Brief Life History of Brita
When Brita Johansdotter was born on 21 February 1670, in Enskär, Uppsala, Sweden, her father, Johan Samuelsson, was 40 and her mother, Anna Jacobsdotter, was 28. She died in 1670, in Hållnäs, Uppsala, Sweden, at the age of 0.
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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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