Sunniva

The Holy Sunniva Selje ( 10th century ) is the patron saint of the Norwegian Diocese Bjørgvin and all of Western Norway. According to legend, she was an Irish princess, who turned down the outside of a pagan king, and then fled when he invaded the country. On the Norwegian island of Selja ( in today's community Selje ) investigated she and her companions shelter in a cave. The residents alleged that strangers wanted to steal their sheep, and sent Håkon Ladejarl from. Sunniva and her companions prayed to God that they should not fall into the hands of the nations, and then the stones fell down at the entrance of the cave and blocked the entrance.

Sunniva and the other died in the cave, but in the aftermath miracles were reported on the island. When the Christian King Olav I. the cave was open 996, they found the body Sunnivas intact. Later, a Benedictine monastery was built here, the ruins of which are still visible today.

After translation of their relics in the new cathedral of Bergen on September 7, 1170, their worship is widespread in Norway and neighboring countries.

Remembrance

Catholic: July 8