Norse Hagiography Network
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The Norse Hagiography Network is an international, interdisciplinary network with the aim of bringing together scholars with similar interests for collaboration
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For our monthly posts on topics within the cult of saints in the medieval Norse sphere, we have several contributors. These are recognisable by their initials:
DSa - Davide Salmoiraghi
DSe - Daria Segal
NB - Natasha Bradley
SH - Steffen Hope
TNW - Tiffany Nicole White
DSa - Davide Salmoiraghi
DSe - Daria Segal
NB - Natasha Bradley
SH - Steffen Hope
TNW - Tiffany Nicole White
Today is the feast of St Denis of Paris, also known as St Dionysius. According to Gregory of Tours, Denis was one of the 7 bishops sent to Gaul by Pope Clement during the reign of Emperor Decius (r. 249-51). Denis preached in the region of Paris together with Rusticus & Eleutherius. (1/n)
October 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Today is the feast of St Denis of Paris, also known as St Dionysius. According to Gregory of Tours, Denis was one of the 7 bishops sent to Gaul by Pope Clement during the reign of Emperor Decius (r. 249-51). Denis preached in the region of Paris together with Rusticus & Eleutherius. (1/n)
Re-upping this in case you have missed our saint-of-the-month thread.
Today is the feast St Mauritius, the officer of the Theban Legion. He was martyred with his 6666 men at Agaunum in the upper Rhône valley c.286-7 for refusing to sacrifice to the gods. His cult flourished due to the 10th-century eastward expansion of the Ottonians.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Re-upping this in case you have missed our saint-of-the-month thread.
Today is the feast St Mauritius, the officer of the Theban Legion. He was martyred with his 6666 men at Agaunum in the upper Rhône valley c.286-7 for refusing to sacrifice to the gods. His cult flourished due to the 10th-century eastward expansion of the Ottonians.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Today is the feast St Mauritius, the officer of the Theban Legion. He was martyred with his 6666 men at Agaunum in the upper Rhône valley c.286-7 for refusing to sacrifice to the gods. His cult flourished due to the 10th-century eastward expansion of the Ottonians.
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Yet another reminder that the deadline for our joint call for papers together with @celtichagiography.bsky.social for next year's @imc-leeds.bsky.social is extended until September 15. Join us in Leeds!
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CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026, organised together with @celtichagiography.bsky.social.
Deadline: August 31.
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Deadline: August 31.
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September 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Yet another reminder that the deadline for our joint call for papers together with @celtichagiography.bsky.social for next year's @imc-leeds.bsky.social is extended until September 15. Join us in Leeds!
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Deadline extended to September 15! There is still time to send us your abstracts, & we look forward to hearing from you.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Deadline extended to September 15! There is still time to send us your abstracts, & we look forward to hearing from you.
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Deadline extended to September 15! There is still time to send us your abstracts, & we look forward to hearing from you.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Deadline extended to September 15! There is still time to send us your abstracts, & we look forward to hearing from you.
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Deadline is Sunday next week, so please send us your abstracts, we look forward to reading them!
#IMC2026
#IMC2026
CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026, organised together with @celtichagiography.bsky.social.
Deadline: August 31.
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Deadline: August 31.
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August 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Deadline is Sunday next week, so please send us your abstracts, we look forward to reading them!
#IMC2026
#IMC2026
Only two days left to submit your abstracts for this session! We look forward to reading them!
#IMC2026
#IMC2026
CfP @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026:
New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography
Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research
Deadline: August 24.
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New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography
Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research
Deadline: August 24.
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August 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Only two days left to submit your abstracts for this session! We look forward to reading them!
#IMC2026
#IMC2026
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CfP @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026:
New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography
Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research
Deadline: August 24.
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New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography
Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research
Deadline: August 24.
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August 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
CfP @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026:
New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography
Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research
Deadline: August 24.
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New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography
Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research
Deadline: August 24.
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CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026, organised together with @celtichagiography.bsky.social.
Deadline: August 31.
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Deadline: August 31.
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August 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026, organised together with @celtichagiography.bsky.social.
Deadline: August 31.
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Deadline: August 31.
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CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026, organised together with @celtichagiography.bsky.social.
Deadline: August 31.
[Alt text in thread]
Deadline: August 31.
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August 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026, organised together with @celtichagiography.bsky.social.
Deadline: August 31.
[Alt text in thread]
Deadline: August 31.
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CfP @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026:
New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography
Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research
Deadline: August 24.
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New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography
Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research
Deadline: August 24.
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August 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
CfP @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026:
New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography
Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research
Deadline: August 24.
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New Studies in Old Norse Hagiography
Session Jointly Sponsored by the Norse Hagiography Network and the Viking Society for Northern Research
Deadline: August 24.
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Another call for papers for our joint sponsored session with @networknorse.bsky.social - please share widely!
August 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another call for papers for our joint sponsored session with @networknorse.bsky.social - please share widely!
Today is the feast of SS Faith, Hope & Charity (Fides, Spes & Caritas). They may well have been real martyrs, but no one has yet been able to connect them to historical figures. An Old Norse-Icelandic saga tells their story & notes their feast day, but no cult is known in the North. (1/n)
August 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Today is the feast of SS Faith, Hope & Charity (Fides, Spes & Caritas). They may well have been real martyrs, but no one has yet been able to connect them to historical figures. An Old Norse-Icelandic saga tells their story & notes their feast day, but no cult is known in the North. (1/n)
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It is intended to bring together members of the academic community with interests in hagiography, the cults of saints, and related topics for collaboration, conferences, new publications, and other opportunities.
We also have shamelessly copied and hope to emulate @networknorse.bsky.social
We also have shamelessly copied and hope to emulate @networknorse.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It is intended to bring together members of the academic community with interests in hagiography, the cults of saints, and related topics for collaboration, conferences, new publications, and other opportunities.
We also have shamelessly copied and hope to emulate @networknorse.bsky.social
We also have shamelessly copied and hope to emulate @networknorse.bsky.social
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I’d wager everything that most Americans who have heard of St Swithun learned from the Rear Window episode of the Simpsons
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July 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’d wager everything that most Americans who have heard of St Swithun learned from the Rear Window episode of the Simpsons
Today is the translation of St Swithun, bishop of Winchester (r.852-62). The first vita was composed by Lantfred shortly after the translation of his relcis in 971, & several versions in both Latin & the vernacular were written in the following two centuries. (1/n)
July 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Today is the translation of St Swithun, bishop of Winchester (r.852-62). The first vita was composed by Lantfred shortly after the translation of his relcis in 971, & several versions in both Latin & the vernacular were written in the following two centuries. (1/n)
Today is the feast of John the Baptist, who baptised Christ in the River Jordan & was later beheaded on the orders of Herod Antipas. Unlike most saints, John’s main feast is his worldly birthday, & this feast has a high liturgical rank in medieval calendars. (1/n)
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June 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Today is the feast of John the Baptist, who baptised Christ in the River Jordan & was later beheaded on the orders of Herod Antipas. Unlike most saints, John’s main feast is his worldly birthday, & this feast has a high liturgical rank in medieval calendars. (1/n)
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1290 years ago, on May 25, the Venerable Bede passed away. Among his numerous works, De temporum ratione & Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum were instrumental in shaping the intellectual and spiritual landscape of medieval Europe, including Iceland & Scandinavia. (1/n)
May 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
1290 years ago, on May 25, the Venerable Bede passed away. Among his numerous works, De temporum ratione & Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum were instrumental in shaping the intellectual and spiritual landscape of medieval Europe, including Iceland & Scandinavia. (1/n)
Today is the feast day of St Mark the Evangelist, the supposed author of the Gospel of Mark, though his authorship is now widely refuted. From the early C4, various figures called Mark appear to have been conflated (see The John also Called Mark by Dean Furlong (2020)). (1/n)
April 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Today is the feast day of St Mark the Evangelist, the supposed author of the Gospel of Mark, though his authorship is now widely refuted. From the early C4, various figures called Mark appear to have been conflated (see The John also Called Mark by Dean Furlong (2020)). (1/n)
Today is the feast of St Lucius. He was pope from 253 to 254, which was the beginning of the reign of Valerian (253-59/60). Although this was a time of persecutions, later traditions differ on the question of whether Lucius was a martyr. (1/n)
March 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Today is the feast of St Lucius. He was pope from 253 to 254, which was the beginning of the reign of Valerian (253-59/60). Although this was a time of persecutions, later traditions differ on the question of whether Lucius was a martyr. (1/n)
Call for applications! A postdoctoral position at the University of Warsaw on the project "Recognising Saints in the High Middle Ages: Local and Papal Formalisation of Cults Reconsidered": historia.uw.edu.pl/en/job-offer...
Deadline: March 16.
Deadline: March 16.
Job offer for postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Medieval History – Faculty of History
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February 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Call for applications! A postdoctoral position at the University of Warsaw on the project "Recognising Saints in the High Middle Ages: Local and Papal Formalisation of Cults Reconsidered": historia.uw.edu.pl/en/job-offer...
Deadline: March 16.
Deadline: March 16.
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St Blaise was of course well-known in Sweden and Finland too. For information on his nearly 50 cult manifestations there, see 'Mapping Saints': saints.dh.gu.se/explore/sain...
February 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
St Blaise was of course well-known in Sweden and Finland too. For information on his nearly 50 cult manifestations there, see 'Mapping Saints': saints.dh.gu.se/explore/sain...
Today is the feast of St Blaise. As one of the Holy Helpers, he is best known for healing a boy who swallowed a fish bone & is considered the patron saint of those with throat ailments. Little is known about Blaise’s life, but his vita claims he was a C4 doctor from Armenia. (1/n)
February 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Today is the feast of St Blaise. As one of the Holy Helpers, he is best known for healing a boy who swallowed a fish bone & is considered the patron saint of those with throat ailments. Little is known about Blaise’s life, but his vita claims he was a C4 doctor from Armenia. (1/n)
Today is the feast of St Vincent of Saragossa, the late C3 deacon who was martyred in Valencia during the persecution of Emperor Maximian. As his torturers were labouring without effect to bend Vincent’s spirit and body, he eventually burnt on a gridiron, & his body was thrown into the sea. (1/n)
January 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Today is the feast of St Vincent of Saragossa, the late C3 deacon who was martyred in Valencia during the persecution of Emperor Maximian. As his torturers were labouring without effect to bend Vincent’s spirit and body, he eventually burnt on a gridiron, & his body was thrown into the sea. (1/n)