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title: "St. Bridget of Sweden: Feast Day July 23 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bridget-of-sweden/
description: "St. Bridget of Sweden, Religious, patron of Sweden and Europe. Remembered on July 23, died c. 1373. Read their life in Bless."
---

Religious · Remembered on July 23

# St. Bridget of Sweden

St. Bridget of Sweden is remembered on July 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of Sweden and Europe.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [July 23](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/#23) |
| Title | Religious |
| Died | c. 1373 |
| Patron of | [Sweden](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#sweden), [Europe](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#europe) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Friday, July 23, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bridget-of-sweden/#calendar) |

## Life

A Swedish noblewoman, lady-in-waiting to the queen, wife of thirty years and mother of eight — one of them St. Catherine of Sweden. Widowed on pilgrimage, she gave herself wholly to the visions she had received since childhood, dictating Revelations that all Europe read.

She founded the Bridgettine order at Vadstena, moved to Rome to press — bluntly, to popes’ faces — for the papacy’s return from Avignon, and died there after a Jerusalem pilgrimage. She is co-patroness of Europe.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Bridget of Sweden as patron of Sweden and Europe.

[Sweden](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#sweden) [Europe](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#europe)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Catherine of Siena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/) Europe · April 29
- [St. Benedict of Nursia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-nursia/) Europe · July 11
- [St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross/) Europe · August 9

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Bridget of Sweden. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Friday, July 23, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/23/) | Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Exodus 20:1-17 · Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11 · See Luke 8:15 · Matthew 13:18-23 |
| [Sunday, July 23, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/23/) | Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Genesis 18:1-10a · Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 5 · Colossians 1:24-28 · Cf. Luke 8:15 · Luke 10:38-42 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[July 22 St. Mary Magdalene](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-mary-magdalene/) [July 24 St. Sharbel Makhlouf](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sharbel-makhlouf/)

[All the saints of July](https://blessbible.app/saints/july/) [Born on July 23?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#07-23) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Bridget of Sweden

Remembered on July 23

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bridget-of-sweden/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bridget-of-sweden/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bridget-of-sweden/#calendar)

In the app

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