Bridgettines
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The Bridgettines, or Birgittines, formally known as the Order of the Most Holy Saviour, is a monastic religious order of the Catholic Church founded by Saint Birgitta in 1344 and approved by Pope Urba
Habit of the professed Bridgettine nuns with the typical crown of linnen on the veil
Convent church of the Pax Mariae abbey in Vadstena, the first Bridgettine monastery of the old branch
Bridgettine monastery in Hrodna, Belarus
Coat of arms The Order of the Most Holy Savior (Bridgettines)
Bridget of Sweden
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Bridget of Sweden, OSsS, also known as Birgitta Birgersdotter and Birgitta of Vadstena, was a Swedish Catholic mystic and the founder of the Bridgettines. Outside Sweden, she was also known as the Pri
Saint Bridget in the religious habit of a Bridgettine nun, in a 1476 breviary of the form of the Liturgy of the Hours unique to Order of the Most Holy Savior
The Vision of St Bridget: The Risen Christ, displaying his wound from Longinus, inspires the writing of Saint Bridget. Detail of initial letter miniature, dated 1530, probably made at Syon Abbey, England, a Bridgettine House.
Pre-Bridget reclining Virgin with ox and donkey, with midwife Salomé off to the side, c. 1311, by Duccio di Buoninsegna
Post-Bridget kneeling Virgin with Joseph holding a candle as he enters the space with angels, ox, and donkey, circa 1470, by Hans Memling