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The most celebrated saint of Sweden and the northern kingdoms, was the daughter of Birger Persson, governor and lagman (provincial judge) of Uplandia, and one of the richest landowners of the country.

In 1316 she was married to Ulf Gudmarson, lord of Nericia, to whom she bore eight children, one of whom was afterwards honoured as St. Catherine of Sweden. Birgitta’s saintly and charitable life soon made her known far and wide; she gained, too, great religious influence over her husband, with whom (1341-1343) she went on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

In 1344, shortly after their return, Ulf died in the Cistercian monastery of Alvastra in Ostrogothia, and Birgitta now devoted herself wholly to religion. As a child she had already believed herself to have visions; these now became more frequent, and her records of these Revelationes coelestes ("Celestial revelations") which were translated into LatinAlternative meanings: See Latin (disambiguation Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and ma by Matthias, canon of LinköpingLinkoping [lnopn] is a City in southern Sweden, in the Ostergotland County and the Ostrogothia Province. With its surroundings it makes up the fifth largest Municipality in Sweden, Linkopings kommun with 136,190 inhabitants ( SCB statistics of November 1,, and by her confessor, Peter prior of Alvastra, obtained a great vogue during the Middle Ages. It was about this time that she founded the order of St. Saviour, or the Bridgettines of which the principal house, at Vadstena, was richly endowed by King Magnus II of SwedenMagnus II Ericson Magnus VII of Norway ( 1316 1377), King of Sweden, Norway and Terra Scania, son of the duke Eric. Magnus was in line for the succession of the Norwegian throne when at age three he was preemptively elected king of Sweden in 1319. While h and his queen.

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In 1999, Pope John Paul II chose Birgitta as Europe's patron saint. Her feast is celebrated on July 23 (formerly October 8).

See also: List of saints, Patron saint