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Saint Birgitta

Saint Birgitta
Saint Birgitta of Sweden is the patron saint of that country. In this illustration from the 14th-century book Revelations by Saint Birgitta, she is shown receiving beams of light from Jesus Christ. Painted toward the end of the 14th century, the work is in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City.
The Pierpont Morgan Library/Art Resource, NY
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