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Rex Perpetuus Norvegiæ (
File:Olav_der_Heilige07.jpg, Silver coin of King Olav II (ca. 1023–28)
File:SanCarloCorso-SOlav01-SteO153.JPG, ''Sant'Olav II, Re di Norvegia'' in
Rex Perpetuus Norvegiæ (Latin
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), i.e. ''Norway's Eternal King'') is a term for King Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II Haraldsson ( – 29 July 1030), later known as Saint Olaf (and traditionally as St. Olave), was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfold, Norway, he was posthumously given the title '' Rex Per ...
, also known as Saint Olaf (''Olav den hellige'') .
Background
In written sources, the term ''Perpetuus rex Norvegiæ'' appears from the second half of the 12th century in ''Historia Norvegiæ
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''.
Olaf's great-nephew, King Magnus III of Norway
Magnus Olafsson (Old Norse: ''Magnús Óláfsson'', Norwegian: ''Magnus Olavsson''; 1073 – 24 August 1103), better known as Magnus Barefoot (Old Norse: ''Magnús berfœttr'', Norwegian: ''Magnus Berrføtt''), was King of Norway (being Ma ...
and of Mann and the Isles, reportedly was the first king known to use the Norwegian lion in his standard although Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson ( ; ; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of th ...
is the only source for this. The first instance of the lion bearing an axe is found in a seal of King Eric II of Norway
Eric Magnusson (1268 – 15 July 1299) (Old Norse: ''Eiríkr Magnússon''; Norwegian: ''Eirik Magnusson'') was the King of Norway from 1280 until 1299.
Background
Eirik was the eldest surviving son of King Magnus the Lawmender of Norway, and hi ...
(1285). The axe represents Olaf II as 'martyr and saint'.
Gallery
San Carlo al Corso
Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso (usually known simply as ''San Carlo al Corso'') is a basilica church in Rome, Italy, facing onto the central part of the Via del Corso. The apse of the church faces across the street, the Mausoleum of Augustus o ...
by Pius Weloński (1893)
File:Arbo-Olav den helliges fall i slaget på Stiklestad.jpg, ''Olav den Helliges død'' by Peter Nicolai Arbo (ca. 1859)
File:Holy Saint Olav - statue.jpg, Statue of Saint Olaf exhibited in University Museum of Bergen (ca. 1400)
File:Bischofstab Norwegen 1375-1400.JPG, Head of a crosier from Norway showing St Olaf with his axe. Victoria and Albert Museum. (1375-1400)
File:Kong Eirik Magnusson PI VIII 2.jpg, Seal of King Eric II of Norway
Eric Magnusson (1268 – 15 July 1299) (Old Norse: ''Eiríkr Magnússon''; Norwegian: ''Eirik Magnusson'') was the King of Norway from 1280 until 1299.
Background
Eirik was the eldest surviving son of King Magnus the Lawmender of Norway, and hi ...
(1285)
File:Coat of arms of Norway.svg, Norwegian coat of arms (Standardised variant from 1992)
See also
*Legendary Saga of St. Olaf ''The Legendary Saga of St. Olaf'' or ''Helgisaga Óláfs konungs Haraldssonar'' is one of the kings' sagas, a 13th-century biography of the 11th-century Saint Olaf II of Norway. It is based heavily on the largely lost '' Oldest Saga of St. Olaf''. ...
*Separate Saga of St. Olaf
''The Separate (or Independent) Saga of St. Olaf'' ''(Olav den helliges saga'') is one of the kings' sagas. It was written about King Olaf II of Norway (''Olaf Haraldsson''), later Saint Olaf (''Olav den Hellige''), patron saint of Norway.
Hist ...
*The Saint Olav Drama
''Saint Olav Drama'' ( no, Spelet om Heilag Olav) is an outdoor theatre performance played every end of July in Stiklestad in Verdal, Norway.
The play commemorates the Battle of Stiklestad that took place in the year 1030, and which resulted in ...
References
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