saints of the Month: February

investing Bridgid with a snow-white habit,
and a cloak of the same color. While she
bowed her head on this occasion to receive
the veil, a miracle of a singularly striking
and impressive nature occurred: that part of
the wooden platform adjoining the altar on
which she knelt recovered its original
vitality, and put on all its former verdure,
retaining it for a long time after. At the
same moment Bridgid’s eye was healed, and
she became as beautiful and as lovely as
ever.

Encouraged by her example, several other
ladies made their vows with her, and in
compliance with the wish of the parents of
her new associates, the Saint agreed to
found a religious residence for herself and
them in the vicinity. A convenient site
having been fixed upon by the bishop, a
convent, the first in Ireland, was erected
upon it; and in obedience to the prelate
Bridgid assumed the superiority. Her
reputation for sanctity became greater
every day; and in proportion as it was
diffused throughout the country the number
of candidates for admission into the new
monastery increased. The bishops of
Ireland, soon perceiving the important
advantages which their respective dioceses
would derive from similar foundations,
persuaded the young and saintly abbess to
visit different parts of the kingdom, and, as
an opportunity offered, introduce into each

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