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Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell5/13/2023 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. Before she started writing, she worked as a lawyer, and she has more. Hidden within the sacred box is the most beautiful illuminated manuscript Alex has ever seen. Heather Terrell is the author of The Chrysalis, The Map Thief, and Brigid of Kildare. 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. As Decius records the unorthodox practices of Brigid and her abbey, he becomes intrigued by her. Brigid) and two suspense novels, The Map Thief (2008) and The Chrysalis (2007). 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. As Heather Terrell, she has written Brigid of Kildare (2010, based on the medieval life of Irelands St. Followers flock to her Kildare abbey and scriptorium. Fifth-century Ireland- Brigid is Ireland's first and only female priest and bishop. 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.
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