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The Vision of St Bridget: The Risen Christ, displaying his wound from Longinus, inspires the writing of Saint Bridget. Detail of initial letter miniature, dated 1530, probably made at Syon Abbey, England, a Bridgettine House. At the age of ten, Bridget had a vision of Jesus hanging upon the cross.
When Ulf, the husband of Bridget was deathly ill following a journey to Compestella,"Bridget was greatly comforted by a vision of St. Dionisus that consoled her exortting her to make a pilgrimage to Rome. (Itinary of St. Bridget of Sweeden from Rome to Jerusalem, Sabino De Sandoli, C. 1991 Franciscan Printing Press, intro."
St. Bridget's granddaughter, Lady Ingegerd Knutsdotter, was Abbess of Vadstena from 1385 to 1403. Upon her death on 14 September 1412, direct descent from St. Bridget became extinct. This opened the medieval concept of "Bridget's spiritual children", members of the order founded by her, to be her true heirs.
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 ...
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 Education
Of these authors, the best known belonging to Vadstena are perhaps Margareta Clausdotter (abbess 1473, died 1486), author of a work on the family of St. Bridget (printed in "Scriptores Rerum Svecicarum", III, I, 207-16), and Nicolaus Ragvaldi, monk and General Confessor of the abbey (1476–1514), who composed several works.
The Vision of St Bridget, detail of initial letter miniature, dated 1530, probably made at Syon. The document is a conveyance of lands bequeathed to Sheen Priory by the will of Hugh Denys(d.1511) to Syon (BL Harley MS 4640,f.15)
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