Saint Bridget of Sweden Looking for Angels

SAINT BRIDGET OF SWEDEN
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Saint Bridget of Sweden

Bridget of Sweden also Birgitta of Vadstena, Saint Birgitta, or in Swedish den heliga Birgitta [literally the Holy Birgitta]) was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines after the death of her husband of twenty years.

She was also the mother of Catherine of Vadstena. PRAYERS JOINED TO THE NINE CHOIRS OF ANGELS Feast 23 July 8 October



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Roman Catholics) Attributes Pilgrim's hat, staff & bag; crown, writing-book.

Patronage Europe, Sweden, Widows





Saint Catherine of Sweden, Katarina av Vadstena or Catherine of Vadstena (c. 1332 – 24 March 1381) has been called the patron saint of protection against abortion and miscarriage she was daughter of Saint Bridget of Sweden. She is the patron saint of protection against abortion and miscarriage.
Bridget of Sweden
Bridget of Sweden (1303 – 23 July 1373; also Birgitta of Vadstena, Saint Birgitta, or in Swedish den heliga Birgitta [literally the Holy Birgitta]) was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines after the death of her husband of twenty years. She was also the mother of Catherine of Vadstena.
She is one of the six patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Catherine of Siena and Edith Stein.


Feast 23 July
8 October (Traditional Roman Catholics) Attributes Pilgrim's hat, staff & bag; crown, writing-book. Patronage Europe, Sweden, Widows


Saint Catherine of Sweden,daughter of St. Bridget Sweden, Katarina av Vadstena or Catherine of Vadstena (c. 1332 – 24 March 1381) has been called the patron saint of protection against abortion and miscarriage. Her father was Ulf Gudmarsson, Lord of Ulvåsa, and her mother was the better known Saint Birgitta (in their lifetime known as Birgitta Birgersdotter
She is the patron saint of protection against abortion and miscarriage.

WORKS CITED:
Editions Magnificat Canada

KEVIN KNIGHT NEW ADVENT








ILLUSTRATIONS:
The Vision of St Bridget. Detail from initial letter "T" miniature, folio 15, BL Harley MS 4640 (British Library), 1530. Probably painted at Syon Monastery, Isleworth. The Indenture or Deed conveys the lands bequested to Sheen Priory by the will of Hugh Denys(d.1511), Groom of the Stool to Henry VII, to nearby Syon Monastery, a Bridgettine House. A transcript of the document is printed in Aungier, G.J. History & Antiquities of Syon Monastery. London, 1840, Appendix XIV, pp.465-478

Svenska: Heliga Birgitta på ett altarskåp i Salems kyrka, Södermanland
English: Birgitta of Sweden on an altarpiece in Salem church, Södermanland, Sweden.
Date
2010-01-28 20:16 (UTC)


IMAGES OF GUARDIAN ANGELS, SONG OF THE ANGELS, ST. BRIDGET






Source
• Heliga_Birgitta_på_ett_altarskåp_i_Salems_kyrka.jpg
Author
• Heliga_Birgitta_på_ett_altarskåp_i_Salems_kyrka.jpg: Hermann Rode (late 15th century)
• derivative work: Beao