Present Day: Told from the narrator’s point of view, in 3rd person past tense.

These pages are later discovered and are a part of the research found in: His encounter is detailed in his personal writings over the course of a couple of years, beginning in 470 A.D.

The Letters of Decius, Roman priest and artistic illuminator of scripture.

Eventually her story line merges into the same timeline as:

These chapters witness Brigid’s time as a child, her baptism by the beloved Saint Patrick and her decision to live a life in service to God. Brigid: the Life is told from the narrator’s point of view, in 3rd person present tense.I know very little of 5th Century Christendom, but reading this has shown me how much has evolved and remained the same over the centuries.Ĭhanging perspective every chapter or so, the story is told in three motifs: Those interested in early Christian history would find this story fascinating. As a Christian with Irish heritage, this was right up my alley.īrigid of Kildare combines truth from documented history, mysterious speculative fiction as seen in The Da Vinci Code and just a hint of romance. However, we should never judge a book by it’s cover, should we? Upon reading the plot description, I was hooked.

I’m a lover of all things Celtic, and the design of this one was just amazing. But even more extraordinary is the contents of the manuscript’s vellum pages, which may have dire repercussions for the Catholic Church and could very well rewrite the origins of Christianity.I was initially drawn to Brigid of Kildare because of the amazing cover art. Hidden within the sacred box is the most beautiful illuminated manuscript Alex has ever seen.

Modern day: Alexandra Patterson, an appraiser of medieval relics, has been summoned to Kildare to examine a reliquary box believed to belong to Saint Brigid. When Brigid assigns Decius a holy task-to create the most important and sacred manuscript ever made-he finds himself at odds with his original mission and faces the most difficult decision of his life. Hearing accounts of Brigid’s power, the Church deems her a threat and sends Decius, a Roman priest and scribe, on a secret mission to collect proof of Brigid’s heresy.Īs Decius records the unorthodox practices of Brigid and her abbey, he becomes intrigued by her. Followers flock to her Kildare abbey and scriptorium. Rich in historical detail, Heather Terrell’s mesmerizing novel Brigid of Kildare is the story of the revolutionary Saint Brigid and the discovery of the oldest illuminated manuscript in the annals of the Church, a manuscript that contains an astonishing secret history.įifth-century Ireland: Brigid is Ireland’s first and only female priest and bishop.

Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell