Feast day: July 23
St. Bridget of Sweden
Mother of eight, lady-in-waiting to Sweden's queen, then widow, mystic, foundress, and fearless adviser to popes.
She managed a castle, raised eight children (one a canonized saint, Catherine of Sweden), and still found time to scold a pope back to Rome.
Image: Heliga_Birgitta_på_ett_altarskåp_i_Salems_kyrka.jpg: Hermann Rode (late 15th century) derivative work: Beao (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.
Get a story like this every Sunday.