Cogitosus (fl. c. 650) was an Irish monk, who wrote the ''Vita Sanctae Brigidae''.

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Cogitosus was a monk of Kildare, an important monastery in Ireland, who wrote the oldest extant vita of Saint Brigid, '' Vita Sanctae Brigidae'', around 650.Bitel, Lisa M (2002). '' Textual Practice'' Summer 2002, Vol. 16 Issue 2. Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost). P. 211. There is a controversy as to whether he was related to Saint Brigid. Muirchú moccu Machtheni names Cogitosus as the first Irish hagiographer. Cogitosus writes in fairly good Latin, much better indeed than might be expected in that age, likely drawing from earlier documents which had preserved older traditions of Brigid's life. His description of the church of Kildare with its interior decorations is specially interesting for the history of early Irish art and architecture. He describes in some detail the tombs of Brigid and

Conleth Saint Conleth (; sga, Conláed ; Modern Irish: ''Naomh Connlaodh''; also ''Conlaeth; Conlaid; Conlaith; Conlath; Conlian, Hugh the Wise'') was an Irish hermit and metalworker, also said to have been a copyist and skilled illuminator of manus ...

. There are at least two contemporary English translations of Cogitosus's ''Life of St Brigid'': one by Connolly and Picard in 1987 and another in 1993 by Liam da Paor.''St Patrick's World'', Liam de Paor, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 1993 - chapter 33
Cogitosus's Life of St Brigid the Virgin
accessed 13 February 2012

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cogitosus Irish male writers Christian hagiographers Irish Christian monks 7th-century Irish writers People from County Kildare Irish Latinists 7th-century Latin writers

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