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Bridget of Sweden (saint) (1303 - 1373)

Short name Bridget of Sweden (saint)
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First name Birgitta
Birth name Birgersdotter
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Alternative name Birgitta Birgerdotter — Birgitta av Vadstena — St. Bridget of Sweden
Date of birth 1303
Date of death 1373
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Lived in Vatican City , Sweden
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Place(s) of Residence Vatican City (1350-1373) , Sweden
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Receptions of Bridget of Sweden (saint), the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Märkvärdiga kvinnor. Serie 2, svenska qvinnor Remarkable women, Series 2, Swedish women Fries, Ellen 1891 is biography of
MENTIONED IN: - Beauvoir, Deuxième sexe, 1949 (ed.Folio 1976, p. 515) - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "[After her husband died] God began to speak to her. She wrote down her revelations and founded a new convent, The Bridgettine Order at Vadstena Castle". - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) I, 213.
Publication in 1492. *MARIAGE=ARRANGE; *ENTREE=COUVENT