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Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373

LC control no.n 50044402
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Personal name headingBridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
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Variant(s)Birgit, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Birgitta Birgersdotter, approximately 1303-1373
Birgitta, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Birgitta, Saint, of Sweden, d. 1373
Birgitta, von Schweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, ca. 1303-1373
Brigid, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Brigida, di Svezia, approximately 1303-1373
Brigida, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Brigitta, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Brigitte, de Suède, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Brigitte, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Birth date1303~
Death date1373
Place of birthFinsta (Sweden)
Place of deathRome (Italy)
Found inHer Das Puch der himlischen Offenbarung, 1502: t.p. (Puch der himlischen Offenbarung der heiligen Wittiben Birgitte von dem Künigreich Sweden)
Britannica, 1977 (Bridget (Birgitta, Birgit, or Brigid) of Sweden, Saint, b. ca. 1303, d. 7/23/1373)
Holböck, F. Gottes Nordlicht, c1983: t.p. (Birgitta von Schweden) p. 21 (b. June 1302 or 1303 in Finsta) p. 173 (d. 7-23-1373 in Rome) p. 11 (Birgitta or Brigitta; also Brigida, in Italy; Bridget, in England; Brigitte, in France)
Revelations, 2006: t.p. (Brigitte de Suède)
Brigida di Svezia, c2012.
Himmelska uppenbarelser, 1957-1959: t.p. (Himmelska uppenbarelser; this ed. is a comprehensive translation of the original Latin) v. 1, p. 10 (method of recording the revelations: coming out of a trance Birgitta would either dictate to a person who would put her words into Latin or write a Swedish version which was Latinized, then destroyed; so while Swedish was the original language, the earliest written text was Latin)
The revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden, 2006: title page (Liber caelestis) page v (The Birgittine corpus comprises twelve "books": seven books of Revelationes, books I-VII (the Liber caelestis), followed by book VIII (the Liber caelestis Imperatoris ad reges) and four supplementary books known as the Regula Salvatoris, Sermo angelicus, Quattuor orationes, and Revelationes extravagantes)
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