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Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373


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    • Birgit, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
    • Birgitta Birgersdotter, approximately 1303-1373
    • Birgitta, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
    • Birgitta, Saint, of Sweden, d. 1373
    • Birgitta, von Schweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
    • Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, ca. 1303-1373
    • Brigid, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
    • Brigida, di Svezia, approximately 1303-1373
    • Brigida, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
    • Brigitta, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
    • Brigitte, de Suède, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
    • Brigitte, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373

  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1303~

    • Death Date

        1373

    • Descriptor

        Saints

    • Descriptor

        Christian saints

    • Birth Place

        Finsta (Sweden)

    • Associated Locale

        Rome (Italy)

    • Associated Language

        Swedish

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Birgitta, Saint, of Sweden, d. 1373
    • Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, ca. 1303-1373

  • Sources

    • found: Her Das Puch der himlischen Offenbarung, 1502:t.p. (Puch der himlischen Offenbarung der heiligen Wittiben Birgitte von dem Künigreich Sweden)
    • found: Britannica, 1977(Bridget (Birgitta, Birgit, or Brigid) of Sweden, Saint, b. ca. 1303, d. 7/23/1373)
    • found: Holböck, F. Gottes Nordlicht, c1983:t.p. (Birgitta von Schweden) p. 21 (b. June 1302 or 1303 in Finsta) p. 173 (d. 7-23-1373 in Rome) p. 11 (Birgitta or Brigitta; also Brigida, in Italy; Bridget, in England; Brigitte, in France)
    • found: Revelations, 2006:t.p. (Brigitte de Suède)
    • found: Brigida di Svezia, c2012.
    • found: Himmelska uppenbarelser, 1957-1959:t.p. (Himmelska uppenbarelser; this ed. is a comprehensive translation of the original Latin) v. 1, p. 10 (method of recording the revelations: coming out of a trance Birgitta would either dictate to a person who would put her words into Latin or write a Swedish version which was Latinized, then destroyed; so while Swedish was the original language, the earliest written text was Latin)
    • found: The revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden, 2006:title page (Liber caelestis) page v (The Birgittine corpus comprises twelve "books": seven books of Revelationes, books I-VII (the Liber caelestis), followed by book VIII (the Liber caelestis Imperatoris ad reges) and four supplementary books known as the Regula Salvatoris, Sermo angelicus, Quattuor orationes, and Revelationes extravagantes)

  • Change Notes

    • 1980-08-01: new
    • 2021-09-16: revised

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