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- The legend of St. Hallvard
St. Hallvard is Guardian Angel of Oslo. The legend tells that Hallvard (1020 - 1043) was the son of Vebjørn on Huseby in Lier, sisters son of Hellig Olavs mother.
He was killed by an arrow when he tried to save a hunted pregnant woman in a boat over the Drammensfjord. A big stone was tied to his body, and he was thrown in the fjord. The body came up with the stone, and was found by people from his village. This was taken as a sign that Hallvard was a saint. He was buried in the church that later got his name, St. Hallvards' church.
Hallvard - Norwegian saint, (Old Norse Hallvarðr), born 1020, died 1043, the approximate year of birth, Norwegian saint. Hallvardslegenden er bevart både i latinske liturgiske skrifter og i bruddstykker av en islandsk-norsk saga. Hallvard The legend is preserved both in the Latin liturgical writings and fragments of an Icelandic-Norwegian saga. Hallvard var ifølge deler av overleveringen sønn av storbonden Vebjørn på Huseby i Lier, og Torny, søster eller søsterdatter til Åsta, Olav den helliges mor. Hallvard was, according to parts of the tradition of great farmer's son Vebjørn at Huseby in Lier, and Torny, sister or sister's daughter Asta, Olav the Holy Mother. Om hans martyrium fortelles at han søkte å beskytte en fruktsommelig kvinne mot overfall, men ble drept ved et pileskudd da han tok henne med i sin båt på Drammensfjorden. About his martyrdom is told that he was seeking to protect a pregnant woman against the assault, but was killed by a pileskudd when he took her in his boat on the Drammen Fjord. Hans lik ble senket i sjøen med en stein om halsen, men ble funnet flytende kort tid etter med steinen om halsen. His body was lowered into the sea with a stone around her neck, but was found floating a short time later with the stone around her neck. Han ble først gravlagt i Lier, men da bispekirken i Oslo (Sankt Hallvardskatedralen) ble vigslet, trolig i 1120-årene, fikk Hallvards-relikviene plass på høyalteret der. He was first buried in Lier, but when the bishop's church in Oslo (St. Hallvard's Cathedral) was dedicated, probably in 1120's, had Hallvard-relics sites on the high altar there.
Hallvard var først og fremst lokalhelgen i Viken og på Opplandene, og her ble hans festdag, 15. Hallvard was primarily a local weekend in Viken and Opplands, and here was his feast day, 15 mai, feiret som obligatorisk helligdag. May, celebrated as mandatory holiday. Fra dette området stammer de fleste kirkededikasjoner, kunstneriske fremstillinger og andre minner om Hallvardsdyrkingen. From this area derives most kirkededikasjoner, artistic representations, and other memories of Hallvard cultivation. St. Hallvard var i katolsk tid en kjent helgen både i resten av den norske kirkeprovinsen, i Sverige og andre steder i Nord-Europa. St. Hallvard was in Catholic times, a famous saint in the rest of the Norwegian church province in Sweden and elsewhere in northern Europe. Som Oslo bys vernehelgen er han avbildet med møllesteinen og pilene i Oslo bys segl og bymerke. As the Oslo City patron saint, he is depicted with the stone mill and the arrows in the Oslo City seal and bymerke. Vi kjenner også en hallvardsekvens, en gledeshymne til bruk på helgenens festdag. We also know a Hallvard sequence, a gledeshymne for use on the saint's feast day.
http://www.snl.no/Hallvard/norsk_helgen
Author: Per G. Norseng
Sist endret: 11.03.2009 Last modified: 11.03.2009
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1020 - 1043 (23 years)