Stephan von Hälsingland

Stephan von Hälsingland († June 2, 1072 in Sweden ) was the first bishop of Hälsingland .

Life

Stephan von Hälsingland (also Stenphi, Stenfinn, Staffan, Symon, Simon) was initially a Benedictine monk in Corvey around 1060 .

Later he was ordained by the Hamburg Archbishop Adalbert von Bremen as mission bishop for the Scritfinnen in Hälsingland and as bishop he was named Symon. After Adam von Bremen he was quite successful as a missionary, because he "won many from those peoples through his sermon."

According to a later tradition, he is said to have perished as a martyr in the forest Ödmorden . Stephan von Hälsingland is venerated as a saint; but his cult was never confirmed by the church.

literature

Johannes Madey : Stephan. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 10, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-062-X , Sp. 1374. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

Web links

Hamburg Church History, Book IV (Chapter 24) on Wikisource .
Stephan von Hälsingland in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints

personal data
SURNAME	Hälsingland, Stephan von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stenphi; Stenfinn; Staffan; Symon; Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Hälsingland
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century
DATE OF DEATH	June 2, 1072
Place of death	Ödmorden Sweden