Bridget of Sweden

Also known as Santa Brigida, St. Bridget, Bridget, Saint Birgitta of Sweden

Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373)

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Bridget of Sweden was a medieval nun and mystic who lived from about 1303 to 1373 and became venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. She is remembered for her spiritual writings and visions, which influenced religious thought in Europe during the late Middle Ages.

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Person · Open Library

Born: ca. 1303
Died: 1373
Works: 35

Top works

Den gulden regel ons saelighmaekers Jesu Christi
Flores precum d. Brigittae ex eiusdem reuelationū libris nunc primum excerpti à Ioanne Vastovio
Breviarium sororum ac sanctimonialium sacri ordinis divae Brigittae
Manuale, sive compendium revelationum coelestium selectiorum Birgittae viduae
Revelationum S. Birgittae selectiora capita

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: Sweden
Active from: 2020

melodic metalsymphonic rock

Discography

Scream Out For Something2020

Works in European collections

13 objects attributed to Bridget of Sweden, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Sermo angelicus de excellentia laudis gloriosissime Dei Genitricis Mariae Virginis

Revelationes

Sant Brigitten gebettly

Linz, AT-OOeLB, Ink.-48/Adl.5 Onus mundi

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Article

Bridget of Sweden, OSsS (c. 1304 – 23 July 1373), also known as Birgitta Birgersdotter and Birgitta of Vadstena (Swedish: heliga Birgitta), was a Swedish Catholic mystic and the founder of the Bridgettines. Outside Sweden, she was also known as the Princess of Nericia and was the mother of Catherine of Vadstena.

Bridget is one of the six patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia, Cyril and Methodius, Catherine of Siena and Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.