2009
DOI: 10.1484/j.vms.1.100675
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Constructing a Saint: The Legend of St Sunniva in Twelfth-Century Norway

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“…Supposedly an Irish princess, according to her tradition, Sunniva fled from Ireland to Norway after nearly being forced to marry a pagan. After her arrival on the island of Selja, she and her followers again faced local pagans who wished to kill them, and only were saved through the prayers of the saint (Rekdal 2003(Rekdal -2004O'Hara 2009;Ommundsen & O'Hara 2021). While Sunniva is ultimately given an Irish origin, any presence of her cult in Ireland and Scotland is uncertain.…”
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“…Supposedly an Irish princess, according to her tradition, Sunniva fled from Ireland to Norway after nearly being forced to marry a pagan. After her arrival on the island of Selja, she and her followers again faced local pagans who wished to kill them, and only were saved through the prayers of the saint (Rekdal 2003(Rekdal -2004O'Hara 2009;Ommundsen & O'Hara 2021). While Sunniva is ultimately given an Irish origin, any presence of her cult in Ireland and Scotland is uncertain.…”
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