Also known as:
Olaf I Tryggvason, Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway, Olaf Tryggvason;
Italian: Olaf Tryggvason;
Latin: Óláfr Tryggvason
OLAF I, Tryggvesson, King of Norway. - Great-grandson of King Harald I Haarfagre, founder of the kingdom of Norway, b. in 969.
He fought alongside Svend, king of Denmark, against the English, when the Vikings invaded England in 988. There he came to know Christianity and had himself baptized. Meanwhile a strong current in Norway opposed King Haakon and sided with O., who in 995, after making peace with Ethelred in England, returned to Norway, succeeding in having himself proclaimed king. He brought with him various English ecclesiastics, among them even a few bishops, and strove to spread the Gospel, perhaps with too much harshness. Svend, taking advantage of the discontent of the pagans and of the partisans of Haakon and having allied himself with the Swedes, provoked a conflict, which was resolved in a great naval battle near Helsingborg, in which O. met his death, in the year 1000.
Bibliography2 worksF. Vicary, O. the King and O. King and Martyr, London 1887; A. Fliche-V. Martin, Hist. de l'Eglise, VII, Paris 1941, p. 395 ff. Alberto Ghin
BIBL.: F. Vicary, O. the King and O. King and Martyr, London 1887; A. Fliche-V. Martin, Hist. de l'Eglise, VII, Paris 1941, p. 395 ff.
Ghinato, Alberto. “Olaf I, tryggvesson, re di norvegia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 91. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/olaf-i-tryggvesson-re-di-norvegia.
MLA
Ghinato, Alberto. “Olaf I, tryggvesson, re di norvegia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 91. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/olaf-i-tryggvesson-re-di-norvegia.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec9_olaf_i_tryggvesson_re_di_norve,
author = {Ghinato, Alberto},
title = {Olaf I, tryggvesson, re di norvegia},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IX},
pages = {91},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/olaf-i-tryggvesson-re-di-norvegia}
}
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