medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Does anyone here has some more information about St Henry? I do not mean
such things you can find in ordinary handbooks, but more substantial stuff.
Fredrik Fernbom
Doctoral student in Church history
Department of Theology, Lund University
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Datum: den 19 januari 2003 00:39
Ämne: [M-R] saints of the day 19. January
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>Today (19. January) is the feast day of:
>
>Henry of Finland (d. 1156) Henry was an Englishman, made bishop of Upssala
>(Sweden) by the English papal legate (Nicholas Breakspear, future Hadrian
>IV) in 1152---until then, Henry had been a member of the legate's staff.
>After the Swedes defeated the Finns in battle in 1154, Henry baptized them
>and stayed behind to work as a missionary. He was killed by a recent
>convert who was angry at Henry excommunicating him.
>
>Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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