IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 708: 850th Jubilee of the Finnish Church, I: Approaches to Northern Sainthood
Tuesday 12 July 2005, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Glossa - The Finnish Society for Medieval Studies |
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Organiser: | Sini Kangas, Department of History, University of Helsinki |
Moderator/Chair: | Helena Edgren, National Board of Antiquities, Helsinki |
Paper 708-b | How to Study Saints and Power: St Birgitta of Sweden as a Case-Study (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Theology, Women's Studies |
Paper 708-c | Seeking Sainthood Underground: Aspects of the History of Monastic Archaeology in Finland (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Architecture - Religious, Numismatics |
Abstract | Two saints have had a major contribution to the Medieval Finnish Catholicism, St. Henry of Finland and St. Bridget of Sweden. Legenda Sancti Henrici, the vita of the patron saint of Finland, tells the officially approved medieval version of the christianisation of Finland. Together with St. Henry, St. Bridget of Sweden later became an object of ardent veneration in Finland. |