Monastic / Hermit
St. Bridget of Sweden
Bridget of Sweden, OSsS , also known as Birgitta Birgersdotter and Birgitta of Vadstena , was a Swedish Catholic mystic and the founder of the Bridgettines.
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Saints from Sweden
Read the full stories of 4 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day Sweden.
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Religious · June 4
St. Elizabeth Hesselblad
Elizabeth Hesselblad was a Swedish Catholic religious sister who founded a new, active, branch of the Bridgettines known as the Bridgettine Sisters.
Sweden · Present-day geography
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Lay saint · May 18
St. Erik
Saint Erik , also called Eric IX or Erik Jedvardsson was King of Sweden from c.
Sweden · Reported origin
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Lay saint · 31 July
St. Helena of Skövde
Helena of Skövde was a Swedish saint and patron to what is now Västergötland, in southwest Sweden, where she was born.
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