Birgitta av Vadstena (1303 - 1373)

Short name Birgitta av Vadstena
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First name Birgitta
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Alternative name St. Bridget of Sweden
Date of birth 1303
Date of death 1373
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Lived in Sweden
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Märkvärdiga kvinnor. Serie 2, svenska qvinnor Remarkable women, Series 2, Swedish women Ellen Fries 1891 is biography of
MENTIONED IN: - Beauvoir, Deuxième sexe, 1949 (ed.Folio 1976, p. 515) - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "[After her husband died] God began to speak to her. She wrote down her revelations and founded a new convent, The Bridgettine Order at Vadstena Castle". - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) I, 213.
Publication in 1492. *MARIAGE=ARRANGE; *ENTREE=COUVENT