- The
Bridgettines, or Birgittines,
formally known as the
Order of the Most Holy
Saviour (Latin: Ordo
Sanctissimi Salvatoris;
abbreviated OSsS), is a monastic...
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religious sister who
founded a new, active,
branch of the
Bridgettines known as the
Bridgettine Sisters.
Hesselblad is
recognised as a
Righteous Among the...
- the
Virgin Mary
being matron of the
Bridgettine order is the
sixth Glorious Mystery. An
example of the
Bridgettine rosary may be seen
depicted on the statue...
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heliga Birgitta), was a
Swedish Catholic mystic and the
founder of the
Bridgettines.
Outside Sweden, she was also
known as the
Princess of
Nericia and was...
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Richard Reynolds, O.Ss.S (c.1492 – 4 May 1535) was an
English Bridgettine monk
executed in
London for
refusing the Oath of
Supremacy to King
Henry VIII...
- its
history by the
Carthusians as
Glenstrup Charterhouse and by the
Bridgettines. The
abbey was
located at
Glenstrup near Randers, Denmark. Glenstrup...
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Petrus Astronomus, O.Ss.S., (died
after 1513), a
German by birth, was a
Bridgettine monk in
Vadstena Abbey, Vadstena, Sweden. In 1506, he
created an astronomical...
- 1496 by
grant of Duke
George the Rich the
Bridgettines of
Maihingen were
permitted to
establish a
Bridgettine monastery at Altomünster. The
monastery was...
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House derives its name from Syon Abbey, a
medieval monastery of the
Bridgettine Order,
founded in 1415 on a
nearby site by
Henry V. The
abbey moved to...
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founded later than the end of the 13th century; the
youngest was the
Bridgettine nunnery of Syon Abbey,
founded in 1415. Typically, 11th and 12th-century...
