{"id":97179,"date":"2026-07-23T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=97179"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:51:10","slug":"5-things-to-know-about-st-bridget-of-sweden-mystic-and-mother-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/5-things-to-know-about-st-bridget-of-sweden-mystic-and-mother-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Dinge, die man \u00fcber die heilige Birgitta von Schweden, Mystikerin und Mutter, wissen sollte"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>On July 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Bridget of Sweden, a mystic of the Middle Ages who was a wife, mother to a large family, lady-in-waiting to a queen, and founder of a religious order that still exists today.1. St. Bridget experienced her first vision at age 10.Bridget, or \u201cBirgitta,\u201d was born to wealthy, devout parents in Sweden in the year 1303. Her mother died early in her life, and she and her siblings were\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Her mother died early in her life, and she and her siblings were\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-97179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71759,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/holiness-of-family-life-a-look-behind-the-icon-depicting-a-mother-of-8\/","url_meta":{"origin":97179,"position":0},"title":"\u2018Holiness of family life\u2019: A look behind the icon depicting a mother of 8","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Februar 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Father Richard Reiser, an iconographer based in Omaha, Nebraska, writes an icon of St. Bridget of Sweden with her family for FOCCUS Marriage Ministries\u2019 40th anniversary. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of FOCCUS CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). 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