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Full of historical detail, Louise Terrell’s mesmerizing book Brigid of Kildare may be the tale of the groundbreaking Saint Brigid and the finding of the earliest illuminated manuscript in the history of the Chapel, a manuscript which has an amazing solution history. Fifth-century Ireland: Brigid is Ireland’s first and only female priest and bishop. Fans head to her Kildare scriptorium and abbey. Reading balances of Brigid’s energy, the Church believes her a risk and directs Decius, a Roman priest and scribe, on a secret quest to gather evidence of Brigid’s heresy.    As Decius documents the methods of her abbey and Brigid, he becomes fascinated by her. When Brigid assigns Decius a holy task—to produce the most essential and revered manuscript actually made—he sees herself at odds together with his unique objective and looks the most difficult choice of his life.Modern evening: Alexandra Patterson, an appraiser of ancient artifacts, hasbeen summoned to Kildare to analyze a reliquary container thought to participate in Saint Brigid.