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Catherine Vastanensis Catherine of Vadstena
For the next 25 years the two women used Rome as a base for a series of pilgrimages, including one to Jerusalem. When home, they spent their days in prayer and meditation, working with the poor, and teaching them religion. They each had to fend off the unwanted advances of local men, including young lords; during one of these, a wild hind came to Catherine's defense, chasing off the troublesome, would-be suitor.
When Bridget died, Catherine took her body back to Sweden, burying it at the convent of the Order of the Holy Savior (Bridgettines) at Vadstena Catherine became superior of the order, and served as abbess. Wrote a devotional work entitled Sielinna Troëst (Consolation of the Soul), but no copies have survived. Attained papal approval of the Bridgettine Order in 1375. Worked for the canonization of her mother.
against abortion against miscarriages
Brigittine abbess with a hind at her side Brigittine holding a lily Brigittine dressing a poor man's wounds Brigittine being brought Communion on her death bed
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