06 Works, Today, July 23rd, is Saint Bridget’s day, her story thru art #204

Birgitta of Sweden on an altarpiece in Salem church, Södermanland, Sweden (1)
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Birgitta of Sweden
Altarpiece in Salem church, Södermanland, Sweden
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St. Bridget of Sweden, (born c. 1303, Sweden — died July 23, 1373, Rome; canonized October 8, 1391; feast day July 23, formerly October 8), patron saint of Sweden, founder of the Bridgittines, and a mystic whose revelations were influential during the Middle Ages. In 1999 Pope John Paul II named her one of the patron saints of Europe…

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