RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bridget of Sweden

1303 - 1373

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Bridget of Sweden, OSsS (c. 1304 – 23 July 1374), also known as Birgitta Birgersdotter and Birgitta of Vadstena (Swedish: heliga Birgitta), was a Swedish Catholic mystic and the founder of the Bridgettines. Outside Sweden, she was also known as the Princess of Nericia and was the mother of Catherine of Vadstena. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bridget of Sweden is the 228th most popular religious figure (down from 209th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Religious Figure.

Bridget of Sweden is most famous for founding a convent in Vadstena, Sweden.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bridget of Sweden ranks 228 out of 3,187. Before her are Bernadette Soubirous, Catherine of Siena, Saint Dominic, Saint Sebastian, Joshua, and Pope Clement II. After her are Pope Lucius III, Pope Benedict XIII, Pope Damasus I, Seti I, Pope Marcellus I, and Pope Innocent II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1303, Bridget of Sweden ranks 1. After her is Giovanni Dolfin. Among people deceased in 1373, Bridget of Sweden ranks 1. After her are Ibn Kathir, Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre, Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria, Andrew Corsini, Elisabeth of Bohemia, and Constantine IV of Armenia.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bridget of Sweden ranks 20 out of 1,879. Before her are Olof Palme (1927), Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), and Ingrid Bergman (1915). After her are Tomas Tranströmer (1931), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Ingvar Kamprad (1926), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), Gustav I of Sweden (1496), and Charles XV of Sweden (1826).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Sweden

Among religious figures born in Sweden, Bridget of Sweden ranks 1. After her are Eric IX of Sweden (1120), Nathan Söderblom (1866), Olaus Magnus (1490), Catherine of Vadstena (1331), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), Johannes Magnus (1488), Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), Gustav Trolle (1488), Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870), Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1417), and Laurentius Petri (1499).

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