Saint Ingrid of Sweden

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• 2 September

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Spiritual student of Father Peter of Dacia, a Dominican. Ingrid became the first Dominican nun in Sweden, and founded the first Dominican cloister in Sweden, Saint Martins in Skänninge in 1281; it was destroyed during the Reformation.

Born

• 13th century in Skänninge, Sweden

Died

• 1282 in Skänninge, Sweden of natural causes
• miracles reported at her tomb
• relics solemnly translated in 1507
• relics destroyed along with her convent during the Reformation

Canonized

• popular devotion began almost immediately after her death
• many miracles reported at her tomb, several investigations were conducted, but proved inconclusive, and her Cause seems to have ended during the Reformation
• never formally canonized

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ingrid of Sweden”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 August 2010. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-ingrid-of-sweden/>