Saint Birgitta of Sweden was canonized by Pope Boniface IX on 7 October 1391.

* July 23 – Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint ( b. 1303 )

* Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint ( d. 1373 )

* Sweden – Saint Eric, Saint Birgitta

Farmers believing in the house tomte could be seen as worshipping false gods or demons ; in a famous 14th century decree Saint Birgitta warns against the worship of tompta gudhi, " tomte gods " ( Revelationes, book VI, ch.

** Saint Birgitta of Sweden

Bridget of Sweden ( 1303 – 23 July 1373 ; also Birgitta of Vadstena, Saint Birgitta ( or Birgitta Birgersdotter ), was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty years.

* Saint Birgitta Official website

Saint Birgitta ( 1303 – 1373 ), also known as Birgitta of Vadstena, has cast her shadow on this municipality, and is shown on the municipality's coat-of-arms.

* In 1316 the future Saint Birgitta of Sweden was married to Ulf Gudmarson, lord of Närke, to whom she bore eight children, one of whom was afterwards honoured as St Catherine of Sweden.

Her father was Ulf Gudmarsson, Lord of Ulvåsa, and her mother was the better known Saint Birgitta ( in their lifetime known as Birgitta Birgersdotter of Finsta ).

) is a monastic religious order of Augustinian nuns, Religious Sisters and monks founded by Saint Birgitta ( Saint Bridget ) of Sweden in approximately 1350, and approved by Pope Urban V in 1370.

* Saint Birgitta

* Relics of Saint Bridget ( Heliga Birgitta ) were placed in the chapel of Saint Eric and Bridget's parents.

The church of Saint Birgitta is situated in Loppi.

She was disliked, as was her husband, by Saint Birgitta, who accused her of being unfaithful ; Bengt Algotsson was pointed out as the lover of both the king and the queen.

He was also a supporter of the Swedish, highly revered, Saint Birgitta ( 1303 – 1373 ), and wrote a biography of her.

Birka was also important as the site of the first known Christian congregation in Sweden, founded in 831 by Saint Ansgar.

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* 1381 – Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint ( b. 1332 )

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* Eric IX of Sweden, Saint, king

* Saint Ansgar founds the first church in Sweden, at Birka.

* Olof, king of Sweden, is baptized by Saint Sigfrid.

Sweden purchased the small Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy from France in 1784, then sold it back in 1878 ; the population had included slaves until they were freed by the Swedish government in 1847.

1000 – 1022, mother of king Anund Jacob of Sweden and the Kievan Rus ' Saint and Queen ( Grand Princess ) Ingegerd Olofsdotter.

Stein is one of the six patron saints of Europe, together with Saint Benedict of Nursia, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Saint Bridget of Sweden and Saint Catherine of Siena.

The feast day of Saint John the Baptist or Midsummer was a very popular event in the Ancien régime of France, and it is still celebrated as a religious feast day in several countries, like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

* Text of The Revelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden in English

It then re-joins at Norway, goes through Sweden, Finland and ends at Saint Petersburg, Russia.

the Catholic Saint Mary's Church, with an even taller steeple and a cross on top, stood on Ball Street.

Forty years ago an English writer, W. L. George, dealt with this subject in Eddies of the Day, and said, as an example, that ' Saint George for Merry England ' would not start a spirit half so quickly as ' Strike frog-eating Frenchmen dead ' ''!!

The Ottomans completed the conquest of the peninsula in 1517 with the taking of Halicarnassus ( modern Bodrum ) from the Knights of Saint John.

Saint Augustine counters Pelagius, arguing that original sin means that the unbaptised go to hell, including infants, albeit with less suffering than is experienced by those guilty of actual sins.

" None of these attempts were acceptable to the defenders of Nicene orthodoxy: writing about the latter councils, Saint Jerome remarked that the world " awoke with a groan to find itself Arian.

* 1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

As a result of the Treaty of Saint Petersburg ( 1875 ), the Kuril Islands were handed over to Japan, along with its Ainu subjects.

He certainly corresponded with Elias III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and possibly sent a mission to India in honour of Saint Thomas the Apostle, whose tomb was believed to lie in that country.

Immediately after this, Algardi produced an interactive sculptural group representing the beheading of Saint Paul with two figures: a kneeling, resigned saint and the executioner poised to strike the sword-blow, for the church of San Paolo, Bologna.

Andrew, who was now with Saint Louis, interpreted David's message to the King, a real or pretended offer of alliance from the Mongol general Eljigidei, and a proposal of a joint attack upon the Islamic powers of Syria.

From then on, though of course with some exceptions, Christian art represented angels with wings, as in the cycle of mosaics in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major ( 432-440 ).

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

However, the presence of a vigorous population of Celtic lineage, principally of Irish origin, has supported the creation of other celebrations of beer, often for marketing purposes, such as Saint Patrick's Day ( Día de San Patricio ), patron of Ireland, which is celebrated with abundant libations.

At a later period, Paul's epistles place him with Paul and Saint Timothy at Ephesus, whence he was sent by Paul to Corinth, Greece for the purpose of getting the contributions of the church there on behalf of the poor Christians at Jerusalem sent forward.

As well as the Roman Martyrology, the Roman Missal identified the Saint Felix of 29 July with the antipope.

He was soon producing some spectacular and original images, notably Nemesis ( 1502 ), The Sea Monster ( 1498 ), and Saint Eustace ( c. 1501 ), with a highly detailed landscape background and animals.

It was consecrated in 1197 with a dedication to the deceased Saint Thomas Becket, whom the king had met at the English court.

* The Shadow Witness and The Doom of Saint Quirec, with Francis Burnand ( 1875 – 76 )

* 1829 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.

Kerguelen Islands ( France ; also an EU Overseas territory ) are situated in the Antarctic Convergence area, while the Falkland Islands, Isla de los Estados, Hornos Island with Cape Horn, Diego Ramírez Islands, Campbell Island, Macquarie Island, Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands, Crozet Islands, Prince Edward Islands, and Gough Island and Tristan da Cunha group remain north of the Convergence and thus outside the Antarctic region.

Painting of Saint Anthony, a part of The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot by Piero di Cosimo, ca.

When Saint Macarius visited Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony clothed him with the monk's garb, and foretold him what would be of him.