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About St. Hallvard
c. 1020 – 1043 · Feast May 15 · Layman / Martyr
Norwegian layman and martyr (c. 1020-1043), of Husby in Lier near Drammen; killed at age 23 attempting to defend a pregnant slave-woman wrongly accused of theft. His killers tied a millstone to his body and threw it into the Drammensfjord, but the body floated and was venerated as miraculous. Patron of Oslo. Pre-Congregation.
St. Hallvard is the patron saint of Oslo, Innocent Victims and Defense of the Vulnerable.
