Case file · Apparition / miracle
The relics of St Sunniva at Selja
Legend says that in 996, King Olaf Tryggvason found sweet-smelling, uncorrupted remains in a cave on the island of Selja, where the Irish princess Sunniva and her followers had died.
996 CE · 62.05, 5.36 · status: legend
The account
A monastery was built on Selja, and Sunniva became patron saint of western Norway and Bergen.