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Ok I'm not sure where to post this (and I'm not sure if it fits in TRF at all...) but here we go:
Royal Saints!
The first christian king of Sweden was Olof Skötkonung (980-1022).
His daughter Ingegerd (born in 1001 - dead 10 february 1050) married Yarsolav the wise of Novgorod (Russia) 1019 and her name was changed to Irina.
She was well known for her charity and in the end of her life she founded a convent and became a nun. And after her death she is hold in respect as a saint. Her name as a saint is St Anna.
Here are 3 icons of her and in the first one she is wearing a royal crown:
http://historiska-personer.nu/min-s/peff25ed90.jpg
http://www.allmercifulsavior.com/icons/St_Anna_of_Novgorod2.jpg
http://www.allmercifulsavior.com/icons/St_Anna_of_Novgorod_best.jpg
She is the first swedish saint in history and since she died before the church was divided (in 1054) she is a saint in both the ortodox church and the chatolic church!
Another interesting thing about her is that the Islandic saga teller Snorre Sturlasson are writing about her and Olof Haraldsson, and he is telling that they was in love and wanted to marry but Ingegerd's fater, King Olof Skötkonung, said no.
Olof Haraldsson lather became king of Norway ( Olof II ) but he is better known as saint Olof - the national saint of Norway!
You can see pictures and statues of him in many many churches in Sweden and Norway...(always with an axe and an enemy under his feets)
http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/mbbilder/bilder/93/9315923.jpg
http://www.pilgrimskaraborg.se/files/St20Olof.jpg
The second saint of Sweden is St Erik, king of (a part of?) Sweden around 1150. Known in history as king Erik IX. He is patron saint of Stockholm - but he is just an local saint: the chatolic church never confirmed him as a saint... but you can still see his head in the seal of Stockholm:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Stockholms_stads_tredje_sigill.png (from 1376)
http://www.mapsfoundation.org/lang2/images/sterik_cirkel_cmyk.gif (from today)
and a picture from Överselö church: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Erik_Overselo.gif
his shrine in Uppsala Chatedral: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...454px-Uppsala_domkyrka_Sanctus_Ericus_sml.jpg
So: 3 royal saints in scandinavia.... (but if you ask me, just one real: St Anna of Novgorod...)
Maybe there are more from other parts of the world??
Royal Saints!
The first christian king of Sweden was Olof Skötkonung (980-1022).
His daughter Ingegerd (born in 1001 - dead 10 february 1050) married Yarsolav the wise of Novgorod (Russia) 1019 and her name was changed to Irina.
She was well known for her charity and in the end of her life she founded a convent and became a nun. And after her death she is hold in respect as a saint. Her name as a saint is St Anna.
Here are 3 icons of her and in the first one she is wearing a royal crown:
http://historiska-personer.nu/min-s/peff25ed90.jpg
http://www.allmercifulsavior.com/icons/St_Anna_of_Novgorod2.jpg
http://www.allmercifulsavior.com/icons/St_Anna_of_Novgorod_best.jpg
She is the first swedish saint in history and since she died before the church was divided (in 1054) she is a saint in both the ortodox church and the chatolic church!
Another interesting thing about her is that the Islandic saga teller Snorre Sturlasson are writing about her and Olof Haraldsson, and he is telling that they was in love and wanted to marry but Ingegerd's fater, King Olof Skötkonung, said no.
Olof Haraldsson lather became king of Norway ( Olof II ) but he is better known as saint Olof - the national saint of Norway!
You can see pictures and statues of him in many many churches in Sweden and Norway...(always with an axe and an enemy under his feets)
http://medeltidbild.historiska.se/medeltidbild/mbbilder/bilder/93/9315923.jpg
http://www.pilgrimskaraborg.se/files/St20Olof.jpg
The second saint of Sweden is St Erik, king of (a part of?) Sweden around 1150. Known in history as king Erik IX. He is patron saint of Stockholm - but he is just an local saint: the chatolic church never confirmed him as a saint... but you can still see his head in the seal of Stockholm:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Stockholms_stads_tredje_sigill.png (from 1376)
http://www.mapsfoundation.org/lang2/images/sterik_cirkel_cmyk.gif (from today)
and a picture from Överselö church: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Erik_Overselo.gif
his shrine in Uppsala Chatedral: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...454px-Uppsala_domkyrka_Sanctus_Ericus_sml.jpg
So: 3 royal saints in scandinavia.... (but if you ask me, just one real: St Anna of Novgorod...)
Maybe there are more from other parts of the world??