Early Women Writers

Bridget of Sweden

Uppland, Sweden

1303-1373

Bridget or Birgitta of Sweden (also Birgitta of Vadstena, or Saint Birgitta) was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettine order after the death of her husband of twenty years.

Latin

Devotional, Revelations

The revelations of Saint Birgitta of Sweden, translated by Denis Searby, with introductions and notes by Bridget Morris, 4 vols. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006–); Saint Bride and her book: Birgitta of Sweden's revelations. Translated and Edited by Julia Bolton Holloway (1992).