Saint Brigid
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Stone
Measurements
1320 mm (H); 490 mm (W); 420 mm (D)
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220429
Summary
Stone, Saint Brigid, A statue of a female, patron saint, with Patrick and Columba, of Ireland, set in blue mosaic niche holding bowl in left hand. Dressed in robes with hood and hair in two plait hanging down front. A fox stands next to her on her right (a symbol or attribute after one of the many stories about her as according top legend she gave a fox to the King of Leinster after another, a favourite pet, had been accidentally killed) and a shovel lies on the ground on her left.
Marks and inscriptions
BRIGID NOEB A.D.453-523 February 1st