Birgitta Birgersdotter, also known as Saint Birgitta, born around 1303 probably in Finsta, Uppland, died 23 July 1373 in Rome, Kyrkostaten, was a Swedish Catholic preacher, author, theologian and order and monastery founder of the Birgittine Order. She was named a saint and, together with Edith Stein and Catherine of Siena, constitutes Europe’s three patron saints according to the Roman Catholic Church.
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