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Saint Sunniva and the Legend of Selja – Medieval Murder
Today we are talking about Saint Sunniva and the Legend of Selja. Sunniva was written about in an anonymous 12th century Norwegian legend, which was later included in Oddr Snorrason’s Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar.
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Producer: Cece Smith
References:
Cutrer, Meredith. 2023. “St Sunniva—Ireland’s Medieval Martyr-Queen.” History Ireland.
O’Hara, Alexander. 2009. “Constructing a Saint: The Legend of St Sunniva in Twelfth-Century Norway.” Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 5 (January). Brepols Publishers: 105–21. doi: 10.1484/J.VMS.1.100675.
"Selja Island, Norway." Archaeology, Nov. 2024, p. 22.
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