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Christianity and was baptized by Saint Patrick himself.
At her shrine at Kildare, there was kept a perpetual flame by 19 of her Priestesses.
Later, after the Christianization of Ireland, this same flame was tended by the nuns of
the Abbey at Kildare, when Bridget became Saint Bridget. These nuns kept
themselves totally aloof from men, and even had food and supplies brought to them
from women in the nearby village.
In 1220 AD, the Bishop in charge of the area ordered that the Abbey would have to
allow a Priest to come and inspect. The Abbess begged that he send a woman instead,
but the Bishop declared that the nuns, as women, must be subservient to the male
Priests. He then prohibited the keeping of the sacred flame stating that it was a Pagan
custom and must be stopped. In 1960, the Catholic church took away Bridget's
sainthood, saying that there was not enough proof that she had even lived, let alone
performed any miracles!