Legend has it that she keens to mourn the death of her son Ruadán and so invents the art form. Brighid's caoineadh ... The Irish tradition of making crosses on Imbolc or Lá Fhéile Bhríde ...
Eventually, the Stations of the Cross became an important catechetical tool, and the popularity of this devotion inspired some of the greatest examples of medieval Christian art. Some scholars ...