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The Prophecies and Revelations of Saint Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden and Her Life – With various Prayers. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. James J Walsh (1907). St. Bridget of Sweden: a chapter of mediaeval church history. Vol. I vol. (No 2). Washington: The Writers Club of Washington. p. 64. Archived from the original on 9 November ...
The Bridgettines, or Birgittines, formally known as the Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Latin: Ordo Sanctissimi Salvatoris; abbreviated OSsS), is a monastic religious order of the Catholic Church founded by Saint Birgitta (Bridget of Sweden) in 1344 and approved by Pope Urban V in 1370. [1] [2] They follow the Rule of Saint Augustine. There are ...
Brigit of Kildare (451–525), patron saint of Ireland, abbess; Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373), mystic and saint, founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks; Saint Bríga, (fl. 6th century), founder of the monastery of Oughter Ard in Ardclough, County Kildare
In the United States, in Marshall County, Kansas, is the unincorporated community (or township) St. Bridget, described by some accounts as an extinct town. [66] St. Bride's, Newfoundland and Labrador, at the southwest tip of the Avalon Peninsula, is named for St. Brigid, reflecting historical ties to southeastern Ireland
It is possible to visit the rooms of St Bridget and her daughter St Catherine, first abbess of the Bridgettine Sisters. The rooms contain relics of the two saints, and are decorated with paintings from the lives of the saints. Jewish artist Édouard Brandon is responsible for the artworks in the room of St Bridget. Chapels of St Bridget and St ...
The abbey was founded in 1346 by Saint Bridget with the assistance of King Magnus IV of Sweden and his Queen Blanche, who made a will donating ten farms, including that of Vadstena in Dal Hundred, Östergötland, to the abbey founded by Bridget. The daughter of Saint Bridget, Saint Catherine, on arriving there in 1374 with the relics of her ...
The clootie well near Munlochy, on the Black Isle, Scotland. Clootie tree next to St Brigid's Well, Kildare, Ireland. A clootie well is a holy well (or sacred spring), almost always with a tree growing beside it, where small strips of cloth or ribbons are left as part of a healing ritual, usually by tying them to branches of the tree (called a clootie tree or rag tree).
The new congregation was established in England in 1931 after receiving the approval of the Holy See. [7] That same year, Hesselblad obtained the House of Saint Bridget in Rome for her new congregation. A foundation was made in India in 1937 which drew many new members. [6] Her order received canonical approval on 7 July 1940.