Sigfrid of Sweden
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| Saint Sigfrid | |
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| Apostle of Sweden | |
| Born | Unknown, Glastonbury |
| Died | 1045, Växjö |
| Feast | February 15 |
| Attributes | travelling in a ship with two fellow bishops; baptizing King Olaf of Sweden; bishop menaced by devils; bishop carrying three severed heads; bishop carrying three loaves of bread (misrepresentation of the heads) |
| Patronage | Sweden |
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Saint Sigfrid (Sigfried, Siegfrid, Siegfried, Sigfridus, Sigurd) (Glastonbury, England, ? – Växjö, 1045) was a Benedictine evangelist in Sweden; he converted king Olof Skötkonung in 1008. His feast day is 15 February.
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