Bridget of Sweden (1303 – 23 July 1373; also Birgitta of Vadstena Saint Birgitta (Swedish: den heliga Birgitta or Birgitta Birgersdotter) was a mystic and saint and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks 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.
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