- Her mother was a Catholic slave baptized by Saint Patrick and her father was a pagan Chieftain.
- She was unable to keep from helping the poor, and once gave away her mother's whole supply of butter. When she prayed, however, it was all replenished.
- Her father attempted to sell her to a king, but when her father was distracted, she took his jeweled sword and gave it to a poor man so he could barter it for food. The king, a Christian, saw this amazing act of charity and asked requested her to be freed.
- She took a vow to remain chaste.
- She prayed for her beauty to be taken away so she wouldn't be married, and God granted it. Her beauty was returned when she took her vows as a nun.
- She founded a monastery in Kildare, Ireland.
CHARLOTTE BACHARACH
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