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Symbol 30:52

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30:52 · This is the St. Brigit or Bridget cross with five precious stones depicted, representing the five wounds of Christ.
    St. Brigit, born 1303, was a Swedish noblewoman. She married a nobleman and gave birth to four sons and four daughters. She was appointed Mistress of the Court of King Magnus and Queen Blanche, the daughter of the count of Namur in Belgium, after their marriage. When tired of the immoral life at the court she and her husband made a pilgrim journey to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way home her husband fell very ill. However, he was miraculously saved. After that both she and her husband withdrew from the world and entered monasteries. He died shortly afterwards. She then founded the Brigitine Order in Sweden about 1344.
    She lived most of her later years in Rome and died there in 1373. In 1391 she was canonized by the pope Bonifacius IX.