St. Hallvard
St. Hallvard ( Norwegian : Hallvard Den Hellige , patronymic : Hallvard Vebjørnsson ; * around 1020 , † around 1043 ) is a Norwegian saint and the patron saint of the Norwegian capital Oslo . His holiday is May 15th .
Hallvard was born as the son of Vebjørn and Torny on the Husaby farm in Lier near Drammen in Norway . He was a Christian and related to King Olav II. Haraldsson through his mother Torny .
The following legend has been handed down:
On a May day in 1043 Hallvard was about to row in a boat across the Drammernfjord when a woman (presumably a Thrall ) came running up and asked him to row her across the fjord because she was innocently accused of theft and is now up in front of three men the escape. Hallvard believed her, and when the pursuers got on the boat, he refused to turn the woman over. Then one of the three shot him in the neck with an arrow and killed him. Then they also killed the woman and tried to sink Hallvard weighted down with a stone in the fjord . But since he floated and swam, he was buried under great splendor in the church. Since then, according to legend, May 15th has been his holiday.
His relative, King Harald Sigurdsson , had him exhumed and brought to St. Mary's Church in the newly founded Oslo , where he is buried in a precious shrine behind the high altar.
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| SURNAME | St. Hallvard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hallvard Den Hellige; Hallvard Vebjørnsson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1020 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1043 |