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Saint Olaf (c. 995 – 29 July 1030), also called Olaf the Holy, Olaf II, Olaf Haraldsson, and Olaf the Stout, [1] was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfold, Norway, [2] he was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae (English: Eternal/Perpetual King of Norway) and canonised at Nidaros by Bishop Grimketel, one year after his death in the ...
Saint Kjeld of Viborg (c. 1100–1150), Professed Priest of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine (Viborg, Denmark) Canonized: 11 July 1189 by Pope Clement II; Saint Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (ca. 1100–1158), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Oslo (Jæren, Norway – Scotland, United Kingdom) Canonized: 4 March 1192 by Pope Celestine III
Hallvard Vebjørnsson (Hallvard Den Hellige) (c. 1020–1043), commonly referred to as Saint Hallvard (Sankt Hallvard), is the patron saint of Oslo. He is considered a martyr because of his defence of an innocent thrall woman. His religious feast day is 15 May.
Saint Sunniva (10th century; Old Norse Sunnifa, from Old English Sunngifu) is the patron saint of the Norwegian Church of Norway Diocese of Bjørgvin, as well as all of Western Norway. Sunniva was venerated alongside her brother Alban, who in Norwegian tradition was identified with Saint Alban, the Roman-era British saint.
Jul. 13—DAWSON — Lucy O'Laughlin grew up in Minneapolis in an Irish Catholic family before meeting her husband, Gene Tokheim, while they attended what is now Southwest Minnesota State ...
Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier [1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent. [2] [3] Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent. [4] The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) [5] [6]
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St. Olav’s Shrine was the resting place of the earthly remains of St. Olav, Norway’s patron saint, behind the high altar of Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, from the mid 11th century. For nearly five centuries the shrine was of major religious importance to Norway and the other Nordic countries, and also to other parts of Northern ...