Santa Brigida Cross Pendant

Features of Santa Brigida Cross Pendant Silver.

Silver Santa Brigida Cross Pendant Made in Ireland.

Silver is a relatively light metal, so it is comfortable both to work with and to wear. It is the metal with the highest reflection index, making it ideal for creating exquisite jewelry. In our case, jewelry that represents authentic historical icons of a rich and touching Celtic and Irish past.

Our entire collection is made in Dublin (Ireland) by a family tradition jewelry that has been designing and making traditional jewelry with strong meaning for more than 70 years. Quality and design come together in pieces of Celtic ancestral inspiration and with a distinctly Irish character. Unique designs, based on icons of a millennial past: the Claddagh, Celtic crosses, the shamrock or the Celtic knot, adapted to current tastes and fashions.

Ancient Celtic and Irish legends survive today represented in exquisite designs created in Ireland and reflecting the enormous cultural wealth of this country.

Santa Brigida Cross Pendant in Silver with Official Quality Guarantee.

Each piece of silver is marked with a contrast seal of the Assay Office from Dublin Castle, which guarantees that the silver used meets the most demanding quality standards. This seal has been in use in Ireland since 1637 and is a guarantee of purity.

Meaning and origin of the symbol of the Cross of Santa Brigida.

During the Iron Age in Ireland on February 1st was celebrated the celtic festival of Oímelg or Imbolc, which celebrated the arrival of spring and the renewal of country life after winter. He placed special emphasis on the feminine, the fertility of domestic animals…

In Ireland, one of the celtic goddesses the most important was Brig, Brigit or Brigantia. With the arrival of Christianity, given the roots it had, her cult was Christianized and she was given the category of Saint in order to facilitate the evangelization of the Irish Celts. And so from the fifth century onwards, Oímelg or Imbolc became the feast of St. Bridget.

It is said that Santa Brigida she was a contemporary of Saint Patrick and she converted her father to Christianity while doing a cross with some reeds. The farmers of those times adopted the custom of making that cross at the beginning of spring to protect their crops and place it in a high place in the house. This tradition has come down to our days and on the 1st of February his feast is celebrated, and even the so-called "Cross of St. Bridget" is made with straw, a very popular celebration in Ireland.

Tradition has it that St. Bridget was baptized by St. Patrick and later became a nun and founded an abbey in Kildare, of which she was abbess in the year 525. St. Bridget is associated with fire and heat, because the fire was always kept burning in her convent. In the year 878 his supposed remains were transferred and are buried next to those of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland.

Another tradition that is still maintained in some houses of Ireland, is that of having a candle burning in the window of the room where someone would have died during his holiday. Thus, the home visited by her shines in her presence.

The silver pendant with the cross of St. Bridget will protect you and give light.