Grimkjell

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Grimkjell (also Grimkel ) was Bishop of Norway from 1015 to 1031 with his seat in Nidaros, today's Trondheim .

Originally from England, Grimkjell was the adviser to King Olav II. Haraldsson and nephew of Bishop Sigvard, who had been bishop in Norway under King Olav Tryggvason .

Life

In 1015, Olav II. Haraldsson had priests and monks (Grimkjell, Siegfried von Växjö , Rudolf and Bernhard) come from England and traveled with them through Norway, forcing his subjects to accept the gospel. King Olav founded a diocese in Nidaros and made the monk Grimkjell bishop.

In the church assembly of Moster in 1024 ( Mostrathing ) Grimkjell, together with King Olav Haraldsson, pushed through the Christianization and organization of the church in Norway. It was there that the main features of the future Norwegian church constitution were drawn up.

Bishop Grimkjell probably traveled to Bremen before 1025 to subordinate himself and the Norwegian Church to Archbishop Unwan .

In 1029 Grimkjell worked in Upland .

In 1031, Bishop Grimkjell and Einar Tambaskelfer had the body of Olav II Haraldsson exhumed and buried in a shrine in the Clement Church in the residential city of Nidaros. According to legend, it was found on this occasion that Olav's body had not rotted and that the hair that had grown back since the funeral could not be burned. Therefore, the Thing decided to consider Olav a true saint.

Under King Magnus the Good (1035-1047), Bishop Grimkjell played an important role in the further development and independence of the Norwegian Church.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Norroena Society (ed.): Heimskringla: A History of the Norse Kings. Ólafs saga helga (Chapter 258). London 1907.

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personal data
SURNAME Grimkjell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop in Norway
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH 11th century