Bridget of Sweden [SEP] canonization status
Bridget of Sweden
Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373); born as Birgitta Birgersdotter, also "Birgitta of Vadstena", or "Saint Birgitta" (), was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty years. Outside of Sweden, she was also known as the "Princess of Nericia" and was the mother of Catherine of Vadstena. (Though normally named as "Bridget of Sweden", she was not a member
time in Rome his artistic focus was at the church of Santa Brigida on the Piazza Farnese. He decorated a room in which St. Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373) had lived, embellishing it with a variety of paintings and other artworks. Some of these were exhibited at the Parisian Salons during the 1860s, including "The Canonization of St. Bridget" in 1861 and "The Last Mass of St. Bridget" in 1863. 
He won medals at the Salon in 1865 and 1867. Brandon was of Sephardic Jewish heritage, and