St Catherine of Sweden, Catherine Vastanensis or Catherine of Vadstena (circa 1332 – 24 March 1381) is the patron saint of protection against abortion and miscarriage. Her father was Ulf Gudmarsson and her mother was the better known St Bridget. Catherine of the Alps File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Events November 7 - Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search Events June 12 - Peasants Revolt: In England rebels arrive at Blackheath. ... Miscarriage is the common term for the natural or accidental termination of a pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or the fetus is incapable of surviving. ... Italic textSaint Birgitta, also known as St. ...

At the age of about 13 she married Eggart von Kürnen with whom she took a vow of chastity. Catherine accompanied her mother to Rome in 1349, and soon upon arrival heard news of her husband's death. Catherine is said to have written a devotional work entitled "Consolation of the Soul" ("Siælinna tröst", or Själens tröst), a dated copy from 1407 is still in existence. Chastity is a pure state of the human body and mind -- especially pursued for religious or other ethical reasons, as by virtuous sexual abstience in the Judeo-christian usually referred to in modern speech. ... Jump to: navigation, search City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost... // Events August 24 - Black Death outbreak in Elbing (modern-day Elblag in Poland) October 20 - Pope Clement VI publishes a papal bull that condemns the Flagellants The bubonic plague is spread to Norway when an English ship with everyone dead on board floats to Bergen Births September 9 - Duke Albert...

Before her death, Catherine became head of the Bridgittine convent at Vadstena, which was founded by her mother. In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII gave permission for Catherine's veneration as a saint and her feast was assigned to 22 March in the Roman martyrology. St Catherine is generally represented with a hind at her side, which is said to have come to her aid when unchaste youths tried to steal her virginity. The Bridgettine or Briggittine order. ... Vadstena Castle Vadstena is a Municipality in Östergötland County, in southeast Sweden. ... Events January 25 - Peter Arbues, chief of the Spanish Inquisition, is assassinated when he is praying in the cathedral at Saragossa, Spain July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and... Innocent VIII, né Giovanni Battista Cibo (1432 – July 25, 1492), pope from 1484 to 1492, was born at Genoa, and was the son of Aran Cibo who under Calixtus III had been a senator at Rome. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ...

See also: Patron saint In several forms of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ...