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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember (in Catholic School) reading about St. Bridget and how she prayed to be ugly so that her beauty wouldn't distract her devotion or whatever.

I thought that was insane. I would have never wanted to be ugly or prayed for that. It made no sense to me as a third grader .[/quote]

I thought Saint Bridget was a remake of the Irish goddess Brigid.  They seem to be assigned the similar areas.(poetry, healing, blacksmithng…)[/quote]

My understanding is that there was a real woman named Bridget who established an abbey and was canonized in the 5th century, but her story has gotten mixed up with stories about the goddess, with things attributed to her that are almost certainly taken from earlier myths.[/quote]

There is a Catholic Saint Bridget with the same story. It was a vision though, but the practice was common with pagans..[/quote]

Which practice?  I am confused. [/quote] pagan gods becoming saints in the Catholic Church? [/quote]

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