Relic of St Brigid returns to home town in Ireland after 1000 years

Hundreds of people gathered in Kildare on Sunday morning for a special church service to mark the historic occasion.
The homecoming event, which also saw a procession to the church, was held in what is believed to be the 1,500th anniversary year of St Brigid’s death.
Brigid, a renowned peace-maker, was buried beside the main altar at a monastic church in Kildare, with her grave becoming a shrine for visiting pilgrims.
Around 300 years later, when the Vikings were raiding Ireland, her remains were moved to Downpatrick Cathedral in present-day Northern Ireland for safekeeping. There they were buried in an unmarked grave alongside Saint Patrick and Saint Columba.
Over the next centuries the location of the grave was apparently lost.
Source: PA Media
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