Portal:Saints/Selected biography/June 2006

Saint Birgitta, also known as St. Bridget of Sweden, Birgitta of Vadstena and Birgitta of Finsta (1303 – July 23, 1373), was a saint, mystic, pilgrim, and founder of the Bridgettine Order.

The most celebrated saint of Sweden and the northern kingdoms, was the daughter of Birger Persson of the family of Finsta, governor and lawspeaker of Uppland, and one of the richest landowners of the country, and his wife, a member of the so-called Lawspeaker branch of the Folkunga family. Through her mother, young Birgitta was relation of the Swedish kings of her lifetime.