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Sunniva
Norwegian saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 8 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
901
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Sunniva (10th century; Old Norse: Sunnifa, from Old English Sunngifu) is the patron saint of the Norwegian Church of Norway Diocese of Bjørgvin, as well as all of Western Norway.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Santi e Beati — Santa Sunniva — "Santa Sunniva, Irlanda, X secolo, Principessa", feast 8 July — matches; Butler's Lives also has "SS. Sunniva and her Companions" of Selje on 8 July.
- Wikidata Q291671 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sunniva (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.