Bridget of Sweden was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty years. Saint Birgitta was the daughter of Uppland's Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. Birgitta's family was pious; her father went to ...
> Bridget of Sweden was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty years. Saint Birgitta was the daughter of Uppland's Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. Birgitta's family was pious; her father went to ... [continue reading](https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=264)
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