pilgrim in the footsteps of Christ(1303 – 1373)
Wife, mother, nun, founder of the Order, co-patron of Europe
Bridget came from a royal family, received heavenly visions from her childhood, and was the mother of eight children. Her younger relative, King Magnus IV. Eriksson asked Brigita to become his wife's court lady and, above all, to lead the queen to piety.
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They and their husband entered the so-called Third Order of St. Francis, completed a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
After her husband's death, her life changed, she devoted most of her time to prayer, she began writing letters to kings, cardinals and the pope himself, criticizing corruption in the church, the extravagant lives of priests and monks. She founded a monastery of the new Order of the Blessed Savior, later known as the Order of the Holy Brigide.
Brigita went on a pilgrimage to Rome in 1349, most of the way she went barefoot. Cardinal Ratzinger wrote of her that she followed in the footsteps of God who entered our footsteps. She begged and swore the Pope to return, where his place was right, to the eternal city of Rome.
After the pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Brigita returned ill and died when she returned to Rome.
In 1391 Bridget was canonized and in 1999 St. John Paul II. declared co-patron of Europe.
