Sigfrid of Sweden
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Saint Sigfrid | |
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Apostle of Sweden | |
Born | Unknown in Glastonbury |
Died | 1045 in Växjö |
Feast | February 15 |
Attributes | travelling in a ship with two fellow bishops; baptizing King Olaf of Sweden; bishop menaced by devils; bishop carrying three severed heads; bishop carrying three loaves of bread (misrepresentation of the heads) |
Patronage | Sweden |
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Saint Sigfrid (Sigfried, Siegfrid, Siegfried, Sigfridus) (Glastonbury, England, ? – Växjö, 1045) was a Benedictine evangelist in Sweden; he converted king Olof in 1008. His feast day is 15 February.