TODAY'S SAINT (Iingrid of Sweden)

INGRID OF SWEDEN

Virgin

Born in Kanninge, Sweden, in the 13th cenrection of Peter of dacia, a Dominican priest. She was the first Dominican nun in Sweden annd in 1281 she founded the first Dominican cloister there, called St. Martin's in Kanninge. She died in 1228 surrounded by an aura of sanctity.

Miracles obtained through her intercession followed and led to a popular cult of this saint. In 1405, a canonization process was begun and the Swedish Bishops introduced her cause at the Council of Constance. An inquest was held in Sweden in 1416-1417 and the results were incon-clusive. In 1497, the cause wwas reactivated and in 1507 her relics were solemnly translated, and a Mass and office were composse--but formal canonization seems never to have occured. During the Reformation, here cult came to an end and here convent and relics were destroyed.

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