Vadstena, Abbey of

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• Vadstena Abbey — ( Monasterium sanctarum Mariæ Virgìnis et Brigido in Vatzstena ) was the motherhouse of the Bridgettine Order, situated on Lake Vättern, in the Diocese of Linköping, Sweden. The abbey started as one of the farms donated by the king, but the town… …   Wikipedia

• Abbey of Vadstena —     Abbey of Vadstena     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abbey of Vadstena     Motherhouse of the Brigittine Order, situated on Lake Wetter, in the Diocese of Linköping, Sweden. Though the abbey was founded in 1346 by St. Bridget with the assistance… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Vadstena Municipality — Infobox Kommun2 fullname=Vadstena kommun county=Östergötland County province=Östergötland capital=Vadstena arearank=212th area=415.20 arealand=182.50 populationrank=245th population=7,541 densityrank=105th populationdensity=41.3… …   Wikipedia

• Vadstena Castle — Infobox Historic building caption=Front view of the castle name=Vadstena Castle location town=Vadstena location country=Sweden architect= Arendt de Roy, Hans Flemming client= engineer= construction start date= 1545 completion date= 1620 date… …   Wikipedia

• Mariager Abbey — Mariager Kirke, the much reduced and altered former Mariager Abbey church Mariager Abbey (Danish: Mariager Kloster) was a Bridgettine double monastery founded in 1430 which became an important pilgrimage site, in the present town of Mariager in… …   Wikipedia

• Maribo Abbey — Maribo Cathedral, formerly Maribo Abbey church Maribo Abbey, established in 1416, was the first Bridgettine monastery in Denmark and became one of the most important Danish abbeys of the late Middle Ages. It was located in the present town of… …   Wikipedia

• Catherine of Vadstena — Infobox Saint name=Saint Catherine of Sweden birth date=1331 or 1332 [Nordisk familjebok (1910), [http://runeberg.org/nfbm/0673.html link] ] death date=death date|1381|3|24|df=y feast day=22 March venerated in=Roman Catholic Church imagesize=… …   Wikipedia

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• Diarium Vadstenense — The Diarium Vadstenense (also Diarium Vazstenense) or Vadstena Diary is the diary of the monks of the Vadstena Abbey (in Vadstena, Sweden), in which remarkable events in or out of the monastery were written down. The diary contains notes from the …   Wikipedia

• Margaret Leijonhufvud — Painting by Johan Baptista van Uther Queen consort of Sweden Tenure 1536–1551 …   Wikipedia