Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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ST/JD/106

Olaf

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
None
Floruit date range
995 - 29/07/1030
Description
Olaf II Haraldsson, b. 995, d. July 29, 1030; reigned 1015 to 1028. Credited with the Christianisation of Norway. Died in the battle of Stiklestad. Commemorated in the Aberdeen Breviary. ODS, 397--8.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
Martyr King 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
7 29 yes St Olaf, King and Martyr None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
no attributes given
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations