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Bridget of Sweden

Bridget of Sweden, OSsS (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373) born as Birgitta Birgersdotter, also Birgitta of Vadstena (Swedish: heliga Birgitta), was a Swedish widow, mystic, saint, and the founder of the Bridgettines. Outside Sweden, she was also known as the Princess of Nericia[3] and was the mother of Catherine of Vadstena.

For Swedish royalty, see Bridget of Sweden (disambiguation).

Saint

Bridget of Sweden

OSsS

c. 1303
Uppland, Sweden

23 July 1373 (aged 69–70)
Rome, Papal States

Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Lutheranism[1]

7 October 1391 by Pope Boniface IX

Vadstena Abbey

23 July
8 October (General Roman Calendar of 1960)
7 October (Sweden)

Pilgrim's hat, staff & bag; crown, writing-book, heart with a cross, book and quill

Europe[2], Sweden, widows, for a holy death

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.

Pre-Bridget reclining Virgin with ox and donkey, with midwife Salomé off to the side, c. 1311, by Duccio di Buoninsegna

Pre-Bridget reclining Virgin with ox and donkey, with midwife Salomé off to the side, c. 1311, by Duccio di Buoninsegna

Post-Bridget kneeling Virgin with Joseph holding a candle as he enters the space with angels, ox, and donkey, circa 1470, by Hans Memling

Post-Bridget kneeling Virgin with Joseph holding a candle as he enters the space with angels, ox, and donkey, circa 1470, by Hans Memling

Pirita convent

Societas Sanctae Birgittae

Saint Bridget of Sweden, patron saint archive

Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones Lib. I. Ed. by C.-G. Undhagen. Stockholm 1978.

Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones Lib. II. Ed. by C.-G. Undhagen† and B. Bergh. Stockholm 2001.

Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones Lib. III. Ed. by A.-M. Jönsson. Stockholm 1998.

Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones Lib. IV. Ed. by H. Aili. Stockholm 1992.

Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones Lib. V. Ed. by B. Bergh. Uppsala 1971.

Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones Lib. VI. Ed. by B. Bergh. Stockholm 1991.

Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones Lib. VII. Ed. by B. Bergh. Uppsala 1967.

Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones Lib. VIII. Ed. by H. Aili. Stockholm 2002.

Sancta Birgitta. Revelaciones extravagantes Ed. by L. Hollman. Uppsala 1956.

Sancta Birgitta. Opera minora Vol. I. Regula Salvatoris Ed. by. S. Eklund. Stockholm 1975.

Sancta Birgitta. Opera minora Vol. II. Sermo angelicus Ed. by. S. Eklund. Uppsala 1972.

Sancta Birgitta. Opera minora Vol. III. Quattuor oraciones Ed. by. S. Eklund. Stockholm 1991.

Saint Birgitta's Revelaciones, that is, her Revelations written in Latin, appeared in critical editions during the years 1956 to 2002 under the aegis of the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm.


English translations are:

Aili, H. & Svanberg, J., Imagines Sanctae Birgittae. The Earliest Illuminated Manuscripts and Panel Paintings Related to the Revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden. Stockholm: The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. 2003.

. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010.

The Prophecies and Revelations of Saint Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden and Her Life – With various Prayers

(1907). St. Bridget of Sweden: a chapter of mediaeval church history. Vol. I vol. (No 2). Washington: The Writers Club of Washington. p. 64. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018 – via archive.org.

James J Walsh

at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

Birgitta Birgersdotter (Heliga Birgitta)

. Ed. by Maria H. Oen. Leiden: Brill, 2019

A Companion to Birgitta of Sweden and Her Legacy in the Later Middle Ages

Sweden, Bridget of (1862). , on the life and passion of Our Lord, and the life of His Blessed Mother. D. & J. Sadlier & Co.

Revelations of St. Bridget

Complete online facsimiles of her Revelations at the Swedish Royal Library: , MS. A 5b, MS. A 44, MS. A 110

MS. A 5a

Lewis E 240 Revelations at OPenn

website maintained by Vadstena Municipality

Saint Birgitta

Text of The Revelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden in English: or 2

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with a link to her Revelationes in Latin

Saint Birgitta of Sweden

Van Nuys, California

St Bridget of Sweden Grade School & Parish

Cheshire, Connecticut

Saint Bridget of Sweden Parish

The Order of the Most Holy Saviour of Saint Bridget

– The Daily Office of Our Lady – Now in English, commemorating 600 years of Syon Abbey.

The Syon Breviary

Two engravings by the Pseudo-Dürer for The Revelations from the De Verda collection: and 2

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at the Christian Iconography web site.

Saint Bridget of Sweden

in the German National Library catalogue

Literature by and about Bridget of Sweden

in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)

Works by and about Bridget of Sweden

"" in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints

Bridget of Sweden