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En legend till firandet av Birgittas kanonisationsdag

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Author

Editor

  • Sara Risberg

Summary, in English

An introduction to and edition of a previously unpublished legend for the Canonization Day of the Swedish national saint, Birgitta Birgersdotter. The legend exists today in one single manuscript, Uppsala University Library, ms. C 24, written in the second half of the fifteenth century. The legend has three main parts: the first describes the holy life of St Birgitta in the form of two "sermons"; the second part is a very brief account of miracles performed by or through the saint; and the third part describes the process leading to her canonization. The legend as a whole draws on about a dozen identifiable sources and one or more that cannot be identified. From an unknown source come two miracles that appear in part three.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

91-109

Publication/Series

Dicit Scriptura: Studier i C-samlingen tillägnade Monica Hedlund

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Sällskapet Runica et Mediaevalia

Topic

  • Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Keywords

  • canonization
  • Bridget of Sweden
  • Saint Birgitta
  • Matheus de Cracovia
  • medieval religion
  • Vadstena Abbey
  • Johannes Hiltalinger de Basilea
  • saints' legends
  • miracles

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1103-7989