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in Oslo (intersection of Bispegata –Oslo gate). For almost 500 years this was the most important church in the city. Besides being the bishop's seat and religious center, the cathedral was the coronation church, the royal wedding church and the royal burial chapel. The facility was in use as a church
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but it refused to remain submerged, and as a result their crimes were discovered. A local village buried him in a Christian manner and people came to regard him as a martyr to their faith.
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was evidenced by the fact that his image was recorded in the city's seal since the Middle Ages. The municipality's highest honor, the St. Hallvard Medal (
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of the city of Oslo, holding the millstone and arrows used to kill him, with the woman he defended at his feet
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until about 1655. It fell into disrepair in the 17th century and is today a ruin situated in
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Little is known of his life, and all traditional stories relate to his death near
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15 May is celebrated as St. Hallvard's Day. This is also known as Oslo Day.
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The cathedral was built on the hill just north of the area that is now the
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around his neck, and the men attempted to sink his body in
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Index

Saint Halvard

seal
Lier
Buskerud
Norway
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy
Feast
Patronage
Oslo
patron saint
Oslo
martyr
thrall
Oslo
Drammen
Lier
St. Olaf
Norway
Oppland
Åsta Gudbrandsdatter

St. Hallvard's Cathedral
St Hallvard. Nidaros Cathedral
pregnant woman
thrall
millstone
Drammensfjord

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