Passion-Bearer · 11th century
Martyr Olaf II King of Norway
Also known as Olaf Haraldsson · Olaf the Holy
King of Norway who promoted Christianity and was killed at the Battle of Stiklestad, after which his veneration spread throughout Scandinavia.
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Notes
Born 995; reposed 1030, Stiklestad (Norway). No Scandinavia region term in the controlled vocabulary; region left blank.
Sources: OrthodoxWiki; OCA Synaxarion (oca.org)