Saint Ingrid of Sweden
- Memorial
- 2 September
- Profile
- Spiritual student of Peter of Dacia, a Dominican priest.
First Dominican nun in Sweden.
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 held, but were inconclusive;
her Cause seems to have ended during the Reformation;
never formally canonized
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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