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Thorfinn of Hamar
Norwegian bishop and saint
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Feast: 8 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
1285
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Thorfinn of Hamar (died 1285) was the Bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Hamar in medieval Norway.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints (Thurston and Attwater) - St Thorfinn, bishop, 8 January — Butler's has a full entry for the Norwegian bishop of Hamar at 8 January, the date Wikidata gives as his feast.
- Wikidata Q2664215 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thorfinn of Hamar (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.