Events for Tuesday 23rd July 2024 |
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St Bridget of Sweden |
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Starts | 14:00 | Ends | 23:00 | |||
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Birgitta's saintly and charitable life soon made her known far and wide; she greatly influenced her husband, with whom she went on pilgrimage to Santiago (St James) de Campostela 1341-1343. In 1344, shortly after their return, Ulf died and Birgitta now devoted herself wholly to religion. As a child she had already believed herself to have had visions; these now became more frequent, and her records of these, Revelationes coelestes ("Celestial revelations"), were compiled in a book, later translated into Latin and various languages, and disseminated widely during the Middle Ages. In 1999, Pope John Paul II chose Bridget as Europe's patron saint. Her feast is celebrated on July 23rd. - To Carl-Eric Skantze and Margareta Bernas, Swedish pilgrims encountered on the way to Santiago, in 2003, who enriched the journey. Brendan Cleary
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