Brief Life History of Birgitte
When Birgitte Hejlesdatter was born in 1665, in Lendum, Sejlstrup, Denmark, her father, Hejle Christensen, was 34 and her mother, Mette Laursdatter, was 31. She died on 24 October 1675, in Topholt, Hørmested, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 10.
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Borrowing of the Irish name Brighid ( see Bridget ). This name owes its enormous popularity in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden, to St Birgitta ( 1304–73 ), patron saint of Sweden. She was a noblewoman who bore her husband eight children. After his death, she founded an order of nuns, the ‘Bridgettines’ or Order of the Most Holy Saviour. She also went to Rome, where she attempted to reform religious life.
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