July 23
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Bridget of Sweden

St. Bridget of Sweden

religious, patroness of Europe · 1303 – 1373
Lord, show me the way and make me willing to walk in it.
— Prayers of St. Bridget

A Swedish noblewoman, wife and mother of eight. After her husband's death she founded an order and moved to Rome, where she openly urged the popes to return from Avignon. Her daughter is St. Catherine of Sweden. Wife, mother, mystic – and patroness of Europe.

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