Stiklestad Church
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Stiklestad Church is a parish church
in the municipality of Verdal
in Nord-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located in the village of Stiklestad
. The church is part of the Stiklestad
parish
in the Sør-Innherad deanery
in the Diocese of Nidaros
. The stone church building was completed in 1180. It was designed by Archbishop Øystein Erlendsson and it seats about 520 people.
. During the battle, St. Olaf
received three severe wounds—in the knee, in the neck, and the final mortal blow through the heart—and died leaning against a large stone. The church building is assumed to have been erected on the exact spot where St. Olaf
was killed during that battle and that stone is supposedly still inside the altar of the church.
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the municipality of Verdal
Verdal
Verdal is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra...
in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located in the village of Stiklestad
Stiklestad
Stiklestad is a village and parish in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located east of the municipal center of Verdalsøra and about southeast of Forbregd/Lein. The village is mainly known as the site of the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030...
. The church is part of the Stiklestad
Stiklestad
Stiklestad is a village and parish in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located east of the municipal center of Verdalsøra and about southeast of Forbregd/Lein. The village is mainly known as the site of the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030...
parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in the Sør-Innherad deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
in the Diocese of Nidaros
Diocese of Nidaros
Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...
. The stone church building was completed in 1180. It was designed by Archbishop Øystein Erlendsson and it seats about 520 people.
History
The church was built at the site of the Battle of StiklestadBattle of Stiklestad
The Battle of Stiklestad in 1030 is one of the most famous battles in the history of Norway. In this battle, King Olaf II of Norway was killed. He was later canonized...
. During the battle, St. Olaf
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II Haraldsson was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. He was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae and canonised in Nidaros by Bishop Grimkell, one year after his death in the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030. Enshrined in Nidaros Cathedral...
received three severe wounds—in the knee, in the neck, and the final mortal blow through the heart—and died leaning against a large stone. The church building is assumed to have been erected on the exact spot where St. Olaf
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II Haraldsson was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. He was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae and canonised in Nidaros by Bishop Grimkell, one year after his death in the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030. Enshrined in Nidaros Cathedral...
was killed during that battle and that stone is supposedly still inside the altar of the church.
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See also
- List of churches in Nord-Trøndelag
- Verdalsøra ChapelVerdalsøra ChapelVerdalsøra Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the town of Verdalsøra. The church is part of the Stiklestad parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white chapel was built in 1969 with wood and stone...
- Vera ChapelVera ChapelVera Chapel is a parish church in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vera. The church is part of the Vera parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros...
- Vinne ChurchVinne ChurchVinne Church is a parish church in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vinne. The church is part of the Vinne parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros...
- Vuku ChurchVuku ChurchVuku Church is a parish church in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vuku. The church is part of the Vuku parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros...