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Scandinavian countries include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, and Åland Islands This page is a list of Scandinavian saints , blesseds , venerables , and Servants of God , as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church .
Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373), Patron Saint of Europe.. This list of Swedish saints includes all Christian saints with connections to Sweden, either because they were of Swedish origin and ethnicity or because they travelled to the Swedish people from their own homeland and became noted in their hagiography for their work.
This is a list of Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, and Servants of God who were born in, lived in, died in, or visited Europe. Lists of saints by country or region [ edit ]
Download as PDF; Printable version ... Pages in category "Swedish Roman Catholic saints" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not ...
Saints of Irish origin who were particularly revered included various figures called St. Fælan and St. Colman, and saints Findbarr and Finan. [1] Columba remained a major figure into the fourteenth century and a new foundation at the site of his bones was endowed by William I (r. 1165–1214) at Arbroath Abbey .
Andalusians: St. John of Ávila, [1] Virgin of Hope of Macarena.; Austrians: St. Leopold the Good, [2] Saint Joseph.; Basques: St. Ignatius of Loyola. [3]Bosnians: St ...
Denmark has several saints, canonized by local bishops as was the custom in early Scandinavia or revered by locals as saints. Often these saints derive their veneration from deeds associated with the Christianization of Denmark. Viborg has St Kjeld, Aarhus has St Niels (also called St Nickolas), Odense has St Canute (Danish: Sanct Knud).
Ēostre (Old English) "East" [23] (Gives her name to Easter according to Bede). None attested: None attested: De temporum ratione: Freyja (Old Norse) (See List of names of Freyja for more) "Lady" [24] Freyr, Óðr: Hnoss, Gersemi: Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Heimskringla, Sörla þáttr: Frigg (Old Norse) Derived from an Indo-European root meaning ...