Vadstena Abbey is a historical building complex situated on Lake Vättern, which includes the Vadstena Abbey Church, part of the Diocese of Linköping of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden. The M
Vadstena Abbey Evangelical-Lutheran Church, along with the attached monastery complex
The chancel of Vadstena Abbey Evangelical-Lutheran Church
The will in which King Magnus IV and Queen Blanche donate 10 farms to support the foundation of Vadstena Abbey
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
Vadstena Abbey
…Vadstena Abbey Church started as a wooden church, that burned down in 1388; it was rebuilt towards the close of the 14th century, under the direction of St Bridget of Sweden, who stated that she received the instructions from Jesus on how to build Vadstena Abbey Church. St Bridget of Sweden desired that the church be simple…
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.
Virgin with ox and donkey, with midwife Salomé off to the side, c. 1311, by Duccio di Buoninsegna
Virgin with Saint Joseph holding a candle as he enters the space with angels, ox, and donkey, circa 1470, by Hans Memling