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Today, October 7, is also the day of Birgitta (Bridget) of Sweden, canonized on this day by Pope Boniface IX in 1391. Since this was made during the Great Schism, she was canonized again on February 1, 1415, by Pope John XXIII (this was one of his last official acts before his deposal), and once more on July 1, 1419, by Pope Martin V. I know of no other saint that has been canonized three times.
Since her feast day often coincides with a late period of mild weather, Indian summer is called "Brittsommar" in Swedish, and that is what we have right now.
Today, Birgitta Birgersdotter is known primarily for the monastic order founded by her, "first and foremost" for women, but where each abbey should also include a community of men to ensure the spiritual needs of the nuns. She is also known for her Revelations which were rapidly translated into all major European languages, and in which some modern readers have found something of a fourteenth century religious feminism.
In the diocese of Linköping, also her Translation had a calendar day, on May 28. The day of her death 1373 is commemorated on July 23 in the diocese of Linköping and in the Order of the Most Holy Savior.
Further reading: Bridget Morris, Saint Birgitta of Sweden (1999); Tore Nyberg, The Canonization Process of Saint Birgitta of Sweden, in Procès de canonisation au Moyen Age, ed. G. Klaniczay, Rome 2004, pp. 67--85.
Anders Fröjmark, Kalmar, Sweden
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