According to legend, Sunniva was the heir of an Irish kingdom, but had to flee when a heathen king, who wanted to marry her, invaded.

During the fires in Bergen of 1170 / 71 and of 1198 the relics of Sunniva were taken from the cathedral and set down at Sandbru.

Around 1170 the story of Sunniva was written down in a Latin hagiographic work titled Acta sanctorum in Selio.

Sunniva and the others died in the cave, but in the years to come miracles were reported on the island.

When the Christian king Olaf Tryggvason excavated the cave in 996, the body of Sunniva was found intact.

It shows the Saint Sunniva, who according to legend died as a martyr on the island of Selja.

Another place of medieval pilgrimage in Norway is the island of Selja on the northwest coast, with its memories of Saint Sunniva and its three monastery churches with evidently Celtic tradition similar to Skellig Michael.

* St Sunniva 1368 tons, built 1931, in rescue service from 7 December 1942, sailed with convoy ON-158 and probably capsized from topside ice 23 January 1943.

Vice-Presidents are Hanne Kvilhaugsvik and Andreas Skjæret, and the International Officer is Sunniva Skjeggestad.

It contained the shrine of saint Sunniva, the patron saint of Bergen and western Norway.

Saint Sunniva ( 10th century ) is the patron saint of the Norwegian Diocese of Bjørgvin, as well as all of Western Norway.

In about 1170 the relics of Sunniva were translated from Selje to Christ Church, the old cathedral of Bergen, and were found to be incorrupt.

File: Selje komm. svg | Coat of arms of Selje depicting Sunniva.

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The U.S.S.R. and her followers are careful in paying their obligations to the regular budget.

One of the terms of the marriage contract agreed to by Alexei was that while any forthcoming children were to be raised in the Orthodox faith, Charlotte herself was allowed to retain her Protestant faith ( an agreement that did not sit well at all with Alexei's followers ).

In some versions, Orion tries to seduce Opis, one of her followers, and she killed him.

The death of Hildeburg ’ s brother Hnæf, son ( s ) and, later, her husband Finn the Frisian king are sung about as the result of fighting in Frisia between the visiting Danish chieftain Hnæf and his retainers ( including one Hengest ) and Finn's followers.

Jasmuheen has denied any involvement with the three deaths and claims she cannot be held responsible for the actions of her followers.

The second paragraph is largely derived and paraphrased from the words that Aradia, the messianic daughter of Diana, speaks to her followers in Charles Godfrey Leland's 1899 book Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, London: David Nutt ; various reprints.

Her early pious activities in Siena attracted a group of followers, both women and men, while they also brought her to the attention of the Dominican Order, which called her to Florence in 1374 to interrogate her for possible heresy.

After this visit, in which she was deemed sufficiently orthodox, she began traveling with her followers throughout northern and central Italy advocating reform of the clergy and the launch of a new crusade and advising people that repentance and renewal could be done through " the total love for God.

In Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre Diana appears to Pericles in a vision, telling him to go to her temple and tell his story to her followers.

While the origin of Easter eggs can be explained in the symbolic terms described above, a sacred tradition among followers of Eastern Christianity says that Mary Magdalene was bringing cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned brilliant red when she saw the risen Christ. The egg represents the boulder of the tomb of Jesus.

Examples of esoteric religious movements and philosophies include Alchemy, Astrology, Anthroposophy, early Christian mysticism, Magic, Mesmerism, Rosicrucianism, Swedenborgianism, Spiritualism, the Alawites, the Christian Theosophy of Jacob Böhme and his followers, and the Theosophical currents associated with Helena Blavatsky and her followers.

Selene is seen traveling to the ruined island of Genosha with her followers who were resurrected by the Technarch transmode virus.

Jutta was also a visionary and thus attracted many followers who came to visit her at the enclosure.

She had several rather fanatic followers, including Guibert of Gembloux, who wrote frequently to Hildegard and eventually became her secretary after Volmar died in 1173.

Outside of works that predate the publication of Murray's thesis, horned god motifs and characters appear in fantasy literature that draws upon her work and that of her followers.

According to the memoirs of Juliet Thompson, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá also compared Mary to Juliet, one of his most devoted followers, claiming that she even physically resembled her and that Mary Magdalene was Juliet Thompson's " correspondence in heaven.

Some of the other captives she killed, while some she gave to others as slaves to her followers.

The islands were named by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1493 for Saint Ursula and her virgin followers.

Linda Lee Cadwell ( Bruce Lee ’ s wife ) shared her husbands notes, poems and experiences with followers.

Howie cuts her free and flees but after a brief chase, emerges at another entrance where Summerisle and his followers stand waiting for them.

They all prayed now that the North would realize that peace must come, for Virginia had defended her land victoriously.

Amethystos prayed to the gods to remain chaste, a prayer which the goddess Artemis answered, transforming her into a white stone.

When stopped by the Roman guards, they prayed to St Catherine to help them, confident that she would rather have her body ( or at least part thereof ) in Siena.

** Galatea, a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus ( daughter of Galatea )

Isaac prayed for her and she conceived.

On 8 June 1979 Pope John Paul II prayed at her sarcophagus ; and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments officially affirmed her beatification on 8 August 1986.

Under her influence, he became a Pietist Lutheran, and later recorded that at Marie's deathbed ( from typhoid ) he prayed for the first time since his childhood.

***" Althea prayed instantly to the gods, being grieved for her brother's slaying ; and furthermore instantly beat with her hands upon the all-nurturing earth, calling upon Hades and dread Persephone " ( 9, 569 )

In one, as she prayed, her hair grew and covered her body.

In another the son of the prefect is struck dead, but revived after Agnes prayed for him, causing her release.

Without a living heir, on his deathbed, King St. Istvan raised with his right hand the Holy Crown of Hungary, and prayed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, asking her to take the Hungarian people as her subjects and become their queen.

Some days afterwards, John asked for the restitution of his hand, and prayed fervently to the Theotokos before her icon: thereupon, his hand is said to have been miraculously restored.

Alexandra's widowed sister, the Dowager Empress, leant heavily on her for support ; Alexandra slept, prayed, and stayed beside her sister for the next two weeks until Alexander's burial.

He prayed with her and spoke to her supporters.

Croesus, secure in his own wealth and happiness, poses the question and is disappointed by Solon's response: that three have been happier than Croesus, Tellus, who died fighting for his country, and Kleobis and Biton, brothers who died peacefully in their sleep when their mother prayed for their perfect happiness, after they had demonstrated filial piety by drawing her to a festival in an oxcart themselves.

Unfortunately, the people ’ s cows were starving due to the ruined fields, so the pansy prayed to give up her perfume.

Having reached the age of adolescence, Iphis fell deeply in love with another girl, Ianthe, and prayed to Juno to allow her to marry her beloved.

When nothing happened, her mother Telethusa brought her to the temple of Isis and prayed to the goddess to help her daughter.